'Hawaiian Isle' was a version of Gottlieb's 1965 'Pleasure Isle' made special for Italy. The words "Same Player Shoots Again When Lit" do not appear in the playfield area between the flippers. The backglass is not silkscreened to reference "Continued Play" but only to count "Balls To Play". These differences were necessary for games shipped to Italy, a country that had banned 'extra balls' at the time.
We have seen 'Hawaiian Isle' games with the following names in center playfield above the Gottlieb logo:
1) 'Pleasure Isle' printed on the playfield.
2) 'Hawaiian Isle' printed on a rectangle of white paint apparently covering up the name 'Pleasure Isle'.
3) 'Hawaiian Isle' printed on the playfield, no rectangle of white paint.
We don't know the reason for these differences or the quantities of each. We numbered them in a sequence to support a probable theory that 'Pleasure Isle' playfields were used for this game until new playfields could be properly screened with the correct name.
Federico Croci, a collector in Italy, owns a game with 'Hawaiian Isle' printed on a rectangle of white paint and he reports for this game that there is no Model Number on its schematic, on the playfield, on the backglass, not anywhere. Two cards inside the cabinet, the "Motor Score Unit Switches" and "Post Adjustments" are the same ones used on 'Pleasure Isle' and have Model Number '235' printed on them.
Federico also has an NOS playfield where 'Hawaiian Isle' is printed on center playfield but no rectangle of white paint. Pictured here is the upper left corner of this playfield, showing "HAWAIIAN ISLE 235 IT".
