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Big Guns backglass

Also known as BG

1987 · Williams & Unidesa

Big Guns

Known for Left Cannon, Right Cannon, Center Cannon and King's Chamber. Black outer space with scattered stars, floating planets and moons, tiered pagoda-style fortress, brick-built lower wall with arched alcove, stone scroll instruction plaque and wooden cabinet frame visible around the edges.

Year
1987
Maker
Williams & Unidesa
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • saucer

    Left Cannon

  • saucer

    Right Cannon

  • saucer

    Center Cannon

  • backbox toy

    King's Chamber

  • Lane

    Shield lanes

  • Target

    Guard standups

  • Mode

    Invincible

  • Goal

    Queen's Rescue

2 games under this title

On the playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • blue
Big Guns playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Orbit 1

  • Mini-loops loops

Holes 3

  • Left Cannon saucer
  • Right Cannon saucer
  • Center Cannon saucer

Drop target 1

  • Top drop targets

Targets 3

  • Guard standups
  • Troll standup target
  • Forcefield target

Kickback 1

  • Left kickback

Lane 1

  • Shield lanes

Posts and gates 2

  • Center post post
  • Right out lane gate gate

Lights 2

  • Gunfires
  • Bonus multiplier ladder

Backbox 1

  • King's Chamber backbox toy

On the backglass

Who and what

  • other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior kneeling on a floating golden platform at mid-left, arm raised
  • other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior lying prone and fallen on a golden platform at lower left, legs outstretched
  • other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior kneeling with one arm thrust upward at mid-right
  • other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior reclining backwards on a golden platform at lower right
  • woman Small standing figure in the central arched doorway, red and blue costume, long hair
  • creature Red-orange mechanical serpent or dragon gun at mid-left firing yellow and white energy beams, radiating muzzle burst

Setting

  • Black outer space with scattered stars
  • Floating planets and moons
  • Tiered pagoda-style fortress
  • Brick-built lower wall with arched alcove
  • Stone scroll instruction plaque
  • Wooden cabinet frame visible around the edges

Text on it

  • BIG
  • ELK'S
  • Williams
  • KING SCORCHER
  • E
  • X
  • S
  • 2X
  • PVA
  • 3
  • 3000,000

How it plays

  1. Modes 1

    • Invincible
  2. Goals 3

    • Queen's Rescue
    • Tower Special
    • Tower Bonus

Made by

Design & Art
Python Anghelo
Design
Mark Ritchie
Software
Bill Pfutzenreuter
Sound & Music
Chris Granner
Sound
Brian Schmidt

Reference

Linked terms
  • Left Cannon also called Left Cannon saucer also called Lock 1
  • Right Cannon also called Right Cannon saucer also called Lock 2
  • Center Cannon also called Center lane
  • King's Chamber also called Bagatelle
  • Shield lanes also called Shields
  • Guard standups also called Queen's guard targets
  • Queen's Rescue also called Rescue the Queen
Playfield vision analysis

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

Big Guns playfield

Playfield Standard

  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • blue

Fingerprint: You Are Invincible, enormous polished chrome domed turret structure at top of playfield, collage of bright green windowed building inserts slanted in mirrored pairs down both upper sides, huge circular bullseye directly above flippers ringed yellow and purple, multi-colored background brick water and rock bands, tank or robot head with turret at lower center

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the great circular bullseye directly above the flippers, ringed in yellow and purple with the words 'YOU ARE' above and 'INVINCIBLE' below, ringed with small rivet dots. Second, the enormous polished chrome domed turret structure at the very top of the playfield, catching the light like a mirror. Third, the collage of bright green windowed building inserts slanted in mirrored pairs down both upper sides, giving a city-of-glass look. Fourth, the busy three-band background: red brick at the top, tan desert rock in the middle, and bright yellow and teal lower down, with a crowd of small blue figures painted across the yellow panel. Fifth, the big red 'W' in a yellow circle stamped on the apron between the two instruction cards.

Setting

  • Red brick wall across the top third with an attack tower sign
  • Tan and orange rocky or desert band across the middle
  • Bright yellow panel across the centre-lower playfield covered in small painted figures
  • Teal-blue water or ice field across the lower playfield
  • Green-tinted multi-windowed glass buildings angled in mirrored pairs
  • Red and white checkered or tiled wall panels on the upper left and right

Symbols

  • Large concentric ring bullseye
  • Big red w inside a yellow circle on the apron
  • Yellow lightning bolt
  • Speech-bubble or plaque shaped instruction boxes
  • Painted stars
  • Red arrows
  • Brick wall pattern
  • Rectangular value inserts in a vertical ladder

Notable shapes

  • A very large circular concentric bullseye ring above the flippers, a mirrored pair of tall angled green windowed building inserts, a chrome hemispherical turret dome at top centre, clear plastic ramp tubes running the length of both sides, and a full-width clear plastic shield/lane guide around the outer edge.

Art motifs

  • Mirrored symmetry left and right
  • Hard black outlines typical of comic printing
  • Airbrushed metallic reflections on the chrome dome
  • Collage of separate themed panels

Themes

  • Target or bullseye motif
  • Brick tower or city
  • Military or weapons manual
  • Comic book collage

Title on it

  • You are invincible

Text on it

  • ATTACK TOWER
  • OIL CHANGES FREE
  • GAL. FIREBALL $500
  • 6X
  • YOU ARE
  • INVINCIBLE
  • MORE BALLS
  • WEAPONS MANUAL: BIG GUNS
  • AIR RAID WARNING
  • HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
  • LANE CHANGE
  • R. FLIPPER ADVANCES KING'S CHAMBER
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 Play 50¢
  • 2 Plays 75¢
  • 3 Plays $1.00
  • 3 Balls Per Play
  • SPECIAL
Drop targets
A vertical stack of rectangular drop targets or inserts runs down the centre of the playfield, one reading '6x'.
Ramps
A clear plastic ramp runs up the right side and another wireform or ramp on the left, with a further clear ramp in the upper playfield; metal ball guides arc down both outer edges.
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots either side of the lower playfield, painted orange and yellow, sitting outboard of the flippers.
Upper playfield
Yes, a raised upper section behind the flippers with the chrome turret dome, a small round green-lit window, two lit inserts, an 'oil changes free' arrow sign and the 'attack tower' brick backdrop.
Apron and lower playfield
Metal-framed lower playfield with a circular drain, a wood-look outer rail, and below it the cabinet front with a large 'w' emblem, two white instruction cards, and two chrome coin-door coin mechanisms with yellow 25c stickers.
Who and what
Kind Description
Robot A green mechanical tank or robot head with a turret-like top and cannons, painted at the centre of the lower playfield just above the bullseye ring, flanked by barrels and pipes
Monster A brown furry or hairy creature head/mask on the left side of the playfield, beside the green windowed building insert
Creature A pale blue-white skull or skeletal creature face inside a white-rimmed circle on the right side of the lower playfield, under a small blue flash
Other A crowd of many small blue and grey human-like figures painted in rows across the bright yellow centre panel, some holding arms out
Vehicle A large polished chrome or mirrored metal turret/dome assembly at the top centre, reflecting the room
Other A bald male head in profile at the right-hand cabinet side near the coin door area, part of the cabinet side art
Full description

A photographed pinball playfield seen from above under a locked glass, with the cabinet front edge and coin door at the bottom of the frame. The playfield is extremely busy, a multi-coloured collage: a red brick wall graphic across the whole top with a small white 'ATTACK TOWER' sign; a tan/brown rocky or desert-toned band across the middle; a bright yellow panel through the centre-lower area; teal-blue water or ice across the lower playfield; and green-tinted glass building shapes arranged in mirrored pairs left and right. At the top centre sits a large chrome or polished-metal circular structure like a domed turret or tank turret, with a small green-lit round window beneath it. A vertical ladder of rectangular inserts runs down the centre, one marked '6X' in orange on a white square. On both upper flanks are angled green multi-windowed building inserts. Clear plastic ramps and wireform guides arc down both sides. A large concentric ring target sits above the flippers with 'YOU ARE' arched above it and 'INVINCIBLE' arched below. The apron below carries a big red 'W' inside a yellow circle, two white instruction cards, and a yellow script logo at lower left. Two green-and-yellow flippers, a round drain, slingshots and small posts fill the lower third.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Big Guns backglass

Backglass Standard

  • black
  • red
  • gold
  • blue

Fingerprint: Enormous two-part angular title split across top BIG left ELK'S right red letters heavy yellow outlines white highlights, separated pagoda tower capped glowing honeycomb globe, crowded symmetrical tableau four identical blue-armoured gold-trimmed warriors posed floating golden platforms, one red dragon-like gun each side spitting bright yellow beam fire

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the enormous two-part angular title split across the top, BIG on the left and ELK'S on the right, in red letters with heavy yellow outlines and white highlights, separated by a pagoda tower capped with a glowing honeycomb globe. Second, the crowded symmetrical tableau of four identical blue-armoured, gold-trimmed warriors posed on floating golden platforms, plus one red dragon-like gun on each side spitting bright yellow beam fire. Third, the huge orange-and-cream banded gas planet at upper right, crossed by a small purple ringed world. Fourth, the bottom panel of two black score windows and four orange seven-segment readouts flanked by two red W crown emblems in black discs.

Setting

  • Black outer space with scattered stars
  • Floating planets and moons
  • Tiered pagoda-style fortress
  • Brick-built lower wall with arched alcove
  • Stone scroll instruction plaque
  • Wooden cabinet frame visible around the edges

Symbols

  • Red circle logo with white letter w
  • Two black discs with red w crown emblems
  • Bullseye target in the arched window
  • Three heraldic shields: lion, red x, letter s
  • Orange rocket pods on spikes around the central tower
  • Honeycomb lattice globe finial
  • Ringed planet
  • Stencilled roundel
  • Seven-segment digit displays
  • Gargoyle statues

Lettering

  • Very large angular geometric capitals, red fill with thick yellow-gold outlines and white highlights, split left and right of the central tower; the company name below is a red cursive script with a white outline.

Themes

  • Science fiction
  • Space
  • Fantasy fortress
  • Samurai warriors
  • Laser combat
  • Pinball backglass

Title on it

  • Big elk's

Text on it

  • BIG
  • ELK'S
  • Williams
  • KING SCORCHER
  • E
  • X
  • S
  • 2X
  • PVA
  • 3
  • 3000,000
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior kneeling on a floating golden platform at mid-left, arm raised
Other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior lying prone and fallen on a golden platform at lower left, legs outstretched
Other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior kneeling with one arm thrust upward at mid-right
Other Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warrior reclining backwards on a golden platform at lower right
Woman Small standing figure in the central arched doorway, red and blue costume, long hair
Creature Red-orange mechanical serpent or dragon gun at mid-left firing yellow and white energy beams, radiating muzzle burst
Creature Matching red-orange mechanical serpent or dragon gun at mid-right firing yellow and white beams, radiating muzzle burst
Creature Green-scaled gargoyle or lizard statue crouching at the lower left edge
Creature Matching green-scaled gargoyle statue crouching at the lower right edge
Other Multiple small blue-armoured soldiers in repeated ranks along the left and right golden platforms
Full description

Backglass with a black starfield and a symmetrical fortress tableau. Across the top, huge angular red letters with thick yellow-gold outlines and white highlights: BIG on the left, ELK'S on the right, split by a domed pagoda tower capped with a glowing honeycomb globe, four orange rocket pods on spikes and a stencilled roundel. Below at left, red cursive Williams beside a red circle logo with a white W. Planets float about: a blue Earth-like sphere upper left, small purple and grey moons, and a huge orange-and-cream banded gas giant upper right overlapped by a dark purple ringed world. The midground is a tiered rusty red-brown pagoda fortress on a brick base; a lit arched window at centre shows a bullseye and three shields with a lion, a red X and an S, under a KING SCORCHER banner. Blue-armoured gold-trimmed warriors occupy floating golden platforms: one kneeling at mid-left, one fallen prone at lower left, one kneeling with arm thrust up at mid-right, one reclining at lower right, plus a small standing figure in the central doorway. Red-orange mechanical serpent guns at each side fire yellow and white beams with radiating bursts. Green-scaled gargoyles crouch at both lower edges. The lower quarter has two black score windows, orange seven-segment readouts, two black discs with red W crown emblems, and a pale stone scroll instruction plaque.

Big Guns backglass

Backglass Standard

  • brown
  • blue
  • yellow
  • red

Fingerprint: "LAZY-Q" crooked wooden signboard tilted, chunky yellow-and-red capitals. Yellow letter Q containing small stopwatch face. Desert sky turquoise and pale blue, fluffy white clouds. Snow-capped mountain range, tall green saguaro cacti at left and right. Frontier town scene: green-and-red stagecoach, standing petrol pumps, striped awning, cowboys on horseback. Blonde woman in white hat and red blouse, man in yellow shirt.

Distinctive

A crooked, rough-plank wooden signboard across the middle carrying LAZY-Q in chunky yellow-and-red capitals, with a yellow letter Q that has a stopwatch face inside it. Behind it stretches a snow-capped mountain range at sunset under a turquoise sky with tall saguaro cacti, a strange desert-mountain combination. Below sits a full cowboy street scene with a red-wheeled stagecoach, petrol pumps, a red-and-yellow striped storefront awning and mounted cowboys. A blonde woman in a white sun hat and red blouse and a man in a yellow shirt and white hat anchor the bottom corners. Mechanical score reels sit above the title in a cream SCORE panel, with a ragged POINTS sign showing 21 at the top right.

Setting

  • Turquoise desert sky with white cumulus clouds
  • Snow-capped mountain range
  • Yellow-orange sunset band on the horizon
  • Green desert scrub with cacti
  • Wild-west town street with hitching rail and storefront

Symbols

  • Cactus
  • Playing-card suits
  • Sunburst medallion
  • Stopwatch face inside the letter q
  • Score reels
  • Gas pumps
  • Lamp posts
  • Wooden signboard

Lettering

  • Large chunky yellow block capitals with red drop shadow and white outline on a wooden plank, plus a gold cursive signature with red shading beneath

Themes

  • Wild west
  • Cowboys
  • Horses
  • Stagecoach
  • Desert
  • Frontier town
  • American southwest

Title on it

  • Lazy-q

Text on it

  • LAZY-Q
  • Williams
  • SCORE
  • 62,1000
  • POINTS
  • 21
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde, fair-skinned, wide-brimmed white sun hat with dark band, red blouse with white collar and buttons, red lips, facing forward in the lower left-centre
Man Dark-haired, white cowboy hat, yellow shirt with two chest pockets, blue jeans and belt, small red box at his hip, lower right, shown from the waist up in profile
Man Cowboy on a pale horse near centre, wearing a red shirt
Man Cowboy on a brown horse at centre-right, wearing blue
Man Smaller cowboy on a dark horse further right in the middle distance
Vehicle Stagecoach with green body, red wheels and red trim, hitched at the left
Vehicle Several horses standing in the street near the centre
Other Two upright petrol pumps in front of the storefront
Full description

Western-themed illustrated backglass. Across the middle a rough-hewn dark brown wooden signboard, nailed at both ends and tilted slightly, carries the main title LAZY-Q in large yellow block capitals with a red drop shadow and white outline; a yellow Q at the right end of the plank contains a small clock or stopwatch face. Directly beneath the plank a cursive signature in gold-and-red reads Williams. The upper third is a desert sky of turquoise and pale blue with fluffy white clouds, a tall green saguaro cactus at the top left and another cactus at the right, above a range of snow-capped blue and white mountains lit by a yellow-orange sunset band. A cream-coloured SCORE panel with a red border sits at the top centre above mechanical score reels reading 62,1000 on the left, and a ragged cream POINTS sign on a post at top right shows a sunburst emblem containing 21. The lower half is a frontier town scene: a hitching rail and a green-and-red stagecoach with big red wheels at the left, two standing petrol pumps, a low building with a red-and-yellow striped awning and two green lamp posts, several cowboys on horseback in the middle distance, a blonde woman in a wide-brimmed white hat and red blouse in the lower left-centre, and a dark-haired man in a white cowboy hat, yellow shirt and blue jeans at the lower right with a small red box at his hip.

Big Guns backglass

Backglass Standard

  • black
  • gold
  • red
  • brown

Fingerprint: "BIG KING'S CHAMBER": mirrored stone nameplates with bevelled green-grey edges, pale grey arched window with skull and shield emblems in band, stepped pylon towers with pyramidion caps

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the pair of separate stone nameplates split across the top: three readable gold letters on the left and four letters on the right rendered backwards, as though the right half were a mirror image. Directly beneath sits a pale grey arched window filled with a band of small shield and skull-like emblems, one plainly marked with an X and another with a diagonal cross. The strongly mirrored right-hand lettering is the single detail most likely to be recognised from a half-remembered description.

Setting

  • Cracked dark green-black stone
  • Pale grey glazed arch window
  • Tan and grey masonry pylons
  • Stepped temple architecture

Symbols

  • Skull
  • Shield
  • X mark
  • Diagonal cross
  • Cartouche
  • Pyramid
  • Obelisk
  • Stone bricks

Lettering

  • Large angular wedge-shaped block capitals, gold with orange-red infill and bright yellow outline, drawn on a cracked stone-textured nameplate

Themes

  • Egyptian temple
  • Hieroglyphs
  • Pyramid
  • Stone architecture
  • Arched window
  • Skulls and shields

Title on it

  • Big

Text on it

  • BIG
  • KING'S CHAMBER
Who and what
Kind Description
Other No human figures visible; the emblem band inside the arch contains small skull-like and heraldic shield shapes rather than people
Full description

A painted, symmetrical Egyptian-temple themed backglass. Across the top runs a dark banner carrying two separate stone-textured nameplates with bevelled green-grey edges: the left plate holds three large angular gold-and-orange outlined letters reading BIG, while the right plate carries four similar letters drawn in mirrored (reversed) form, reading right to left. The letters are blocky, wedge-shaped and outlined in bright yellow with orange-red infill, sitting on a cracked dark green stone texture. Below, a wide arch or window of pale grey glass dominates the centre, crossed by muntin bars, with a row of small shield and cartouche shapes - some skull-like, some bearing an X or a diagonal cross - arranged in a band just above a bold black caption on a light panel. Flanking the central arch are two tall stepped pylon or obelisk towers in tan and grey masonry, each capped with a pyramidion and carrying small blue and yellow inset panels. The palette is dominated by warm gold and orange lettering against a dark green-black stone ground, with red-brown masonry, pale grey panels and small accents of blue and yellow. The painting is airbrushed and illustrative, with crisp outlines and shaded depth.

Big Guns backglass

Backglass Standard

  • red
  • green
  • blue
  • black

Fingerprint: Colossal red-brick fairytale castle with mirrored disco-ball sphere on highest spire, two fire-breathing red serpents with yellow bellies rearing symmetrically, two ornate green corner banners with bevelled red-yellow lettering reading BIG and ELKS, cyan-blue aliens in bubble helmets fighting with ray guns among green spotted snake coils foreground, crowned woman imprisoned in lit arched window bottom centre

Distinctive

A colossal red-brick fairytale castle with a mirrored disco-ball sphere on its highest spire, flanked by two fire-breathing red serpents. A woman wearing a crown is imprisoned in a small lit arched window at the bottom centre, with a crowned bearded king visible in a stained-glass window above her. Two ornate green corner banners carry bevelled red-and-yellow lettering split across the top. Blue-armoured aliens in bubble helmets fight with ray guns among green spotted snake coils in the foreground.

Setting

  • Black outer space with scattered white stars and small planets
  • A red-orange brick castle with turrets, battlements and an arched doorway
  • A red brick curtain wall across the lower third
  • Green platform or landscape on the right with a small castle tower
  • Rocky yellow-brown ground beneath the left saucer

Symbols

  • Circular logo containing mfgco in the bottom-left corner
  • Wavy red script brand name in a red oval on the left
  • Stained-glass heraldic panels in the castle window
  • Yellow satellite dishes
  • Playfield-style sunburst flames from the serpents
  • Ringed and striped planets
  • Green snakeskin-textured banner borders
  • Spotted and segmented snake bodies
  • Brick battlements and crenellations
  • Crowns
  • Ray guns
  • Stars and small moons

Lettering

  • Very large bevelled block capitals in red with a thick yellow outline and green drop shadow, set on ornate green embossed banner cartouches; brand name in flowing red script inside a red oval; a small all-capital serif nameplate on a yellow banner below the castle window

Themes

  • Fairytale castle
  • Space and planets
  • Aliens and ray guns
  • Fire-breathing serpents
  • A princess in a tower window
  • Crystal or disco ball
  • Flying saucers

Title on it

  • Big elks

Text on it

  • BIG
  • ELKS
  • Williams
  • KING'S CHAMBER
  • MFGCO
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Crowned woman with long dark hair in a blue gown with red bodice, arms raised, standing in a small illuminated arched window at bottom centre of the brick wall
Man Bearded crowned king in a gold-trimmed robe, standing behind the mullioned stained-glass window high in the castle arch, flanked by stained-glass panels
Creature Two enormous red serpents with yellow bellies and yellow eyes rearing symmetrically either side of the castle, mouths open, projecting jets of fire and smoke
Alien Cyan-blue humanoid in a bubble helmet and ribbed pressure suit at lower left, aiming a black ray gun, legs splayed
Alien Cyan-blue humanoid in a bubble helmet and striped suit at lower right, one arm raised, holding a black ray gun
Vehicle Two yellow and blue flying saucer/space craft with blue figures aboard, one entering at mid-left, one at mid-right
Other White mirrored disco-ball sphere crowning the central spire, surrounded by yellow satellite dish antennas on poles
Full description

A wide painted backglass illustration on a black starfield, dominated by a great red-orange brick castle with battlements, a round arched doorway and several slender turrets. The topmost turret carries a large white disco-ball-like sphere ringed by yellow satellite dishes. Two huge ornate green banners with red-and-yellow bevelled lettering sit in the upper corners, reading BIG on the left and ELKS on the right. Flanking the castle are two long red serpents with yellow eyes rearing up, each spitting fire or a jet of colour at a flying yellow-and-blue saucer craft. Green spotted snake coils with blue segmented armour wind along the lower left and right foreground. Two cyan-blue alien soldiers in bubble helmets and ribbed pressure suits crouch lower left and lower right, each gripping a black ray gun, one with an arm raised. A crowned woman in a blue-and-red gown is framed in a small lit arched window at bottom centre, and a bearded crowned man stands behind a mullioned stained-glass window higher up. Orange, ringed and striped planets float at left and right. Dominant colours are red-orange, green, cyan-blue and black.