1970 · Williams
Aces & Kings
Known for Joker lanes, Left saucer, Right saucer and Change switches. Radiating sunburst wedges of magenta, violet and pale blue, black trapezoid player frames with yellow chevron trim and two green instruction bands along the bottom.
- Year
- 1970
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
Joker lanes
- saucer
Left saucer
- saucer
Right saucer
- switches
Change switches
- Target
Ace targets
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Left saucer saucer
- Right saucer saucer
Bumpers 2
- Green bumper
- Yellow bumper
Targets 2
- Ace targets
- King targets
Lanes 2
- Joker lanes
- Change switches switches
Posts and gates 2
- Posts post
- Center post post
Controls 2
- Up Post button
- Down Post button
On the backglass
Who and what
- other Jester at top-left corner, green hair, green-and-yellow diamond motley with orange trim, white collar, arms raised, one leg kicked up, grinning
- other Jester at top-right corner, blue hair, green-and-yellow diamond motley, white collar, one arm out, one leg bent, grinning
- woman Centre-left queen, very long hair striped green, yellow and orange, pale skin, heavy green eyeshadow, chin on hand, holding a small fan of white cards
- woman Centre-upper queen, orange and yellow hair, pale skin, green eyeshadow, holding up a single large white playing card
- woman Centre-right queen, long hair striped green and yellow, pale skin, holding a large white card upright
- woman Centre-lower queen, rainbow-streaked green/yellow hair, pale skin, looking down, holding oversized white playing cards that fan across the bottom of the glass
Setting
- Radiating sunburst wedges of magenta, violet and pale blue
- Black trapezoid player frames with yellow chevron trim
- Two green instruction bands along the bottom
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games for fun and recreation
- Williams
- ACES
- & KINGS
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 0507
- 0424
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 0000
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
- CAN PLAY
How it plays
-
Goals 3
- Green and yellow bonuses
- Four Aces or Kings
- Joker skill shot
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Reference
Linked terms
- Joker lanes also called Green and yellow Joker lanes also called top lanes
- Left saucer also called Left and right eject saucers also called side saucer
- Change switches also called Change also called Color change switches
- Ace targets also called Aces
- King targets also called Kings
- Green and yellow bonuses also called Increase Value
- Four Aces or Kings also called Aces and Kings
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- magenta
- pale blue
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: ACES & KINGS in huge curled pink serif script white-black shadow, four identical black jester-cap player markers with colored 1 UP 2 UP 3 UP 4 UP windows mechanical reel windows, four identical pale queens long rainbow-streaked hair holding fanning giant white ace-of-spades cards, purple-blue radiating sunburst background, four corner jesters leaping from edges, flat 1970s airbrushed comic style
The dominant memory is a cluster of four identical playing-card queens in the centre, pale-skinned with long rainbow-streaked hair (green, yellow, orange, red) and green eyeshadow, holding and fanning giant white ace-of-spades cards that spill down over the lower instruction bands. Framing them are four black jester-cap player markers, one per player, each with a coloured 1 UP / 2 UP / 3 UP / 4 UP window and a mechanical reel window. The background is a purple-and-blue radiating sunburst and the four corner jesters leap in from the edges. The title ACES & KINGS is in huge curled pink serif script with a heavy white-and-black shadow.
Setting
- Radiating sunburst wedges of magenta, violet and pale blue
- Black trapezoid player frames with yellow chevron trim
- Two green instruction bands along the bottom
Symbols
- Four playing-card queens
- Oversized white playing cards with red and black pips
- Black jester caps with yellow trim and white star spots
- Coloured diamond/lattice pattern on jester costumes
- Mechanical score reels
- Radiating sunburst rays
- Scattered white playing cards in the upper left background
Lettering
- Main title in very large curled high-contrast serif script, hot pink fill with white then black drop shadow; player labels 1st/2nd/3rd/4th player in chunky orange block caps on black; up numerals in mixed-case block; ball in play and can play in orange condensed caps on black; game over in white on green; small top-line text in narrow white sans-serif caps; manufacturer name in red cursive script inside a white oval
Themes
- Playing cards
- Jesters
- Court cards
- Aces
- Kings
- Carnival
- Trickster
Title on it
- Aces & kings
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games for fun and recreation
- Williams
- ACES
- & KINGS
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 0507
- 0424
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 0000
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
- CAN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Jester at top-left corner, green hair, green-and-yellow diamond motley with orange trim, white collar, arms raised, one leg kicked up, grinning |
| Other | Jester at top-right corner, blue hair, green-and-yellow diamond motley, white collar, one arm out, one leg bent, grinning |
| Woman | Centre-left queen, very long hair striped green, yellow and orange, pale skin, heavy green eyeshadow, chin on hand, holding a small fan of white cards |
| Woman | Centre-upper queen, orange and yellow hair, pale skin, green eyeshadow, holding up a single large white playing card |
| Woman | Centre-right queen, long hair striped green and yellow, pale skin, holding a large white card upright |
| Woman | Centre-lower queen, rainbow-streaked green/yellow hair, pale skin, looking down, holding oversized white playing cards that fan across the bottom of the glass |
| Woman | Lower-left figure with vivid pink bobbed hair and heavy eye makeup, in profile facing right |
| Woman | Lower-left figure with yellow-and-green hair, in profile, holding a small white card or cigarette near her mouth |
| Woman | Lower-right figure with orange hair, pale skin, arm raised upward, in profile |
| Woman | Lower-right figure with orange hair, head tilted back looking upward at the raised arm |
A full rectangular backglass in flat 1970s airbrushed/comic style, laid out symmetrically around a large central title. Background is radiating sunburst wedges of magenta, violet and pale blue. Centre: a big curled serif logo reading ACES & KINGS in hot pink with white and black drop shadow, topped by a small red cursive script logo in a white oval with a red W. Four identical black jester-hat shapes (yellow trim, white star spots, ball finial) head four player panels: each panel has an inverted-trapezoid black frame with a yellow chevron, a white window reading 1 UP / 2 UP / 3 UP / 4 UP in coloured text, and below it a mechanical score reel window. The upper pair read 0507 and 0424 with 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER in orange; the lower pair read 0000 and 0000 with 3RD PLAYER and 4TH PLAYER. Along the bottom run two black bands: BALL IN PLAY in orange on the left over a green panel, and 1 2 3 4 CAN PLAY on the right, the digits white. Figures: two grinning jesters in green-and-yellow motley leap in from the top corners; four pale long-haired playing-card queens crowd the centre fanning and holding oversized playing cards; a pink-haired and a yellow-green-haired woman appear at lower left, and two women at lower right, one reaching upward.