This page includes info regarding my 1974 Gottlieb Top Card single Player EM Wedgehead Pinball game. I got this game as part of a trade with my buddy Abrie for an Eight Ball Pinball game. Actually, I got two games for the Eight Ball - Out of Sight and Top Card. It works and has a nice playfield and excellent backglass, but it too had a problem. Turns out the nut that painted the Out of Sight game solid black also got out his paintbrush to paint this one black as well. He painted the front of the game and one side of the gamebox and the backbox. I'll have to make a stencil to repaint the one side and the front of it along with the backbox, and I still need to strip the paint, but it'll happen when I get to it. Other than the painting hassle (jeesh I hate that), the game works fine and looks nice.

There were 3,100 of these games made and it was released in August of 1974. Jeff Brenner was the designer and it has beautiful artwork designed by Gordon Morison. Gottlieb made an add-a-ball version of the game named Royal Pair. The maximum displayed score for a player is 99,990 points.

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