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1968 · Bally

Joker

Known for Joker Time lane and Exit sequence. Fairground or motor-racing carnival crowd scene, green grass field, purple riveted steel arch or girder and red swirl sky.

Year
1968
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Known for

  • Lane

    Joker Time lane

  • Goal

    Exit sequence

On the playfield

  • lime green
  • black
  • orange-red
  • cream
Joker playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers
  • 2 target banks
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Hole 1

  • Top saucer saucer

Bumpers 2

  • Yellow mushroom bumper
  • Blue pop bumpers

Lanes 3

  • Joker Time lane
  • Wall switch switch
  • Drop lane

On the backglass

  • magenta
  • orange
  • blue
  • black
Joker backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Giant head in three-quarter view, orange-red swept-back hair, dark sunglasses, huge blue bulbous nose, yellow slit eyes, wide toothy grin, exaggerated pop-art proportions
  • other Red-haired grinning clown with white face paint, red ruff collar and striped costume, waving one hand and holding a thin pole, beside a light-blue balloon
  • woman Large close-up head at lower centre, black bobbed hair, pale face, red lips, red top, mouth open cheering
  • woman Large close-up head lower right, black hair with red streaks, blue-green top, seen from the side
  • man Large close-up head bottom centre-left, blond hair, pale face, red and white striped collar, yellow shirt
  • man Large close-up head at right, black hair, orange-yellow top, holding a small drink

Setting

  • Fairground or motor-racing carnival crowd scene
  • Green grass field
  • Purple riveted steel arch or girder
  • Red swirl sky

Text on it

  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • 3 UP
  • 4 UP
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
  • 1 2 3 4
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • 1601

How it plays

  1. Goals 6

    • Exit sequence
    • Out to Lunch
    • Exit 1
    • Exit 2
    • Exit 3
    • Exit 4

Made by

Design
Ted Zale
Art
Jerry Kelley

Reference

Linked terms
  • Yellow mushroom bumper also called Yellow pop bumper
  • Joker Time lane also called Joker Time
  • Exit sequence also called Exit
Playfield vision analysis

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

Joker playfield

Playfield

  • lime green
  • black
  • orange-red
  • cream

Fingerprint: Three painted female acrobats sprawled backwards across large concentric target discs middle, one black-haired woman in pink leotard arched over dark blue bullseye, grinning clown head in ruffled collar peering from behind starburst upper right, three white pop-bumper caps ringed with blue-yellow sawtooth sunburst skirts at top, two diamond-lattice drop-target banks reading as stained-glass pattern, lime-green ground flat mid-1970s airbrushed cartoon orange-red-teal-cream palette

Distinctive

Three painted female acrobats sprawled backwards across large concentric target discs in the middle of the playfield, one of them a black-haired woman in a pink leotard arched over a dark blue bullseye. A grinning clown head in a ruffled collar peering out from behind a starburst in the upper right quadrant. A stack of three white pop-bumper caps ringed with blue and yellow sawtooth sunburst skirts, giving the top of the field a row of spinning-wheel targets. Two diamond-lattice drop-target banks whose coloured squares read as a stained-glass pattern.

Setting

  • Flat lime-green painted ground with no scenery
  • Black-outlined geometric orange and red wedges
  • Chrome wire ball guides and a polished metal ball-return arch
  • Wood-grain panel at the waist above the flippers

Symbols

  • Playing-card-suit-style star and burst shapes
  • Concentric bullseye target discs
  • Balloon
  • Sawtooth sunburst skirts on pop bumpers
  • Diamond lattice of coloured squares on drop targets
  • Arrows
  • Round illuminated lane inserts
  • Star shapes in blue and teal
  • Numbers 10, 20, 30, 40

Notable shapes

  • Three large concentric bullseye discs stacked down the centre-left
  • Three pop bumpers with jagged sunburst skirts
  • Two diamond-lattice drop-target banks
  • A horseshoe-shaped chrome ball-return arch across the top
  • A narrow vertical lane with round inserts down the right edge
  • A wood-grain waist panel with a scalloped lower edge

Art motifs

  • Sprawling acrobatic bodies
  • Hard black outlines
  • Flat saturated airbrush fills
  • Geometric zig-zag wedges
  • Sawtooth rosettes

Themes

  • Circus
  • Acrobats
  • Clown
  • Balloon
  • Score attack
  • Skill game

Text on it

  • EXIT - FLIPS OUT
  • EXIT 1
  • EXIT 2
  • EXIT 3
  • EXIT 4
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • ALL EXITS HOLD
  • JOKER TIME
  • WHEN LIT SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN
  • 100
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • ADVANCE 1 BALLOON WHEN LIT
  • 100 WHEN LIT ADVANCE BALLOON
  • BALL TRAP
  • FLIPPER BUTTON
  • FLIPPER
  • TILT ENDS BALL
  • 1, 2, 3 OR 4 CAN PLAY
  • Score of 4000 Points - FAIR
  • Score of 8000 Points - GOOD
  • Score of 6400 Points - EXCELLENT
  • Score of 7000 Points - SUPER
  • TILT DISQUALIFIES BALL AND PLAYER
  • 5 BALLS
  • 1 PLAY 5c
  • 2 PLAYS 10c
  • 5 PLAYS 25c
  • REPORT SCORES
  • PATENT NOTICE IN CABINET BACK
  • MANUFACTURING CORP.
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60618
  • 2-15-74
Slingshots
Two compact triangular slings above the flippers, painted as coloured diamond-lattice panels rather than plain rubber
Upper playfield
A raised arch section at the top with a chrome ball-return arch and a 100-point rollover, flanked by two star-burst plastics
Apron and lower playfield
A black apron with a white instruction card reading '1, 2, 3 or 4 can play' on the left, a red script company logo over 'manufacturing corp. / chicago, illinois 60618' in the centre, a '5 balls 1 play 5c 2 plays 10c 5 plays 25c' card on the right, and a 'tilt ends ball' box near the right flipper
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Black-haired female acrobat in a pink leotard arched backwards over the top dark blue target disc, arms extended, one leg kicked up
Woman Acrobatic figure in a blue costume diving head-first across the orange-red disc below, hair streaming
Woman Pale blue-costumed female figure lying flat and stretched out on the blue-grey disc, arms flung wide, legs extended
Woman Second pale blue-costumed figure lying beside her on the same disc, one arm raised, head turned upward
Other Grinning clown-like head with wide open mouth and a ruffled collar, upper right, beside a blue star-and-circle burst
Other Small painted human figures scattered as silhouettes within the star bursts and wedge shapes
Full description

A tall electro-mechanical playfield painted in a flat mid-1970s airbrushed cartoon style, on a lime-green ground with heavy black outlines and orange-red, teal and cream accents. Down the centre-left stack three concentric target discs (dark blue with cream bullseye, orange-red, blue-grey with orange oval), each with a round white plastic hole and black 'EXIT 1', 'EXIT 2', 'EXIT 3' lettering; a fourth 'EXIT 4' hole sits mid-right. Painted tumbling acrobats sprawl across them: a black-haired woman in a pink leotard arched backwards, one figure diving head-first, and two pale blue-costumed figures lying stretched out with arms flung wide. Upper right a grinning clown head with a ruffled collar sits beside a blue starburst and the words 'ALL EXITS HOLD'. Three white pop-bumper caps with blue and yellow sawtooth sunburst skirts sit at the top under a chrome ball-return arch. Down the right edge runs a lane of round inserts numbered 10 and 20, flanked by 'JOKER TIME' and 'SHOOT AGAIN'. Two diamond-lattice drop-target banks sit at the waist above a wood-grain panel with two white flipper bats and a 'TILT ENDS BALL' box. The black apron carries a white instruction card, a red script logo and a 5-balls-per-play panel.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Joker backglass

Backglass

  • magenta
  • orange
  • blue
  • black

Fingerprint: Colossal grinning head orange-red swept-back hair dark sunglasses big bulbous blue nose filling right half glass, vertical ribbon very large magenta capital letters runs centre artwork, four black blimp-shaped scoring panels trailed yellow balloon colored number climb diagonally left side, bottom left grinning red-haired clown waves hand beside bright blue balloon, fairground crowd scene purple riveted steel arch overhead

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the colossal grinning head with orange-red swept-back hair, dark sunglasses and a big bulbous blue nose, filling the right half of the glass. A vertical ribbon of very large magenta capital letters runs down the centre of the artwork. Four black blimp-shaped scoring panels, each trailed by a yellow balloon with a coloured number, climb diagonally up the left side. At the bottom left a grinning red-haired clown waves a hand beside a bright blue balloon. The setting is a fairground or race-meet crowd scene with a purple riveted steel arch overhead.

Setting

  • Fairground or motor-racing carnival crowd scene
  • Green grass field
  • Purple riveted steel arch or girder
  • Red swirl sky

Symbols

  • Yellow balloons with numerals
  • Mechanical score reels
  • Light-blue balloon
  • Purple riveted girder
  • Red swirl
  • Black blimp gondolas

Lettering

  • Cream cursive script logo at top left, block sans-serif capitals for the 1up/2up/3up/4up labels in yellow, white and red, and very large magenta vertical capital letters running down the centre

Themes

  • Carnival
  • Fairground
  • Crowd
  • Pop art
  • Surrealism

Text on it

  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • 3 UP
  • 4 UP
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
  • 1 2 3 4
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • 1601
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Giant head in three-quarter view, orange-red swept-back hair, dark sunglasses, huge blue bulbous nose, yellow slit eyes, wide toothy grin, exaggerated pop-art proportions
Other Red-haired grinning clown with white face paint, red ruff collar and striped costume, waving one hand and holding a thin pole, beside a light-blue balloon
Woman Large close-up head at lower centre, black bobbed hair, pale face, red lips, red top, mouth open cheering
Woman Large close-up head lower right, black hair with red streaks, blue-green top, seen from the side
Man Large close-up head bottom centre-left, blond hair, pale face, red and white striped collar, yellow shirt
Man Large close-up head at right, black hair, orange-yellow top, holding a small drink
Woman Full-length pin-up style woman in a pale outfit standing on a platform mid-right, arm raised
Woman Blonde woman in a blue and white dress standing beside the platform
Man Several men in black tuxedo or dark suits standing on the platform
Other Dozens of small crowd figures in colourful clothing filling the green grass field
Other Small figures riding inside the gondolas of the four blimp scoring panels
Full description

A wide, landscape-format painted backglass in a cream/gold metal frame with a scratched, aged surface and visible glare reflections. The composition is a lurid pop-art carnival scene: a huge grinning male head in three-quarter view dominates the right half, with orange-red swept-back hair, dark sunglasses, a bulbous blue nose, yellow slit eyes and a wide toothy grin. Behind him a magenta-red swirl of colour and a purple riveted girder arc across the upper background. Four separate scoring panels run down the left side as black blimp or gondola shapes, each trailed by a yellow balloon holding a coloured numeral (1, 2, 3, 4) above a strip of mechanical score reels. The lower-left area is a green grass field crowded with dozens of tiny onlookers, one red-haired clown waving beside a blue balloon and a pole. The lower right is packed with large close-up heads and shoulders of cheering spectators in red, yellow and blue. Visible lettering includes a cream cursive script logo at top left, block "1 UP", "2 UP", "3 UP", "4 UP", "1 TO 4 CAN PLAY", "1 2 3 4", "BALL IN PLAY" and "GAME OVER", plus a small counter window reading 1601.

Joker backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • black
  • green
  • white

Fingerprint: Huge pale blue-white-skinned female arms-thrown upward olive-green uniform right-dominant, red central panel vertical banner dark block-lettering center-split, flag-pole left-lower, crowd tiny painted people reds blues greens oranges lower-center including jester red-white-stripes black-bob-woman, aircraft silhouette upper-left upper-right, heroic female-figure military-patriotic theme multi-figure composition

Distinctive

A colossal painted woman on the right with arms thrown upward, pale blue-white skin and an olive-green uniform, dwarfing everything beside her. A tall red vertical banner of blurred block lettering splits the glass down the centre. A red flag on a pole on the left above a crowded mass of tiny jester-like and top-hatted figures. Four stacked player panels (1UP, 2UP, 3UP, 4UP) with white reel windows on black lozenges, and a company name in flowing white cursive at the top centre. A red-and-white striped jester figure and a woman with a black bob and very pale face in the lower crowd.

Setting

  • Flat painted colour fields divided into maroon-red, green and blue wedges
  • Large red central panel with vertical dark block lettering
  • Green wedge behind the 2up panel on the right
  • White border surrounding a black inner frame

Symbols

  • Red flag on a pole
  • White reel number windows
  • Yellow-outlined black lozenges
  • Aircraft
  • Top hat
  • Red-and-white striped costume

Lettering

  • Flowing white cursive script for the company name at top centre; bold yellow-outlined black sans-serif for 1up/2up/3up/4up; plain black condensed sans-serif for 1 to 4 can play and the player numbers; small red capitals on a red banner for ball in play; large dark block capitals running vertically down the central red panel

Themes

  • Aircraft
  • Crowd scene
  • Flag
  • Heroic woman figure
  • Military

Text on it

  • Bally
  • 1UP
  • 2UP
  • 3UP
  • 4UP
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
  • 1 2 3 4
  • BALL IN PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Huge painted female figure on the right, pale blue-white skin, arms flung upward, olive-green and yellow uniform, black hair, facing left
Woman Lower centre, black bob haircut, very pale face, shown in profile facing right
Woman Lower centre-left, blonde head in profile, pale skin
Other Red-and-white striped jester or clown figure with a ruff, lower centre
Man Man in a black top hat, lower right of the crowd
Creature Large red swirling organic mass behind the big female figure on the right
Vehicle Small silver-grey aircraft with a tiny seated red-clad pilot, upper left
Vehicle Small grey fighter aircraft with a seated figure, upper right
Other Crowd of many tiny painted people in bright clothing, lower centre
Full description

A portrait-format backglass, framed by a black inner border and a wide white/cream outer border, laid out around a big red central panel. Running vertically down the middle of that red panel is a tall red banner carrying large dark block lettering that is too blurred to resolve. Across the top centre, in flowing white cursive script with a shadow, is a company name. The left third is dark maroon-red and carries four stacked player score panels: 1UP at the top in a yellow-outlined black lozenge with white reel windows, 3UP below it, then 4UP, each backed by a coloured lozenge. The top right has a 2UP panel with reel windows on a black lozenge over green. A red flag on a pole rises from the lower left, and a dense crowd of tiny painted people in reds, blues, greens and oranges fills the lower centre, including a jester-like figure in red-and-white stripes, a woman with a black bob and a pale face, a man in a black top hat, and a blonde head in profile. The right side is dominated by a huge painted female figure with arms flung up, in an olive-green and yellow uniform, beside a big red swirling mass. Upper left and upper right each carry a small silver-grey aircraft with a tiny seated pilot. Bottom left reads 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY above 1 2 3 4; a small red BALL IN PLAY panel sits bottom centre-right.