Gottlieb

Slick Chick

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This game received 34 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.849 _/10

7.849

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This game ranks #121 in the Pinside EM Top 100.

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Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.11

Artwork: 7.642

Sounds/Music: 2.729

Other Aspects: 7.821

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9.859/10

3 years ago

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Coolpezman

Pinside member

3y 21,000 1 15

i have this game in my collection, and have had t for over 30 years. I still enjoy it . a early 1960s game but still a challenge to play because of the sequence required to score on the bumpers, spelling out S L I C K and C H I C K not so easy ...but it looks very easy. Many of my friends that are good modern pinball players are quite surprised when they cannot beat this game!!
Hard to imagine that ' Playboy ' wanted to sue them for copyright infringement of artwork, because of the Bunny outfits that the 'Barmaids' are wearing in the artwork. I feel it is more cartoonish art and nothing like a playboy bunny outfit. but I do like it.
I also like the predominantly yellow, and hard to keep clean playfield artwork, this game is a true classic for me.

9.297/10

4 years ago

WPG

guymontag451

Wedgehead

Portland, OR

13y 92,800 1,006 25 170

One of my all time favorite wedgeheads, designed by the venerable Wayne Neyens. An INSANE layout, that is unlike anything else, and the ball action is superb. This game is the essence of pinball, and having to spell "SLICK" and "CHICK" sequentially is a major achievement in the development of scoring rules in the history of pinball. An absolute blast, and brutal (but all wedgeheads are). If you see it, play it.

guymontag451 edited previous rating on September 20, 2023.
guymontag451 currently owns this game.

8.614/10

4 years ago

DNH

Knxwledge

Pinside member

Ramona, CA

5y 81,300 1,896 11 8 2

Drains like crazy, and getting the rollovers in order seems nearly impossible without some luck, but this one had me coming back again and again. Love the backglass art. Very fun game.

Knxwledge has this game on the wishlist.

5.431/10

4 years ago

XQZ

douggalecawitz

Pinside member

Naperville, IL

11y 62,900 45 85

Possibly the first truly good pinball game. Honestly fun to play and more pop bumper than any other machine ever made (i believe). Not a great game as most of what pinball needed to become great was at least a generation away. But for it's era this is a standout machine. Probably can be had at a fairly reasonable price.

douggalecawitz edited previous rating on December 10, 2019.

9.663/10

6 years ago

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classicszone

Inactive member

Unknown

6y 13,000 2 7

I have to say Slick Chick is one of my all time favorite Ems. This was the second game I ever played and I looked forward to playing this game everyday after dinner at the rear of my local grocery store along with several best friends. Even today I still enjoy this machine as much as any I've played.

classicszone has this game on the wishlist.

7.834/10

6 years ago

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Vintage-Pinball

Pinside+ Frequent

Linton

11y 61,550 749 28 10

As much as I like looking at this one, particularly at night in a darkened room , I soon tire of it simply as it's a drain monster. I've lost count of how many times I've lost the ball at a crucial moment, even when cheating with double flipper rubbers, it still irritates. I've seen sc's with an extra post mounted just underneath the flippers and can see why it was done though I wouldn't do that myself.

Vintage-Pinball currently owns this game.

6.894/10

6 years ago

SAL

Scottflips

Pinside member

6y 44,400 27 34 23

I know this game is a classic, but I've never been in love with it. There are plenty of challenges, starting with a skill shot of sorts at the top that will turn off a row of bumpers. Hitting the fan targets or in-sequence bumpers takes good shot making (or luck).

The gobble hole turns off a lot of people, but there are no side drains and the flippers are far apart. The hole's 100 point value is far more rewarding than draining down the center. It's even more rewarding if you're able to light it for a special.

The lights on the game are very colorful, with orange, red and purple lenses. When you get them all lit, it's a pretty sight. The pseudo-Playboy theme with the zany bunnies is comical, but the game doesn't lure me back to play it again and again.

Scottflips currently owns this game.

7.237/10

7 years ago

FBA

Deerlakes6

Pinside member

Springdale, PA

7y 65,700 155 8 30

Good playfield layout and great artwork..Alot of things to shoot for as well as an amazing feeling to watch the pop bumpers light up....A blast to play and look at.

Deerlakes6 edited previous rating on May 14, 2017.
Deerlakes6 has owned this game in the past.

3.826/10

8 years ago

GRV

GravitaR

Pinside member

Saginaw, MI

12y 129K 2,920 31 71

Great game to gamble on. Otherwise I don't see the appeal of it at all.

GravitaR edited previous rating on August 10, 2021.

8.231/10

8 years ago

DEB

Dbaum88

Pinside member

Roswell, GA

11y 90,050 1,274 8 78

Great game. Difficult if not impossible to hit the rollover lanes in order. Easy to nudge and save the ball. Great theme - the first Playboy nightclubs.

Dbaum88 has owned this game in the past.

7.724/10

9 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Inactive member

San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Fun EM pin. Love the backglass.

7.631/10

9 years ago

FC

njPinWiz

Pinside member

Branchburg, NJ

10y 34,150 112 10 11

Played SC hundreds of times in my youth & loved it. It can be a frustrating game, and is pretty difficult to score well. Theme is enjoyable.

9.705/10

9 years ago

DAD

HandsOfStone

Pinside member

Huntsville, AL

11y 46,400 147 13 6

One of the best EM's ever made. Enough said...

HandsOfStone currently owns this game.

8.930/10

9 years ago

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jupiter71

Inactive member

Unknown

9y 2,500 6

A rare occasion where the playfield design is better than the play. A great use of pop bumpers and surprisingly more fun than it looks. And getting back on top is always possible in spite of all the intrusions.

7.926/10

10 years ago

ROB

RobKnapp

Pinside member

Colorado Springs, CO

13y 110K 3,116 13 183

Love the back glass .hard to find

8.739/10

10 years ago

ZUL

Caucasian2Step

Evil McBooty

12y 163K 1,455 51 1011

Slick Chick is the epitome of simple, but never ever easy.

The Pros:
How can so much GAME be packed into an eeety-beety-fleeper game with no outlanes? Your nudging skills better be on point, because you're gonna need them all over this table. Heck, you'll need them even after the ball passes between the eeety-beety-fleepers! Try to get all the rollovers in the 1-4 sequence, just try. Try to hit all the bumpers, just try, now do it 4 more times to light the special, just try... I don't like gobble holes much, but when that thing is lit... SOOOO tempting! Make sure to plunge skillfully as the SLICK or CHICK can be unlit from the top lanes.

The Cons:
Covetous collectors have made the acquisition of this game a difficult task indeed. Expect to pay boucoup dinero for this table or cross your fingers and toes that you'll gits lucky with a garage sale/ barn find. Lucking into the upper standup is, well... luck.

The Takeaway:
Find one if you can, or find a collector who has one and see what the fuss is all about. This game will keep you coming back again and again and again. If this game is bouncy and fresh, you will never get bored with this deck. And that's saying a bit for a game made in 1963. Wayne Neyens knocked this design out of the park!

Caucasian2Step edited previous rating on April 02, 2014.

9.718/10

10 years ago

JSG

oldcarz

Pinside+ Addict

Holland, PA

10y 71,400 478 27 6

Delighted to review a machine that I had recently acquired. For me, I love a game with plenty of pop bumpers and requires skillful nudging. As a still avid pinball fan in his early 60's, revisiting the games that I played as a teenager is a wonderful reminiscence.

The Pennyarcade Website has a well-written commentary about Slick Chick:
"The late/great pinball historian and author, Dick Bueschel called Slick Chick "One of the finest, if not the absolute finest flipper skill game ever made". In the early 1960's, Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine was very successful and Hefner was expanding the Playboy empire by opening Playboy key clubs nationwide. Dave Gottlieb assigned Wayne Neyens the task of designing a game in the Playboy theme without actually using the Playboy name. Neyens designed a extremely clever game using criss-crossed letters and requiring skilled shooting to get a good score. The working name for the project was 'Party Girls' with a R in the intersection. However, it was felt that the name could have other meanings and was too risque so a new name needed to be created. Wayne Neyens has said that while driving to a friend's home for dinner one night, he observed a sign for a newly opened restaurant, 'Slick Chick'. Wayne had found the perfect name including a "I" at the intersection. The beautiful artwork was provided by Roy Parker. During the 1999 pinball expo in Chicago, Michael Gottlieb, Dave's grandson said that Slick Chick was among his personal favorite pinball machines of all the Gottlieb line. Even though over 4,000 were produced, it is considered extremely desirable by collectors today."

A truly great game.

oldcarz has owned this game in the past.

7.615/10

10 years ago

GM

BallyWizard

Inactive member

London

10y 34,150 2 24 98

To gobble hole or not to gobble hole?
That is the question. Is it a good addition or a poorly designed trap?
This argument will prevail for ages, one thing is for sure, I changed
my mind on the role of GHs in Woodrails having been educated by
the gurus of PPE. Does it work on this game? I don't know.
There are no left and right exit lanes after all.
I like the game play just fine with GHs, I simply don't like the artwork on the BG.
Dunno why. Just don't. A good and not easy game to master.

9.749/10

10 years ago

B13

Bribo13

Pinside member

Ortonville, MI

12y 70,550 412 24 69

One of MY favorite 1960's gotts of all time, I would never sell mine. This machine has a good rule set, a single gobble hole that when lit delivers multiple specials, the machine gun specials I call them. up to 7 and the playfield layout is just perfect. this game requires your best nudging skills and you will need to me a master of the 2" flipper to beat this game. If you can, buy one of these.

Bribo13 currently owns this game.

6.157/10

10 years ago

JLM

jlm33

Pinside member

Villejuif

11y 152K 5,892 7 169

I have schizophrenic feelings about that game.
Right, the PF layout is really original. Here is a pin which is about bumpers! That's cool.
What I enjoy much much less is this infamous Gobble hole... and the Artwork. And the theme.

9.380/10

10 years ago

DMG

dgpinball

Pinside member

Abbotsford, BC

12y 88,900 1,661 147 72

Possibly the best wedgehead, an absolute classic game that is brilliant in design and execution. It's difficult to explain just what makes this a great game, you have to play it and let it win you over. As with most Gottlieb EM's, the challenge is simple to understand, but difficult to accomplish, giving it that magic "just one more game" factor.

dgpinball currently owns this game.

9.583/10

10 years ago

DAN

Rat_Tomago

Pinside member

Plano, TX

11y 107K 3,491 22

This is my personal "HOLY GRAIL" of EMs. It has everything a 60's EM should have an in some people's opinions shouldn't have.

The Pro's : Fun rules with lots of pop bumpers to light up to spell "slick chick"to light roll over buttons for higher scores between the sling shots. This game is fun and lastability should be years. I never ever get tired of playing this machine.

The Con's : (not mine but how others might feel)
Gobble Hole in the middle of the lower playfield. 2 inch flippers very far apart but with rubber posts underneath that can help you get the ball back in play instead of draining. The art work (love it or hate it)
The cab itself is rather drab with just white and a little bit of blue design.
The theme is cheesy 60's pinups on the backglass that some families wouldn't like to see in their house with kids.

The takeaway:
This game is just pure fun! I don't really care how they themed it. The rule set is fun the game is short and challenging and was probably a coin sucker back in 1963.

Rat_Tomago edited previous rating on November 11, 2013.
Rat_Tomago has owned this game in the past.

8.992/10

11 years ago

CRD

Pinballflare

Pinside member

North Huntingdon, PA

11y 48,650 100 30 17

Highly recommended game, one of the best wedge heads out there. The object is to hit the pop bumpers in order spelling out slick or chick. Very challenging since they have to be spelled in order and keeps the player coming back to try and do better. Flippers need to work well for the game to be awesome, when tuned to play well, excellent addition to any collection.

Pinballflare currently owns this game.

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