Black Knight

A portrait-format electro-mechanical playfield seen through worn playfield glass under dim ambient light, the surface crossed by purple and blue reflections from room lighting. The artwork is dominated by a dark maroon-to-crimson background with black and gold detailing and touches of cream parchment colouring around the central medallion. A large round emblem sits at the centre of the lower playfield, flanked by decorative scrollwork, with a bank of small circular inserts and lamps arranged above and around it. Two yellow-tan rubber-tipped flippers with black rubber boots point inward across the lower third, with plain straight metal guide rails and a single centre drain between them. The upper half is crowded with chrome ball guides, wire rails, a metal ramp lane and wireform ramps sweeping left to right, plus a translucent red and yellow plastic dome near the top. Two cream-coloured rectangular instruction and score cards are set into the lower left and lower right of the playfield. Blackletter-style lettering appears near the lower centre of the art but is not sharp enough to read confidently.

Illuminated rectangular backglass behind clear laminate, bordered by a black wooden frame with blue and red light spill at the edges. A deep red field fills the middle, dominated by a huge yellow full moon low in the centre. Across the top, a blue and purple night sky with a small castle silhouette and swirls of pink cloud sits behind the title: a large red Gothic blackletter logo with blue outline reading Black Knight, and above it a red script word Williams next to a small round emblem. One mounted figure fills the centre: an armoured knight on a rearing black horse, rearing high with both front legs raised and head thrown back, wearing gold-trimmed plate armour, a plumed helmet and a long red-and-black cloak, holding a long lance upright in one hand. Ornate gold scrollwork, heraldic shields, grotesque faces and a winged lion-like gargoyle fill the left and right borders. On the left a chrome-framed window shows amber digital numerals 242,850; on the right are three chrome-framed score windows stacked vertically beside red numerals 2, 3 and 4, with a red HIGHEST SCORE window above them. Two amber displays reading 00 sit low centre beneath a red TILT BONUS BALL plate, and a red Match window runs along the bottom.

A backglass with a tall, symmetrical layout framed on all four sides by ornate gold filigree scrollwork and flame motifs on a black ground, with four silver straight swords pointing inward (two vertical down the left and right edges, two horizontal along the bottom). At the top sits a blue heraldic shield edged in yellow, carrying a red script maker name above a large title in heavy red-and-yellow gothic blackletter script with a white highlight, the letters arched across the shield. The centre is dominated by a single knight in polished silver plate armour with gold trim, a closed helm with red and blue plumes, seated on a rearing black horse draped in a grey-blue caparison patterned with gold fleurs-de-lis. The rider raises one long silver lance diagonally from the lower right to the upper left. Behind them the sky burns in a yellow-to-orange gradient with a black silhouetted tree line on the horizon and black-red rocky ground below. Four black rectangular score windows with yellow seven-segment numerals 2500000 run down the right and across the top, and a small grey box reading HIGHEST SCORE sits mid-right. Blue-outlined CREDITS lettering and small player-number windows 1, 2 and 00 sit at the lower left. Tiny white copyright lines are printed at the lower right.

A painted, comic-book-style backglass panel set in a heavy dark wooden frame. The title 'Black Rider' sits centred across the top in ornate red Old-English/blackletter capitals with a heavy black outline and a thin white keyline. Behind the title the sky is a wash of bright yellow and orange with broad crimson and magenta cloud streaks, giving a fiery sunset effect. In the centre, a dark-clad rider on a rearing white-grey horse rears up among a second, darker horse; both animals are drawn in loose ink linework with grey shading, tails and manes streaming backwards to the left. A pointed helmet or hood is visible on the rider. Across the lower third is a silhouette of a town or castle skyline in dark maroon and brick red, with blocky towers, gables and rooftops, and a small white rectangular inset panel near bottom centre. The whole picture is enclosed by an elaborate gold and pale-yellow ornamental scrollwork border filled with filigree, faces and small decorative motifs, including a heraldic shield or crest on the left side. The overall palette is dominated by crimson red, bright yellow, dark maroon and black.