1977 · Williams
Big Deal
Known for Ace lanes and Horseshoe. Interior casino or party lounge with pink stage curtains, bar counter with men in suits and a woman in a dress at upper left, green card table with seated players in lower half and magenta and pink sunburst rays radiating from behind the title.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
Ace lanes
- Hole
Horseshoe
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Triangular feature
Hole 1
- Horseshoe
Target 1
- Red standup targets
Lanes 3
- Ace lanes
- Ace of Spades lane
- Return lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Brunette with bare shoulders, large blue eyes, heavy blue eye shadow and pink lips, head and shoulders in the extreme bottom-left corner, facing right in profile
- man Dark curly-haired man in a pale turquoise shirt seen from behind, seated centre-bottom at the green card table, holding cards
- woman Brunette with long hair in a bright pink sleeveless dress at upper right, arm raised holding a martini glass, smiling
- man Tuxedoed dark-haired man directly behind and left of the woman in the pink dress, upper right
- man Orange-haired man in a light blue jacket with yellow shirt at right, chin resting on hand
- man Man in a green suit and tie at upper left holding a raised glass
Setting
- Interior casino or party lounge with pink stage curtains
- Bar counter with men in suits and a woman in a dress at upper left
- Green card table with seated players in lower half
- Magenta and pink sunburst rays radiating from behind the title
Text on it
- BIG DEAL
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- BALL IN PLAY
- 4 CAN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- BIGDEAL
Other
- Stars
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Reference
Linked terms
- Ace lanes also called Eight Ace lanes also called Aces
- Horseshoe also called Horseshoe Shot also called Upper right horseshoe
- Red standup targets also called Standup targets
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pink
- green
- orange
- turquoise
Fingerprint: Big Deal: enormous rounded turquoise-and-cream title filling top third over hot-pink sunburst, four mechanical score reels labelled with player numbers, sprawling comic-strip casino party with woman in bright pink dress holding martini glass, card game at green table, four-player oval with numbered circles.
The enormous rounded turquoise-and-cream BIG DEAL title filling the top third over a hot-pink sunburst, with a small cursive script word tucked above it. Four mechanical score reels labelled 1ST/2ND/3RD/4TH PLAYER in pink capitals, each paired with a coloured UP tag. A sprawling comic-strip casino party: a woman in a bright pink dress holding a martini glass at upper right, partygoers at a bar with pink curtains at upper left, and a seated card game at a green table below. A big orange 4 CAN PLAY oval with four green numbered circles at bottom right.
Setting
- Interior casino or party lounge with pink stage curtains
- Bar counter with men in suits and a woman in a dress at upper left
- Green card table with seated players in lower half
- Magenta and pink sunburst rays radiating from behind the title
Symbols
- Four numbered score reels in white windows
- Coloured up tags (green, turquoise, magenta, orange)
- Martini glasses
- Magenta stage curtains
- Pink sunburst rays
- Four green numbered circles 1 2 3 4
- Orange oval sign
Lettering
- Very large rounded sans-serif bubble capitals in pale turquoise with cream highlight and dark outline for the title; hot-pink block capitals with cream outline for the player labels; small plain black capitals on white for up tags; plain red capitals for ball in play; white capitals with dark outline on the orange oval
Themes
- Casino
- Gambling
- Card game
- Party
- Cocktails
- Four player
Title on it
- Big deal
Text on it
- BIG DEAL
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- BALL IN PLAY
- 4 CAN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Brunette with bare shoulders, large blue eyes, heavy blue eye shadow and pink lips, head and shoulders in the extreme bottom-left corner, facing right in profile |
| Man | Dark curly-haired man in a pale turquoise shirt seen from behind, seated centre-bottom at the green card table, holding cards |
| Woman | Brunette with long hair in a bright pink sleeveless dress at upper right, arm raised holding a martini glass, smiling |
| Man | Tuxedoed dark-haired man directly behind and left of the woman in the pink dress, upper right |
| Man | Orange-haired man in a light blue jacket with yellow shirt at right, chin resting on hand |
| Man | Man in a green suit and tie at upper left holding a raised glass |
| Man | Man in a dark suit and sunglasses at upper left |
| Man | Man in a black tuxedo at upper left beside the bar |
| Woman | Woman in a low-cut light dress at the bar at upper left, arm raised with a glass |
A glossy painted pinball backglass with four mechanical score reels set into a cartoon casino-party scene. Across the top, huge rounded capital letters spell BIG DEAL in pale turquoise-green block caps with cream highlight edges and a darker green outline, sitting over a magenta-and-pink radiating sunburst; a small cursive script word sits just above the title but is too soft to resolve. Four horizontal reel windows run across the glass, each with a coloured label above it: pink 1ST PLAYER and pink 2ND PLAYER across the top pair, magenta 3RD PLAYER on the left middle, and 4TH PLAYER on the right lower area, each with a coloured square tag reading 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP or 4 UP. The upper-left scene shows a bar or party counter with men in suits and a woman in a low-cut dress raising a glass; the upper-right shows a woman in a bright pink sleeveless dress holding a martini glass, a tuxedoed man behind her, and other partygoers, framed by pink curtains. Lower half: a brunette woman with a bare shoulder in the bottom-left corner, a dark-haired man in a pale turquoise shirt seated at a green card table at centre, and a man in a blue jacket with orange hair at the right. BALL IN PLAY is lettered in red capitals on the felt. A large orange oval at bottom right reads 4 CAN PLAY above four numbered green circles 1 2 3 4.