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Big Bang Bar backglass

Also known as BBB

1996–2007 · Capcom & Pinball Manufacturing Inc.

Big Bang Bar

Known for Main ramp, Captive balls, Alien mouths and Multi-Brawl. Deep blue night sky with white cloud wisps, bank of blue smoke across the lower half, two green searchlight beams from lamp housings at the top corners and laboratory science-fiction mood.

Years
1996–2007
Maker
Capcom & Pinball Manufacturing Inc.
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Ramp

    Main ramp

  • Captive ball

    Captive balls

  • Lock

    Alien mouths

  • Multiball

    Multi-Brawl

  • Mode

    Looped in Space

  • Wizard mode

    The Big Bang

2 games under this title

On the playfield

  • green
  • blue
  • yellow
  • purple
Big Bang Bar playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Ramp 1

  • Main ramp

Orbit 1

  • Inner orbit

Locks 2

  • Alien mouths
  • Lock post lock post

Captive ball 1

  • Captive balls

Drop targets 3

  • Left four-bank drop bank
  • Center three-bank drop bank
  • One-bank

Post or gate 1

  • Ramp diverters diverters

On the backglass

  • blue
  • cyan
  • yellow
  • green
Big Bang Bar backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Bottom left, pale skin, crimson cap and red top, blue swim goggles worn low over the eyes, smiling with red lipstick, one hand at the goggle strap
  • man Pale blue-skinned bare-chested man in black sunglasses, grinning, beside the woman at bottom left
  • creature Centre, squat one-eyed creature with a welding visor over one eye and a coiled hose or cable across its chest
  • monster Centre, red-furred ape-like monster with snarling open mouth, wearing a white coat and dark collar, raising a tall glass of dark liquid in one hand and a burger in the other
  • woman Right of centre, dark-haired woman in a peaked cap leaning back with eyes closed, holding a martini glass out to the side
  • creature Bottom right, small goblin-like figure with very large ears, goggles on the forehead and a toothy grin

Setting

  • Deep blue night sky with white cloud wisps
  • Bank of blue smoke across the lower half
  • Two green searchlight beams from lamp housings at the top corners
  • Laboratory science-fiction mood

Text on it

  • BIG BANG
  • TM
  • CAPCOM
  • BIG BANG BAR
  • & ©
  • CAPCOM CO.,LTD.
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • FURUKAWA

How it plays

  1. Modes 5

    • Looped in Space
    • Ray's Ball Busters
    • Tube Dancer
    • Underground
    • Bar modes
  2. Multiballs 1

    • Multi-Brawl
  3. Awards 2

    • Bathroom
    • Double Jackpot
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • The Big Bang

Made by

Design
Rob Morrison
Art
Paul Mazur
Art
Stan Fukuoka
Mechanics
Mike Miller
Mechanics
John Boydston
Software
Steven King
Music
Jeff Powell
Display animation
Kevin Loza

Reference

Linked terms
  • Main ramp also called Mode and lock ramp
  • Captive balls also called BRAWL targets
  • Inner orbit also called Inner loop
  • Alien mouths also called Alien locks
  • Center three-bank also called center bank
Playfield vision analysis

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

Big Bang Bar playfield

Playfield Standard

  • green
  • blue
  • yellow
  • purple

Fingerprint: Big Bang Bar, two teal cartoon aliens in pale-blue circle center, one playing keyboard one dancing with arms flung up, yellow lightning bolts radiating behind, green flippers lettered BIG and BANG, lime-yellow habitrail tube left edge, purple lower apron with four space characters, gold BBB plaque, neon green LED lighting

Distinctive

Two big teal-green cartoon aliens in the middle of a pale-blue circle, one playing a keyboard and the other dancing with arms flung up, with yellow lightning bolts radiating behind them. The two green lower flippers are lettered BIG and BANG across the pair. A translucent lime-yellow habitrail tube runs the full length of the left playfield edge. A purple lower-apron card shows four cartoon space characters - an orange antennaed head, a hairy three-eyed purple monster, a boxy blue robot and a green alien in a red shirt. A gold plaque beside them reads BBB #216 and "Prusa Pinball".

Setting

  • Star field of small green stars on a green ground
  • Pale blue circular centre field
  • Purple outer band with scattered stars
  • Grey speckled space ground with colourful gems and ufos in the upper playfield
  • Black void beyond the cabinet on both sides

Symbols

  • Small green five-pointed stars
  • Ringed planet
  • Flying saucers
  • Gems and marbles
  • Yellow lightning bolts and exclamation marks
  • Red sunburst rays
  • Playing-card suit pips
  • Scanner dial graphics

Notable shapes

  • Large central circle with a scalloped bubble-ring border
  • Tall translucent lime-yellow tube habitrail down the full left edge
  • Orange sunburst insert below the centre circle
  • Raised angled metal ramp crossing the upper playfield
  • Chrome legs and a red-tipped plunger on the cabinet front right

Art motifs

  • Retro comic bubble lettering
  • Speech-bubble label clusters
  • Radiating starburst
  • Comic-style aliens with big eyes
  • Neon green led strip lighting

Themes

  • Outer space
  • Aliens
  • Bar
  • Jukeebox
  • Scanner
  • Pinball pub

Title on it

  • Big bang bar

Text on it

  • BIG BANG BAR
  • OUR BAR
  • MOON GO-GO
  • IS HAPPY HOUR
  • CRANK SCANNER
  • GET LUCKY
  • LOOPED SPACE
  • SCANNER READOUT
  • BIG BANG
  • BAR ROOM BRAVE
  • RAYS BUSTERS
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • HOLD RIGHT BUTTON FOR INFO
  • BIG
  • BANG
  • RATCHET
  • BBB #216
  • Prusa Pinball
  • CAP
Spinners
A spinner with a small sign reading that a daily jackpot is paid, on the right of the upper playfield
Drop targets
A group of four small drop targets in the mid-upper playfield below the bumpers
Ramps
A wireform metal ramp with a green-tinted lane crossing the upper playfield left to right, plus a blue-ramped lane on the right returning to the centre circle
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots flanking the lower playfield, printed with white diagonal text
Upper playfield
Raised area behind the blue circle with two orange pop bumpers, a wireform ramp, a spinner, a printed alien with a raised arm, and a printed 'pay daily jackpot' sign
Apron and lower playfield
Dark apron with a purple printed card of four cartoon space characters on the left, the big bang bar logo over a ringed planet in the centre, and a brushed gold plaque reading bbb #216 and prusa pinball on the right; black cabinet front below with a cap badge and two red led score displays reading 246 and 256
Who and what
Kind Description
Alien Left of the centre circle, teal-green skin, seated side-on at a small dark-blue keyboard/piano, facing right, playing
Alien Right of the centre circle, teal-green skin, yellow top and blue leggings, three-fingered hands, leaning back with both arms raised and mouth open, dancing
Alien Small blue-grey alien head printed on a white cloud-shaped insert at the lower right of the playfield, wearing a helmet
Alien Orange antennae head and figure printed on the purple lower-apron card, far left
Monster Hairy purple three-eyed monster with a round mouth printed on the purple lower-apron card, second from left
Robot Boxy light-blue robot with a red visor and red chest panel printed on the purple lower-apron card, third from left
Alien Green alien head with a pink ringed planet floating above it, in a red shirt, printed on the purple lower-apron card, far right
Robot Small orange and yellow robot/mech toy sitting on the right rail of the playfield, with a domed head
Full description

A full pinball playfield photographed through glass in a dark cabinet, lit by green, purple and blue LED strips along both side rails. Down the left edge runs a translucent lime-yellow habitrail tube, with chrome wire guides above it. The centre of the playfield is a big pale-blue circle bordered by a green star field and a purple outer band. Inside the circle two cartoon aliens in teal-green skin: on the left one sits at a small keyboard instrument in dark blue, on the right one stands and leans back with both arms thrown up, wearing a yellow top and blue leggings. Yellow lightning-bolt and exclamation-mark rays radiate behind them. A row of white circular label bubbles arcs across the top of the blue circle, and below them sit white rectangular inserts and a large orange sunburst insert. Two green flippers printed with the words BIG and BANG straddle a red-orange SHOOT AGAIN sunburst. The upper playfield carries a metal wireform ramp, two orange pop bumpers with yellow caps, and a small orange robot figure. The lower apron holds a purple card printed with four cartoon space characters, a BIG BANG BAR logo over a ringed planet, and a gold plaque reading BBB #216.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Big Bang Bar backglass

Backglass Standard

  • blue
  • cyan
  • yellow
  • green

Fingerprint: Enormous yellow 3D arched title words orange extruded depth, red-furred ape white lab coat holding tall dark drink and burger mouth agape, symmetrical green searchlight cones top corners filled tumbling naked figures, woman crimson cap red top blue goggles worn low over eyes bottom left, crowned spiked robot head huge round eyes floating upper right, blue night sky, BIG BANG title

Distinctive

The two enormous yellow 3-D arched title words arching across the top third, with orange extruded depth. The red-furred ape in a white lab coat holding up a tall dark drink and a burger, mouth agape. The symmetrical green searchlight cones from the top corners filled with tumbling naked figures. The woman in the crimson cap and red top with blue goggles worn low over her eyes at bottom left. The crowned spiked robot head with huge round eyes floating at upper right.

Setting

  • Deep blue night sky with white cloud wisps
  • Bank of blue smoke across the lower half
  • Two green searchlight beams from lamp housings at the top corners
  • Laboratory science-fiction mood

Symbols

  • Two green searchlight beams
  • Metal lamp housings at the top corners
  • Tall drinking glass and martini glass
  • Burger
  • Goggles
  • Welding visor
  • Spiked crown
  • Coiled cable
  • Saucer craft

Lettering

  • Very large arched three-dimensional yellow sans-serif block capitals with orange-red extruded depth and a black outline; small compact black condensed text in the bottom right corner

Themes

  • Science fiction
  • Laboratory
  • Monster laboratory
  • Mad scientist
  • Comic book
  • Space

Title on it

  • Big bang

Text on it

  • BIG BANG
  • TM
  • CAPCOM
  • BIG BANG BAR
  • & ©
  • CAPCOM CO.,LTD.
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • FURUKAWA
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Bottom left, pale skin, crimson cap and red top, blue swim goggles worn low over the eyes, smiling with red lipstick, one hand at the goggle strap
Man Pale blue-skinned bare-chested man in black sunglasses, grinning, beside the woman at bottom left
Creature Centre, squat one-eyed creature with a welding visor over one eye and a coiled hose or cable across its chest
Monster Centre, red-furred ape-like monster with snarling open mouth, wearing a white coat and dark collar, raising a tall glass of dark liquid in one hand and a burger in the other
Woman Right of centre, dark-haired woman in a peaked cap leaning back with eyes closed, holding a martini glass out to the side
Creature Bottom right, small goblin-like figure with very large ears, goggles on the forehead and a toothy grin
Man Upper left, blue-skinned man wearing goggles and a headband, mouth open
Man Upper left behind the goggled man, figure with a red mohawk or spiky red hair
Vehicle White saucer-shaped craft hovering at the upper left edge with a bright light underneath
Other Tall glass cylinder filled with dozens of small pale figures, upper left of centre
Robot Upper right, floating spherical robot head with two large round eyes, a crown-like spiked band and wires, dripping with liquid
Other Numerous small nude human figures tumbling inside both green light beams at the top left and top right
Full description

A painted comic-book style backglass dominated by a huge arched title in three-dimensional yellow block letters with orange-red extruded shading, set against a deep blue night sky. Two broad conical shafts of green-yellow light pour down from metal lamp housings at the top left and top right edges, each filled with tiny tumbling nude human figures and floating heads. Across the middle and bottom a crowd of cartoon characters rises out of blue smoke: bottom left a smiling woman in a crimson cap and red top with blue swim goggles pushed low over her eyes; beside her a pale-blue bare-chested man in black sunglasses grinning; centre a squat one-eyed robot-mole creature in a welding visor with a coiled cable across its chest; above it a red-furred ape-like monster in a white lab coat and dark collar, mouth wide open, hoisting a tall glass of dark drink in one hand and a burger in the other. To the right a dark-haired woman in a peaked cap leans back holding a martini glass, with a small goblin-like creature with big ears and goggles below her. Upper left a blue-skinned goggled man and a red-mohawked figure ride a white hovering saucer beside a glass cylinder packed with small figures. Upper right floats a crowned, spiked robot head with big round eyes. Four lines of small print and an artist signature sit at bottom right.

Big Bang Bar backglass

Backglass Standard

  • blue
  • cyan
  • yellow
  • red

Fingerprint: BIG BANG in cream-yellow block capitals, horde of grinning cartoon characters bursting from pale blue clouds, large woman in red swim cap and sunglasses, bare-chested grinning ape, lion-headed beast in lab coat hoisting silver and red drink cans, two luminous green glowing cylinders, pale blue sphere with spike crown

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the horde of grinning cartoon characters bursting up through pale blue clouds across the bottom half, led by a huge woman in a red swim cap and red sunglasses grinning at the viewer. A lion-headed beast in a lab coat stands out by hoisting two drink cans above its head. Two luminous green, tilted cylinders packed with tiny figures frame the left and right edges like laboratory tubes. A single-eyed spiky-crowned blue sphere floats in the top right corner against the dark sky.

Setting

  • Deep blue starfield sky
  • Band of pale blue cumulus clouds along the lower third
  • Green glowing tilted cylindrical tubes at left and right edges

Symbols

  • Drink cans
  • Goggles and aviator caps
  • Green glass cylinders
  • Starfield
  • Clouds
  • Tm trademark mark

Lettering

  • Curved cream-yellow block capitals with heavy red drop shadow and black outline; small plain sans-serif logo at top left

Themes

  • Outer space
  • Science experiment
  • Laboratory glassware
  • Monkey business
  • Cartoon chaos
  • Energy drink advertising

Title on it

  • Big bang

Text on it

  • BIG BANG
  • TM
  • CAPCOM
  • FURUKAWA
  • BIG BANG BABY
  • CAPCOM CO., LTD. 1991
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Large head bottom left, red swim cap, red-framed sunglasses worn low on nose, hoop earring, broad grin, red-gloved hand raised to the cap
Animal Bare-chested ape just right of her, huge toothy grin, both arms raised
Animal Monkey with aviator goggles and leather flying cap at far left, grinning, holding a circular object
Creature Green-faced goggled figure with a red cape or wing behind, in the left green tube
Creature Central grinning monkey-like character with round amber goggles, furry body, gripping a lever or bar with a cable
Creature Lion-headed beast with red mane, open snarling mouth, white lab coat, arm raised holding a silver can and a dark red can
Woman Right side, white peaked visor cap, dark hair, smiling, one arm stretched out to the right
Creature Small goggled grinning creature at lower right, teeth bared, gripping a can with one arm
Creature Pale blue spherical head floating top right with one round goggle eye and a crown of dark spikes
Creature Small pale figures and bubbles packed inside the left green glowing cylinder
Creature Small pale figure inside the right green glowing cylinder
Full description

A painted backglass with a deep blue starry sky background and a horizon of pale blue clouds across the lower half. The main title BIG BANG arcs across the top in huge cream-yellow block capitals with a red drop shadow and a thin black outline; a small TM sits to its right. At top left is a rounded blue-outlined logo reading CAPCOM with tiny lettering beneath it. Two green, glowing, tilted cylindrical tubes frame the composition at the far left and far right, each packed with tiny wriggling figures and bubbles. A crowd of characters presses forward out of the clouds: a large woman bottom left in a red swim cap and red-framed sunglasses, grinning and touching her cap with a red-gloved hand; beside her a bare-chested ape with a wide toothy grin; in the centre a grinning goggled monkey-creature in a leather aviator cap; and to the right a red-maned lion-headed beast in a lab coat raising a silver can and a dark red can overhead. At the right edge a woman in a white visor smiles with arms outstretched, while a small goggled creature grips a can below her. Top right floats a large pale blue spherical head with a single round goggle eye and a spiky crown of spikes.