''El Dorado City of Gold'' is a

pinball Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...

machine designed by

Ed Krynski Edward Paul Krynski (September 12, 1927 – November 15, 2004) was a pinball game designer and innovator who worked for D. Gottlieb & Co between 1965 and 1984. During this time Krynski designed more than 200 games and innovated new pinball standa ...

and released in 1984 by

Gottlieb Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. History The main office and plant was located at 1140-50 N. Kostner Avenue until the early 1970s when a new modern plant and office was lo ...

. The game features an

El Dorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...

adventure theme. Different versions of this game with different names were released: its predecessor the pinball machine is based on, ''El Dorado'' (1975) - a one player replay version, ''Gold Strike'' - an Add-a-ball version, ''Lucky Strike'' an Add-A-Ball version for Italy, ''Target Alpha'' - a four player replay version, ''Canada Dry'' - a four player replay game made only for France, and ''Solar City'' - a two player replay version.

Description

Two explorers are depicted on the backglass that were portrayed by two Gottlieb video game artist, Jeri Knighton and Jeff Lee. The playfield features many drop targets.

Original version (1975)

The original version ''El Dorado'' from 1975 depicts a western theme on the backglass with a group of cowboys that found a treasure.

Design team

* Game Design:

* Artwork: Larry Day

Digital versions

''El Dorado City of Gold'' is available as a licensed table of ''

The Pinball Arcade ''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of machines ...

'' for several platforms and is also included in '' Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection''. The original version ''El Dorado'' from 1975 is also available in ''The Pinball Arcade'' alongside '' Fireball''.

References

External links

* * 1984 pinball machines Gottlieb pinball machines {{pinball-stub