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JLP Pinball Cards

2001

Gottlieb 1971 EM
Strategy updated: July 22, 2026

Strategy

Avoid the 4 center standup targets, draingerous and worth little (or nothing if special is lit in competition)

Instead shoot bank shots off the side drop target banks, ideally getting the ball into a lit saucer. Prioritize banks that are nearly completed when possible to light a saucer.

Skill Shot

Plunge to center saucer on ball 1, any lit saucer after that.

Key Rules

Completing a colored drop target bank lights a saucer at the top for 300 points and one of the bottom lanes.

The saucer colors from left to right are: red, white, blue, green, yellow

  • red bank - lights red saucer & left outlane

  • blue bank - white saucer, and left inlane

  • green bank - green saucer & right inlane

  • yellow bank - yellow light & right outlane

  • center saucer (blue) is always lit for 300 points

Based on settings, complete 1, 2, 3, or all 4 banks to light the center saucer for special (not worth anything in competition play)

2001-pf.jpg playfield
Playfield image by Ken (scottamus)
Backglass image by hauntfreaks