...It took a fair while to do this artwork. My wife did the Sultan's face, and between us we did the rest. For those of you who are not familiar with this game, it's a real winner. This is how it works; It's all about the targets. Firstly, if you hit the centre of the target, you will light the Q (Queen). When you light the Q on the left and right targets, the corresponding 100,000 kicking rubber lights (they both work alternately). Lighting the L and R Queen on 1st ball really helps with score. When you light any target to the Ace, the Specials will light up (the gobble holes). If you get all three Queens, the Specials will also light up.
Q,K,A = 1 replay
3 Q's = 1 replay
3 Kings = 3 replays and 3 Aces = 8 replays ..... Yep, when you have the 3 Aces lit and drop the ball down the gobble hole/s (either one) you get an amazing 8 free games. It sounds terrific as it wacks off the 8 free games. Because the gobble holes score either 500,000 or 1 million, you could also get an extra 1 or 2 free games for score. So, it's possible to get 10 free games by just dropping the ball down the gobble hole/s.
The rollovers at bottom left and right light the pop bumpers, and with a few of these lit, the score can really mount up. When you get all 4 bottom rollovers, you get a Special when the ball drains.
Other features of note: This was the last game by Gottlieb which still had power to the flippers after the game has finished. ... On games of this era there is no End Of Game relay, and no match re-play (lucky number). .... The game is over when the 5 balls get to the ball trough. You can still make the flippers work but that's all.
I remember this game from my youth as there was one of these at the Manly Fun Pier (right where the ferries park when they arrive at Manly.)
I think this is an absolutely outstanding game. It holds up really well. It's not just a great game for its age but rather is a great game for any time. I'm really glad I decided to restore this one. Now all I have to do is find or make a proper cabinet for it. At the moment it's stuck in a multi-player cabinet which may be ok for the right sort of game but it's not right for this one. I just need to motivate myself to the cabinet issues. In the meantime I really like playing this game. It's harder than it seems to hit the targets up to the Ace and get all those free games happening.
'Ace High' was a classic from the moment it was made and after 55 years it's still a great game. Pinball with 2" flippers is still the best kind of pinball there is.
If anyone has questions about this I'm more than happy to answer them. Have a great day. Mark
