Also known as LC
1984 · Williams
Laser Cue
Known for Center five drops, Recessed 6/14 target, Recessed 7/15 target and 8-ball. Outer space with a dark blue starfield, alien landscape of pale cratered rocky ground and dense curling vegetation along the lower edge and both sides.
- Year
- 1984
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Center five drops
- Target
Recessed 6/14 target
- Target
Recessed 7/15 target
- Target
8-ball
- extra flipper
Upper mini-flipper
- Lane
POOL lanes
On the playfield
- black
- cream
- gold
- red
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 1 spinner
- 1 target bank
- 2 slingshots
Spinner 1
- Left side spinner
Drop target 1
- Center five drops
Targets 5
- Recessed 6/14 target
- Recessed 7/15 target
- 8-ball
- CUE targets
- BALL targets
Lane 1
- POOL lanes
Flippers 2
- Upper mini-flipper extra flipper
- Paired right flippers extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Adult muscular male hero in the centre, bare-chested, wearing a close-fitting helmet and dark shorts or trunks, arms thrown wide and legs splayed, caught in a dynamic leap or lunge across the pale cratered ground, rendered with bold comic-book line work and shading
- creature Not a discrete figure but a mass of curling teal-green plant or alien tendrils with rounded bulbous tips, filling the lower third and both side edges and framing the central space scene
Setting
- Outer space with a dark blue starfield
- Alien landscape of pale cratered rocky ground
- Dense curling vegetation along the lower edge and both sides
Text on it
- 1
- 2
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Numbered-ball rack
Made by
- Design
- Edward Tomaszewski
- Art
- Pam Erickson
Reference
Linked terms
- Center five drops also called Center ordered drops also called Clear Drops Right to Left
- Recessed 6/14 target also called 6-ball target
- Recessed 7/15 target also called 7-ball target
- 8-ball also called Far upper-left 8-ball
- Upper mini-flipper also called Upper flipper
- POOL lanes also called Pool also called Top Pool lanes
- CUE targets also called Cue
- BALL targets also called Ball
- Numbered-ball rack also called Racks
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- cream
- gold
- red
Fingerprint: Enormous screaming open-mouthed face erupting from white smoke and cloud, stone castle tower at left, two large mirror-finish wireform ramps forming wide V crossing lower artwork, trapezoidal house-shaped target bank glowing red-orange reading MAKING P-Q-D-L ADVANCES MULTIPLIER, two cream SPECIAL round inserts, yellow pop bumpers, blue and amber LED ramps, medieval-fantasy starfield.
The centre of the art is a huge open-mouthed, long-haired screaming face erupting from a burst of white smoke and cloud, with a castle tower immediately to its left — not a normal pinball illustration. Wrapping the whole lower half are two enormous mirror-finish wireform ramps forming a wide V that cross in front of the artwork and end in two red-glowing round flippers lit from within. A trapezoidal 'house' target bank at lower centre glows red-orange and reads 'MAKING P-Q-D-L ADVANCES MULTIPLIER', with two cream round inserts labelled SPECIAL flanking it.
Setting
- Black starfield speckled with white stars
- Medieval castle and rocky mountainside
- Outer space night sky
Symbols
- Rows of numbered round scoring inserts (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70)
- Playing-card rank suits in the upper-left art
- Stars
- Yellow spiral targets at right
- Red starburst with 20 and 40
Notable shapes
- V-shaped twin wire ramps crossing the lower art
- Trapezoidal house-shaped target bank
- Arched castle tower
- Round translucent spinner disc
Art motifs
- Starfield
- Smoke and cloud bursts
- Stone masonry
- Wooden cart or crate shapes at mid-centre
Themes
- Medieval fantasy
- Castle
- Wizard
- Dragon
- Knights
- Magic
Text on it
- Williams
- SHOOT AGAIN
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- TRACKS
- MAKING P-Q-D-L ADVANCES MULTIPLIER
- TESPOOL
- LASER CUE
- Shoot for flashing balls.
- Completing rank (all 13 balls) lights 8-ball target for Extra Ball.
- Making P-Q-D-L scores just 1-11 and sphere.
- Making P-Q-D-L activates Bonus Multipliers and Apple Launcher in D.A.L.L
- BONUS SCORE! Number of balls made times highest in multiplier.
- Advanced Bonus Multiplier to 21X (lights SPECIAL).
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 805,500 SCORES = 1 CREDIT
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- 1 PLAY - 4 PLAYS
- 1,000 BONUS
- FRANK'N FURTER JACKPOT WORTH 500,000
- HOLD SPINNER FOR LOCK VALUE
- CHANGES BALLS LOCKED
- Lanes Change Right Flipper
- MULTIPLIER
- SPECIAL
- 7X
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Large screaming open-mouthed head with long flying hair bursting from torn cloud in the upper centre of the art |
| Other | Grey stone castle tower with arched window and red conical roof at mid-left |
| Creature | Small winged dragon or gargoyle shapes worked into the left and right side art near the slingshots |
Full-length electro-mechanical pinball playfield photographed under glass in a dark room, the cabinet lit blue along the front rail. The art is a hand-painted medieval-fantasy scene on a black starfield: a screaming long-haired head or wizard figure bursting from torn cloud in the upper centre, a stone castle tower with an arched doorway at mid-left, rocky ground and a brown dirt mound in the centre. Two large brushed-metal wireform ramps sweep in symmetric arcs from the lower left and lower right up to the top corners, lit by blue and amber LEDs. Three yellow pop bumper caps sit in a triangle at the upper centre, ringed by five red-glowing cylindrical bumper posts. A round translucent spinner disc with a yellow face stands left of centre. Lower centre is a red-orange trapezoidal target bank shaped like a house roof, carrying three '15' round inserts and a 'TRACKS' label. Cream, gold, black and deep red dominate, with turquoise and teal highlights. A white 'Williams' script sits bottom left; the apron carries two printed instruction cards.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- orange
- green
- red
Fingerprint: Muscular helmeted man in dark shorts caught mid-lunge with arms outstretched across centre, large glowing red-orange orb or explosion bursting behind, yellow-green planet disc at upper left, curling teal-green organic tendrils with bulbous tips filling lower third and side edges framing scene, two black score windows with yellow player numerals 1 and 2 flanking top, pale cratered rocky ground, dark starry background, space exploration theme.
The most memorable element is the large glowing red-orange orb or explosion bursting behind the central leaping figure, framed by curling teal-green tendrils that fill the lower third of the glass. A second strong cue is the pair of black seven-segment score windows with oversized yellow player numerals 1 and 2 flanking the top of the artwork. Third, a muscular helmeted man in dark shorts is caught mid-lunge across the centre, arms outstretched, over pale cratered ground with a yellow-green planet disc behind him. Fourth, the very wide gold-and-orange angular title logo spanning the entire top edge on a dark starfield. Fifth, the bright white glare reflected in the lower centre glass, which washes out the two small square displays and part of the red bottom band.
Setting
- Outer space with a dark blue starfield
- Alien landscape of pale cratered rocky ground
- Dense curling vegetation along the lower edge and both sides
Symbols
- Stars scattered across the dark blue background
- Large glowing red-orange orb or explosion
- Yellow-green planet disc
- Pale cratered rocky terrain
- Curling organic tendril shapes with bulbous tips
- Yellow angular star-corner ornaments on the border
Lettering
- Wide chunky angular capital letterforms in gold and orange with a blue drop outline, set on a dark blue starfield across the top; plain yellow numerals 1 and 2 above the score windows
Themes
- Space
- Science fiction
- Alien
- Planets
- Explosion
- Heroic leap
Text on it
- 1
- 2
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Adult muscular male hero in the centre, bare-chested, wearing a close-fitting helmet and dark shorts or trunks, arms thrown wide and legs splayed, caught in a dynamic leap or lunge across the pale cratered ground, rendered with bold comic-book line work and shading |
| Creature | Not a discrete figure but a mass of curling teal-green plant or alien tendrils with rounded bulbous tips, filling the lower third and both side edges and framing the central space scene |
A painted sci-fi backglass in a wide horizontal format, set inside a blue-painted cabinet rim and photographed with a strong white glare across the lower centre glass. Across the top runs a wide angular title logo in chunky gold and orange capital letters with a blue drop outline, set on a dark blue starfield; I could not resolve the individual letters. Flanking the title are two black rectangular score windows with pale seven-segment digits, each headed by a large yellow player numeral - 1 at upper left, 2 at upper right. The centre panel is a busy space scene: a muscular bare-chested man in a close-fitting helmet and dark shorts lunges across the middle with arms thrown wide, over pale cratered rocky ground. Behind him at upper left sits a yellow-green planet disc, and at upper centre-right a large glowing red-orange orb or explosion flares against the dark sky. The lower third and both side edges are filled with curling teal-green organic tendrils or alien vegetation with rounded bulbous tips, and a red horizontal band runs along the very bottom edge. Two small square seven-segment displays sit side by side at bottom centre.