1992 · Data East
Lethal Weapon 3
Known for Gun trigger, 1-2-3 saucers, Freeway and Stunts. Billowing orange flame and smoke clouds, night city street and lit glass office building.
- Year
- 1992
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Gun trigger
- saucers
1-2-3 saucers
- Ramp
Freeway
- Goal
Stunts
- Goal
Shootouts
- Multiball
Lotsaballs
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Gun trigger
Ramp 1
- Freeway
Holes 3
- 1-2-3 saucers saucers
- Upper VUK
- Subway
Targets 3
- Bullet targets
- Drop target banks
- Lower left standup target
Lanes 2
- Left in lane
- Out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- man White man with windswept grey hair, blue eyes, square jaw, head and shoulders only, facing viewer, centre
- man Black man with moustache and shaved/close hair, head and shoulders, three-quarter profile facing left, orange rim light, right of centre
- woman Dark-haired woman in grey trench coat, upper left, holding a pump-action shotgun diagonally
- man Older grey-haired man in dark suit and tie, upper right, grinning and gesturing outward
- monster Grotesque pale humanoid creature with a bald head and bulging eyes hanging from a rope/chain at far upper left edge
- woman Elderly woman with dark hair at bottom far left, being held
Setting
- Billowing orange flame and smoke clouds
- Night city street
- Lit glass office building
Text on it
- DATA EAST
- LETHAL WEAPON
- 3
- INTERNATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
How it plays
-
Modes 6
- Fight
- Looping
- Getaway
- Crazy Riggs
- Super Spinners
- Super Lethal Weapon
-
Multiballs 1
- Lotsaballs
-
Goals 2
- Stunts
- Shootouts
-
Awards 4
- Double Jackpot
- Quadruple Jackpot
- Unlimited Millions
- Murtaugh's Retirement
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Art
- Markus Rothkranz
- Mechanics
- John Lund
- Software
- Kristina Donofrio
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
- Display animation
- Jack Liddon
Reference
Linked terms
- Gun trigger also called Uzi gun also called launch trigger
- 1-2-3 saucers also called Lethal Weapon 1-2-3 also called Jackpot-relight saucers
- Freeway also called Left ramp also called Freeway ramp
- Drop target banks also called Three-target banks
- Shootouts also called Shoot Out
- Lotsaballs also called Tri-Ball also called Multiball
- Looping also called Lite Looping
- Murtaugh's Retirement also called Murtaugh Retirement
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- orange
- red
- black
- blue
Fingerprint: lethal weapon 3: Stacked chrome-and-red 3D title logo at top, giant chrome numeral 3 on orange fireball, three grinning police officer caricatures across middle, star badge and revolver, black pyramid drop targets with arc of inserts beneath, orange flame art left side
The enormous stacked chrome-and-red 3D title logo at the top of the playfield, sitting on a wall of orange fireball, with a giant chrome numeral 3 beneath it. Three grinning police-officer caricature heads lined up across the middle of the playfield in front of a badge, revolver and squad car. A tall black pyramid of drop targets in the lower centre with a five-disc arc of round inserts directly beneath it. Painted flames and explosions in orange and yellow down the whole left edge, contrasting with blue squad-car artwork on the right.
Setting
- Urban city street with police squad car
- Wall of orange flame and explosion
- Dark blue night sky
- Brick and concrete wall behind the police figures
Symbols
- Five-point police star badge
- Handgun
- Police squad car
- Flame and explosion bursts
- Star shapes
- Five round drop-target/insert discs
- Bank of square drop targets
- Blue circle inserts
- Arrowed instruction panels
Notable shapes
- Large chrome extruded 3d title logo dominating the top third
- Black pyramid of stacked drop targets in the lower centre
- Arc of five round inserts beneath the drop-target pyramid
- Wire cage guarding a metal scoop on the upper left
- Curved wireform ramp looping at the upper right
- Paired triangular slingshots
- Two white flippers with red rubber rings
Art motifs
- Painted fireball background
- Comic-book ink outlines with airbrush shading
- Chrome 3d extruded lettering
- Speed-line and light-flare streaks
Themes
- Police
- Action movie
- Explosions
- Gunplay
- Car chase
- Crime
Title on it
- Lethal weapon 3
Text on it
- LETHAL WEAPON 3
- Lethal Weapon 3
- Lethal Weapon Series
- Game: Lethal Weapon 3
- Pinball, Incorporated
- Melrose Park, Illinois, USA
- Lead Designer: Ed Cebula, Joe Kaminski
- Artwork: Marcus Stoddart
- Board: BC-1133
- Total Production: 10,350
- Patents pending. The Plays a Back Agent.
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- PROUDLY MADE IN THE U.S.A.
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- SPECIAL BONUS
- SCORE AGAIN
- HOLD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Caricature bust of a dark-haired white middle-aged police officer, heavy stubble, squinting sideways with a grimace, in front of a silver star badge |
| Man | Caricature bust of a bearded white man with heavy stubble and a broad grimace, painted in bold ink outlines |
| Man | Caricature bust of a fair-haired white smiling man in a police uniform, grinning directly out of the playfield |
| Other | Large painted revolver with a dark barrel angled across the centre-right of the playfield |
| Vehicle | Blue-and-white police squad car painted in perspective on the right side of the playfield |
| Man | Small full-body cartoon police figure on the lower instruction card, arms raised, drawn as a line-art character |
Full-length modern solid-state playfield shot from above under a glass top, cabinet apron visible at the bottom with red LED coin door buttons and a round medallion. The top third is dominated by a huge three-dimensional chrome-and-red stacked wordmark of the game title, the word LETHAL in heavy red block letters with metallic grey extrusion above a big 3D numeral 3, sitting on an orange fireball background. Down the middle of the playfield are three painted caricature busts of grinning tough cops drawn in a bold ink-and-airbrush police-action style: a dark-haired man with a squint and stubble, a bearded man with a grimace, and a fair-haired smiling man, all in front of a star badge, a revolver and a police car. Lower centre is a black pyramid of drop targets with a five-circle arc of round red-and-blue inserts below it, flanked by two white flippers with rubber rings. Orange flame and explosion art fills the left side, blue police-car and city art the right. The lower apron carries two pale-blue instruction cards with black text, a small rules card with a cartoon face, a QR-code sticker and a rectangular embossed logo plate.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- red
- black
- cream
Fingerprint: Two enormous photorealistic male heads against flame-orange clouds (white grey-haired man facing viewer, Black man in warm orange light), dark-haired woman with pump-action shotgun upper left, street-level gunfight below with nun in cream habit pointing handgun, parked 1970s cars, glass office building, huge red "LETHAL WEAPON 3" lettering
The centrepiece is two colossal photorealistic male faces side by side against fireball-orange cloud: a blue-eyed white man with windswept grey hair facing the viewer, and a Black man in three-quarter profile rendered in glowing orange rim light. A huge hand-painted red numeral 3 is slashed across the right of the title, with a white-clad nun pointing a pistol amid the street gunfight below.
Setting
- Billowing orange flame and smoke clouds
- Night city street
- Lit glass office building
Symbols
- Red arrow-and-bar company logo at upper left
- Gunshot muzzle flashes
- Grey smoke plumes
- Painted red brushstroke numeral
- Glass office windows lit yellow
Lettering
- Bold red italic sans-serif capitals with white and black outline, letterspaced across the centre; oversized red hand-painted brushstroke numeral 3 at the right
Themes
- Police action
- Street gunfight
- Explosions
- 1970s cars
- Nun
- Helicopters
Title on it
- Lethal weapon 3
Text on it
- DATA EAST
- LETHAL WEAPON
- 3
- INTERNATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | White man with windswept grey hair, blue eyes, square jaw, head and shoulders only, facing viewer, centre |
| Man | Black man with moustache and shaved/close hair, head and shoulders, three-quarter profile facing left, orange rim light, right of centre |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in grey trench coat, upper left, holding a pump-action shotgun diagonally |
| Man | Older grey-haired man in dark suit and tie, upper right, grinning and gesturing outward |
| Monster | Grotesque pale humanoid creature with a bald head and bulging eyes hanging from a rope/chain at far upper left edge |
| Woman | Elderly woman with dark hair at bottom far left, being held |
| Man | Elderly man at bottom far left embracing the elderly woman |
| Man | Black man in white shirt and tie, lower centre-left, firing a pistol forward with outstretched arm |
| Woman | Nun in cream habit and veil, lower centre, aiming a small handgun to the right |
| Man | Dark-haired man in blue jacket over white shirt, lower centre-right, aiming a black pistol to the right |
| Man | Small distant figure walking up a road perspective at left-centre |
| Man | Small figure in pale clothing standing in front of the office building at right |
| Woman | Small figure in dark clothing standing beside him at right |
| Vehicle | Cream/beige 1970s sedan parked in front of the lit building |
| Vehicle | Red 1970s sedan parked beside the cream car |
| Vehicle | Two black helicopter silhouettes banking in the upper right sky |
A wide landscape backglass filled edge-to-edge with a hand-airbrushed action-painting collage, framed by a thin blue border. Two enormous heads dominate the upper centre: at centre a white, grey-haired man with piercing blue eyes and a square jaw stares straight ahead, and to his right a Black man with a moustache and a broad forehead is painted in three-quarter profile in hot orange light. Behind them, flame-orange clouds and smoke fill the sky, with two black helicopter silhouettes banking in the upper right. At upper left a dark-haired woman in a grey trench coat grips a pump-action shotgun diagonally across her body. At upper right an older grey-haired man in a dark suit and tie grins and gestures outward. Across the middle a big red brushstroke title reads LETHAL WEAPON, followed by an enormous painted red numeral 3. The lower third is a street-level gunfight: an older couple embracing at far left, a Black man in a white shirt firing a pistol, a nun in a cream habit pointing a handgun, a dark-haired man in a blue jacket aiming a pistol right, and, at right, a lit glass-fronted office building with a yellow sign reading INTERNATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, two parked 1970s cars (cream and red), and two standing figures. Dominant colours are orange, red, black, and cream.