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Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure backglass

Also known as IJ

1993 · Williams

Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure

Known for ENT, Lock saucer, Captive ball and Path of Adventure. Carved stone arch interior, desert night sky with biplane and burning red sky with flaming skull.

Year
1993
Maker
Williams
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Target

    ENT

  • Hole

    Lock saucer

  • Captive ball

    Captive ball

  • upper playfield

    Path of Adventure

  • Hole

    Mode start saucer

  • Multiball

    Regular Multiball

  • Multiball

    Quick Multiball

  • Wizard mode

    Eternal Life

On the playfield

  • yellow
  • orange
  • red
  • blue
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers

Full vision analysis

Extra level 1

  • Path of Adventure upper playfield

Ramp 1

  • Stone Idol ramp

Holes 2

  • Lock saucer
  • Mode start saucer

Captive ball 1

  • Captive ball

Bumper 1

  • Jets

Targets 3

  • ENT
  • Raise Jackpot target
  • Adventure targets

Lane 1

  • Indy lanes

Lights 1

  • Dogfight lights

On the backglass

  • red
  • orange
  • brown
  • yellow
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Central large portrait, stubbly square jaw, crumpled brown fedora, open-collared shirt, direct stare
  • man Left arch, cowboy in wide-brimmed hat firing a rifle while riding a rearing black horse
  • animal Black horse rearing, bridle and reins visible
  • vehicle Small biplane silhouette in the yellow sky of the left arch
  • man Right arch, adventurer in red shirt and white scarf, arm raised cracking a whip, backlit by fire
  • skeleton Flaming skull with fiery eyes in the red sky of the right arch

Setting

  • Carved stone arch interior
  • Desert night sky with biplane
  • Burning red sky with flaming skull

Text on it

  • INDIANA JONES
  • The PINBALL ADVENTURE

How it plays

  1. Modes 10

    • Castle Grunewald
    • Tank Chase
    • Three Challenges
    • Choose Wisely
    • Monkey Brains
    • Steal the Stones
    • Escape in the Cart
    • Rope Bridge
    • Get the Idol
    • Streets of Cairo
  2. Multiballs 3

    • Regular Multiball
    • Quick Multiball
    • Well of Souls
  3. Goals 7

    • Loop Jackpot
    • Dogfight
    • Super Jets
    • Hand of Fate
    • Narrow Escape
    • Adventure
    • Indy's Friends
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • Eternal Life

Made by

Design & Art
Doug Watson
Design
Mark Ritchie
Mechanics
Jack Skalon
Software
Brian Eddy
Sound
Rich Karstens
Music
Chris Granner
Display animation
Scott Slomiany
Display animation
Eugene Geer

The cast

  • Indiana Jones
  • Medallion
  • Grail

Reference

Linked terms
  • ENT also called ENT bank
  • Lock saucer also called lock sinkhole also called Idol lock
  • Path of Adventure also called Path also called mini-playfield
  • Mode start saucer also called mode saucer also called left scoop
  • Indy lanes also called top lanes
  • Adventure targets also called ADV also called URE
  • Regular Multiball also called Standard multiball
  • Eternal Life also called Eternal Life Multiball
  • Three Challenges also called Challenges
  • Steal the Stones also called Stones
  • Indiana Jones also called Indy also called Dr Jones
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure playfield

Playfield

  • yellow
  • orange
  • red
  • blue

Fingerprint: Explorer: Painted safari figure in tan pith helmet surrounded by four named portrait medallions (Rusty, Barry, Short, Dr. Jones), sheer wall of small individually lettered rectangular inserts stacked up centre, two cream-outlined white fan wings mirrored at slingshot level, curved orange arc of names beneath portraits, adventure ensemble cast, sunburst field, 1990s solid-state, bright primary colours, jungle expedition theme

Distinctive

A painted safari-explorer figure in a tan pith helmet smiling out from the centre of the lower playfield, ringed by four named portrait medallions reading RUSTY, BARRY, SHORT and DR. JONES - an explorer/adventurer ensemble rather than the usual pinball cast. Second most memorable: the sheer wall of small, individually lettered and differently coloured rectangular inserts stacked up the middle of the playfield like a pile of name plaques. Third: two big cream-outlined white fan/wing ornaments mirrored left and right at the slingshot level.

Setting

  • Sunburst rays
  • Jungle foliage and palm fronds flanking the sides
  • Rock and cave cliff artwork on the right ramp wall

Symbols

  • White oval script logo
  • Wing/fan ornaments
  • Palm fronds
  • Card-suit-like coloured insert plaques
  • Stars and sunburst rays

Notable shapes

  • Large black circular drain hole at the tip of the flipper v
  • Tall orange ramp structure climbing the right side beside a painted rock cliff
  • Stacked tilted rectangular insert plaques forming a pyramid up the centre

Art motifs

  • Radial sunburst
  • Adventurer portrait medallions
  • Expedition name plaque lettering

Themes

  • Explorer
  • Adventure
  • Safari
  • Jungle
  • Treasure

Title on it

  • Explorer

Text on it

  • RUSTY
  • BARRY
  • SHORT
  • DR. JONES
  • EXPLORER
  • BIG BALLY
  • SHARE
  • SLAM
  • SUPER
  • THUNDER
  • MAUI
  • GRAND CANYON
  • HAWAII
  • SCUBA DIVER
  • JUNGLE
  • LOST WORLD
  • EXCESS
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 PLAY - 50c
  • 2 PLAYS - 75c
  • 3 PLAYS - $1.00
  • 3 BALLS PER PLAY
  • SEE BACKGLASS FOR FULL PLAY INSTRUCTIONS
  • Williams
Pop bumpers
Three round bumper caps clustered in the upper playfield
Spinners
Unknown
Drop targets
A stacked bank of rectangular inserts mid-playfield
Ramps
At least two wireform and plastic ramps in the upper third, including a tall orange ramp along the right side
Slingshots
Triangular slingshots either side of the lower flippers, backed by mirrored white fan wings
Upper playfield
Densely packed with red and orange plastics, chrome ball guides and wire rails
Apron and lower playfield
No printed apron; lower playfield carries the sunburst field, two white instruction cards with dense black print at each corner, and a white oval script logo centred between them
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Central painted portrait: tan-skinned adult man with dark hair, smiling, wearing a tan pith/safari helmet and pale blue open-neck shirt, framed by a cream oval
Man Round medallion portrait upper left, captioned rusty: man in a light shirt against a plain backdrop
Man Round medallion portrait upper right, captioned barry: man in a light shirt
Man Round medallion portrait lower left, captioned short: man in a dark cap
Man Round medallion portrait lower right, captioned dr. jones: man in a light blue cap
Full description

A photographed 1990s-era solid-state pinball playfield, shot straight down under glass with the cabinet's black side rails and front lockdown bar visible. The lower half is dominated by a bright yellow-orange sunburst field carrying two curved white-and-red pinball flippers and a black round centre drain hole. Above the flippers is a painted portrait cluster: a smiling tan-skinned man in a tan safari pith helmet and light blue open-neck shirt, flanked by four circular portrait medallions on stalks, each with a yellow name caption - RUSTY (upper left), BARRY (upper right), SHORT (lower left) and DR. JONES (lower right). A thick orange arc of small black names runs beneath them, and a curved orange band sweeps left and right toward the outlanes, flanked by symmetrical wing-shaped white-and-yellow fan ornaments. The middle of the playfield is crowded with stacked, brightly coloured rectangular inserts on a blue-and-orange background, and the upper third holds a jumble of red, orange and yellow plastic ramps, a chrome wire ball guide and three round pop-bumper caps. Two white instruction cards with dense black print sit at the bottom left and bottom right, with a white oval script logo between them.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • orange
  • brown
  • yellow

Fingerprint: "Indiana Jones" title, giant square-jawed man's face filling center in crumpled brown fedora and open-collared shirt, framed by carved stone arch with blue-white chevron capitals, arched side vignette showing cowboy firing rifle from rearing black horse under yellow sky with biplane, right arch showing whip-wielding adventurer silhouetted against flames with burning skull, small grinning head portraits in corners.

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the giant fedora-wearing adventurer's face filling the centre of the glass, painted in detailed, glossy comic realism. Framing him are two arched side vignettes: a cowboy firing a rifle from a rearing black horse under a yellow sky with a biplane, and a whip-cracking adventurer silhouetted against flames with a burning skull. A carved stone arch with blue-and-white chevron capitals separates the panels, and four smaller grinning head portraits are tucked into the corners. The bottom row of artwork is cropped off by the photo.

Setting

  • Carved stone arch interior
  • Desert night sky with biplane
  • Burning red sky with flaming skull

Symbols

  • Fedora
  • Whip
  • Rifle
  • Biplane
  • Glowing goblet
  • Lit stone doorway
  • Carved stone arches
  • Flaming skull
  • Blue-and-white chevron capitals

Lettering

  • Huge extruded yellow block capitals with red inline highlight and heavy black drop shadow for the title; smaller yellow sans-serif capitals with black outline for the subtitle at upper right

Themes

  • Archaeology adventure
  • Desert
  • Action pulp

Title on it

  • Indiana jones

Text on it

  • INDIANA JONES
  • The PINBALL ADVENTURE
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Central large portrait, stubbly square jaw, crumpled brown fedora, open-collared shirt, direct stare
Man Left arch, cowboy in wide-brimmed hat firing a rifle while riding a rearing black horse
Animal Black horse rearing, bridle and reins visible
Vehicle Small biplane silhouette in the yellow sky of the left arch
Man Right arch, adventurer in red shirt and white scarf, arm raised cracking a whip, backlit by fire
Skeleton Flaming skull with fiery eyes in the red sky of the right arch
Man Small round portrait upper left, bearded, grinning, wearing a red cap
Man Small round portrait upper right, elderly, white beard, blue pith helmet and spectacles
Man Bottom centre-left cropped portrait, man in a white pith helmet smiling
Woman Bottom centre-right cropped portrait, dark-haired woman smiling
Full description

A painted, comic-book style adventure backglass in hot reds, oranges and browns. Across the top a huge blocky three-dimensional title in yellow letters with red inline shading and a heavy black drop shadow reads as the main game name, with smaller yellow outlined text at upper right reading 'The PINBALL ADVENTURE' and a red oval script company logo at upper left. The centre is dominated by a large portrait of a stubbly, square-jawed man in a crumpled brown fedora and open-collared shirt, staring straight ahead. He is framed by an arched, carved, tan-and-brown stone surround. Flanking him are two arched side panels: the left one shows a lone cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat riding a rearing black horse while firing a rifle, with a small biplane silhouette in a glowing yellow sky; the right one shows a whip-wielding adventurer in a red shirt and white scarf raising an arm against a burning red sky with a flaming skull motif. Two small circular head portraits sit above the arches: a grinning bearded man in a red cap at upper left and an elderly white-bearded man in a blue pith helmet and spectacles at upper right. Along the bottom edge, cut off by the photograph, are a smiling man in a white pith helmet, a dark-haired smiling woman, a glowing red goblet set in an alcove, and a lit arched doorway.