Gottlieb

Gridiron

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This game received 10 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.266 _/10

7.266

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #235 in the Pinside EM Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 6.917

Artwork: 7.855

Sounds/Music: 2.413

Other Aspects: 7.336

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7.207/10

3 months ago

WHB

Rudedog1961

Pinside+ Frequent

<1y 41,150 5 45 2

This game is best with two players. Lot of old school fun!

8.877/10

1 year ago

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This machine is different, and different in a good way.

Better than Pro Football (its one player brother) as far as gameplay and artwork is concerned but not a wedgehead. This one is 2 player which makes far more sense than one player which Pro Football is.

Only 1,000 units sold, less than a quarter of the Pro Football units.

Gottliebs Gridiron is the type of game that grows on you. Set it up correctly, and it is fantastic.

Greenhaven edited previous rating on December 13, 2022.

7.862/10

2 years ago

GHL

Garrett

Pinside+ Frequent

Pinckney, MI

11y 92,300 3,249 3 45

Outstanding artwork without a doubt. Great looking game.

The four flippers are interesting to say the least. Have orange dots coils in the main flippers and stock coils on the outside flippers and no issues at all getting the ball to the top of the playfield.

Too easy on 5 ball unless credit scores are set fairly high.

Also can be set as an Extra Ball game with one free ball per high score/point score setting.

The position of the vari-targets makes for a tough shot. You can rip the spinner for touch downs with patience.

This game is ho-hum on 5 ball with credits.

But 3 ball set to extra ball makes this game a gem!

Garrett edited previous rating on September 16, 2022.
Garrett has owned this game in the past.

6.961/10

2 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 165K 7,315 16 52

Good game but can be a drain monster. Gottlieb went cheap on this game only 3 score reels per player. Plastic spinner too. Game needs to be well tuned and set up for maximum enjoyment.

tomdrum has owned this game in the past.

6.973/10

3 years ago

MDF

frenchmarky

Pinside member

Moreno Valley, CA

5y 79,800 3,108 7 30

I had this game for a while and it was in mint condition but couldn't get into it. All the inserts lit ALL the time except when being motored out, except for the spinner lights. Good playfield layout and I liked nailing the spinner and the vari-targets but no sequence logic whatsoever, just not my kind of thing.

8.974/10

4 years ago

BRD

Brayika

Inactive member

London, ON

5y 30,400 2 10 18

I love this game. It is simple but I can't stop playing it.

Brayika has owned this game in the past.

7.780/10

4 years ago

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locksmith

Pinside member

10y 90,300 817 52 1

A real fun game once you upgrade the flipper coils to make the vari-target shots.Not a fan of the four flipper design.Playing against someone brings out the best in this game.The bell is cool.Buy one if you can find one that's reasonably priced.

5.207/10

6 years ago

RHO

spiroagnew

Inactive member

11y 121K 982 161

It's nice to have a football themed game in the Gottlieb family, but it falls short of what Gottlieb did with wedgehead baseball themed games.

The game is nice to look at, but the four flipper setup is a bit cumbersome. It does however add a sense of frantic-ness as shots from the lower flippers are run-and-gun, because you can't trap. The darn vari-targets are here again, my least favorite Gottlieb feature, but at least they add to the overall theme of running the ball up-field. I think the baseball games Gottlieb made were executed better. The artwork here is better all-around than the wedgehead version of the game, Pro-Football. More gritty and realistic, better cabinet stenciling, too.

9.200/10

6 years ago

STE

SDanowski2000

Pinside member

6y 30,150 3 11

A great 2-player EM game to usher out the EM era. The Gordon Morison artwork is outstanding and captures a surreal look at what american football was like in the 70's. Though much louder, the touchdown bell is also reminiscent of many of the sixties EM's. The play is made difficult because it allows almost no ball control with the dual flippers, and takes some getting used to. The only real knock on this is that the two roto targets are basically out of play as they align to the empty space between the flippers.

6.781/10

10 years ago

B13

Bribo13

Pinside member

Ortonville, MI

12y 70,550 411 24 69

Fun, easy to play. It is a loud game. lots of bells. Fun to play, but not a game I want to own. I have it's older cousin, Pro football, same thing only single player.

9.859/10

10 years ago

DEN

KingNine

Pinside member

Beaumont, TX

10y 51,900 1,050 18 13

I have never played the real game but I play it on our virtual pinball machine all the time. I love this game a lot. Out of well over 100 games to choose from I choose this one early and often. It's unique playfield and scoring are addicting to me. I find myself trying to out do my football score more than my traditional pinball score. Our family keeps a running best score board just for this game. It also doesn't have a plunger. The ball is shot into the playfield from the drain hole via a flipper press. I think the designers did a fantastic job with the variable strength slider targets. The harder you hit them and push them back the better your football score. I would not pass up the opportunity to own this game if I found it in good shape and decent price.

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