1979 · Recel
Mr. Doom
Known for Drop target banks and Captive balls. Lavender-purple stone block wall, arched opening at top left, orange and yellow sunburst rays and white cloud bank along the bottom.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Recel
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Drop target banks
- Captive ball
Captive balls
On the playfield
Captive ball 1
- Captive balls
Drop target 1
- Drop target banks
Lanes 7
- Leftmost top lane
- Second top lane
- Third top lane
- Rightmost top lane
- Right side lane
- Upper out lanes
- Left out lane
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster Enormous central male villain head, orange-red face, purple jaw, green eyes, black brows, open fanged mouth
- man Blond man at top in a blue garment with a yellow sash, mouth open
- man Pale green-faced man in a shirt at upper left
- man Orange-faced man in a white shirt at upper left
- woman Dark-haired woman in black at left, mouth open in alarm
- woman Blonde woman in a flowing green robe, arms flung wide, centre
Setting
- Lavender-purple stone block wall
- Arched opening at top left
- Orange and yellow sunburst rays
- White cloud bank along the bottom
Text on it
- Mr.
- DOOM
- FREE PLAYS
- EXTRA BALLS
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- EURO
- REGLER
- FLIP
- 577640
- 036590
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Double Bonus
Reference
Linked terms
- Captive balls also called Left captive ball also called Right captive ball
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- orange
- green
- black
Fingerprint: mr. doom title with mr. in small yellow caps and doom in large green block capitals; gigantic purple-orange fanged villain head grinning menacingly over entire centre; crowd of pin-up women lunging and fleeing through white clouds along bottom, large red-haired woman in green halter top reaching arm across lower edge; four stacked red seven-segment score reels running down left half; lavender-purple stone wall
The single most memorable element is the gigantic purple-and-orange fanged villain head, 'DOOM', grinning over the whole centre of the glass beneath the green block title. Second is the crowd of pin-up women lunging and fleeing through white clouds along the bottom, dominated by a red-haired woman in a green halter top reaching her arm across the lower edge. Third is the ring of four stacked red seven-segment score reels running down the left half of the artwork. Fourth is the FREE PLAYS / EXTRA BALLS cream insert panel in the top-left arch, and fifth the small circular numbered dial at mid-right.
Setting
- Lavender-purple stone block wall
- Arched opening at top left
- Orange and yellow sunburst rays
- White cloud bank along the bottom
Symbols
- Four stacked seven-segment score reels
- Cream free plays / extra balls insert panel
- Circular numbered dial with red numerals
- Red 'credit' window
- White cloud puffs
- Flames
Lettering
- Heavy block capital sans-serif, 'doom' in large green caps with black outline, 'mr.' in smaller yellow caps, white-outlined label text on coloured plaques
Themes
- Comic-book villain
- Monster horror
- Pin-up women
- Fictional mad scientist
Title on it
- Mr. doom
Text on it
- Mr.
- DOOM
- FREE PLAYS
- EXTRA BALLS
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- EURO
- REGLER
- FLIP
- 577640
- 036590
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Enormous central male villain head, orange-red face, purple jaw, green eyes, black brows, open fanged mouth |
| Man | Blond man at top in a blue garment with a yellow sash, mouth open |
| Man | Pale green-faced man in a shirt at upper left |
| Man | Orange-faced man in a white shirt at upper left |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in black at left, mouth open in alarm |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a flowing green robe, arms flung wide, centre |
| Woman | Reclining woman in an orange top and blue jeans at lower left, one arm raised |
| Woman | Brunette in a yellow patterned dress being seized at centre right |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a blue-black outfit at right, white snake-like coils curling around her |
| Woman | Large red-haired woman in a green halter top and green bottoms lunging forward across the bottom clouds |
| Other | Small human figure engulfed in red-orange flames at upper right |
Flat comic-strip style backglass with a lavender-purple stone block wall background, an arched opening at top left and orange sunburst rays. An enormous snarling male villain head dominates the centre: orange-red face, heavy black brow, green eyes, purple-lavender jaw, wide open mouth with white fangs. Above him the title reads 'Mr. DOOM' — 'Mr.' in small yellow caps, 'DOOM' in large green block capitals outlined in black. Four red seven-segment score reels are stacked down the left half. A cream insert panel at top left reads 'FREE PLAYS' and 'EXTRA BALLS'; a cream circular numbered dial sits at mid-right. About ten figures crowd the middle and bottom: pale green and orange-faced men at upper left, a blonde man in blue with a yellow sash, a black-haired woman in dark clothing, a blonde woman in a flowing green robe with arms flung wide, a reclining woman in an orange top and blue jeans, a brunette in a yellow patterned dress, a dark-haired woman in blue-black with white snake-like coils, and a large red-haired woman in a green halter top lunging across the bottom white clouds. A human figure burns in red-orange flames at upper right.