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1985–1986 · Bally & Bell Games

Cybernaut

Known for Tube shot, Ion Generator, Top saucer and Blast. Rust-brown stone block wall, bronze arched structure, dark navy-black field and faint electric-blue circuit tracery.

Years
1985–1986
Maker
Bally & Bell Games
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • Shot

    Tube shot

  • Target

    Ion Generator

  • saucer

    Top saucer

  • Goal

    Blast

2 games under this title

On the playfield

  • deep blue
  • cream
  • orange
  • black
Cybernaut playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 1 spinner
  • 1 target bank

Full vision analysis

Shot 1

  • Tube shot

Hole 1

  • Top saucer saucer

Target 1

  • Ion Generator

Lanes 2

  • Top rollover buttons rollover buttons
  • Star rollover rollover

Posts and gates 2

  • Right gate gate
  • Left gate gate

On the backglass

Who and what

  • woman Adult female cyborg, pale skin, red eyes, long voluminous black hair, silver circular earpiece headset on left ear, strand of white beads down chest. wears a black-and-silver cut-out patterned bodysuit, orange-red shoulder plates and orange-red thigh-high boots. holds a long chrome-and-black rifle with ribbed barrel diagonally across her body in both hands, head tilted up and left.
  • robot Tall lanky mechanical bird humanoid behind and left of the woman. grey-blue elongated pointed beak, single red circular eye lens, thin topknot antenna on skull, exposed ribbed and segmented neck tubes, grey pebble-textured torso with red rounded armour plates and a dark feather-like wing arm. head angled down and right towards the woman.

Setting

  • Rust-brown stone block wall
  • Bronze arched structure
  • Dark navy-black field
  • Faint electric-blue circuit tracery

Text on it

  • Bally MIDWAY
  • CYBERNAUT
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • TILT
  • MATCH
  • GAME OVER
  • 620
  • 30
  • 00

How it plays

  1. Goals 1

    • Blast

Made by

Design
Greg Kmiec
Art
Doug Watson

The cast

  • Space Hawks

Reference

Linked terms
  • Ion Generator also called Generator Bonus
Playfield vision analysis

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

Cybernaut playfield

Playfield Standard

  • deep blue
  • cream
  • orange
  • black

Fingerprint: CYBERNAUT, layered busy surface with printed energy rays-concentric rings under plastics, two columnar plastics with orange caps carry small painted faces, large cream saucer-targets near lower mid-field ringed concentric black-red rings, cyan double-line chevron rails framing blue PINBALL logotype apron, wireform gate-rail right side, sci-fi cybernetics motif, dense grid artwork, target-cluster of concentric circles

Distinctive

The most striking feature is the layered, busy surface treatment: printed energy rays and concentric rings run under and between the plastics, so the artwork reads as a continuous electrical or data-grid motif rather than discrete illustrations. Two tall columnar plastics with orange caps rise above the mid-playfield and carry small painted faces, giving the table a pair of mascot-like heads. Large circular cream saucer targets near the lower mid-playfield are ringed with concentric black and red rings and studded with printed value numerals, forming a target cluster unlike the plain round bumpers above. The apron is unusually graphic, with cyan double-line chevron rails framing a bright blue PINBALL logotype and two large cream cards printed in dense black text. A single chrome wireform gate and rail run along the right lane, contrasting with the printed plastics elsewhere.

Setting

  • Black void surrounding the cabinet, machine lit from within
  • Playfield surface printed with radiating energy lines and concentric rings
  • Glass top reflecting the room lights
  • Cabinet front with brushed metal coin door and two coin slots
  • Wood side rails visible left and right of the playfield

Symbols

  • Concentric rings and bullseye targets
  • Radiating starburst lines
  • Orange lightning-bolt shapes
  • Round illuminated inserts scattered over the whole field
  • Small orange chevron / arrow markers
  • Blue and orange concentric arc bands running down the right lane
  • Printed numerals inside white circles

Notable shapes

  • V-shaped cyan chevron apron frame
  • Concentric-ring target cluster of cream saucers
  • Large circular printed face ring in the upper playfield
  • Curved chrome rail along the right lane
  • Orange three-window insert panel at top right
  • Arched rainbow-banded plastics over the slingshots

Art motifs

  • Electron / data stream lines
  • Target and crosshair circles
  • Radial light rays from the upper playfield
  • Printed circuitry-like grids
  • Banded rainbow striping on the lower plastics

Themes

  • Science fiction
  • Cybernetics / robotics
  • Arcade / electronic grid
  • Energy beams
  • Space
  • War of the worlds-style futuristic machinery

Title on it

  • Cybernaut

Text on it

  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • CYBERNAUT
  • PINBALL
  • BLAST
  • PENTA
  • NOVA
  • GENERATOR
  • COLLECT BONUS
  • CYBERNAUT BONUS
  • 3 BALLS PER GAME
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
  • 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 1,500,000 POINTS.
  • 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 2,500,000 POINTS.
  • 1 BALL PER GAME USING THE LASER SIGHT. 2 BALLS PER GAME USING THE MICRO SWITCH.
  • WHEN LIT, ADDING THE FLASHING CIRCUIT LIGHTS VARY IN VALUE BALL AND BONUS AWARDS.
  • Ball return buttons, CYBER GENERATOR Targets and Shoot Again Advance CYBERNAUT mode.
  • BLAST lit lights up a GI Powerball when lit for special.
  • DISPLAY lit lights up CYBERNAUT GI when lights when lit for special.
  • REPLAY lit lights up CYBERNAUT GI when lights when lit for special.
  • GI Lightning through the tube when lit for special.
  • NUKE lit scores 10 points. KICK-OUT lit for special.
  • NUKE and HURRICANE flashing buttons light for special.
  • 2X
  • 3X
  • 4X
  • 5X
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 50
  • 100
  • 150
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500
  • 60
  • L
  • A
  • S
  • T
  • B
Ramps
A black ramp or shroud entering from the left side in the upper third, arcing over the printed face motif; a wireform-ramped lane on the right with a curved chrome rail descending to the lower right; an elevated metal rail crossing the upper-left quadrant
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots, one either side of the lower mid-playfield, each with a red-and-cream striped plastic face and a chrome bracket; the plastics carry curved rainbow banding.
Upper playfield
Upper third holds two orange-capped pop bumpers with painted face plastics, a large printed face target ring, a wireform gate with an orange three-window insert panel at top right labelled generator, a printed male portrait above that gate, and a small lane structure with green and red inserts at top left. a dark shroud or ramp cuts in from the left edge over the printed artwork.
Apron and lower playfield
A black lower deck dominates the bottom fifth, framed by bright cyan double-line chevron rails that meet in a v at centre. large blue neon-outline pinball wordmark sits centre. two cream cards sit left and right: the left headed instructions with dense black bullet-point rule text and for amusement only at each top corner, the right headed cybernaut with replay and ball-count text and 3 balls per game at both ends. below, the cabinet front carries a brushed metal coin door with two glowing coin slots and two coin-return cups.
Who and what
Kind Description
Other A tall columnar plastic above the left pop bumper carries a small painted male face with dark hair and a headband-like band, rendered in cream, brown and black against the orange cap; the head is turned slightly towards the viewer.
Other Matching columnar plastic above the right pop bumper with a second small painted face, again cream and brown with dark hair, tilted the opposite way so the pair faces inwards.
Other Below the bumpers a large circular printed illustration shows a face or head rendered in cream and dark blue line work inside a target-like ring, partly obscured by a black plastic ramp or shroud sweeping in from the left.
Other At the top right of the playfield a printed portrait of a face in profile or three-quarter view, cream skin tones with dark hair and a red-orange shape behind it, set above the wireform gate; only the head and upper shoulder area are visible.
Other Small printed cartoon face with a dark moustache-like marking and a pale oval head appears on the left lane area near the top, partially covered by the metal lane guide.
Full description

A full-length overhead photograph of a wide-body pinball playfield under a glass top, viewed slightly obliquely from above so the whole table, apron and part of the cabinet front are visible against a black surround. The playfield is dominated by deep blue and navy artwork overlaid with cream, gold and orange line work, radiating energy lines and a dense scatter of small round insert lamps. Two large red-capped pop bumpers sit in the upper third, flanking a printed face motif; below them a cream-coloured cluster of saucer-like rings and printed value circles reads BLAST across the mid-playfield in bold orange block letters. At the top right a wireform gate assembly carries an orange insert panel, and a curved chrome rail arcs down the right edge. Numerous coloured inserts glow red, green, amber and white. The lower deck carries a black apron with a large blue PINBALL wordmark, two cream instruction cards, and cyan neon-style apron rails; the cabinet front below carries coin doors and two lit coin slots.

Cybernaut playfield

Playfield Space Hawks

  • teal
  • orange
  • yellow
  • black

Fingerprint: Column yellow alien heads black hollow eyes orange forehead domes upper-right lit within, grinning goggled ape helmet with raised arms upper left, huge portrait goggled space hero bursting through left side, round inserts spelling S P A C E across midfield, gold skull emblem center

Distinctive

A column of yellow alien heads with black hollow eyes and orange forehead domes filling the upper-right quadrant, lit from within. A grinning goggled ape in a helmet with arms raised at the upper left. A huge painted portrait of a goggled space hero bursting through the left side of the playfield. Round inserts spelling out S P A C E across the middle of the field. A gold skull face emblem set between two glowing triangular plastics low centre.

Setting

  • Deep teal outer space with yellow star bursts
  • Green central field
  • Grey ruined stone tower mid-field
  • Black apron panels with angular white line graphics

Symbols

  • Letters s p a c e spelled in round white inserts
  • Row of round lamps above
  • Orange dome bumpers at top right
  • Skull and crossbones
  • Hawk head emblem
  • Yellow star bursts
  • Red and black triangular warning plastics
  • Shooting star shapes

Notable shapes

  • A deep rectangular outlane and kicker lane running the length of the left edge
  • A full-height clear-covered channel following the printed rocket across the top
  • A circular gold medallion medallion-shaped insert at lower centre
  • Two tall glowing triangles either side of the lower centre medallion

Art motifs

  • Comic-book ink outlines
  • Halftone shading
  • Airbrushed metallic gold
  • Radiating sunburst rays
  • Black lightning flashes

Themes

  • Space
  • Aliens
  • Sci-fi
  • Comic book
  • Aviation
  • Rocket

Title on it

  • Space hawks

Text on it

  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • Shoot Again
  • SPACE HAWKS
  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 3 TO A CAN PLAY
  • 2 TO A CAN PLAY
  • ALL LIT SPECIALS SCORE 50,000 POINTS.
  • ALL LIT EXTRA BALLS SCORE 20,000 POINTS.
  • 3 BALLS PER GAME
  • Rebound buttons, bonus lights and Turbo shot advance bonus.
  • EXTRA BALL at 30,000 points for lighting top-to-bottom lights when lit.
  • 2 EXTRA BALL at 50,000 points for lighting bonus bank lights when lit.
  • EXTRA BALL at 50,000 points for lighting Top-A-F-C-E when lit for special.
  • 1ST-5TH at 50,000 points for lighting bonus lights when lit for special.
  • 1ST-5TH worth points for advancing bonus when lit for special.
  • 2 EXTRA BALL or 30,000 points for lighting bonus bank lights for any hit next ball.
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • REPLAY 17
  • REPLAY 22
Pop bumpers
A cluster of round white pop bumper caps in an arc low centre, plus a row of smaller bumper caps near the top
Drop targets
A vertical black-and-yellow striped drop target bank left of centre
Slingshots
Two standard triangular slings, one each side of the lower centre, with red and black arrow decals
Upper playfield
Yes, with a clear lane running along the top edge and two wire-loop ball guides
Apron and lower playfield
Black apron with two large white instruction cards, angular white pinstripe graphics, a red space hawks logo block bottom right and a small printed manufacturer script logo with a round emblem above the left card
Who and what
Kind Description
Creature Grinning ape-like pilot at upper left, dark fur, big white teeth, helmet and goggles, arms thrown up in a cheer, small relative to the rocket nose beside him
Man Large painted portrait of a space hero on the left: adult male, yellow helmet with chin strap, round goggles, green suit with orange collar and yellow trim, grinning with teeth showing, bust breaking through the left edge
Alien Column of five or more yellow-gold alien heads at upper right, each with a beaked or ridged headdress, black hollow eye sockets, toothy mouths and small round orange badges on their foreheads
Vehicle Sleek grey-white rocket/sleigh-shaped craft drifting nose-left across the upper mid-field, printed flat on the playfield art
Other Gold skull-and-crossbones face emblem low centre: wide grinning skull with round dark eye sockets inside a gold circular medallion with radiating rays
Animal Black hawk head with hooked beak and spread wing drawn in white outline on the lower apron between the two cards
Other Small grinning skull-and-crossbones motif at the right edge mid-field, yellow on black
Full description

A complete electro-mechanical playfield seen through the glass of its cabinet, photographed from above the front of the machine, with the coin door and ball-in-play counters visible below. Artwork is a hand-painted comic-book space battle in teal, orange, yellow and black. A grinning ape-like pilot in a helmet and goggles stands at upper left beside a rocket nose; below him a large painted portrait of a goggled space hero in a green suit and orange collar leans into the left inlane. The upper right is dominated by a tall panel of yellow-gold hanging alien faces with beaked helmets, black eyes and round orange badges, topped by a row of orange domes; a yellow banner on it reads 'SHOOT AGAIN'. The mid-field is a green backdrop with a grey ruined tower, a drifting sleigh-like vehicle, and round white inserts spelling S P A C E letter-by-letter. Two yellow-lit triangular plastics flank the sling area; a large gold circular emblem of a skull-and-crossbones face sits between them. Two white instruction cards fill the lower apron either side of a black hawk head emblem, with a red 'SPACE HAWKS' logo block bottom right. Worn cream rubber rings edge the playfield.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Cybernaut backglass

Backglass Standard

  • black
  • blue
  • red
  • brown

Fingerprint: Female cyborg in black-silver patterned bodysuit and orange-red thigh-high boots with red eyes holding long sci-fi rifle, lanky mechanical bird behind with long grey beak and red eye lens, CYBERNAUT arched in red-orange gradient letters, Bally MIDWAY eagle-and-shield crest, amber seven-segment readouts, bronze arch, electric-blue circuit tracery

Distinctive

A female cyborg in a black-and-silver patterned bodysuit and orange-red thigh-high boots, black-haired with red eyes, holding a long sci-fi rifle diagonally, stands in front of a lanky robotic bird with a long grey beak, single red eye lens and an antenna sticking up from its head. The title CYBERNAUT arches across the top in enormous red-to-orange gradient block letters with a cream highlight and thick black shadow. Five separate amber LED readouts are inset into the surrounding border panels, showing 620, 30 and three pairs of 00. The background is a rust-brown stone block wall with a bronze arch and faint electric-blue circuit tracery, framed by brown and blue chevron borders.

Setting

  • Rust-brown stone block wall
  • Bronze arched structure
  • Dark navy-black field
  • Faint electric-blue circuit tracery

Symbols

  • Eagle-and-shield painted crest at top left
  • Amber seven-segment led displays
  • Electric-blue circuit line tracery
  • Chevron border lines
  • Beaded necklace
  • Long-barrelled rifle
  • Antenna

Lettering

  • Massive arched red-to-orange gradient block capitals with cream inner highlight and heavy black drop shadow for the title; small gold cursive wordmark above; plain small white sans-serif capitals for the instruction words

Themes

  • Cyborg
  • Robot
  • Science fiction
  • Female warrior
  • Futuristic weapons
  • Cybernetic implants

Title on it

  • Cybernaut

Text on it

  • Bally MIDWAY
  • CYBERNAUT
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • TILT
  • MATCH
  • GAME OVER
  • 620
  • 30
  • 00
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Adult female cyborg, pale skin, red eyes, long voluminous black hair, silver circular earpiece headset on left ear, strand of white beads down chest. wears a black-and-silver cut-out patterned bodysuit, orange-red shoulder plates and orange-red thigh-high boots. holds a long chrome-and-black rifle with ribbed barrel diagonally across her body in both hands, head tilted up and left.
Robot Tall lanky mechanical bird humanoid behind and left of the woman. grey-blue elongated pointed beak, single red circular eye lens, thin topknot antenna on skull, exposed ribbed and segmented neck tubes, grey pebble-textured torso with red rounded armour plates and a dark feather-like wing arm. head angled down and right towards the woman.
Full description

A square backglass panel with an angular multi-layer border of brown, bronze and electric-blue chevron lines framing a dark navy-to-black field. Across the top, a huge arched title CYBERNAUT in chunky block capitals shaded red-to-orange with a cream inner highlight and heavy black drop shadow; above it a small gold cursive-and-caps wordmark Bally MIDWAY on a black band, with a painted eagle-and-shield crest at left. Centre stage holds two figures: a tall human-like female cyborg with long black hair, pale skin, red eyes, a silver earpiece headset and a bead necklace, clad in a black and silver bikini-patterned bodysuit with orange-red thigh-high boots and orange-red shoulder plates, gripping a long-barrelled chrome-and-black rifle diagonally across her body; behind her a lanky mechanical bird creature with a grey-blue elongated beak, a single red eye lens, a topknot antenna, exposed ribbed neck tubes and a segmented grey body with red armour plates. Five amber seven-segment readouts are set into the border panels, glowing 620, 00, 30, 00 and 00, with small white caption words beside them. Painted studio comic style with heavy black outlines and airbrushed sheen. Background is a rust-brown stone block wall with an arched bronze structure and faint blue neon circuit tracery.

Cybernaut backglass

Backglass Space Hawks

  • red
  • yellow
  • blue
  • white

Fingerprint: Bird-of-prey motif fused with spaceflight, huge white-feathered hawk head with black hooked beak lower left, body reappearing as long white-feathered wing sweeping from lower right, blue-suited astronaut with arms thrown up hovering directly above, enormous extruded SPACE HAWKS logo in blue white and yellow spanning entire top with 3D block shadowing

Distinctive

A bird-of-prey motif fused with spaceflight: a huge white-feathered hawk head with a black hooked beak occupying the lower left, its body reappearing as a long white-feathered wing sweeping in from the lower right, while a blue-suited astronaut with arms thrown up hovers directly above it. The enormous extruded SPACE HAWKS logo in blue, white and yellow spans the entire top of the glass with 3D block shadowing. Red seven-segment score displays are built into the painted art at four positions, showing 230, 3740, 10 and 540. The scene is set on an ochre alien desert with red mesas under a blazing red-orange sky, framed by a pale geometric art-deco border with gold round medallions at the top corners.

Setting

  • Alien desert of yellow ochre sand and dark canyons
  • Layered red and brown ridged mesas and buttes on the horizon
  • Deep red sky graduating to orange and white cloud at the top
  • Pale grey-blue geometric art-deco border of rails and ladder shapes
  • Two gold circular medallions set into the border at upper left and upper right

Symbols

  • Two gold circular medallions with radial spoke designs
  • Seven-segment red digital score readouts
  • Arithmetic plus sign shapes integrated into the side border
  • Yellow ladder and rail motifs in the side borders
  • Spacecraft
  • Star field specks in the red sky

Lettering

  • Huge three-dimensional extruded block capitals, pale blue and white faces with thick yellow and white sides and long cast shadows to the lower right, all letters joined in a single horizontal band across the top of the glass

Themes

  • Space
  • Aliens
  • Astronaut
  • Giant bird
  • Desert planet
  • Adventure
  • Science fiction

Title on it

  • Space hawks

Text on it

  • SPACE HAWKS
  • A BALLY COMPANY
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • 230
  • 3740
  • 10
  • 540
  • 9740
Who and what
Kind Description
Other A single adult human figure in a bulky white and pale-blue pressure spacesuit, hovering mid-air with both arms raised high and open hands, gold-rimmed dark visor, chest control panel with dials, dark tool pouch on the belt, corrugated hose looping from the shoulder, one boot pointing down and the other kicked back
Animal A very large white-feathered raptor or hawk head filling the lower left centre, round red-rimmed eye, long black hooked beak with serrated edge, white head plumage; its body continues rightward as a long outstretched wing of white and blue-grey feathers sweeping to the lower right corner
Vehicle A small sleek white rocket ship or space cruiser on the left horizon, wedge-shaped with a dark canopy and a row of small dark window ports along its flank
Full description

A wide rectangular backglass with a large three-dimensional block-letter logo across the top reading SPACE HAWKS, in pale sky-blue and white faces with heavy yellow and white extruded sides casting long shadows to the lower right. The centre of the glass is dominated by a hovering blue-and-white spacesuited figure with arms flung upward, a gold-rimmed visor, chest control panel and a dark tool belt. Below and left sits a large white feathered raptor head with a hooked black beak and red-rimmed eye, its body sweeping right as a long white-feathered wing. The background is a red-to-orange sky over a yellow ochre alien desert with ridged mesas, dark canyons and a small sleek white rocket cruiser on the left horizon. The whole scene is framed by a pale grey-blue art-deco style border of geometric rails and ladders, with two gold circular medallions, one at each upper side. Four rectangular cut-out score windows and a smaller centre-right window display red seven-segment digits. Small print sits just under the logo: a company emblem reading A BALLY COMPANY with ALL RIGHTS RESERVED beneath it.