1987 · Williams
Fire!
Known for Ladder Ramp, Horseshoe, Fireplug and Rescue ramps. Burning city skyline at night, rooftops and chimneys in silhouette, church-like tower and smokestack at centre left and wet reflective black street with orange flame reflections.
- Year
- 1987
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Ramp
Ladder Ramp
- Shot
Horseshoe
- post
Fireplug
- Ramp
Rescue ramps
- Goal
Million
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Ramps 3
- Ladder Ramp
- Rescue ramps
- Save the Girl ramps
Shots 2
- Horseshoe
- Window
Locks 2
- West Side lock
- East Side lock
Target 1
- Fire target banks
Posts and gates 2
- Fireplug post
- Ramp diverters diverter
Lights 1
- Fight Fire Again insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- animal Four white horses in a row, overlapping, galloping to the right; black leather harness, breastcollar and reins on each; the leftmost nearest horse has a pale blond/white mane and tail and one foreleg raised
- man Driver seated on the cart at left, wearing a brown wide-brimmed hat and dark brown coat, hunched forward holding the reins
- vehicle Two-wheeled wooden cart with large spoked wheels, blue-painted frame and shafts, drawn by the four horses
Setting
- Burning city skyline at night
- Rooftops and chimneys in silhouette
- Church-like tower and smokestack at centre left
- Wet reflective black street with orange flame reflections
Text on it
- W
- Williams
- FIRE!
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Million
- Putting out fires
-
Awards 1
- Put Out Fire
Made by
- Design
- Barry Oursler
- Art
- Mark Sprenger
- Software
- Dan Lee
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
- Sound
- Rich Karstens
- Sound
- Brian Schmidt
Reference
Linked terms
- Ladder Ramp also called center Ladder Ramp also called center ramp
- Horseshoe also called center horseshoe also called lower horseshoe
- Fireplug also called Fire Plug
- Fire target banks also called Building fire banks also called fire targets
- West Side lock also called left lock also called Building Locks
- East Side lock also called right lock
- Ramp diverters also called opposite orbit entrance
- Putting out fires also called Extinguish
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- blue
- gold
- red
- black
Fingerprint: Fire!: burning village at playfield top with huge wall of yellow-orange flame tongues rising behind center post, shield reading FIRE! in blue-and-white type with red flame stroke surrounded by baroque gold-and-blue scrollwork, two round red RESCUE VICTIM targets below logo, drop-target bank spelling word FIRE with town-house windows.
A burning village fills the top of the playfield, with a huge wall of yellow-orange flame tongues rising behind the centre post and smoke rolling across painted brick buildings. The centre logo is a shield reading FIRE! in blue-and-white serif type with a red flame stroke, ringed by baroque gold-and-blue scrollwork rather than any fire-service emblem. Two round red RESCUE VICTIM! targets and a lit row of town-house windows (as a drop-target bank spelling out the word FIRE!) sit directly below the logo. The whole lower playfield is framed by symmetrically mirrored red-and-gold ladders and building illustrations down both side lanes, washed in orange by the backbox glow. The apron is unusually text-heavy, with two HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT panels and two specification cards.
Setting
- Burning town at night with painted shop and house fronts
- Grey-green smoke and orange flame tongues behind the upper playfield
- Rococo gold-and-blue scrollwork on the lower playfield
- Lit town skyline with yellow windows beneath the logo
Symbols
- Flame tongues
- Fire brigade ladders
- Lit house windows as a letter bank
- Red roundel targets
- Blue banners
- Red and gold rococo scrollwork
- Gold laurel wreaths
- Scoring value readouts 5,000 to 80,000
Notable shapes
- Shield-shaped fire! logo medallion
- Tall vertical column of four red inserts up the centre
- Circular gold-and-red apron emblem
- Twin red circular flippers with yellow tops
Art motifs
- Rococo acanthus scrollwork
- Painted brick and shopfronts
- Smoke and glowing ember wash
- Night-time lit windows
- Hydrants and hoses implied by lower-playfield posts
Themes
- Fire brigade
- Burning village
- Rescue
- Firefighting
- Town disaster
Title on it
- Fire!
Text on it
- FIRE!
- VILLAGE TRAPPED
- RESCUE VICTIM!
- WEST SIDE
- EAST SIDE
- HEAR YE MAN
- SPECIAL
- PUT OUT FIRE
- HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
- ATTENTION ALL FIREMEN!
- FLINGER SLOT Slot Scores 1000
- West Flop Slot Slot Scores
- Bonus Jackpots after you qualify for HEROESVILLE
- Tunnel Jackpot after Ramp light goes by a Ladder sequence
- Lit Symbol advances Ramp Jackpot when
- Gives TERRABOMB Ball Value
- SPECIAL Lit Spinner advances
- Bring water to lit Hydrant
- LIT FIRE LIT
- USE LIT HYDRANT when lit flashes advance to the next in sequence
- ADVANCE LANE Score Counts down as Lit
- REPLAY SCORE
- NOTICE
- Williams Electronic Games, Inc.
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Games Played
- Lead Designer: Barry Oursler
- Artwork: Mark Sprenger
- Manufacturing Date: 1987
- Total Production: 7,697
- Yours Truly, Rick C. Brelsford
- Williams
- 10,000
- 19,000
- 80,000
- 60,000
- 9,000
- 20,000
- 5,000
- 25C
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | No human figures visible; the artwork is entirely town buildings, fire ladders and flames, with tiny unresolvable silhouettes inside the painted windows |
Full view of a wood-grain cabinet with the glass up, showing a fire-brigade themed playfield. The upper two-thirds is painted as a burning town at night: rows of pink-and-cream shop and house fronts, blackened roofs and a large central building with an open upper storey and a ladder leaning up its face, all engulfed in grey-green smoke and orange flame tongues, with the glow washing the plastics and the surrounding wood in warm amber. Down each side run printed fire-brigade ladders and building faces with value readouts marked 10,000, 19,000, 80,000, 60,000 and 9,000. The lower playfield is dominated by heavy blue-and-gold rococo scrollwork and a night town skyline with lit windows. At centre is a shield-shaped logo reading FIRE! in large blue serif letters with a white outline and a red flame underline, with VILLAGE TRAPPED on a banner beneath, flanked by four maroon roundels and two gold discs. Two red posts stand vertically above the logo with two red RESCUE VICTIM! roundels either side. Two yellow-topped red flippers sit low, either side of a round red plunger housing, and the apron carries instruction and specification cards.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- black
- orange
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Four white horses galloping abreast with black leather harness, drawing burning-town cart. Lone driver in wide-brimmed brown hat hunched on blue two-wheeled cart. Ornate cream-and-gold "FIRE!" with curling gold swash flourish underneath. City ablaze in saturated orange, red and yellow flames against black night sky. Dark church-like tower and smokestack at centre left. Wall of burning buildings, wet reflective street.
Four white horses galloping abreast in front of a city ablaze in orange flames, harnessed to a burning-town cart. The enormous ornate cream-and-gold 'FIRE!' wordmark with its curling gold swash underneath dominates the top third. A lone driver in a wide-brimmed brown hat hunched on a blue two-wheeled cart. A small circular red 'W' emblem and red cursive 'Williams' script tucked in the top-left corner.
Setting
- Burning city skyline at night
- Rooftops and chimneys in silhouette
- Church-like tower and smokestack at centre left
- Wet reflective black street with orange flame reflections
Symbols
- Circular red-and-white 'w' emblem
- Flames
- Horse harness and reins
- Cart wheels
- City buildings
- Gold scroll flourish
Lettering
- Very large ornate western-serif display capitals in cream with gold and black outline plus an underlining gold swash; manufacturer name in red cursive script
Themes
- Fire
- Burning town
- Horses
- Horse-drawn cart
- Disaster
- Western serif lettering
- Night fire scene
Title on it
- Fire!
Text on it
- W
- Williams
- FIRE!
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Four white horses in a row, overlapping, galloping to the right; black leather harness, breastcollar and reins on each; the leftmost nearest horse has a pale blond/white mane and tail and one foreleg raised |
| Man | Driver seated on the cart at left, wearing a brown wide-brimmed hat and dark brown coat, hunched forward holding the reins |
| Vehicle | Two-wheeled wooden cart with large spoked wheels, blue-painted frame and shafts, drawn by the four horses |
A wide rectangular backglass with a narrow reddish-brown wooden-style border framing a night-time inferno scene. Four white horses, side by side and overlapping left to right, gallop towards the right across the lower two-thirds of the picture; each is painted with heavy black leather harness, breastcollar and reins, and the nearest left horse has a pale blond/white mane and tail. Behind them a driver in a brown wide-brimmed hat and dark coat sits on a two-wheeled wooden cart with a blue-painted frame and large spoked wheels. The background is a wall of burning buildings and rooftops in saturated orange, red and yellow flames against a black night sky, with a dark church-like tower and smokestack at centre left. The top-left corner carries a small circular red-and-white 'W' emblem followed by 'Williams' in red script. Across the top centre, 'FIRE!' is lettered in huge ornate cream-and-gold serif western-style capitals with black and orange outline and a long gold flourish swash curling beneath the word. The ground is a wet black-and-red reflective street with orange flame reflections.
Backglass Fire! Champagne Edition
- black
- orange-red
- white
- gold
Fingerprint: Team of four white horses galloping abreast in front of wall of flame pulling black wagon, huge cream-outlined "FIRE!" word across top with full moon burning white directly behind letters, two red letter-W medallions flanking score windows at base, whole card glows orange-red against black with heavy red-lined border, orange-red dominant with black, white, gold accents.
The most memorable element is the team of four white horses galloping abreast in front of a wall of flame, pulling a black wagon. A huge cream-outlined word FIRE! sits across the top with a full moon burning white directly behind the letters. Two red letter-W medallions sit symmetrically either side of the score windows at the base. The whole card glows orange-red against black, with a heavy red-lined border framing the scene.
Setting
- Night-time burning forest
- Wall of orange-red flames behind vertical tree trunks
- Large pale full moon behind the title
- Dark scorched ground with red highlights
- Black timber wagon with spoked wheels
Symbols
- Two red circular medallions each with a bold letter w
- Flames
- Harness traces
- Spoked wagon wheels
- Full moon
- Red multi-line rectangular border
Lettering
- Very large pinkish-red slab-serif capitals with thick cream-and-gold outline and dark drop shadow for the title; red dot-matrix lettering in the score windows; red cursive script maker lettering below the windows
Themes
- Fire
- Horses
- Horse-drawn wagon
- Forest blaze
- Night fire
- Moon
Title on it
- Fire!
Text on it
- FIRE!
- OUT ALL
- FIRES 0
- W
- Williams Pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Four dapple-grey/white horses in harnessed pairs, all shown in profile moving right, manes and tails dark, legs extended in mid-gallop, harness straps and traces visible against their pale bodies; the two rearmost horses partly overlap the leaders |
A fire-themed painted backglass set in a dark, smoke-filled burning woodland at night. Four white/grey dappled horses in a row stride towards the right, harnessed in pairs to a black timber wagon with spoked wheels that trails behind them on the left; harness traces and chains catch the light. Behind them, a dense wall of orange-red flame and vertical tree trunks fills the upper half, with a large pale full moon glowing behind the title. Across the top, the single word FIRE! in very large slab-serif capitals, pinkish-red fill with a heavy cream-and-gold outline and dark drop shadow. The picture is framed by a multi-line red border with a black outer edge. Below the picture is a black backglass panel carrying two red dot-matrix score windows flanked by two red circular medallions each bearing a bold letter W. Overall palette is dominated by black, orange-red, white/grey and gold.
Backglass Standard
- orange
- black
- cream
- red
Fingerprint: FIREBALL in cream-gold block letters with red glow, three-horse cream team galloping pulling black stagecoach, two red-shirted coachmen aboard, burning city skyline silhouettes with red-lit buildings, dark smoke clouds, churned orange-red reflective ground, narrow double border
The single most memorable element is the enormous cream-and-gold FIRE! title, drawn in fat Western slab-serif letters with black outline, an orange-to-cream gradient fill and a red drop shadow, sitting over a burning red skyline. Immediately below it, a three-horse cream team galloping in full flight pulls a black stagecoach straight across the panel, with two red-shirted coachmen aboard. Third, the background is a wall of red-glowing ruined building silhouettes under black smoke, and the ground is a bright orange molten-looking reflective strip along the bottom edge. Fourth, a small red oval W monogram with cursive lettering sits in the top left corner.
Setting
- Burning city skyline at night
- Rows of red-lit ruined buildings and scaffolding
- Black smoke clouds
- Orange reflective ground with puddles
Symbols
- Red oval w monogram
- Double-line rectangular border in orange, cream and red
- Sparks and embers
- Burning building silhouettes
Lettering
- Huge fat western slab-serif capitals with black outline, orange-to-cream gradient and red drop shadow; small red cursive script wordmark in an oval at top left
Themes
- Western
- Stagecoach
- Horses
- Fire
- Apocalypse
- Running from disaster
- Chase
Title on it
- Fireball
Text on it
- FIREBALL
- Williams
- COPYRIGHT
- WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES, INC
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Three cream/white dappled horses galloping in a team, black leather harness with brass fittings, manes and tails streaming, all legs airborne |
| Vehicle | Black stagecoach with four red-spoked wheels, dark riveted body, red rear lantern |
| Man | Coachman in red shirt and wide-brimmed hat leaning forward on the coach |
| Man | Second coachman in red shirt and wide-brimmed hat seated lower at the rear of the coach |
A wide landscape painted backglass showing a three-horse team in full gallop pulling a black stagecoach from left to right across the frame. The three horses are cream/white dappled animals in black leather harness with brass fittings, manes and tails flying, heads stretched forward, all four legs off the ground. Two male coachmen in red shirts and wide-brimmed hats sit on the coach: one hunched low at the rear bench, one leaning forward higher up. The coach has four large spoked wheels with red spokes, a red-lanterned rear, and dark riveted bodywork. Behind them a burning city skyline of red-lit building silhouettes and scaffolding fills the upper half, with dark smoke clouds and orange fire glow. Across the bottom runs a churned orange-red reflective ground with black puddle shapes and scattered sparks. A thin double border in orange, cream and red frames the whole scene. Top left is a red script wordmark inside a red oval with a W emblem; the top centre carries a huge cream-and-gold block serif title FIREBALL with black outline and a red drop shadow.