1974 · Bally
Delta Queen
Known for Rollover buttons, A and B standups and Double Bonus. Wide blue river with black wavy current lines, flat cyan-blue sky with two small yellow clouds, dark green treeline on both banks, large leafy tree filling the upper left corner and red and tan rock outcrop in the foreground.
- Year
- 1974
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- rollovers
Rollover buttons
- Target
A and B standups
- Goal
Double Bonus
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Center saucer saucer
- Outhole
Target 1
- A and B standups
Lanes 2
- Rollover buttons rollovers
- In lanes and out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- vehicle A large white three-deck paddlewheel steamboat: orange and black hull bands with a green waterline stripe, arched colonnades of red pillars, two rows of small passenger figures along the rails, a red-and-white vertically striped paddlewheel box, two tall blue-and-white fluted smokestacks emitting white smoke, rigging lines, an american flag on the stern mast, and delta queen painted on a white oval sign on the paddlewheel housing
- man Small caricature figure on the foreground red rock, wearing a lilac/purple long-sleeved shirt, standing upright facing the river
- man Small caricature figure beside the first, wearing a red shirt and a red cap with a brim, in a striding pose
- other A slatted wooden crate set on the rock between the two figures
Setting
- Wide blue river with black wavy current lines
- Flat cyan-blue sky with two small yellow clouds
- Dark green treeline on both banks
- Large leafy tree filling the upper left corner
- Red and tan rock outcrop in the foreground
Text on it
- Bally
- DELTA QUEEN
- 0 2 0 3 0
- 40
- 0
- BALLS TO PLAY
- GAME OVER
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Double Bonus
- Base bonus
Made by
- Design
- Jim Patla
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Rollover buttons also called White rollovers
- A and B standups also called A-B also called Center standup targets
- In lanes and out lanes also called Return lanes
- Base bonus also called Bonus ladder
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- white
- green
Fingerprint: DELTA QUEEN in huge red slab-serif slanting across upper left, white three-deck paddlewheel steamboat with blue-white fluted smokestacks and red-white striped paddlewheel box filling centre, mechanical five-reel score window upper right, two tiny cartoon men in lilac and red shirts on red rock, cyan-blue river
The most memorable element is the enormous red 'DELTA QUEEN' slab-serif title slanting across the upper left over a spreading oak tree, with the smaller cream cursive 'Bally' script tucked above it. Second is the big white three-deck paddlewheel steamboat with two tall blue-white fluted smokestacks, an American flag, and a red-and-white striped paddlewheel box, filling the centre of the glass. Third, the odd black rectangular recess in the upper right containing a real mechanical score window of five white reels reading 0 2 0 3 0, with a printed white '40' above it. Fourth, the two tiny cartoon men in lilac and red shirts standing on a red rock in the foreground beside a wooden crate, above the red 'BALLS TO PLAY' and 'GAME OVER' legends.
Setting
- Wide blue river with black wavy current lines
- Flat cyan-blue sky with two small yellow clouds
- Dark green treeline on both banks
- Large leafy tree filling the upper left corner
- Red and tan rock outcrop in the foreground
Symbols
- American flag
- Paddlewheel
- Two smokestacks
- Smoke plumes
- Mechanical score reels
- Wooden crate
- Red rock outcrop
- Oak tree
Lettering
- Main title in huge slanted red slab-serif capitals with cream and white drop shading, set on two lines at an angle; manufacturer name in small cream cursive script above it; 'balls to play' and 'game over' in flat red sans-serif capitals along the bottom edge; score digits in black on white reel windows
Themes
- Riverboat
- Steamboat
- Mississippi
- American south
- 19th century paddlewheeler
- Comic book art
- Transport
- Riverside
Title on it
- Delta queen
Text on it
- Bally
- DELTA QUEEN
- 0 2 0 3 0
- 40
- 0
- BALLS TO PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | A large white three-deck paddlewheel steamboat: orange and black hull bands with a green waterline stripe, arched colonnades of red pillars, two rows of small passenger figures along the rails, a red-and-white vertically striped paddlewheel box, two tall blue-and-white fluted smokestacks emitting white smoke, rigging lines, an american flag on the stern mast, and delta queen painted on a white oval sign on the paddlewheel housing |
| Man | Small caricature figure on the foreground red rock, wearing a lilac/purple long-sleeved shirt, standing upright facing the river |
| Man | Small caricature figure beside the first, wearing a red shirt and a red cap with a brim, in a striding pose |
| Other | A slatted wooden crate set on the rock between the two figures |
A painted, comic-book-style backglass showing a grand white-and-red Mississippi paddlewheel steamboat on a wide blue river, with two tall fluted blue-white smokestacks billowing white smoke and an American flag flying from a stern mast. The three-deck vessel has arched colonnades of red pillars, a red-and-white striped paddlewheel box amidships, an orange-banded hull and a green waterline stripe, and its name is painted on a white oval sign on the paddlewheel housing. The sky is flat cyan-blue with two small yellow clouds, and a band of dark green trees lines both banks. At upper left a large tree with a brown trunk and olive-green foliage fills the corner, carrying the title: 'Bally' in cream cursive script above 'DELTA QUEEN' in huge slanted red slab-serif capitals with cream shading. At upper right, set in a black rectangular cut-out recess, is a mechanical score window with five white reels reading 0 2 0 3 0, and above it a printed white '40'. Along the bottom, a red rock outcrop juts into the water and two small caricature figures — one in a lilac shirt, one in a red shirt with a red cap — stand on it, with a wooden crate at their feet. 'BALLS TO PLAY' in red block capitals runs along the lower left, and 'GAME OVER' in red capitals sits at lower right on the rock.