Also known as DW
1990 · Gottlieb
Deadly Weapon
Known for Top saucer, Million Times and Instant Multiball. Smoky futuristic city skyline of leaning gridded skyscrapers, helicopter hovering mid-distance, dark figure flying or leaping high in the sky, street-level scene with a light car and glowing headlights and hazy brown-grey smoke filling the sky.
- Year
- 1990
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- saucer
Top saucer
- Mode
Million Times
- Multiball
Instant Multiball
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Top saucer saucer
- Right saucer saucer
Target 1
- Right target 5-bank
Lanes 5
- Brick Alley
- Light Kick Save lane
- East Side
- West Side
- Star rollover rollover
Display 1
- Arrests display
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Older man, wild swept-back grey-blond hair, red-and-cream geometric patterned shirt, blue jeans, mouth open shouting, right arm flung out towards the viewer, left arm gripping the woman, positioned upper right
- woman Blonde woman in a white top, hand raised to her throat, head turned in alarm, being held from behind, positioned centre-right
- man Dark-haired man in a white dress shirt and red tie, bent forward and being dragged or grabbed, positioned centre
- other Small black-suited figure apparently leaping or flying across the smoky sky above the buildings, upper centre
- other Small soldier figure in dark clothing crouching and firing a rifle at lower left beside the car
- vehicle Light-coloured car at lower left with bright glowing headlights, plus a helicopter in the mid-distance
Setting
- Smoky futuristic city skyline of leaning gridded skyscrapers
- Helicopter hovering mid-distance
- Dark figure flying or leaping high in the sky
- Street-level scene with a light car and glowing headlights
- Hazy brown-grey smoke filling the sky
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- Deadly
- WEAPON
- GAME 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Premier
How it plays
-
Modes 3
- Million Times
- Special Round
- Riot Bonus
-
Multiballs 1
- Instant Multiball
-
Goals 3
- Badges
- Weapon
- Crime Scenes
-
Awards 1
- Supercop
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Design
- Jon Norris
- Art
- David Moore
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucer also called Pik-5 hole also called PIK-5 hole
- Right target 5-bank also called 5-bank
- Light Kick Save lane also called Kicksave
- Instant Multiball also called Multiball
- Riot Bonus also called Riot
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- blue
- grey
- cream
Fingerprint: Wild-haired man in red-cream patterned shirt lunging from city with arm outstretched, blonde woman seized by dark-haired man in red tie, enormous red cursive Deadly over pale-blue block WEAPON, four red score reels top right, black-suited figure leaping across smoky sky, car with burning headlights and crouched rifleman, street-level chaos, Gottlieb action-painting aesthetic
A wild-haired man in a red-and-cream patterned shirt lunges out of a city skyline with his arm outstretched, clutching a terrified blonde woman who is in turn being seized by a dark-haired man in a red tie. The title is a two-part affair: enormous red cursive 'Deadly' sitting on top of wide pale-blue block capitals 'WEAPON'. Four red score reels are let into the upper right of the artwork, cut straight through the painted city, with the four white player numerals 1 2 3 4 above them. A small black-suited figure appears to be flying or leaping across the smoky sky above the buildings. At lower left, a light car with burning headlights and a rifleman crouched beside it anchor the street-level chaos.
Setting
- Smoky futuristic city skyline of leaning gridded skyscrapers
- Helicopter hovering mid-distance
- Dark figure flying or leaping high in the sky
- Street-level scene with a light car and glowing headlights
- Hazy brown-grey smoke filling the sky
Symbols
- Four red score reels in a cut-out window
- Player numerals 1 2 3 4
- Rank labels 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
- Helicopter
- Rifle
- Car headlights
- Small red maker logo and blue premier script wordmark
Lettering
- Huge slanted red-orange cursive with white drop shadow over wide pale-blue block capitals with dark navy outline; small white rounded script maker name above; tiny black condensed rank labels on a tan panel
Themes
- Action
- Espionage
- Science fiction weapons
- City chase
- Heroic violence
Title on it
- Deadly weapon
Text on it
- Gottlieb
- Deadly
- WEAPON
- GAME 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Premier
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Older man, wild swept-back grey-blond hair, red-and-cream geometric patterned shirt, blue jeans, mouth open shouting, right arm flung out towards the viewer, left arm gripping the woman, positioned upper right |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a white top, hand raised to her throat, head turned in alarm, being held from behind, positioned centre-right |
| Man | Dark-haired man in a white dress shirt and red tie, bent forward and being dragged or grabbed, positioned centre |
| Other | Small black-suited figure apparently leaping or flying across the smoky sky above the buildings, upper centre |
| Other | Small soldier figure in dark clothing crouching and firing a rifle at lower left beside the car |
| Vehicle | Light-coloured car at lower left with bright glowing headlights, plus a helicopter in the mid-distance |
A full-colour airbrushed action-painting backglass in orange and blue. Upper left: the maker name in small white rounded script above a huge two-word title, 'Deadly' in slanted red-orange cursive with a white drop shadow, sitting over 'WEAPON' in wide pale-blue block capitals with a navy outline. Upper right: a cut-out window of four red score reels with white numerals 1 2 3 4 above them and tiny 'GAME 1' along the top edge. Three figures fill the right and centre - a wild-haired older man in a red-and-cream geometric patterned shirt lunging forward with arm outstretched and mouth open in a shout, clutching a blonde woman in a white top who has a hand at her throat, while a dark-haired man in a white shirt and red tie is bent forward being dragged. Behind them, a smoky grey-brown futuristic city of leaning grid-window skyscrapers, a helicopter, a small dark figure leaping high in the sky, a light car with glowing headlights at lower left and a rifleman crouched beside it. A tan panel along the bottom carries '1st 2nd 3rd 4th', small red and blue logos and a blue script wordmark.