1995 · Williams
Dirty Harry
Known for Gun, Headquarters, Safehouse and Gun Multiball. Dusk city skyline, steel truss bridge, water at night and deep blue night sky with orange sunset band.
- Year
- 1995
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Gun
- Hole
Headquarters
- Hole
Safehouse
- Multiball
Gun Multiball
- Wizard mode
Crime Wave
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Single male figure, middle-aged, white skin, dark brown swept-back hair, heavy furrowed brow, grim unsmiling expression, white collared shirt, patterned red-brown tie, red jacket; right arm extended toward viewer holding a large chrome revolver whose circular muzzle is prominent
- vehicle Small boxy truck or van silhouetted on the bridge deck at mid-left with yellow-lit windows
Setting
- Dusk city skyline
- Steel truss bridge
- Water at night
- Deep blue night sky with orange sunset band
Text on it
- DIRTY
- HARRY
- Williams
- WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
How it plays
-
Modes 10
- Bar Room Brawl
- Car Chase
- Warehouse Raid
- Letter Bomb
- Meet the Mob
- Stop Scorpio
- Bank Robber
- Warehouse Hurry-Up
- Super Loops
- Shootout
-
Multiballs 2
- Gun Multiball
- Alcatraz
-
Goals 6
- Feel Lucky
- Contraband
- Ricochet
- Last Chance
- Load Gun
- Ramp Shot
-
Wizard modes 1
- Crime Wave
Made by
- Design
- Barry Oursler
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Art
- Pat McMahon
- Mechanics
- Zofia Bil
- Software
- Craig Sylla
- Sound & Music
- Vince Pontarelli
- Display animation
- Scott Slomiany
- Display animation
- Adam Rhine
- Display animation
- Brian Morris
The cast
- Rank
- Scorpio
Reference
Linked terms
- Gun also called gun toy
- Headquarters also called HQ also called HQ hole
- Safehouse also called safe house
- Bullet targets also called Bullets
- Badge also called Badge shots
- Gun Multiball also called Multiball
- Bar Room Brawl also called Barroom Brawl
- Contraband also called Copper Pinball
- Ricochet also called Super Ricochet
- Rank also called Rookie also called Chief
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- red
- green
- tan
Fingerprint: Enormous stencilled dirty-harry logo in cracked red letters over blue, four big painted portraits of square-jawed dark-haired man snarling, black running-man silhouette in red-framed panel, yellow metal bank building at upper left, red illuminated rail with green LED inserts
The enormous stencilled DIRTY HARRY logo on the lower apron, painted in cracked red letters over blue, is the single most memorable element, sitting between a white rules card and a 'FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY' QR-code card. Second is the comic-book collage playfield: four big painted portraits of the same square-jawed dark-haired man in an open-collared pale blue shirt, snarling or grimacing, plus a black running-man silhouette in a red-framed panel. A yellow metal bank building marked BANK ROBBER hangs at the upper left, and two white flippers sit at the base of a red, lamp-studded horseshoe of guide rails. The whole lower playfield is ringed by that red illuminated rail with green LED inserts glowing inside it.
Setting
- Comic-strip panel collage of a harbour city waterfront
- Painted small-town street with a bar and a harbour
- Plain grey-green steel apron panel at the bottom
Symbols
- Five-pointed stars
- Diamond badge shapes
- Handgun and rifle silhouettes
- Playing-card suits
- Bow and arrow
- Radar screen
- Target reticle
- Gold bars
- Pocket watch
- Feathered arrows
- Key and lock
- Speech balloon
- Lightning bolt
Notable shapes
- A red horseshoe of ball-guide rails studded with round red lamps encircling the lower playfield
- A tall blue-tinted trapezoidal clear plastic ramp guard on the right
- A curved red and white striped guide rail on the right return lane
- A yellow arched wireform gate at upper left
- Clear plastic tunnel/ramp mouths and chrome ball guides scattered across the field
Art motifs
- Comic-book halftone panel collage with white gutters
- Hand-inked action lines
- Stencilled cracked-letter title treatment
- Wood-grain patterned backboard panels
- Rows of red incandescent lamps in the ball guides
Themes
- Police
- Crime
- Harbour town
- Badge
- Car chase
- Shootout
- Barroom brawl
Title on it
- Dirty harry
Text on it
- DIRTY HARRY
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR RULES
- 2 BALLS
- PER GAME
- 1 PLAY -
- 4 PLAYS - 1 DOLLAR
- BANK ROBBER
- PLAYFIELD BONUS WHEN LIT
- SHOOT OUT
- STOP SCOUNDRELS
- MERT THE DIP
- CLEAN UP THE PLACE
- BERMUDA TRIANGLE
- HARBOUR RAID
- CAR CHASE
- BARROOM BRAWL
- SHOOT LIT HO TO
- START SHOOTOUT MODE
- GAME OVER
- HARRY
- POLICE
- Williams
- SMALL CRAFT
- GAME
- 1000 CREDITS
- GOLD BARS 25000
- SHOOTING STARS
- PUSH
- TILT
- ALL NEW ROCKET DISPLAY - A BRILLIANTLY NEW TRILLION-TRUMP TRICKY VIDEO GAME CONVERSION KIT - COLLECT 6 CREDITS TO LIGHT NEON MULTIBALL - SHOOT OUT FEATURE AT RIGHT RAMPS - SHOOT RIVER OF CRIME - PREPARE TO ENGAGE BADGE - ATTACK 4 BADGE SAMURAI - PARTNERS - CONTAINS 6 BADGE TARGETS - GET 8 BADGE LETTERS - BERMUDA TRIANGLE - BERMUDA TRIANGLE - HARRY AND MCGANG - BERMUDA TRIANGLE - BERMUDA TRIANGLE - BERMUDA TRIANGLE - WILLING AND TREASURES - BUZZARD - PARADISE - GOLDMINE - LIGHTS CHEAT - LIGHT RAINBOWS - 4 VENT - WINNING PAYS - 20,000 - LIT WITH 4 SEGA VIDEO GAME - SCORING NO MORE LIT AFTER CURRENT BALL - BURN SIDE 1
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Large painted portrait in the upper centre, dark-haired square-jawed man in an open-collared pale blue shirt, teeth bared in a snarl, painted in green and cream halftone comic style |
| Man | Large painted portrait in the lower left, same dark-haired man in profile/three-quarter view wearing dark sunglasses, heavy brow, orange-tan skin tones |
| Man | Large painted portrait in the lower centre-right behind the rails, same man with a grimacing open mouth and a red wound or blood mark on his cheek |
| Other | Black silhouette of a running man inside a red-bordered rectangular comic panel at centre-right |
| Man | Smaller painted figure at upper right, a man in a tan coat holding a gun, inside a green-bordered panel |
| Other | Painted police officer figure in dark blue near the lower centre, above the 'harry' red insert |
A brightly lit pinball playfield shot from the front, its lower wooden cabinet and coin door visible at the bottom. The lower third is a grey-green apron panel carrying a huge stencil-style block logo reading DIRTY HARRY in cracked red-and-blue letters, flanked by a white rules card headed DIRTY HARRY on the left and a white card headed FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY with a QR code on the right. The playfield proper is a comic-strip collage of painted panels in sky blue, tan, orange and red, separated by white gutters, with clear wireform ramps, red plastic guide rails lit by rows of red lamps, and chrome posts. Four large painted portraits of a stern dark-haired man in a pale blue shirt dominate the mid and lower playfield, plus a black silhouette of a running man inside a red-bordered panel. Insert labels in white on dark green announce modes, and the top end shows a red multi-level wireform, a small building facade with a window grid, and a hanging yellow bank building. Green and blue LED washes tint the plastics and side rails.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- orange
- black
Fingerprint: dirty harry: enormous head-on gun barrel thrust straight viewer from man's fist dominating lower centre, starburst bullet impacts with glowing yellow centres scattered across dusk sky behind him, stacked red-silver title upper right, steel truss bridge and burning-city skyline over water forming backdrop
The enormous head-on gun barrel thrust straight at the viewer from the man's fist, dominating the lower centre of the glass. Starburst bullet impacts with glowing yellow centres scattered across the dusk sky behind him. Stacked red-and-silver title in the upper right. A steel truss bridge and burning-city skyline over water forming the backdrop.
Setting
- Dusk city skyline
- Steel truss bridge
- Water at night
- Deep blue night sky with orange sunset band
Symbols
- Revolver
- Starburst bullet-hole impacts with glowing centres
- Orange tracer rounds
- Steel truss bridge towers
- Skyscrapers
- Waterfront
Lettering
- Very large stacked sans-serif block capitals, red fill with silver-white inner faces, heavy black outline and drop shadow
Themes
- Police detective
- Gunfight
- Bullet impacts
- City at night
- Silhouetted skyline
- Orange tracer rounds
Title on it
- Dirty harry
Text on it
- DIRTY
- HARRY
- Williams
- WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Single male figure, middle-aged, white skin, dark brown swept-back hair, heavy furrowed brow, grim unsmiling expression, white collared shirt, patterned red-brown tie, red jacket; right arm extended toward viewer holding a large chrome revolver whose circular muzzle is prominent |
| Vehicle | Small boxy truck or van silhouetted on the bridge deck at mid-left with yellow-lit windows |
Illuminated backglass with a photorealistic painted portrait dominating the centre: a stern, middle-aged white man with swept-back dark brown hair, furrowed brow and hard stare, aiming a large chrome revolver barrel directly out of the frame at the viewer. He wears a white collared shirt, a patterned red-brown tie and a red jacket. Behind him is a dusk city skyline across blue water, a steel truss bridge at the left, dark blue night sky fading to orange-pink sunset at the horizon. Bright starburst bullet-hole impacts with glowing yellow-white centres and radiating cracks are scattered over the sky, plus several orange tracer rounds in flight. Large title lettering sits top right in stacked rows of red block letters with silver-white faces and black drop shadow, reading DIRTY over HARRY. Dominant colours: deep blue, red, orange, black.