1968 · Bally
Dixieland
Known for Clarinet, Red mushroom bumper, Basin Street and Bagatelle playfield. Flat pale peach backdrop, turquoise music staff across the top and scattered music notes and motion lines.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- saucer
Clarinet
- Bumper
Red mushroom bumper
- Lane
Basin Street
- upper playfield
Bagatelle playfield
- extra flippers
Mini flippers
- Goal
Dixieland
On the playfield
- teal
- pale yellow
- orange
- dark blue
- 2 flippers
- 4 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Extra level 1
- Bagatelle playfield upper playfield
Hole 1
- Clarinet saucer
Bumpers 3
- Red mushroom bumper
- Yellow mushroom bumpers
- Blue mushroom bumper
Lanes 2
- Basin Street
- Rebound switch
Flipper 1
- Mini flippers extra flippers
Posts and gates 2
- Key Gate gate
- Middle right gate gate
Control 1
- Rollover buttons buttons
Lights 1
- Streetlight insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Far left, dark-skinned man in teal jacket with orange trim and a straw boater hat with red band, cheeks puffed, blowing a brass trumpet held horizontally
- man Lower left, pale-skinned man with light hair and a pink cap, leaning back while playing a long red-brown trombone angled down-left
- man Centre, man in teal suit and white hat with eyes closed, cheeks blown out, playing a black clarinet held upright
- man Right of centre, heavyset pale man in pink-and-white boater hat and teal jacket, mouth open in a grin, striking a large grey bass drum with a yellow rim decorated with red stars
- man Upper right, man in green/teal clothes shown mid-leap in the air, arms flung up holding two drumsticks, motion arcs around him
- other Partial figure printed in the lower-right window: a musician in a pink hat and teal sleeve with both arms raised, seen from behind
Setting
- Flat pale peach backdrop
- Turquoise music staff across the top
- Scattered music notes and motion lines
Text on it
- DIXIELAND
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 9 6 8
- 12
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Dixieland
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Clarinet also called Clarinet saucer also called left saucer
- Bagatelle playfield also called Basin Street playfield
- Rebound also called Rebound switch
- Mini flippers also called Zipper flippers
- Dixieland also called Dixie
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- teal
- pale yellow
- orange
- dark blue
Fingerprint: Comic-book sound-effects lettering lower ramps (BOOM! yellow-lightning-bolt left, TOOT! red-trumpet-rooster right), three grinning cartoon band-members straw-boater bowler-hats yellow-pale-yellow wedge centre, optical-illusion starburst placard CLOSES-FLIPPERS middle, cream scoring-plaques ADVANCE-CLARINET-SCORE repeated three places, descending cream score-ladder discs 10–50–100–200–300–500–900–1000 centre-lane, big-band jazz 1930s-style flat black-outline red-cream colour, slingshot-covered side-ramps
The comic-book sound-effect lettering on the two lower ramps - 'BOOM!' beside a jagged yellow lightning bolt on the left and 'TOOT!' beside a red trumpet and a rooster on the right. Three grinning cartoon band members in straw boater and bowler hats scattered down the centre of a plain pale-yellow wedge. An optical-illusion starburst placard in the middle that reads 'CLOSES FLIPPERS'. A cream scoring plaque reading '100 ADVANCE CLARINET SCORE' repeated in three places. Cream discs spelling out a descending score ladder 10-50-100-200-300-500-900-1000 up the centre lane.
Setting
- Plain pale-yellow triangular centre wedge radiating from the lower centre
- Teal-green and cream painted sides
- Cream instruction card on the dark blue apron
- Chrome-edged cabinet front below the playfield
Symbols
- Yellow lightning bolt
- Red trumpet
- Rooster
- Black arrows inside circles
- Red-bordered cream scoring plaques
- Rows of cream score discs
- Red/yellow starburst
- Sun-and-rays motif on the right kicker
- Triangle-patterned trim down the right cabinet side
Notable shapes
- Starburst-shaped 'closes flippers' target, a large light-tan triangular wedge narrowing to the lower centre, a straight cream score-disc ladder splitting the left field, a keyhole-and-arrow circle marked 'key gate', and a tunnel/opening under the arching top rail
Art motifs
- Comic onomatopoeia lettering
- Flat black-outlined cartoon figures
- Concentric striped bumper skirts
- Repeating trapezoid border tiles
- Spotlight cones radiating from the bumpers
Themes
- Big band jazz
- Comic book sound effects
- Score ladder
- Clown/bumpers
- Shooting-gallery scoring gates
Title on it
- Out-land
Text on it
- HIT
- 300
- BONUS
- BOOM!
- TOOT!
- CLOSES FLIPPERS
- 100
- ADVANCE
- CLARINET SCORE
- COMPLETE 2
- BONUS FLIPPERS
- KEY GATE
- OPENS KEY GATE
- GATE 2 OPEN
- BALL ENTRY WHEN LIT
- PLASTIC CAMEL SCORE
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- Bally
- 5 BALLS
- 1 PLAY 10c
- 3 PLAYS 25c
- 10
- 200
- 50
- 900
- SPELL
- Lighting OUT-LAND: 1 Replay
- Matching ball number of a lit game score 1000 and 10 game points.
- 1 Replay for each score to 15,000
- 1 Replay for each score to 25,000
- 1 Replay for each score to 40,000
- Next letter of D-U-S-K-L-A-N-O lights when 100 points are scored in Clarinets Bonus.
- Replays not awarded when free play
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central cartoon band member, pink face, black bowler hat, striped waistcoat and bow tie, black trousers, arms flung out in a shrug, holding a small black object, drawn with a broad grin |
| Man | Lower-left cartoon figure, tan straw boater hat, striped shirt, hand raised, next to a small drawn circle-and-starburst motif |
| Man | Lower-right cartoon figure, black hat, pale shirt, one hand raised, shrugging expression, beside a small drawn bug or spark |
| Other | Painted cartoon heads and limbs on the two red/cream ramp kickers flanking the lower playfield |
| Animal | A rooster head drawn beside the trumpet on the right-hand ramp artwork |
Full-length electro-mechanical playfield photographed under glass with the chrome-edged cabinet apron below, lit by warm internal lamps that wash the upper half in orange. The field is teal-green and pale yellow, crowded with cartoon 1930s-style musicians drawn in flat black outline and red/cream colour. Four round bumper caps with striped red-and-white or cream-and-green skirts sit in a diagonal line up the centre, and a curved metal arching rail at the top carries red lettering. Three slingshot-covered side ramps carry comic sound-effect lettering - 'BOOM!' on the left with a burst of yellow lightning bolts, 'TOOT!' on the right beside a red trumpet and a rooster - and painted cartoon heads on the kickers. A white starburst in the centre reads 'CLOSES FLIPPERS'. Four cream plaques with red borders give scoring text about clarinet scores and a 'PLASTIC CAMEL SCORE' sign, with an arrowed 'OPENS KEY GATE' sign and a 'KEY GATE' circle with an arrow. The lower apron is dark blue-purple with a cream 'Bally' script logo, a white instruction card, and a cream ball-in-play card.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- peach
- teal
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: 'DIXIELAND' in staggered red-and-yellow letters on turquoise five-line music staff, five cartoon New Orleans jazz musicians in teal jackets and boater hats, enormous golden saxophone with vast flared bell at centre, one musician mid-leap in air, airbrushed cartoon style.
A colossal golden saxophone with an enormous flared bell dominates the centre of the artwork, standing almost as tall as the band members. The staggered red-and-yellow DIXIELAND lettering laid over a turquoise five-line music staff is the second most memorable element. A cluster of five cartoon jazz musicians in teal jackets and boater hats, one shown mid-leap in the air at upper right, gives the scene a chaotic, bouncing energy. The lower-right cut-out window with four number reels reading 1 9 6 8 and a printed musician cheering beneath it is an unusual, distinctive layout feature.
Setting
- Flat pale peach backdrop
- Turquoise music staff across the top
- Scattered music notes and motion lines
Symbols
- Five-line music staff
- Black music noteheads
- Quaver and crotchet notes
- Golden saxophone
- Brass trumpet
- Trombone
- Clarinet
- Bass drum
- Cymbal
- Drumsticks
- Star decoration on drum rim
- Boater hats
- Mechanical score reels
Lettering
- Large staggered sans-serif block capitals in alternating red and yellow, slanted, laid over a turquoise music staff; small green sans-serif capitals for ball in play; red cursive signature-style maker's logo top left
Themes
- Jazz
- New orleans street band
- Music
- Saxophone
- Marching band
- Dixieland
Title on it
- Dixieland
Text on it
- DIXIELAND
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 9 6 8
- 12
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Far left, dark-skinned man in teal jacket with orange trim and a straw boater hat with red band, cheeks puffed, blowing a brass trumpet held horizontally |
| Man | Lower left, pale-skinned man with light hair and a pink cap, leaning back while playing a long red-brown trombone angled down-left |
| Man | Centre, man in teal suit and white hat with eyes closed, cheeks blown out, playing a black clarinet held upright |
| Man | Right of centre, heavyset pale man in pink-and-white boater hat and teal jacket, mouth open in a grin, striking a large grey bass drum with a yellow rim decorated with red stars |
| Man | Upper right, man in green/teal clothes shown mid-leap in the air, arms flung up holding two drumsticks, motion arcs around him |
| Other | Partial figure printed in the lower-right window: a musician in a pink hat and teal sleeve with both arms raised, seen from behind |
Square backglass on a pale peach/tan ground, framed by a thin darker border, showing a cartoon jazz band in motion. Across the top, the word DIXIELAND in huge block capitals, alternating red and yellow letters, slanted and staggered so the letters sit on a five-line turquoise music staff drawn with black noteheads. A red cursive signature-style logo sits in the top-left corner. Five cartoon New Orleans street musicians fill the middle: at far left a dark-skinned man in a teal jacket and straw boater hat playing a brass trumpet; lower left a pale man with a red-brown trombone; centre a player in a teal suit blowing a clarinet, hidden behind an enormous golden-yellow saxophone with a vast flaring bell; right of centre a heavyset man in a pink boater hat and teal jacket playing a bass drum; and at upper right a man leaping through the air with drumsticks and a small cymbal. Music notes and stick-figure motion lines scatter the background. Lower centre, small green block capitals read BALL IN PLAY. Lower right, a red-framed rectangular cut-out window contains four mechanical score reels reading 1 9 6 8, and beneath it a printed figure in a teal sleeve and pink hat raising both arms in time with the music. Glossy surface with a bright specular glare across the title.