When one thinks of the quintessential Gottlieb drop-target table, "El Dorado" often comes to mind. But no less important in the company's history was this February 1971 gem, with four banks of five drop targets. The object of the game (previously released as the add-a-ball "Galaxie" with different graphics) was simply to knock own all 20 targets to light special awards and increased scoring features. But true to the spirit of Gottlieb, those 20 targets are not all easy marks. Some are secreted out of flipper range, needing some fancy bumper and slingshot action to hit. Even with run-on tracks, the two-inch flippers, breathing their last gasp, are not as big a help as the new, flashy three-inchers would be on a table like this. The center slingshots, a help indeed, are a carryover from "Target Pool", and with drops instead of standup targets the action is just as wild. The game's target scheme was an influence for "Hot Shots" (Gottlieb 1989). Jon Norris was famous for borrowing from Gottlieb's history for his modern games, and in "Hot Shots" he concentrated the "2001" concept by placing four banks of four drops around a bumper in the center field. The tantalizing aspect of "Hot Shots" was that if you could drop all the targets on one side only without dropping any on the other side, you won 10 games. 

Made by Jive (Jan. 15, 2003):
- HighScore box & writen word redesigned.
- "Credit" word added above the credit box
- Score box re-designed to add a fith number: now, you can have a score best than 9 999.
- Lottery numbers re-placed upon the stars.
- IRP logo redesigned for transparency.
- Backdrop & sides pictures greatly reworked.
- Warning for the tilt before it's too late.
- Changed elasticity wall29 & wall30 from 0.3 to 0.4 (large band behind targets)
- Changed LeftSlingShot & RightSlingShot shape.
- Changed the extremity of wall34 & leftlane (less higher)
- Changed the shape of the wall30 & rdtsling bottom (round part)
- and more (like the graphic cards with the rules)...

Screen resolution: 1024x768

Don't mod it one more time without asking to Robair the authorization to do it, please.
Jive, with the Robair's official  approbation.
jy.delpech@wanadoo.fr