Fireball

Full-view photograph of a complete 1970s electro-mechanical pinball playfield seen through its glass, with the front cabinet apron and coin door also visible. The lower two-thirds of the playfield is a huge roaring lion's head in orange, red and gold, mouth open downward, mane rendered as flame-like yellow and orange licks, with two white flipper bats and a round grille of eight white bulbs (the bonus advance ring) set inside the lion's upper jaw. Above the lion sits a red-skinned, bearded Norse god figure in a winged helmet, arms spread wide, standing before a fiery orange sunburst. Four scalloped pop-bumper caps in the upper middle are printed as rosettes reading 100 and 100 CONSECUTIVE, in cream, orange and pale blue. The left edge carries a vertical clear plastic bonus ladder and a red plastic target reading ADVANCE BONUS; the right edge has a clear plastic return lane with a chrome wire guide. Scattered starbursts, 1000 and 5000 point rings, crescent moons and scattered flowers sit on a deep navy blue upper-playfield background. The apron is olive green with a red script logo, a chalk-styled title plate and a 5 BALLS / 25 cents card.

A portrait-format pinball playfield shot through glass, with the cabinet rails and a yellow front edge visible at the bottom and a black void to the left. The art is a fireworks display: a deep navy-blue field packed with radiating white, cream and gold starbursts and streaks of exploding shells, over which hangs a huge flowing red cloak or drapery shape that widens across the middle and narrows to a point at the bottom centre. Two matching spiked ram mechanisms stand left and right of centre, angled inward, each a red-and-white striped column capped with a dark blue dome covered in white stars and ringed with yellow spikes. Between them runs a vertical lane of round insert lamps printed with the values 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 7000, 3000, 2000 and 1000, beneath a curved yellow banner reading BONUS. Higher up, two round pop-bumper caps read 100 each, flanked by small pink posts. A yellow starburst badge at lower centre reads SHOOT AGAIN. Two white flippers sit at the bottom, red-rimmed, angled outward, with two grey metal guides above them. Red wire lane guides run down both outer edges beside '500' decals. Dominant colours: navy blue, scarlet red, gold/yellow and white.

Full-length electro-mechanical pinball playfield photographed under glass with strong reflections, plus the cabinet front, coin door and two illuminated 1 PLAY QUARTER windows below. The playfield is a Viking/Norse fire motif: a deep blue night sky of crescent moons, stars and white comet streaks frames the sides, while a huge orange-and-yellow flame vortex fills the centre and lower two-thirds. At the top a sculpted golden plastic ramp and wire guides sit over the upper playfield; a yellow round plastic cap in the upper centre carries a snarling fire-gorgon face. Lettering includes a flame-shaped orange banner top left reading RELEASE THE FIRE GODS, a large ODIN logotype on a flame to the left, another ODIN on a flame to the right, KICKER labels beside the outlanes, ADV THROWS BONUS 3000 in the lower left corner, COLLECT BONUS above the flippers, THOUSANDS across the centre rollovers, Playfield DOUBLE and Playfield TRIPLE bonus labels, and 5X, 4X, 3X, 2X multiplier circles running down the centre lane. The apron is dark blue with orange pinstriped chevrons, huge cream PINBALL lettering across the bottom, two Bally MIDWAY logos with For Amusement Only, a white INSTRUCTIONS card on the left and a FIREBALL CLASSIC card on the right reading 5 BALLS PER GAME. Dominant colours are orange, blue, yellow/gold and black. Art style is flat mid-century airbrushed/fireball illustration.

A wide rectangular backglass with a black starfield border and a cream metal frame edge visible around it. Upper left carries a red script manufacturer logo, and across the top a huge arched title FIREBALL in heavy red block capitals with black outline and yellow-orange fill, set over a white-grey comet streak arcing right. The centre is dominated by a single red-skinned, bald, muscular male demon with a snarling fanged face, one arm raised above his head clutching a flaming red asteroid, the other arm swept left with clawed fingers, and yellow sash-like flame ribbons swirling around his hips. Behind him sits a large orange-red fiery cloud against a blue field. Four cream mechanical score reels with black 0 digits are cut into the glass: one small reel window at upper left-centre, and three long 5-digit reels stepping diagonally down the right side, labelled 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP in white. Along the bottom left a red 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY panel sits above four numbered red-orange balls (1, 2, 3, 4); BALL IN PLAY is printed in black at bottom centre and GAME OVER in orange at bottom right. Airbrushed comic-book fantasy style with heavy black keylines and flame motifs.

A backglass transom set inside a yellow-painted metal cabinet frame, the glass showing reflections of a room and a bright ceiling strip light. The art is a comic-book airbrush illustration: a huge muscular red-skinned humanoid creature with pointed ears, a snarling fanged face, small horns and bat-like wings, standing centre-right in a lunging, dancing pose with one arm raised holding a burning flaming ball and one leg kicked forward, all wrapped in yellow-orange flame. Behind him is a swirled brown/tan vortex ring, a deep blue crescent shape, and a black starfield filled with white stars, crescent moons, planets and a diagonal white comet streak running behind the title. Across the top, a huge slanted red block-letter title with yellow and black outline reads 'FIREBALL!' under a curved red script logo. Down the left side three stacked panels read 'PLAYERS' with four numbered circles 1-4, 'SCORE' over a red digit window reading 7200, and 'BALL IN PLAY' with four spiky burst icons and a 5 in a circle. Bottom left are two small red legend windows, one reading TILT and one reading SAVER OVER.

A square backglass in a black frame, dominated by a single snarling humanoid figure whose entire body is rendered as billowing yellow-orange flame against a black starfield. The creature stands centred, twisting to the left with a fanged, bearded face and one arm raised overhead clutching a small glowing fireball, while its other arm and leg dissolve into tongues of flame. Three separate comet-like fireballs streak outward on long flame tails: one to the lower left, one to the lower centre, one to the right. Flames fill the whole bottom third of the glass in lemon yellow. A large teal-blue circular disc sits behind the figure, crossed by thin concentric white arc lines in the upper left like orbital paths. Across the top, a curved cream-and-orange outlined logo reads FIREBALL! in slanted block capitals with an exclamation mark and a tiny TM, with a script Bally and a bold MIDWAY at the upper left and the serif word CLASSIC at the upper right. Red seven-segment windows are inset at upper left, upper right, mid-right and both bottom corners, with printed labels HIGH SCORE, GAME OVER, MATCH and TILT in small white capitals.

A square, brightly coloured backglass set in a pale yellow wooden frame, with a black field speckled with small white stars. Across the top a huge red title with a black outline and yellow drop shadow reads 'FIREBALL!', arched slightly; to its left is a small red cursive maker's logo. The centre is dominated by a single flaming humanoid figure: a muscular, bare-chested man rendered in flame-like orange and red, with a stern bearded face, one arm raised overhead clutching a fireball and the other arm bent out to the side. He rides a white comet whose long yellow-and-red flame tail sweeps to the left across the panel. A huge blue-and-orange swirling sphere, ringed with blue, fills the background behind him like a planet. On the left a vertical stack of three panels: 'PLAYERS' over four numbered windows 1 2 3 4, 'SCORE' over a dark rectangular window, and 'BALL IN PLAY' over four small orange windows. Red, orange and blue flames lick along the bottom edge.