Sources
Contributors to this record: Flipcommons Catalog, Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel).
- theme
- CardsFlipcommons Catalog
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (MachineModel)*The Best Card King* is [[manufacturer:rmg]]'s take on [[manufacturer:gottlieb]]'s 1971 *[[model:card-king]]* — itself an export edition of Gottlieb's *[[model:pop-a-card]]* for the Italian market — a [[theme:cards]]-themed single-player table built on banks of [[gameplay-feature:drop-targets]] that took 100 lire a play.[1] On the copies R.M.G. sold under its own name, the firm's mark is printed on the lower playfield.[2] The game also went out under a "The Best" badge — a label with a curious origin in the Italian trade, where print shops that supplied backglasses to game makers began selling them straight to arcade operators, lettering "The Best" where the manufacturer's name would otherwise sit.[3] Under that badge it belonged to R.M.G.'s Skill Game line, alongside *[[model:the-best-wizard]]*, a rebuild of Gottlieb's *[[model:wizard]]*.[4]
- model_relationship
- Card King (Gottlieb 1971) (relationship_type: copy) (license_status: unknown)[5]Flipcommons Catalog
- game_format
- Pinball[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- Electromechanical[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- corporate_entity
- Skillgame d.b.a. Renato Montanari Giochi[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- title
- The Best Card King[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- name
- The Best Card King[6]Flipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- the-best-card-kingFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #445
Players: 1 [...] 100 lire for 1 play, 2 x 100 lire for 2 plays. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), 5-bank drop targets (1), 4-bank drop targets (2), [...] This is a version of Gottlieb's 1972 'Pop-A-Card' made for export to Italy.
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #5214
A copy of Gottlieb's 1971 'Card King', its lower playfield indicates R.M.G. is the manufacturer.
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #6836
Printing companies in Italy that made backglasses for manufacturers of games such as Skilgame's Galaxie would also sell some of the glasses directly to operators, bypassing the pinball manufacturer, and for these glasses they were known to add the words "The Best" as part of the name
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/skill-game-the-best
The Best Card King [...] The Best Wizard – em – 1p [...] (inspired from Gottlieb's "Wizard")
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/skill-game-the-best
Card King
- TILT.IT — https://www.tilt.it/flipper_pinball/ipdb/skill-game-the-best
The Best Card King