1991 · Data East
Batman
Known for Flugelheim Museum, Bat Cave, Joker Jump and BATMAN. Black night sky with a cratered full moon, gothic city rooftop skyline in greyscale with water towers and a cathedral-like tower, pale gold/cream glowing band behind the title and blue-grey smoky spotlight beams radiating from behind the central figure.
- Year
- 1991
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lock
Flugelheim Museum
- Ramp
Bat Cave
- Ramp
Joker Jump
- Goal
BATMAN
- Multiball
Museum Multiball
- Award
Museum Jackpot
On the playfield
Ramps 2
- Bat Cave
- Joker Jump
Hole 1
- Left hole
Lock 1
- Flugelheim Museum
Targets 2
- Old Jack
- New Jack
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Central colossal masked hero head, black cowl with two tall pointed bat ears, dark hair, stern unsmiling face, yellow oval bat emblem on chest
- woman Left, bare-shouldered blonde with long wavy hair, white fur-trimmed wrap, pearl drop earrings, frontal gaze
- other Right, grinning clown with white face paint, dark eye sockets, red lips and teeth, purple top hat, purple coat, yellow waistcoat, oversized purple bow tie
- man Lower left, elderly gaunt hollow-eyed man in dark suit, white shirt and dark tie, unhappy expression
- man Lower right, grey suit, red tie, dark trilby hat, holding a small dark object in his hand
- man Small vignette centre-left, black-haired man in black clothing seen from behind, facing a long-haired woman
Setting
- Black night sky with a cratered full moon
- Gothic city rooftop skyline in greyscale with water towers and a cathedral-like tower
- Pale gold/cream glowing band behind the title
- Blue-grey smoky spotlight beams radiating from behind the central figure
Text on it
- BATMAN
- DATA EAST
- 15 MILLION JACKPOT
- $ MILLION
How it plays
-
Modes 5
- Shoot Joker
- Millions Plus
- Super Charge Bumpers
- Fast Money
- Winner's Circle
-
Multiballs 1
- Museum Multiball
-
Goals 1
- BATMAN
-
Awards 7
- Museum Jackpot
- Max X Value
- Victory Lap
- Batcave award
- Double Your Score
- Mystery Score
- Go with a Smile
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Art
- B. Farris
- Art
- Todd Farris
- Art
- Paul Faris
- Software
- Kristina Donofrio
- Software
- Neil Falconer
- Software
- Harry Cline
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
The cast
- Joker
Reference
Linked terms
- Flugelheim Museum also called Flugelheim also called Museum also called Museum lock
- Bat Cave also called Batcave also called Center ramp also called Jack...
- Joker Jump also called Joker Jump ramp also called Joker eyes also called Joker mouth
- New Jack also called Young Jack
- Left hole also called Left scoop
- BATMAN also called Spell BATMAN
- Museum Multiball also called Three-ball Multiball
- Shoot Joker also called Shoot Joker bonus round
- Millions Plus also called Instant 2-ball Million Plus
- Super Charge Bumpers also called Charge Bumpers
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- gold
- purple
- blue
Fingerprint: BATMAN with masked hero head, yellow bat emblem, bare-shouldered blonde beside full moon, grinning clown in purple top hat, sober suit-wearing men, art deco, gold jackpot windows.
The most memorable element is the enormous black-eared masked hero head looming in the centre with a yellow bat crest on his chest, flanked by a bare-shouldered blonde woman on the left and a white-faced grinning clown in a purple top hat and purple coat on the right. A second striking feature is the row of gold jackpot windows set into the bottom band, the middle one reading 15 MILLION JACKPOT. The title BATMAN is rendered in heavy black slab-serif letters with a gold outline rather than a script logo. The lower-left corner holds a gaunt, hollow-eyed elderly man in a dark suit and the lower-right a man in a grey suit with red tie and trilby, giving a mobster-film look at the base of the glass.
Setting
- Black night sky with a cratered full moon
- Gothic city rooftop skyline in greyscale with water towers and a cathedral-like tower
- Pale gold/cream glowing band behind the title
- Blue-grey smoky spotlight beams radiating from behind the central figure
Symbols
- Yellow oval bat emblem
- Bat-shaped spotlight projected into the night sky at top right
- Cratered full moon
- City rooftops, water towers and a cathedral tower
- Chrome streamlined sports car
- Diamond-shaped jackpot window panels
- Radiating spotlight beams
Lettering
- Heavy black slab-serif capitals with a gold/cream outline on a pale gold panel; smaller block lettering for the jackpot amounts
Themes
- Superhero
- Circus clown
- Gothic city
- Gangsters
- Jackpot gambling
Title on it
- Batman
Text on it
- BATMAN
- DATA EAST
- 15 MILLION JACKPOT
- $ MILLION
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central colossal masked hero head, black cowl with two tall pointed bat ears, dark hair, stern unsmiling face, yellow oval bat emblem on chest |
| Woman | Left, bare-shouldered blonde with long wavy hair, white fur-trimmed wrap, pearl drop earrings, frontal gaze |
| Other | Right, grinning clown with white face paint, dark eye sockets, red lips and teeth, purple top hat, purple coat, yellow waistcoat, oversized purple bow tie |
| Man | Lower left, elderly gaunt hollow-eyed man in dark suit, white shirt and dark tie, unhappy expression |
| Man | Lower right, grey suit, red tie, dark trilby hat, holding a small dark object in his hand |
| Man | Small vignette centre-left, black-haired man in black clothing seen from behind, facing a long-haired woman |
| Woman | Small vignette centre-left, long brown hair, shown in profile facing the man in black |
| Man | Small vignette centre-right, man in a bright red suit jacket, hands raised, grinning |
| Woman | Small vignette right, red-haired woman in a pale wide-brimmed hat looking left |
| Other | Small centre vignette, a dancing couple lit in blue, woman in a long dress with arm raised |
| Vehicle | Silver streamlined car with long tail fins sweeping in from the left edge over the rooftops |
A painted comic-book style backglass, roughly square, with a huge masked black-haired hero head dead centre at the top, wearing a black cowl with two tall pointed bat ears and a yellow oval bat emblem on his chest. To his left stands a glamorous blonde woman, bare-shouldered in a white fur-trimmed wrap, wearing pearl drop earrings, staring out at the viewer; behind her a full cratered grey-white moon and black sky. To his right is a grinning clown in white face paint, red lips, a purple top hat, purple coat, yellow waistcoat and huge purple bow tie. Lower centre, the title BATMAN sits in fat black slab-serif capitals with a gold outline on a cream/gold panel, flanked below by two sober men in suits and trilbies: an elderly, gaunt, hollow-eyed man in a dark suit at lower left and a man in a grey suit, red tie and trilby at lower right. A horizontal strip of small vignettes runs above the title: a black-haired man in black seen from behind facing a long-haired woman, a blue-lit dancing couple, a man in a red suit, and a red-haired woman in a pale wide-brimmed hat. A stylised silver streamlined car sweeps in from the left edge over a greyscale gothic rooftop skyline. Colours: black, gold/cream, purple, steel blue. Beneath the title, gold-lit jackpot windows read $ MILLION, 15 MILLION JACKPOT, $ MILLION.