1977 · Stern Electronics
Disco
Known for Disco letter targets, Star target, Advance and Change buttons and Left side lane. Flat orange field, stepped lime-green and yellow border frame, green title panel, black inset panels behind the corner portraits and blue radial stripe fan in the lower half.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Stern Electronics
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Target
Disco letter targets
- standup target
Star target
- button
Advance and Change buttons
- rollover buttons
Left side lane
On the playfield
Targets 2
- Disco letter targets
- Star target standup target
Lanes 2
- Left side lane rollover buttons
- Out lanes
Control 1
- Advance and Change buttons button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Girl with beehive hairdo in a red-and-yellow striped top, upper left panel
- man Tan wide-brimmed hat, green sunglasses, stubbled face, upper left corner
- woman Red shirt, dark hair, upper left panel
- woman Dancer in a pale blue leotard with arms outstretched, far left edge
- woman Large bob-haired face painted in green, blue and orange, left of centre
- man Grinning man in a red cap, right of centre
Setting
- Flat orange field
- Stepped lime-green and yellow border frame
- Green title panel
- Black inset panels behind the corner portraits
- Blue radial stripe fan in the lower half
Text on it
- DISCO
- by
- STERN
- UP
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- 1
- OR
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- 0
- 5
- 9
How it plays
-
Goals 4
- Double Bonus
- Triple Bonus
- SCO
- DISC
Reference
Linked terms
- Disco letter targets also called DISCO
- Star target also called Top center standup target
- Advance and Change buttons also called Advance bonus button
- Left side lane also called Chute
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- lime green
- red
- blue
Fingerprint: DISCO in fat red letters on green panel, row of dark green circles above, stylised white female mask with orange lips and blue shadow, mirrored grinning male faces flanking, mechanical score reel visible, collage of 1970s fashion faces in upper corners, bright orange field with lime-green border, flat cartoon style
The enormous fat red 'DISCO' wordmark sitting in a green panel beneath a horizontal row of dark green circles. Second most memorable: the huge stylised white female face at bottom centre, orange lips and blue eyeshadow, framed by a fan of blue radial stripes. Third: the two mirrored grinning male faces on either side of it. Fourth: the mechanical score reel strip running the full width of the glass with digit wheels showing 0 5 5 2 0 0 and 0 0 0 9 0 0. Fifth: the collage of 1970s fashion faces crowded into the upper corners, including the woman in a wide-brimmed tan hat and green sunglasses.
Setting
- Flat orange field
- Stepped lime-green and yellow border frame
- Green title panel
- Black inset panels behind the corner portraits
- Blue radial stripe fan in the lower half
Symbols
- Row of dark green circles above the title
- Two thin yellow lightning spikes below the title
- Mechanical score reel digit wheels
- Three coloured round insert lamps on each lower side panel
- Mirrored symmetry of the lower fan
- Stepped geometric border frames
Lettering
- Huge fat rounded bubble letters in red with white highlights for the title; small black lowercase 'by'; outlined italic capital 'stern'; white sans-serif capitals in the bottom instruction panels
Themes
- Disco
- Music
- 1970s fashion
- Nightlife
- Singer
- Guitarist
Title on it
- Disco
Text on it
- DISCO
- by
- STERN
- UP
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- 1
- OR
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- 0
- 5
- 9
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Girl with beehive hairdo in a red-and-yellow striped top, upper left panel |
| Man | Tan wide-brimmed hat, green sunglasses, stubbled face, upper left corner |
| Woman | Red shirt, dark hair, upper left panel |
| Woman | Dancer in a pale blue leotard with arms outstretched, far left edge |
| Woman | Large bob-haired face painted in green, blue and orange, left of centre |
| Man | Grinning man in a red cap, right of centre |
| Man | Green-faced figure with dark hair, upper right |
| Man | Heavy-browed pale face with red lips, far right |
| Woman | Blonde figure with long hair, top right corner |
| Woman | Large stylised mask-like face, white with orange lips and blue eyeshadow, lower centre |
| Man | Laughing male face left of the central mask, lower half |
| Man | Mirrored laughing male face right of the central mask, lower half |
| Man | Man in a red shirt playing a red electric guitar, lower left |
| Man | Man in profile with a microphone, lower right |
Square backglass on a bright orange field with a lime-green and yellow stepped border framing several picture panels. Centre-top: a huge 'DISCO' logo in fat rounded red letters with white highlights and a dark outline, sitting in a green rectangle below a row of about eighteen dark green circles. Under it, small black 'by' and an outlined italic 'STERN'. Either side of centre are heads of 1970s-dressed young people: on the left a girl in a red-and-yellow striped top with a beehive hairdo, behind her a man in a tan wide-brimmed hat and green sunglasses, a woman in a red shirt, and a dancer in a pale blue leotard with arms outstretched; centre-left a large bob-haired woman's face in green, blue and orange paint. On the right a grinning man with a red cap, a green-faced figure, and a heavy-browed white face with red lips. Two red-bordered 'UP' boxes sit either side of a thin yellow spike. Across the middle runs a mechanical score reel with digit wheels (0 5 5 2 0 0 / 0 0 0 9 0 0). Lower half is a fan of blue radial stripes with a large mask-like white female face, orange lips and blue eyeshadow at its centre, flanked by mirrored laughing faces and a man in a red shirt playing a red electric guitar.