Tee'd Off

Tee'd Off is a pinball machine designed by Ray Tanzer and Jon Norris and released by Gottlieb in May 1993.

Tee'd Off

Manufacturer	Gottlieb
Release date	May 1993
System	Gottlieb System 3
Design	Ray Tanzer, Jon Norris
Programming	Eugene Geer, Scott Slomiany
Artwork	Constantino Mitchell, David Moore, Jeanine Mitchell
Music	Dave Zabriskie
Sound	Craig Beierwaltes
Production run	3,500

Description

The table is often compared to No Good Gofers by Williams and features a Caddyshack type theme.^[1] An animatronic gopher named Gunther^[2] shrug shoulders in sync with voice during game play and sometimes during attract mode at the top of the backbox and mocks the player.^[3]

The game has a hole in one shot at the top,^[4] a roulette wheel toy,^[1] 3 flippers, 1 pop bumper, 2 vertical upkickers, 3 slingshots, 2 kick-out holes, 2 bullseye targets, 1 four-bank drop target, 1 captive ball and 1 captive ball spinner below center of playfield.^[3]

The main objective of the table is to complete all 9 holes in right order.^[2] The game includes a pitch and putt mini playfield and mini-games like find-the-gopher.^[5] After all holes are lit an award is given depending on how many times all holes have been completed. The game has 5 modes that are started by shooting the volcano when lit. Completing all modes lights the big score target.^[6]

Digital versions

Tee'd Off is a playable licensed table in The Pinball Arcade for several platforms and also included in the Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection.