#48 Caribbean Cruise (Gottlieb) - The Classic Pinball Podcast
Dave and George don’t just talk about this rare Gottlieb guts pinball, they actually play a few games. It’s been several episodes since they have played a game during an episode. Bonus feature: The Sheet - SKI - Joe Pesci
Kineticist’s take
The Classic Pinball Podcast deep dive into Caribbean Cruise (1989 Gottlieb): restoration, mechanics, and gameplay.
Synopsis
George and Dave from The The Classic Pinball Podcast discuss Caribbean Cruise, a 1989 Gottlieb System 3 cocktail pinball machine they recently restored. They cover its technical features (smart switches, lithium batteries, LED conversion), gameplay mechanics (two-ball multiball, skeet shooting skill shot, four-flipper layout), production history (377 units made for International Concepts), and restoration challenges. The episode includes live gameplay demonstration and discussion of Gottlieb System 3 games from that era.
Entities
- Gottlieb· company
- International Concepts· company
- Caribbean Cruise· game
- IPDB· organization
- Pinside· organization
- The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
- Ben Heck· person
- Billy Ocean· person
- Captain Steuben· person
- Dave· person
- Elaine· person
- George· person
- Janice· person
- Led Zeppelin· person
- Louie· person
- Paul· person
- Roy Clark· person
- Stu· person