1979 · Game Plan
Family Fun! / Star Strip
Known for ABCDEFGH lanes, Star rollover and Left saucer. Flat cartoon sky-blue field, red silhouette border ring, wood-grain cabinet sides and black lower apron.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Game Plan
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
ABCDEFGH lanes
- rollover
Star rollover
- saucer
Left saucer
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Left saucer saucer
Lanes 6
- ABCDEFGH lanes
- Left in lanes
- Right in lanes
- Star rollover rollover
- Left out lane
- Right out lane
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Large cartoon head, blonde bobbed hair, wide eyes, open smiling mouth with red lips; centre-right above the title
- man Large cartoon head, brown side-parted hair, big toothy grin, white shirt collar and bright red tie; centre, below the woman
- child Small cartoon boy in blue dungarees over a white shirt, both arms raised in celebration, left of the man's head
- other Small yellow-clad jester figure with a red cap beside each of the two '100' striped discs
- animal Small cream-coloured cartoon dog or piglet to the right of the man's head near an advance target
- other Small black-and-white cartoon clown in a pointed hat at left, beside the extra lanes
Setting
- Flat cartoon sky-blue field
- Red silhouette border ring
- Wood-grain cabinet sides
- Black lower apron
Text on it
- Family Fun!
- GamePlan
- COLLECT BONUS
- SHOOT AGAIN
- TO WIN BONUS
- EXTRA
- SPECIAL
- ADVANCE
- TOP BONUS
- 2X
- 3X
- 4X
- 5X
- 100
- 50
- 200
- 500
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- 10,000
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 5 BALLS PER GAME
- TO 2500 - REPLAY
- 35000 - REPLAY
- MAKE C AND F FOR 2X SCORE
- KNOCK DOWN TARGETS FOR 3X SCORE
- MAKE F AND H FOR 4X SCORE
- MAKE B AND H FOR 5X SCORE
- SPECIAL LANE AWARDS ONE REPLAY WHEN LIT
- ADVANCE LANE AWARDS ONE EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- HIT ADVANCE BUTTONS TO ADVANCE BONUS
- CREDIT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Design
- Wendell McAdams
- Art
- Dick White
Reference
Linked terms
- Left in lanes also called E-F
- Right in lanes also called G-H
- Left saucer also called Saucer
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Family Fun!
- red
- blue
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Beaming blonde mother and grinning father stacked centre with tiny boy below, red border packed with black silhouette vignettes of family life, two white-blue pinwheel discs marked 100, Family Fun logo, four mechanical score reels numbered 1-4, GamePlan wordmark, bright cartoon style
The playfield art is ringed by a wide red border packed with black silhouette vignettes of everyday family life - a skipping boy, a crawling baby, a woman on a swing, a prancing horse, a bicycle - far more distinctive than the logo itself. Two oversized cartoon parent heads (a beaming blonde mother and a grinning father in a tie) stacked in the centre with a tiny boy in blue dungarees cheering below. Two white-and-blue pinwheel discs printed '100' that read like spinning dials near the top. A black lower apron with four banks of red mechanical score reels numbered 1 to 4 and a chunky white CREDIT button. A dense white instruction card in the lower right corner listing the replay and multiplier awards.
Setting
- Flat cartoon sky-blue field
- Red silhouette border ring
- Wood-grain cabinet sides
- Black lower apron
Symbols
- Black five-pointed stars
- Yellow wedge value banners
- Yellow coins
- Red and yellow balls
- White and blue radial pinwheel discs
- Red triangular arch panels with extra and special headers
- Yellow starburst reading top bonus
- Red mechanical score reels
- White credit button
Lettering
- Large curving red script with cream and dark outline spelling the title, small yellow wordmark on a red lozenge beneath; value numbers in bold black sans-serif on yellow wedges; instruction card in small black and red uppercase sans-serif
Themes
- Family
- Carnival
- Variety
- Replay-mystery
- Multiplayer
Title on it
- Family fun!
Text on it
- Family Fun!
- GamePlan
- COLLECT BONUS
- SHOOT AGAIN
- TO WIN BONUS
- EXTRA
- SPECIAL
- ADVANCE
- TOP BONUS
- 2X
- 3X
- 4X
- 5X
- 100
- 50
- 200
- 500
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- 10,000
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 5 BALLS PER GAME
- TO 2500 - REPLAY
- 35000 - REPLAY
- MAKE C AND F FOR 2X SCORE
- KNOCK DOWN TARGETS FOR 3X SCORE
- MAKE F AND H FOR 4X SCORE
- MAKE B AND H FOR 5X SCORE
- SPECIAL LANE AWARDS ONE REPLAY WHEN LIT
- ADVANCE LANE AWARDS ONE EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- HIT ADVANCE BUTTONS TO ADVANCE BONUS
- CREDIT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large cartoon head, blonde bobbed hair, wide eyes, open smiling mouth with red lips; centre-right above the title |
| Man | Large cartoon head, brown side-parted hair, big toothy grin, white shirt collar and bright red tie; centre, below the woman |
| Child | Small cartoon boy in blue dungarees over a white shirt, both arms raised in celebration, left of the man's head |
| Other | Small yellow-clad jester figure with a red cap beside each of the two '100' striped discs |
| Animal | Small cream-coloured cartoon dog or piglet to the right of the man's head near an advance target |
| Other | Small black-and-white cartoon clown in a pointed hat at left, beside the extra lanes |
| Creature | Black silhouette of a prancing horse with rider in the upper right red border |
| Other | Black silhouette of a child skipping with a rope in the left red border |
| Other | Black silhouette of a crawling baby in the lower left red border |
| Other | Black silhouette of a woman on a swing in the lower right red border |
| Other | Black silhouette of a bicycle rider in the right red border |
| Other | Black silhouettes of a standing man and woman at far right |
| Other | Black silhouette of a running or hopping child in the upper left red border |
| Other | Black star, butterfly and splash-burst motifs scattered through the red border |
A tall, brightly coloured cartoon backglass in a wood-grain cabinet with a black bezel and metal trim. A large red script logo reading 'Family Fun!' curves across the centre over a sky-blue field, with the smaller yellow-and-red 'GamePlan' wordmark tucked beneath. Two big cartoon heads dominate the middle: a smiling blonde woman with wide eyes and open mouth, and below her a brown-haired man in a white shirt and red tie grinning; beside them stands a small cartoon boy in blue dungarees with both arms thrown up in celebration. The blue field is scattered with yellow wedge-shaped value banners (1000 to 10,000) and round yellow-and-blue targets. Two white-and-blue striped discs marked '100' sit like spinning dials near the top, flanked by rows of vertical scoring lanes topped with red-and-yellow arches marked EXTRA and SPECIAL. The whole illustration is ringed by a broad red band filled with black silhouette figures: a skipping child, a crawling baby, a swinging woman, a prancing horse, a bicycle rider and a standing couple. At the bottom a yellow 'SHOOT AGAIN' oval and a white lozenge reading 'COLLECT BONUS' sit above a black apron carrying four banks of red mechanical score reels numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and a chunky white CREDIT button on the right. A white instruction panel with red headings fills the lower right.
Backglass Star Trip
- black
- navy blue
- red
- gold
Fingerprint: star trip: huge golden rocket rising center of navy starfield with two flat yellow wedge shapes spreading from base like fins, arched yellow-gold title above two white dials bursting into spiky star shapes, white-helmeted space-suited figure top left, black lower third packed with red rectangular score windows in cross arrangement, retro-futuristic space design
A huge golden rocket or launch tower running up the exact centre of a navy starfield, with two flat yellow wedge shapes spreading out from its base like fins. The arched yellow-gold title STAR TRIP sits directly above two white dials that burst into spiky star shapes. A black lower third packed with red rectangular score windows in a cross arrangement. A white-helmeted space-suited figure at the top left of the art.
Setting
- Outer deep navy-blue starfield speckled with small white four-pointed stars
- Inner red panel with gold filigree and gantry machinery
- Black lower section behind the score windows
- Gold and red ornamental border framing the whole panel
Symbols
- Spiky star starbursts
- Four-pointed white stars
- Stylised rocket with exhaust flame
- Circular instrument dials
- Arched gantry of pipes and struts
- Yellow wedge or wing shapes
- Red rectangular score windows
Lettering
- Arched chunky yellow-gold block capitals with red drop shadow and dark outline, the central letters enlarged
Themes
- Space
- Rockets
- Launch tower
- Starfield
- Score windows
Title on it
- Star trip
Text on it
- STAR TRIP
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| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A white-helmeted space-suited figure at the top left, round helmet with a dark visor and a pale face, shoulders wrapped in white, arms out to the sides |
| Vehicle | A tall gold rocket or launch tower dead centre, segmented like a gantry, rising from the bottom of the blue starfield up to just under the title |
| Other | A small red-and-white winged rocket with a flame, flanking the central tower, one on each side of the starfield |
| Other | Two white circular dials with radiating spike starbursts, set side by side above the title |
| Other | A pale dish or radar-like machine with a red base at the upper right, above a gold tray of small round windows |
Tall rectangular backglass on a black background, dominated by a deep navy-blue starfield panel edged in red and gold. Across the upper middle, arched block capitals spell STAR TRIP in chunky yellow-gold letters with a red drop shadow and dark outline, the middle letters slightly larger. Above the title a band of machinery is drawn: a red gantry of vertical struts and pipes, two white circular dials with radiating spike starbursts, a red-and-white winged rocket motif, and at top left a white-helmeted figure with a dark visor. A tall gold rocket or launch tower rises in the centre, flanked by two large flat yellow wedge shapes like fins or wings, and small four-pointed white stars and rocket-with-flame emblems scattered on the blue. Lower third is black, carrying a cluster of red rectangular score windows arranged in a loose cross, with small white number panels and a gold-framed panel at the bottom. Colours are red, gold, navy blue, black and white.