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Description

Surf Champ was produced by Gottlieb, D. & Co. in 1976.

Gottlieb, D. & Co. released 632 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1929. Gottlieb, D. & Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Gottlieb, D. & Co. during the time period Surf Champ was produced include: Tiger, Pin-Up, Lucky Strike, Gold Strike, Top Score, Bank Shot, Canada Dry, Card Whiz, Pioneer, and Royal Flush (1976)

Specs

Name Surf Champ
Developer Gottlieb, D. & Co. (United States)
Year 1976
Type Pinball
KLOV/MOG # 5896
Sub-Type Electro-Mechanical
Class Wide Release
# Maximum Players 4
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Surf Champ KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.28 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.25

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 4.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire -1.00

Technical Rating: 2.50

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 3.00
Originality 2.00
Sound/Music 1.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Surf Champ Census

There are 15,264 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this machine owned by Surf Champ collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Surf Champ machine for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Surf Champ.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. Pinball Machines Eiden Lukas (ISBN 0764303163) Page: 70; Color photo Price guide: No
  2. Pinball Goddard (ISBN 0785800719) Page: 37; Color photo Price guide: No
  3. Pinball Compendium : 1970-1981 Shalhoub (ISBN 0764320742) Page: 98; Color photo

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eBay Listings

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Surf champ and surfer pinball machine by Gotlieb pop bumper bodies New

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1976 Gottlieb Surf Champ Pinball Tune-up Kit

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1976 Gottlieb Surf Champ Pinball Machine Rubber Ring Kit

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Surf Champ & Surfer Gottlieb Pinball Machine Spinner Decals ( NEW )

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1976 Gottlieb Surf Champ Original Pinball Flyer

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1976 Gottlieb Surf Champ Pinball Rubber Ring Kit

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