1993 · Bally
Judge Dredd
Known for Deadworld, JUDGE drop targets, Subway and Sniper Tower. Burning ruined city skyline, dystopian courtroom or public gallery, smoke and fire-lit night sky and stone monument and industrial debris.
- Year
- 1993
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Deadworld
- Drop target
JUDGE drop targets
- saucer
Subway
- popper
Sniper Tower
- Target
Crime Scenes
- Multiball
Deadworld Multiball
- Wizard mode
Ultimate Challenge
- Goal
Chain Links
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre foreground: helmeted law-enforcement figure in a blue, orange and black armoured suit with a red and yellow chest emblem, white ribbed shoulder pad, green glove, right fist thrust towards the viewer, black visor with yellow slit, short dark chin, determined expression.
- man Mid-left: second armoured figure in the same blue, orange and white suit running forward, red hair or red helmet crest, one arm back and one forward, mouth open.
- man Centre background: smaller helmeted figure with a large golden shoulder pad, seen from behind/side, arm raised.
- monster Giant skull-shaped structure upper centre: grey-blue skull with hollow eye sockets and a mouth full of vertical bars, rows of tiny seated figures inside the eye sockets, spiked black wings either side, red striped crest below.
- monster Right side: burning orange building with a skull-faced grinning figure in the window and a barrel labelled with fire lettering.
- other Left side: green and gold mechanical or armoured figure leaning over a grey stone monument bearing carved lettering.
Setting
- Burning ruined city skyline
- Dystopian courtroom or public gallery
- Smoke and fire-lit night sky
- Stone monument and industrial debris
Text on it
- JUDGE
- DREDD
- JUDGE DREDD
- Bally
- 250,915,300
- FREE PLAY
- I AM
- THE LAW
- FIRE
How it plays
-
Modes 3
- Manhunt
- Blackout
- Super Game
-
Multiballs 6
- Deadworld Multiball
- Prison Break
- Mad Bomber
- Traffic Jam
- Destroy Deadworld
- Super Multiball
-
Goals 7
- Chain Links
- Jackpot ladder
- Mortis
- Fire
- Fear
- Death Jackpot
- Crime levels
-
Wizard modes 1
- Ultimate Challenge
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Mechanics
- Ernie Pizarro
- Software
- Jeff Johnson
- Sound & Music
- Paul Heitsch
- Music
- Vince Pontarelli
- Display animation
- Eugene Geer
- Display animation
- Scott Slomiany
The cast
- Judge Dredd
Reference
Linked terms
- Deadworld also called Deadworld lock
- JUDGE drop targets also called Judge drops also called JUDGE bank
- Super Game start button also called green start button
- Chain Links also called Chain Modes
- Jackpot ladder also called Four Jackpots
- Crime levels also called Class X Felony
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- orange
- blue
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Judge Dredd: Enormous stern square-jawed male face filling lower half, chin doubled by second head below flippers, three pop bumpers named FEAR-DEATH-FIRE above forehead, two large clear plastic domes with red lamps, city-street brick buildings, orange-teal-yellow color scheme
The single most memorable feature is an enormous painted close-up of a square-jawed man's face filling the entire lower playfield, his chin doubled by a second head below the flippers. Three pop bumpers named FEAR, DEATH and FIRE sit in a row directly above his forehead, and two large clear plastic domes with red lamps crown the upper playfield. The apron carries huge red-and-yellow slab lettering reading JUDGE DREDD under a row of five white stars on a cream panel, with SELECT A-MODE / LAUNCH BALL arrows printed on both lower corners.
Setting
- Dense painted city street with brick buildings and steel gantries
- Night-time industrial skyline with floodlights
- Floodlit rooftop and scaffold structures
Symbols
- Five-pointed white stars in a row above the title
- Yellow-and-black diagonal hazard stripes on the lower corners
- Red arrows pointing inward on both select a-mode panels
- Yellow warning / caution exit stickers on the side rails
- Red star emblems near the apron card
- Lettered round pop-bumper caps
Notable shapes
- Giant painted face dominating the lower playfield
- Two oversized clear domes in the upper third
- Rectangular instruction cards inset in the apron
- Triangular slings
- Angled chrome lockdown bar
Art motifs
- Chrome wire ramps and ball guides crossing the field
- Clear plastic domes with red lamps
- Brick and girder industrial scenery
- Grunge airbrushed shading over a cream base
- Comic cross-hatching on the main face
Themes
- Comic-book adaptation
- Dystopian future city
- Police judge
- Urban decay
- Hero shooter
Title on it
- Judge dredd
Text on it
- JUDGE DREDD
- FEAR
- DEATH
- FIRE
- JUDGE
- DRAIN SHIELD
- BLACKOUT
- PURSUIT
- ANY PORT
- CAUTION
- EXIT
- SELECT A-MODE
- LAUNCH BALL
- MEGADROP
- SUPER GAME PLAY
- Bally
- TAP
- 33 Credits
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Huge painted head of a stern square-jawed adult male with heavy black eyebrows, deep-set dark eyes, straight nose and jutting chin, rendered in comic-book style across the lower centre of the playfield |
| Man | A second smaller painted male head with dark hair and a severe expression below the flippers, under the drain shield / blackout banner area |
| Other | Two large green-gloved hands with clenched fists painted either side of the big central face, arms in dark sleeves |
| Other | Small painted figures in dark uniforms and helmets scattered in the mid-playfield artwork among the buildings and ramps |
Full-length view of an electro-mechanical playfield with the chrome lockdown bar and apron in frame, dominated by a huge painted JUDGE DREDD face across the lower half: a stern square-jawed male face with heavy black eyebrows, dark eyes and a jutting chin, flanked by two green-gloved hands. Above the face sit three round pop-bumpers lettered FEAR, DEATH and FIRE, over a dense city-street illustration of brick buildings, steel gantries, girders and floodlights in orange, yellow, teal and grey. Two large clear plastic domes dominate the upper third, each with a chrome ring and a red lamp inside, surrounded by looping chrome ball guides and wire ramps. The colour scheme is saturated orange, sky blue, red, yellow and black over cream/tan instruction cards. The lower apron reads Judge Dredd in big red-and-yellow slab letters with a row of white stars above, flanked by two large card panels, and the cabinet front below is bright blue with matching artwork.
Playfield
- black
- orange
- yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: judge dredd: Blocky JUDGE DREDD logo cream and orange lower apron, DREDD shield badges flanking, three round centre inserts reading FEAR DEATH FIRE, bald heavy-jawed man painted centre raising arm, oversized grimacing face upper left, blue flame artwork side walls, black-orange-yellow-red mechanical maze
A huge blocky JUDGE DREDD logo in cream and orange filling the lower apron, flanked by DREDD police-style shield badges. Three round centre inserts reading FEAR, DEATH and FIRE sit side by side under a painted head of a bald, heavy-jawed man in black. Bright orange flippers against an otherwise black, yellow and red mechanical maze. Blue flame artwork running down both side walls with small character portraits inset.
Setting
- Post-apocalyptic city ruins
- Rubble and debris
- Industrial mechanical superstructure
- Dark starfield-like black sky at the top
Symbols
- Dredd shield badges on both aprons
- Police-style eagle crests near the aprons
- Three round fear/death/fire badges
- Circular saucer or drain aperture
- Blue flame motifs on the side walls
- Stars on the lower logo plaque
Notable shapes
- Large circular tunnel/saucer at the top of the playfield
- Black round drain hole at the bottom centre
- Pink and magenta swirl inside the upper circular feature
- Two triangular sling triangles flanking the drain
Art motifs
- Heavy black ink outlines
- Halftone comic shading
- Orange and red flame fireballs
- Steel ramps and wireform rails
- Chrome wire guides over painted art
Themes
- Comic book
- Dystopian future
- Police
- Science fiction
- Post-apocalyptic
- Merchandise licensed art
Title on it
- Judge dredd
Text on it
- JUDGE DREDD
- DREDD
- FEAR
- DEATH
- FIRE
- STAKE OUT
- SELECT A-MODE
- LAUNCH BALL
- REGULATION PLAY
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 1 Play
- 2 Plays
- 3 Plays
- 3 Balls Per Play
- SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR INPLAY SCORES
- 50c
- 75c
- $1.00
- WARNING
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Bald, heavy-jawed man painted near the centre of the playfield in a dark uniform, one arm raised, surrounded by debris; head positioned just below the fear/death/fire row |
| Man | Oversized grimacing painted face at upper left, mouth open in a snarl, cropped by the left side wall, appearing to loom out of the artwork |
| Other | Small painted character portraits inset into the blue flame side walls on both left and right |
| Monster | Bulky shadowed creature-like forms in the yellow and red mechanical structure in the mid-field, partly hidden by chrome ramps |
A full-length portrait photograph of a sci-fi comic-book pinball playfield behind glass, with strong glare streaks across the upper third. The lower third is dominated by a large blocky logo in cream, orange and black lettering reading JUDGE DREDD, each initial letter picked out, flanked by two small instruction cards and by DREDD shield badges on the left and right aprons. Above the logo sit two bright orange flippers with white rubber, a dark circular drain or saucer aperture between them, two yellow-capped slingshots, and a black apron. The mid-field is a dense yellow-and-red mechanical structure of steel ramps, wireform rails, chrome posts and blue rectangular inserts; near the centre three round badge-like inserts read FEAR, DEATH and FIRE in yellow and white on dark backgrounds. Further up, a painted bald man with a heavy jaw and dark uniform raises one arm among rubble; at upper left a large painted face with a grimacing mouth peers out, and at the top a circular tunnel area holds a pink and magenta swirl. Side walls carry blue flame-like graphics and small inset figures. Palette: black, orange, yellow, blue, with cream lettering.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- blue
- black
- gold
Fingerprint: Colossal skull courtroom upper centre with tiny seated figures, two armoured helmeted figures charging forward, one fist thrust out of frame, burning building right side, "JUDGE DREDD" in red block letters with black outline, huge bearded masked hero head overlaps top-right corner, "I AM THE LAW" bottom, speaker grilles lower panel with dot-matrix display, law-enforcement dystopia theme, airbrushed comic-book illustration
A colossal courtroom-like skull with rows of tiny seated figures fills the upper centre, dwarfed by an enormous red-and-teal letter B on the right. Two heavily armoured, helmeted comic-book figures charge forward from the mid-left and centre, one with a fist punched straight out of the frame. A burning building with a skull-faced figure and a fire-marked barrel fills the right third, and the bottom apron carries the sentence I AM [shield] THE LAW between the two speaker grilles. A masked hero figure's huge head with a visor and fin-swept collar overlaps the top-right corner.
Setting
- Burning ruined city skyline
- Dystopian courtroom or public gallery
- Smoke and fire-lit night sky
- Stone monument and industrial debris
Symbols
- Winged judge's badge inside the title
- Large decorative letter b
- Gold chain border around the lower panel
- Shoulder eagle emblems
- Flames
- Prison bars
- A lollipop
- A raised flaming torch
- An overturned oil drum with a hazard symbol
Lettering
- Title in very heavy condensed sans-serif capitals, white fill, thick red keyline, hard black drop shadow, stacked two lines. manufacturer mark top right in slanted cursive script. bottom apron sentence in broad red-outlined black-outlined capitals. score in dot-matrix segment characters.
Themes
- Dystopian police
- Near-future justice
- Comic book
- Urban fire and ruin
- Armoured law enforcers
- Judge and courtroom
Title on it
- Judge dredd
Text on it
- JUDGE
- DREDD
- JUDGE DREDD
- Bally
- 250,915,300
- FREE PLAY
- I AM
- THE LAW
- FIRE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre foreground: helmeted law-enforcement figure in a blue, orange and black armoured suit with a red and yellow chest emblem, white ribbed shoulder pad, green glove, right fist thrust towards the viewer, black visor with yellow slit, short dark chin, determined expression. |
| Man | Mid-left: second armoured figure in the same blue, orange and white suit running forward, red hair or red helmet crest, one arm back and one forward, mouth open. |
| Man | Centre background: smaller helmeted figure with a large golden shoulder pad, seen from behind/side, arm raised. |
| Monster | Giant skull-shaped structure upper centre: grey-blue skull with hollow eye sockets and a mouth full of vertical bars, rows of tiny seated figures inside the eye sockets, spiked black wings either side, red striped crest below. |
| Monster | Right side: burning orange building with a skull-faced grinning figure in the window and a barrel labelled with fire lettering. |
| Other | Left side: green and gold mechanical or armoured figure leaning over a grey stone monument bearing carved lettering. |
| Other | Top right corner: masked head with black visor, red and yellow fin-swept collar and a shoulder plate, cut off by the frame. |
Translucent backglass of a law-enforcement-meets-dystopia comic machine. Upper two-thirds is one airbrushed comic illustration; lower third is a speaker panel with two round black speaker grilles in yellow-gold ring bezels, a central dark dot-matrix display, and a yellow chained-bar border on blue. Top-left is a huge blocky two-line title in white letters with a thick red outline and a black drop shadow. In the centre foreground a helmeted figure in blue, orange and black body armour lunges towards the viewer, gloved fist thrust out. Behind him, upper left, a second similarly-armoured figure runs forward. Upper centre hangs a gigantic skull-shaped courtroom/corridor with rows of seated figures and barred windows. Upper right is an enormous red-and-teal stylised letter B. Right side shows a burning building in orange fire with a skull-faced figure and a barrel marked with fire lettering. Left side has a green-and-gold mechanical figure and a stone monument. Palette is dominated by fire orange, deep blue, black and gold.