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Banzai Run backglass

Also known as BR

1988 · Williams

Banzai Run

Known for Backbox playfield, Hill, Backbox captive ball and Freestyle playfield. Painted sunset sky with radiating sunburst rays, cream and orange rounded cloud banks, flat-topped snow-capped volcano, dark green pine forest silhouette band, grey steel robot control console and plain black surround outside the printed area.

Year
1988
Maker
Williams
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • upper playfield

    Backbox playfield

  • Lane

    Hill

  • Captive ball

    Backbox captive ball

  • lower playfield

    Freestyle playfield

  • saucer

    Bumper saucer

  • Character

    Blue Beard

  • Character

    Yellow Belly

  • Character

    Green Machine

On the playfield

  • green
  • black
  • white
  • yellow
Banzai Run playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers

Full vision analysis

Extra levels 2

  • Backbox playfield upper playfield
  • Freestyle playfield lower playfield

Ramp 1

  • Main ramp

Hole 1

  • Bumper saucer saucer

Captive balls 2

  • Backbox captive ball
  • Main captive ball

Targets 2

  • Racer targets
  • ABC targets

Lanes 2

  • Hill
  • Kicker lane

Flipper 1

  • Mini flipper extra flipper

Post or gate 1

  • Center post post

On the backglass

  • orange
  • green
  • yellow
  • cream
Banzai Run backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • robot A large cartoon robot/machine console filling the bottom third, grey steel body with dark panel lines, two long horizontal dark grey display windows, a central bank of red seven-segment digits, yellow-gold control boxes with joysticks and slanted button pads at both lower left and lower right corners, angled shoulder struts rising at each side
  • other A flat-topped snow-capped volcano peak centred at the top, brown and cream with streaked snow, rising behind the title

Setting

  • Painted sunset sky with radiating sunburst rays
  • Cream and orange rounded cloud banks
  • Flat-topped snow-capped volcano
  • Dark green pine forest silhouette band
  • Grey steel robot control console
  • Plain black surround outside the printed area

Text on it

  • Williams
  • BANDZAI RUN
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • AT
  • 1,000,000
  • W

How it plays

  1. Multiballs 1

    • Banzai Run Multiball
  2. Goals 7

    • King of the Hill
    • Time Lock
    • Cliff Jump
    • Laps
    • Finish Line
    • Victory Laps
    • Rematch

Made by

Design
Pat Lawlor
Design & Software
Larry DeMar
Art
Mark Sprenger
Mechanics
John Krutsch
Software
Ed Boon
Sound & Music
Brian Schmidt

The cast

  • Blue Beard
  • Yellow Belly
  • Green Machine
  • Red Hot

Reference

Linked terms
  • Backbox playfield also called Hill playfield
  • Hill also called Hill lane also called Hill entrance also called Hill saucer
  • Backbox captive ball also called King of the Hill target also called upper captive ball
  • Freestyle playfield also called Freestyle game
  • Bumper saucer also called Bumper Saucer Time Lock saucer also called Time Lock saucer also called lower bumper saucer
  • Main captive ball also called Lower captive ball
  • Time Lock also called Bumper Saucer Time Lock
  • Victory Laps also called Victory Lap Bonus
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Banzai Run playfield

Playfield

  • green
  • black
  • white
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Jungle adventure with volcano erupting at upper right and cartoon man in orange cap, backglass jungle scene with grinning cartoon head in round porthole below, black-and-white chequered road surface printed edge to edge with scores and dots like racing circuit, large grey mechanical structure spanning mid-playfield

Distinctive

The backglass jungle scene: a volcano erupting at the upper right with a cartoon man in an orange cap standing beside it, and a grinning cartoon head framed in a round hut-like porthole below him. The playfield's black-and-white chequered 'road' surface, printed edge to edge with scores and small round dots like a racing circuit. A large grey mechanical structure with a padded-looking deck spanning the middle of the playfield, flanked by chrome ball guides and red pop-bumper caps. A yellow circular apron emblem with a bold red W directly below the flippers.

Setting

  • Dense jungle foliage and vines
  • Ochre dirt paths and ravines
  • Erupting volcano
  • Wood-grain cabinet front
  • Black studio backdrop

Symbols

  • Volcano
  • Erupting smoke plume
  • Palm and vine foliage
  • Porthole hut
  • Jeep
  • Chequered racing surface
  • Three-pointed red w emblem in a yellow circle
  • Black billiard balls printed in clusters
  • Chicken-coop score discs

Notable shapes

  • Chequered race-track playfield with printed lane arrows
  • Three pop bumpers arranged in a triangle at the top
  • Triangular red and yellow teardrop inserts
  • Rectangular cluster of square illuminated inserts above the flippers
  • Oval wood-grain apron cards

Art motifs

  • Dense hand-drawn jungle canopy
  • Comic-strip cartoon figures with heavy outlines
  • Printed score-value dots covering the whole playfield
  • Chicken motifs on the lower deck artwork

Themes

  • Jungle adventure
  • Volcano
  • Cartoon characters
  • Race-track playfield
  • Off-road

Text on it

  • Williams
  • LEFT CHANGE
  • HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR BALL SAVE STATUS REPORT
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 PLAY 50¢
  • 4 PLAYS $1.50
  • 6 PLAYS $2.00
  • 20,000
  • HUSTLE GOING
Ramps
One chrome wire ramp / enclosed ramp assembly along the upper-right and right side, plus a metal bridge-like structure crossing mid-playfield
Slingshots
Standard triangular slingshots flanking the flippers, red rubber
Upper playfield
Raised backglass-style panel behind the upper glass, carrying the jungle art, a looped rail, blue and red lamp inserts and a whiffle-style target
Apron and lower playfield
Flat wood-grain apron with the yellow circular red-w emblem at centre, flanked by printed instruction cards: a left card headed williams with rules text, and a right card headed for amusement only listing 1 play 50c, 4 plays $1.50, 6 plays $2.00
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Cartoon character in a yellow open jeep at backglass upper left, arms raised
Man Cartoon man in bright orange clothing and cap at backglass upper right beside the volcano
Man Grinning cartoon head inside a round porthole-shaped hut frame at backglass mid right
Monster Purple-and-white cartoon head-shaped logo mounted on the cabinet front below the playfield
Vehicle Yellow open jeep at backglass upper left
Vehicle Grey metal mechanical structure / ramp assembly spanning the centre of the playfield
Full description

Full-cabinet photograph of an electro-mechanical game with a backbox, a sloped glass-covered playfield and a wood-grain cabinet front, shot against a black background. The backglass is a dense jungle illustration: thick green foliage and vine canopies over ochre and tan dirt paths, with cartoon characters in an open yellow off-road jeep at upper left, a figure in a bright orange outfit beside a smoking orange-brown volcano at upper right, and two more grinning cartoon heads peering out of foliage in a round porthole-like frame at mid right. A purple-and-white pinball-shaped maker logo sits low on the cabinet front above two rectangular coin doors, with a chrome coin lock at the right. The playfield is dominated by a black-and-white chequered racing-track pattern overlaid with hundreds of tiny printed dots, chips and lane arrows. Chrome and red plastic hardware crowds the surface: three red-capped pop bumpers in a triangle near the top, a large grey metal meccanic structure spanning the centre, curved chrome ball guides and a wire ramp along both side rails, and small red triangular and yellow teardrop inserts. Two yellow flippers with red rubber sleeves sit at the bottom centre below a lane-change/ball-save cluster of square inserts.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Banzai Run backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • green
  • yellow
  • cream

Fingerprint: "BANDZAI RUN" arched logotype in blocky fantasy-serif with orange-to-red bevelled gradient. Flat-topped snow-capped volcano rising behind title. Sunset: orange-yellow sky with radiating sunburst rays and rounded cream clouds. Dark green pine forest silhouettes. Cartoon robot/console with grey steel, yellow-gold control boxes, joysticks, display windows.

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the gigantic arched fantasy-serif title 'BANDZAI RUN' in orange-to-red bevelled letters that fills nearly the whole width of the glass, with the snow-capped volcano peak poking up behind the middle of the word. Second is the cartoon robot control console filling the bottom third, with two long blank grey display windows and a row of yellow button pads in the bottom corners. Third, a saturated orange-and-cream sunset with radiating sunburst rays behind dark green pine silhouettes frames the whole piece. Fourth, small stacked red 'BALL IN PLAY' text in a yellow box at lower right is the only instructional lettering present.

Setting

  • Painted sunset sky with radiating sunburst rays
  • Cream and orange rounded cloud banks
  • Flat-topped snow-capped volcano
  • Dark green pine forest silhouette band
  • Grey steel robot control console
  • Plain black surround outside the printed area

Symbols

  • Circular w emblem
  • Seven-segment score digits
  • Joysticks
  • Rows of yellow buttons
  • Mountains
  • Pine trees
  • Clouds
  • Sunburst rays
  • Stylised artist signatures

Lettering

  • Main title is a huge arched fantasy-serif with bevelled orange-to-red gradient fill, cream and white outline and thick black drop shadow; the manufacturer wordmark top left is a cream cursive script; instruction text is small stacked red capitals in a yellow box; score digits are red seven-segment

Themes

  • Volcano
  • Sunset
  • Pine forest
  • Robot console
  • Scores
  • Radiating rays

Title on it

  • Bandzai run

Text on it

  • Williams
  • BANDZAI RUN
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • AT
  • 1,000,000
  • W
Who and what
Kind Description
Robot A large cartoon robot/machine console filling the bottom third, grey steel body with dark panel lines, two long horizontal dark grey display windows, a central bank of red seven-segment digits, yellow-gold control boxes with joysticks and slanted button pads at both lower left and lower right corners, angled shoulder struts rising at each side
Other A flat-topped snow-capped volcano peak centred at the top, brown and cream with streaked snow, rising behind the title
Full description

Landscape-format translite/backglass. Background is a painted Pacific sunset: an orange and yellow sky with radiating sunburst rays and rounded cream-and-orange cloud banks filling the top half, a flat-topped snow-capped volcano rendered in brown, cream and grey rising behind the title at top centre, and a dense band of dark green pine forest silhouettes along the left, right and lower edges. A huge arched logotype reading BANDZAI RUN dominates the middle third, drawn in a blocky fantasy-serif with bevelled orange-to-red gradient faces, thick cream and white outlines and heavy black drop shadow. Below it sits a cartoon robot/console assembly drawn in grey steel with yellow-gold control boxes and joysticks at both lower corners. Two long dark grey rectangular display windows sit centre-left and centre-right, a lower score window spans the centre, and a yellow placard on the right reads BALL IN PLAY in stacked red capitals. Top left carries a circular white-on-dark W emblem and a cream cursive manufacturer wordmark. Two small white artist signatures are visible, upper right and lower right. Colours: orange, green, yellow, cream.