1961 · Gottlieb
Big Casino
Known for Card lanes, Out lanes 1-2-3, Passive bumpers and Big Casino letters. Purple halftone-dotted night sky, green-lit gothic graveyard, leaning tombstones and grave markers, yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title, black silhouetted castle wall on the right and orange spiderwebs in the corners.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Lane
Card lanes
- Lane
Out lanes 1-2-3
- Bumper
Passive bumpers
- backbox display
Big Casino letters
- Goal
A-K-Q-J-10
On the playfield
Bumpers 3
- Passive bumpers
- Yellow bumpers
- Green bumpers
Lanes 3
- Card lanes
- Center top lane
- Out lanes 1-2-3
Backbox 1
- Big Casino letters backbox display
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Central: gaunt blue-skinned woman, shoulder-length black hair, white lab coat over dark clothing, mouth open in a scream, right hand thrust forward with fingers splayed towards the viewer, eyes wide with dark rings
- monster Upper left: a grinning stone monster head with round glowing orange eyes and sharp teeth, set into a dark archway in the graveyard wall
- skeleton Lower left: a mummified skeletal figure in a tattered purple cloak, both arms raised with open hands, jaw open
- skeleton Lower right: a skeletal head and shoulders with wild purple hair and a wide screaming mouth, emerging from the greenery
- woman Right edge: a woman in a purple dress with long dark hair, mouth open in a scream, one arm raised
- other Far right: a figure with bright pink or magenta hair and pale skin, partially cut off by the frame
Setting
- Purple halftone-dotted night sky
- Green-lit gothic graveyard
- Leaning tombstones and grave markers
- Yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title
- Black silhouetted castle wall on the right
- Orange spiderwebs in the corners
Text on it
- ALICE COOPER'S
- NIGHTMARE CASTILE
- SPOOKY PINBALL
- SPOOKY PINBALL LLC. All Game Elements © "SPOOKY PINBALL LLC." 2017
- 2017 Nightmare Inc.
- Under License from Universal Merchandising Services, Inc.
- Artwork © 2017 Mojo Mist. Be Destroyed.
How it plays
-
Goals 3
- A-K-Q-J-10
- Big Casino
- 1-2-3
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Linked terms
- Card lanes also called Collecting cards
- Out lanes 1-2-3 also called Center out lanes
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- purple
- green
Fingerprint: alice cooper's nightmare castile, huge splayed hand of blue-skinned black-haired woman lunging toward viewer with black spider bearing red hourglass on its back crawling on her white lab coat, dripping red title on blazing yellow starburst second feature, grinning orange-eyed monster face embedded in graveyard archway at upper left, crowd of purple-haired skeletons and screaming woman in purple dress lower right, horror-themed comic-style
The most memorable element is the huge splayed hand of the blue-skinned, black-haired woman lunging out of the picture towards the viewer, with a black spider bearing a red hourglass on its back crawling on her white lab coat. The dripping red title on a blazing yellow starburst is the second most striking feature, with the word CASTILE set in smaller letters to the right. Third, the grinning orange-eyed monster face embedded in the graveyard archway at the upper left. Fourth, the crowd of purple-haired skeletons and a screaming woman in a purple dress packed into the lower right corner.
Setting
- Purple halftone-dotted night sky
- Green-lit gothic graveyard
- Leaning tombstones and grave markers
- Yellow flame or starburst backdrop behind the title
- Black silhouetted castle wall on the right
- Orange spiderwebs in the corners
Symbols
- Black spider with red hourglass marking
- Spiderwebs
- Tombstones
- Grinning monster face
- Gargoyle statue
- Skeletons
- Flame or explosion starburst behind the title
- Pink ghost emblem in the lower left
- Loval logo
Lettering
- Jagged, dripping horror display capitals in blood red with heavy black shadow, arranged on two lines with a smaller right-aligned second word, set against a yellow starburst
Themes
- Horror
- Haunted castle
- Gothic graveyard
- Spiders
- Undead
- Nightmare
- Monster character group
Title on it
- Alice cooper's nightmare castile
Text on it
- ALICE COOPER'S
- NIGHTMARE CASTILE
- SPOOKY PINBALL
- SPOOKY PINBALL LLC. All Game Elements © "SPOOKY PINBALL LLC." 2017
- 2017 Nightmare Inc.
- Under License from Universal Merchandising Services, Inc.
- Artwork © 2017 Mojo Mist. Be Destroyed.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central: gaunt blue-skinned woman, shoulder-length black hair, white lab coat over dark clothing, mouth open in a scream, right hand thrust forward with fingers splayed towards the viewer, eyes wide with dark rings |
| Monster | Upper left: a grinning stone monster head with round glowing orange eyes and sharp teeth, set into a dark archway in the graveyard wall |
| Skeleton | Lower left: a mummified skeletal figure in a tattered purple cloak, both arms raised with open hands, jaw open |
| Skeleton | Lower right: a skeletal head and shoulders with wild purple hair and a wide screaming mouth, emerging from the greenery |
| Woman | Right edge: a woman in a purple dress with long dark hair, mouth open in a scream, one arm raised |
| Other | Far right: a figure with bright pink or magenta hair and pale skin, partially cut off by the frame |
| Other | Upper right: a grey stone gargoyle or winged statue perched on top of the castle wall, with a small dark spider-like shape beside it |
| Animal | Centre: a large black spider with a red hourglass on its abdomen, drawn in silhouette with legs raised, crawling on the blue woman's chest |
A horror-themed comic-style backglass. Across the top, the title ALICE COOPER'S NIGHTMARE CASTILE is lettered in jagged, dripping blood-red capital letters with black shading, sitting on a bright yellow starburst or flame shape against a purple halftone-dotted night sky. Dominating the centre is a gaunt blue-skinned woman with shoulder-length black hair and a screaming open mouth, wearing a white lab coat; she thrusts a huge splayed hand towards the viewer. A black spider with a red hourglass marking on its abdomen crawls on her chest, its legs raised. The background is a green-lit Gothic graveyard: leaning tombstones, a grinning stone monster face with glowing orange eyes set in an archway at upper left, a stone gargoyle or winged statue perched on the wall at upper right, a mummy-like skeleton in a tattered purple cloak with both arms raised at lower left, a skeletal head-and-shoulders figure with wild purple hair at lower right, and a screaming woman in a purple dress at the right edge. Orange spiderwebs lace the corners. Colours are dominated by red, yellow, purple and green.