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1987 · Unidesa

Iron Balls

Black starfield with white sparkle dots, red and orange radiating sunburst, pale blue dome helmets and red lower score panel.

Year
1987
Maker
Unidesa
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Iron Balls playfield

Playfield

  • black
  • orange
  • yellow
  • red

Fingerprint: Two green-skinned aliens in blue-grey ribbed suits mirrored left and right with raised arms, yellow tapered central lane flanked by black bumpers with printed value rings, blue female face at upper left, colored chevron bunting across top

Distinctive

Two enormous mirrored green-skinned figures in blue-grey ribbed space suits with clear bubble helmets, arms raised palms-up, dominating the middle of the playfield. Second most memorable: the long tapering yellow-gold central lane running from the bottom apron up to the top arch, flanked by black glossy pop bumpers ringed with white value numbers. Third: the huge grinning blue-skinned woman's face cropping in from the top-left corner. Fourth: the bunting-like arc of coloured chevrons across the top.

Setting

  • Black starless void with painted red and orange radial brush streaks
  • Orange and yellow chevron zigzag lower field
  • Yellow-gold central tapered lane
  • Pale blue metal arch and lane rails at the top

Symbols

  • Eight-pointed star and crescent moon motifs inside orange diamonds on the top arch
  • Yellow circular sunburst badge with a star
  • Black circular bumpers and target studs
  • Chrome wireform ball guides
  • White rectangular value panels with black numerals
  • Red star medallions

Notable shapes

  • Long tapering yellow-gold central lane widening towards the bottom
  • Red inverted-v wedge right of the central lane
  • Arc of hanging chevron bunting across the top
  • Triangular white-outlined sling areas in the lower field
  • Chevron stack of blue and yellow pinstripes on the apron

Art motifs

  • Mirrored symmetry about the vertical centre line
  • Radiating airbrushed speed streaks
  • Chevron and arrow zigzag banding
  • Scored value rings around every bumper

Themes

  • Space
  • Aliens
  • Science fiction
  • Pinball playfield

Text on it

  • COLLECT BONUS
  • SPECIAL
  • EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
  • flipper button
  • Torgame
  • Made in Spain
  • 5000
  • 7000
  • 10000
  • 12000
  • 15000
  • 20000
  • 40000
  • 100000
  • 40000 SPECIAL
  • LIFT WHEN LIT FOR SPECIAL
  • 25 PTAS
  • 100 PTAS
Pop bumpers
Four black glossy round pop bumpers in the upper half - a cluster of two at upper left-centre and two at upper right - plus black round studs down the central yellow lane.
Drop targets
A vertical bank of black round targets set into the central yellow-gold lane, each with a printed value beneath it running down to 100000.
Ramps
A single chrome wireform ramp runs up the right side and across the upper right; a second metal lane/habitrail arches across the top left and centre. two printed triangular wireform-ramp shapes sit in the lower left and lower right fields.
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots in the lower mid-field, left and right, formed by white-outlined orange triangles with printed green figure art inside.
Upper playfield
Pale blue metal arch spanning the top with a top arch of yellow-green-red chevrons beneath it, four black pop bumpers, printed robot turrets and spacecraft motifs, and printed value panels reading 40000 special and lift when lit for special.
Apron and lower playfield
Black lower apron with blue and yellow pinstriping, a central orange chevron containing the small gold torgame wordmark above a tiny made in spain line, and below it the front cabinet with a coin door and two coin windows reading 25 ptas and 100 ptas.
Who and what
Kind Description
Alien Left of centre, a tall green-skinned humanoid in a pale blue-grey ribbed pressure suit with a segmented collar, a clear domed helmet over a bald head, both arms raised with palms facing up, mouth open
Alien Right of centre, a mirror-image green-skinned humanoid in the same pale blue-grey ribbed suit and domed helmet, arms raised palms up, drawn smaller and partly overlapped by a chrome wireform ramp
Woman Top-left corner, a large cropped head of a blue-skinned woman with heavy black hair, arched brows, wide eyes and vivid red lips, laughing or grinning, painted as an inset portrait panel
Robot Upper left field, a printed green cylindrical robot/turret figure with a domed head and a segmented barrel pointing down-left
Robot Upper right field, a matching green cylindrical robot/turret figure facing down-left beside a fan of pale blue glowing tube shapes
Vehicle Two printed spacecraft/rocket motifs along the top, one left and one right of centre, in orange and cream with portholes
Full description

Full-length playfield viewed from above through scratched glass, plus the whole cabinet front and coin door below. The art is a hand-painted 1970s-style space scene on a black background: two large mirrored green-skinned humanoids in pale blue-grey ribbed pressure suits and clear domed helmets stand at mid-playfield, left and right, each with both arms raised and palms up in a gesture of offering or supplication. Between them a tall yellow-gold tapered lane runs up the centre, its yellow surface edged in orange, flanked by a red V-shaped wedge. Black glossy round bumpers (pop bumpers) and black circular target studs stud the field, each surrounded by printed value rings reading 5000, 7000, 10000, 12000, 15000, 20000, 40000 and 100000. Lower playfield is orange and black chevrons with two cream-coloured flippers, and a lime-green rectangular panel reading COLLECT BONUS. Across the top, an arc of yellow, green and red chevron/arrow shapes hangs like bunting beneath a top arch; at the upper left corner a large blue-skinned woman's face with black hair and bright red lips peers onto the field. Dominant colours are black, orange, yellow and red.

On the backglass

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

Iron Balls backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • black
  • blue

Fingerprint: "IRON BALLS" title in yellow block capitals on white starburst with orange-red radiating sunbeams. Central blue-skinned woman's head with tall black beehive hair and red lips. Four green-skinned androids in chrome ribbed bodies with arms flung wide around her. Pale blue dome-helmeted heads with dripping icicle stalks. Four score reels, red LED readout.

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the enormous chrome-bolt lettered IRON BALLS logo in yellow block capitals, arched across a blazing white starburst that radiates orange and red sunbeams downward. Second, the symmetrical fan of four green-skinned androids in chrome ribbed robot bodies flinging their arms out around a central blue-skinned woman's head with a towering black beehive hairstyle. Third, the ring of pale blue dome-headed figures with icicle-like dripping stalks descending from the top corners. Fourth, the four mechanical score reels and the lit three-window red LED readout showing 98 70 60 in the red lower panel.

Setting

  • Black starfield with white sparkle dots
  • Red and orange radiating sunburst
  • Pale blue dome helmets
  • Red lower score panel

Symbols

  • Radiating starburst sun
  • Sparkle dots
  • Red speed lines
  • Comet trails
  • Chrome ribbed robot torsos
  • Rectangular instruction boxes

Lettering

  • Tall angular chrome-bolt block capitals, pale olive-yellow fill with grey-blue gradient and dark outline, arched across the centre

Themes

  • Science fiction
  • Space
  • Robots
  • Androids
  • Alien
  • Explosion
  • Pinball backglass

Title on it

  • Iron balls

Text on it

  • IRON BALLS
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • CREDIT
  • EXTRA BALL
  • MATCH FEATURE
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 98
  • 70
  • 60
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Central head and shoulders only; blue-skinned alien woman, tall swept-back glossy black beehive hair, heavy dark eyeliner, red lips, wide pale eyes, small green triangular collar, shoulders bare and tinted blue-grey
Robot Upper left of centre, green-skinned android head tilted upward, chrome ribbed flexible neck, silver segmented chest and arm plates, one arm raised
Robot Lower left, green-skinned android head tilted up-left, chrome ribbed neck and torso, both arms flung wide, body angled head-first downward
Robot Upper right, green-skinned android head tilted back and up, chrome ribbed neck, silver segmented torso and arms raised above the shoulders
Robot Lower right, green-skinned android head tilted up-right, chrome ribbed neck and torso, arms extended outward, tapering into a rocket-like point
Creature Several pale blue dome-helmeted heads ringed around the top left and right edges, with dripping icicle-like tendrils falling beneath them; some faces faintly visible inside the domes
Creature Three or four pale human-like faces streaking down as comet or bullet shapes with cream and pink comet tails converging on the central burst
Full description

A wedge-shaped backglass dominated by a huge yellow-and-red starburst radiating from a white-hot point just below centre. Across the middle sits a large chrome-outlined yellow logo in tall angular block letters reading IRON BALLS, the letters filled with a pale olive-yellow gradient and casting a grey drop shadow. Above the burst is a row of five human figures in chrome ribbed robot bodies: a central blue-skinned woman's head and shoulders, with tall swept-back black hair, heavy dark eye makeup, red lips and a small green collar, flanked by four green-skinned androids with chrome ribbed necks and torsos, arms thrown outward as if flying. Streaking comet-like shapes with pale faces trail down towards the burst, and pale blue dome-helmeted heads with dripping stalks ring the upper left and right edges. The background is black with radiating white spark dots and red speed-line hatching. The lower fifth is a red plastic score panel holding four mechanical reels with gold number tabs 1, 2, 3 and 4, a central three-window red LED readout showing 98 70 60, and small printed instruction boxes.

Iron Balls backglass

Backglass

  • black
  • red
  • yellow
  • steel blue

Fingerprint: IRONBALLS in blocky 1970s airbrushed style with black drop shadow, four chartreuse-skinned women in black-silver space suits mirrored V formation, disembodied steel-blue female head centered, symmetric double fan dark metallic spheres white comet tails, radiating red-yellow triangular bursts behind, translucent composition, red web of radiating lines background

Distinctive

The unmistakable hook is the mirrored V of four chartreuse-skinned women in black-and-silver space suits fanning outward from a white starburst, with a single steel-blue floating female head in the middle. A symmetric double fan of dark metal balls, each on a white smoke comet tail, curves around the outer edge of that group like a peacock's train. The title IRONBALLS is rendered in a distinctive blocky, angled, 1970s airbrushed style with a heavy black drop shadow on a burst of radiating red-and-yellow triangles. The scoreline is unusually wide and busy, with four red digital windows and player numerals in gold-outlined squares at the far left and far right.

Setting

  • Black void webbed with fine radiating red line work
  • White starburst at lower centre with long red-and-yellow radial wedges
  • Comet-like white smoke plumes
  • Dark metallic spheres
  • Glowing horizon band at the very bottom

Symbols

  • Row of dark metallic spheres
  • White comet/smoke plumes
  • White starburst
  • Radiating red-and-yellow triangular rays
  • White starburst sparkle ornaments flanking the central face
  • Gold-outlined player-number squares
  • Red seven-segment score windows

Lettering

  • Large tall angular sans-serif capitals in yellow-gold with white inline highlights, a black 3-d drop shadow and a white outer keyline, arched slightly across the lower third

Themes

  • Space
  • Science fiction
  • Femme fatale
  • Pinball
  • Burst of light
  • Metallic spheres

Title on it

  • Ironballs

Text on it

  • IRONBALLS
  • 1
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 310260
  • 756250
  • 318480
  • 4300500
  • 09
  • 12
  • 00
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Central floating head only, no body: steel-blue skin, huge sculpted black bouffant hair swept up and back, heavy black brows and winged eyeliner, dark eyes looking straight ahead, red lips slightly parted, cool expression. framed by a pale yellow aura.
Woman Upper left, rising figure, yellow-green skin, tall dark coiffure, head tilted back and eyes closed, glossy black-and-silver segmented space suit with a ribbed high collar and puffed shoulder and chest plating, left arm extended down and out.
Woman Upper right, rising figure, yellow-green skin, tall dark coiffure, head tilted back, black-and-silver segmented space suit with ribbed collar and rounded shoulder plating, body angled diagonally, one arm reaching downward toward the centre.
Woman Lower left, reclining figure leaning back with head tipped up, yellow-green skin, dark hair, black-and-silver suit with a greaved arm and boot, body foreshortened and swept toward the starburst.
Woman Lower right, reclining figure mirroring the left one, head tipped up and eyes closed, yellow-green skin, dark hair, glossy black-and-silver suit with ribbed collar and rounded shoulder plate, arm extended toward the lower centre.
Other Fan of roughly twenty large dark chrome spheres, arranged symmetrically in arcs behind the figures on both sides, each dragging a curved white smoky comet tail downwards into the central burst.
Full description

Translucent backglass with a symmetrical, fan-shaped composition on a black background webbed with fine red radiating lines. At the centre is a floating disembodied head of a woman with steel-blue skin, heavy black bouffant hair swept up, dark arched brows, black eyeliner, and red lips. She is flanked by four identical-looking female figures with yellow-green (chartreuse) skin, tall sculpted dark hair, and glossy black-and-silver segmented space suits with high ribbed collars; two lie/recline at the lower left and lower right, and two rise behind, their heads tilted back. They are arrayed in a V that radiates from a white-yellow starburst at the lower centre, which sends long triangular red-and-yellow rays outward across the whole lower field. Behind and outside the four figures is a symmetric fan of dark metallic spheres, each trailing a white smoke-like comet plume that curves down into the starburst. The main title IRONBALLS sits in a low arc across the lower third in tall angular yellow-gold letters with white highlights, a black 3-D drop shadow and a white-and-red keyline. Four rectangular red-digital score windows occupy the bottom band, with player numbers in small squares at their outer ends and a small central numeric display.