4 Queens

A tall electro-mechanical playfield seen through glass under coloured cabinet lighting, which washes the plastics in pink, green and blue and throws a bright cream-yellow glare band across the upper third. The printed art has a vivid magenta-pink background with a large stepped blue brick castle wall or fortress drawn across the centre, its battlements printed as flat blocky steps in pale blue with darker blue mortar lines. Two big playing-card illustrations, each showing a crowned royal figure in red, green and white robes, stand upright side by side in the lower half, framed as if part of the castle scenery. Flanking the lower playfield are two jester or clown figures printed on the slingshot plastics: an orange-haired grinning man in green and orange on the left, and a red-haired jester holding a fan of cards on the right. The upper playfield is crowded with white-capped pop bumper bodies carrying printed starburst '100' medallions, red cylindrical targets, yellow arrow inserts, small round white drop-target or bumper caps, and a row of red pegs. Numerous jumpers and rollovers are lettered, and two yellow-gold plastic arch rails curve around the top corners. Two flippers sit at the bottom below a brown outlane apron.

A backglass in a painted comic-book cartoon style, dominated by a deep magenta-purple sky over a grey crenellated castle wall. Top left-centre carries the title: a small white cursive 'Bally' above a large yellow arrow-and-sword shape, with 'QUEENS' in enormous tall, bulbous yellow-to-orange gradient letterforms with a black outline. Five queen figures are set into heart- and cloud-shaped vignettes against the wall. Upper left: a pale-skinned woman with a tall white beehive coiffure and a small gold crown, wearing an orange/red robe, chin resting on her hand. Middle left: a blonde crowned woman with winged shoulders, one hand raised. Centre right: a red-haired woman in a low-cut bodice with a yellow crown holding a fan of gold coins. Right: a red-haired woman in a white ermine-trimmed pink gown and small crown, arms outstretched. Bottom centre: a brown-haired male jester/herald in a pink and green tunic with an orange eagle crest and a crown emblem, holding a sword and gesturing. Along the bottom edge, four pale hands fan out oversized playing cards (Q, J, K, Q of mixed suits) among pink and blue billowing shapes. Top right: 'GAME OVER' in red beside a torn flag, '30' in white above the title, and a five-window mechanical score reel reading 2 1 4 7 0. Lower right reads 'BALL IN PLAY' in white. Light reflections streak across the glass.