Also known as CSI
2008 · Stern
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Known for Centrifuge, Skull, Microscope and Morgue. Near-black studio backdrop with faint green wireframe grid, blueprint-style crosshair and circle line motifs, horizontal scan-line light streaks and green glow radiating from the lower edge.
- Year
- 2008
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Centrifuge
- Ramp
Skull
- u-turn
Microscope
- popper
Morgue
- scoop
DNA scoop
- Multiball
Skull Multiball
- Multiball
Centrifuge Multiball
- Multiball
Microscope Multiball
On the playfield
- purple
- green
- blue
- yellow
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Toy 1
- Centrifuge
Ramp 1
- Skull
Orbit 1
- Microscope u-turn
Holes 2
- Morgue popper
- DNA scoop scoop
Drop target 1
- DNA drop targets
Target 1
- Ballistics targets
Flipper 1
- Upper flipper extra flipper
Post or gate 1
- Centrifuge post post
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre-left, largest portrait, fair-skinned, short dark hair with receding hairline, clean-shaven, dark suit jacket over open dark shirt, serious neutral expression, facing forward
- woman Centre-right, largest portrait, fair-skinned, shoulder-length wavy blonde hair with fringe, pink lipstick, thin gold chain necklace, black thin-strap top, faint smile, facing forward
- man Far left edge, middle row, fair-skinned, short hair with receding hairline, dark police-style shirt, looking forward
- man Left edge, upper row, fair-skinned, receding hairline, dark shirt, forward gaze
- man Left-centre, lower row, fair-skinned, short hair, dark jacket, faint smile
- woman Right side, lower-middle row, fair-skinned, long dark brown hair, dark top, neutral expression
Setting
- Near-black studio backdrop with faint green wireframe grid
- Blueprint-style crosshair and circle line motifs
- Horizontal scan-line light streaks
- Green glow radiating from the lower edge
Text on it
- CSI:
- CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
- CBS
How it plays
-
Modes 3
- Suspect Shakedown
- Fingerprint Frenzy
- Ballistics
-
Multiballs 3
- Skull Multiball
- Centrifuge Multiball
- Microscope Multiball
-
Goals 7
- Evidence
- Raise Jackpot
- Super Spins
- Mega Jackpot
- Bullet Jackpot
- Skull Jackpot
- Spelling CSI
-
Awards 4
- Photo Award
- DNA mystery award
- Add-a-Ball
- More Time
-
Wizard modes 1
- Multiball Wizard
Made by
- Design
- Pat Lawlor
- Art
- John Youssi
- Art
- Margaret Hudson
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Software
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.
- Software
- Keith P. Johnson
- Software
- Mike Kyzivat
- Sound & Music
- David Thiel
- Display animation
- Mark Galvez
- Display animation
- Tom Kyzivat
Reference
Linked terms
- Skull also called Skull ramp
- Microscope also called Microscope u-turn
- Morgue also called Morgue popper
- DNA drop targets also called DNA bank
- Ballistics targets also called Bullet targets
- Multiball Wizard also called Wizard
- Super Spins also called Spins
- Ballistics also called Bullets
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple
- green
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: Enormous white CSI logo with crime-scene-investigation text, circle of fifteen illuminated evidence-word targets, three photographic character portraits shoulder-to-shoulder, two yellow diagonal rails lettered crime-scene-do-not-cross, three CSI logos on apron
The enormous white CSI: block logo with the word CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION beneath it, paired with a circle of 15 illuminated evidence-word targets in the middle of the field. Three photographic character portraits stand shoulder to shoulder just above it: a photographer, a blonde woman, and a goateed man in a police uniform. The two yellow diagonal rails lettered ONE CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS and ONE SCENE ONE CRIME are the most memorable geometry in the lower field. Three separate CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION logos repeat across the bottom apron, two stamped with FREE PLAY banners.
Setting
- Printed night-time city skyline in purple, teal and orange behind the upper playfield
- Grey-green concrete and tiled forensic laboratory interior across the lower field
- Wooden cabinet sides with red pinstripe trim and clear glass covering the playfield
Symbols
- 15 round lit evidence targets in concentric rings
- Hexagonal lab sign
- Red circular evidence light
- Orange extra ball insert
- Green special insert
- Blue ballistic insert
- Red triangular arrow marker
- Yellow arrow inserts
- Black-and-yellow hazard warning stripes
- Fluted chrome post caps
- Wireform ramp tubing
Notable shapes
- Large asymmetric circular evidence-target disc dominating the centre, two long sweeping yellow diagonal rails forming a wide v across the lower field, a large arched red banner at the top, a metal arch/loop guide on the upper right, and a raised habitrail hump on the upper left
Art motifs
- Police lab glassware
- Computer monitors and control banks
- Yellow crime-scene tape and do-not-cross rails
- Suspension bridge and urban skyline backdrop
- Spotlight beams in blue and green from the inserts
Themes
- Forensic science
- Police procedural
- Crime scene laboratory
- Evidence collection
- Murder mystery
Title on it
- Csi: crime scene investigation
Text on it
- CRIME SCENE
- FINGER PRINT
- SPECIAL
- BALLISTIC
- EVIDENCE
- LAB
- EXTRA BALL
- FORENSIC
- CSU TARGETS
- CSI:
- CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
- ONE CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS
- ONE SCENE ONE CRIME
- HOLD EITHER FLIPPER BUTTON
- FOR INSTANT INFO
- FREE PLAY
- CRIME SCENE ELEVATOR
- SHOOT AGAIN
- MULTIBALL
- BLOOD
- TENTACLE
- ALIEN DNA
- FOOTPRINTS
- FORESTS
- EYE
- DATA CELLS
- CARTOGRAPHY
- BROKEN GLASS
- AUTO GLASS
- TOOL MARKS
- MATCH HEAD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Photographic cutout portrait at mid-left, short dark hair, dark shirt, holding a camera up to his face with both hands as if photographing evidence |
| Woman | Photographic cutout portrait at centre, shoulder-length wavy blonde hair, black top, neutral expression, facing slightly right |
| Man | Photographic cutout portrait at mid-right, dark hair with a goatee, wearing a dark police uniform, facing forward |
| Other | Small dark silhouetted figure artwork on the left side rail near the sling, and printed lab/office equipment props (beakers, canister, monitor screens) scattered in the background art |
A forensic-crime-scene pinball playfield, shot lit with green and blue LEDs against a printed city-at-night backdrop of purple, teal and orange buildings. The bottom apron carries three large CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION logos in cream and orange, two of them overlaid with yellow FREE PLAY banners, plus a warning-stripe panel reading CRIME SCENE ELEVATOR. Above the apron, two big yellow diagonal rails sweep up and outwards, lettered ONE CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS on the left and ONE SCENE ONE CRIME on the right, and beneath each, black-on-yellow instruction strips read HOLD EITHER FLIPPER BUTTON and FOR INSTANT INFO. A large white CSI: logo sits mid-field right. Three photographic portraits run across the middle: a dark-haired man at left aiming a camera, a blonde woman in a black top at centre, and a dark-haired man with a goatee in a police uniform at right. The centre of the field is a big circular tree of 15 lit round evidence targets, ringed by 4, 5, 6 and labelled with evidence words. Chrome wireform ramps, two yellow-gold post caps, arrow inserts and a red triangular marker crowd the mid and upper field. Two green posts flank an arched red-orange CRIME SCENE title banner at the very top.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- red
- green
- white
Fingerprint: Enormous red CSI: title block at bottom third ending in colon, staggered collage of photographic actor headshots on near-black background, two oversized central portraits (dark-haired man in suit, blonde woman with necklace) tower over smaller flanking faces, faint green wireframe grid and blueprint-style crosshairs, electric-green glow from bottom corners
The most memorable feature is the enormous red CSI: title block filling the bottom third, the word ending in a colon rather than any other punctuation, sitting beneath a staggered collage of photographic actor headshots rather than a depicted scene. Two oversized central portraits - a dark-haired man in a dark suit at centre-left and a blonde woman in a black strappy top at centre-right - tower over roughly eight smaller flanking headshots arranged along the left and right margins. A faint green wireframe grid and blueprint crosshair motif covers the black background, with an electric-green glow bleeding in from the bottom corners.
Setting
- Near-black studio backdrop with faint green wireframe grid
- Blueprint-style crosshair and circle line motifs
- Horizontal scan-line light streaks
- Green glow radiating from the lower edge
Symbols
- Television network eye logo bottom-left
- Faint green wireframe grid
- Blueprint crosshair lines
- Colon punctuation after the title
Lettering
- Very large red sans-serif capitals with a light bevel/edge, followed by a smaller pale green-white capitals subtitle in a plain condensed sans-serif
Themes
- Crime investigation
- Forensic police procedural
- Television cast montage
- Ensemble portrait collage
Title on it
- Csi:
Text on it
- CSI:
- CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
- CBS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre-left, largest portrait, fair-skinned, short dark hair with receding hairline, clean-shaven, dark suit jacket over open dark shirt, serious neutral expression, facing forward |
| Woman | Centre-right, largest portrait, fair-skinned, shoulder-length wavy blonde hair with fringe, pink lipstick, thin gold chain necklace, black thin-strap top, faint smile, facing forward |
| Man | Far left edge, middle row, fair-skinned, short hair with receding hairline, dark police-style shirt, looking forward |
| Man | Left edge, upper row, fair-skinned, receding hairline, dark shirt, forward gaze |
| Man | Left-centre, lower row, fair-skinned, short hair, dark jacket, faint smile |
| Woman | Right side, lower-middle row, fair-skinned, long dark brown hair, dark top, neutral expression |
| Man | Far right edge, upper row, fair-skinned, short dark hair, dark shirt |
| Man | Far right edge, lower row, fair-skinned, older, short hair, dark jacket |
| Man | Right-centre, dark hair, dark clothing, partially overlapping other portraits |
| Man | Left-centre upper area, additional partially obscured portrait among the staggered collage |
A wide, dark photographic collage backglass. Across the upper two-thirds sits a montage of about ten photographic head-and-shoulders portraits of television crime-drama cast members, all facing the viewer, layered in staggered rows on a near-black background with faint green grid lines, blueprint-style crosshairs and horizontal scan-line streaks. Two portraits dominate the centre and are roughly twice the size of the rest: at centre-left a fair-skinned man with short dark hair in a dark suit and open collar, and at centre-right a fair-skinned blonde woman with loose shoulder-length hair, pink lipstick and a thin gold necklace. Smaller faces flank them along the left and right edges, including several men in dark police-style shirts and one woman with long dark hair on the right. The lower third is dominated by the title: huge red capital letters CSI with a colon, sitting above the subtitle CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION in smaller pale letters. Dominant colours are black, red, green and white, with the green glow strongest along the bottom edge and lower corners. Overall style is photographic composite with airbrushed glow and bevelled lettering.