Also known as OT
1992 · Gottlieb
Operation: Thunder
Known for Power Plant, Strafe spinner, Train upkicker and Bunker scoop. Aerial combat scene over burning countryside, dusk sky with tracer fire and explosions and a burning steel truss bridge in the lower left.
- Year
- 1992
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Power Plant
- Spinner
Strafe spinner
- upkicker
Train upkicker
- scoop
Bunker scoop
- scoop
Thunder scoop
- vary-target
Ammo vary-target
- Goal
Missions
- Multiball
Mission 3
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Power Plant
Ramp 1
- Side ramp
Holes 4
- Train upkicker upkicker
- Bunker scoop scoop
- Thunder scoop scoop
- Back center saucer saucer
Spinner 1
- Strafe spinner
Targets 3
- Ammo vary-target vary-target
- 5-bank
- 3-bank
Lane 1
- Extra ball lane
On the backglass
Who and what
- other Male pilot bust at bottom left in a leather flying helmet with goggles and microphone boom, facing left
- other Group of four standing human silhouettes on the rim of the large blue oval dish at upper right, wearing red or dark clothing
- other Additional small standing figures on the white apron below the blue oval
- vehicle Four white fighter jets in close diagonal formation, yellow canopies, black stencil lettering on wings and fuselages
- vehicle Dark aircraft silhouettes in the sky at upper right
Setting
- Aerial combat scene over burning countryside
- Dusk sky with tracer fire and explosions
- A burning steel truss bridge in the lower left
Text on it
- OPERATION:
- THUNDER
- FIGHTERS
- INTERCEPTOR
- FIRE BOM
- 1ST
- 2ND
- 3RD
- 4TH
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- Premier
How it plays
-
Modes 9
- Mission 1
- Mission 2
- Mission 4
- Mission 5
- Mission 6
- Mission 7
- Mission 8
- Mission 9
- Mission 11
-
Multiballs 1
- Mission 3
-
Goals 5
- Missions
- Rank
- Fuel
- HQ Bonus
- Thunder mystery
-
Wizard modes 1
- Mission 12
Made by
- Design
- Ray Tanzer
- Art
- David Moore
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
- Software
- Bob Wilson
- Software
- Jon Norris
- Sound
- Craig Beierwaltes
- Sound
- Dave Zabriskie
Reference
Linked terms
- Strafe spinner also called STRAFE also called Fuel spinner
- Train upkicker also called Train also called Train spinner lane
- Bunker scoop also called Bunker also called Bunker hole
- Thunder scoop also called Thunder lower right scoop
- Ammo vary-target also called Ammo
- Back center saucer also called top center saucer
- Extra ball lane also called lower left lane
- Rank also called Promotion
- Mission 2 also called Attack
- Mission 3 also called Bogie Multiball
- Mission 6 also called Target
- Mission 12 also called Final Battle
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- black
- white
- orange
Fingerprint: Four white fighter jets in diagonal formation, "OPERATION: THUNDER" title, pilot bust with goggles, burning yellow-orange truss bridge, blue oval dish with silhouettes, explosions.
A formation of four white jet fighters, three of them labelled with black stencil words such as FIGHTERS and INTERCEPTOR, dominating the left half of the glass. A four-figure cluster of red-suited silhouettes stands on the rim of a huge dark blue oval dish shape in the upper right. Below the jets sits a pilot's head in a flying helmet and goggles, and a burning yellow-orange truss bridge cuts across the bottom left corner.
Setting
- Aerial combat scene over burning countryside
- Dusk sky with tracer fire and explosions
- A burning steel truss bridge in the lower left
Symbols
- Explosions and tracer fire bursts
- Yellow-orange truss bridge
- Blue oval radar dish or lake
- Crosshair-like framing lines
- Two rectangular blue score windows
Lettering
- Large italic white block capitals with red inline shading and dark outline for thunder; smaller red-and-white block capitals for operation:
Themes
- Aerial combat
- Jet fighters
- Explosions
- Aviation
- Military action
Title on it
- Operation: thunder
Text on it
- OPERATION:
- THUNDER
- FIGHTERS
- INTERCEPTOR
- FIRE BOM
- 1ST
- 2ND
- 3RD
- 4TH
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- Premier
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Male pilot bust at bottom left in a leather flying helmet with goggles and microphone boom, facing left |
| Other | Group of four standing human silhouettes on the rim of the large blue oval dish at upper right, wearing red or dark clothing |
| Other | Additional small standing figures on the white apron below the blue oval |
| Vehicle | Four white fighter jets in close diagonal formation, yellow canopies, black stencil lettering on wings and fuselages |
| Vehicle | Dark aircraft silhouettes in the sky at upper right |
A rectangular, left-to-right action painting in a red/orange palette showing four white swept-wing jet fighters flying in tight diagonal formation from upper left down towards centre left, each with a yellow-orange canopy and black-outlined nose markings; the words FIGHTERS, INTERCEPTOR and FIRE BOM are stencilled in black on the wings and fuselages. Behind and below them is a burning red landscape of explosions, tracer fire and smoke, with a long yellow-orange steel truss bridge or aqueduct running across the lower left corner. At upper centre-right sits a large dark blue oval dish or lake shape ringed in green and white, with four standing human figures silhouetted on its rim and more figures on a white apron below. Bottom left, below the jets, a male pilot bust in a leather flying helmet with goggles and a microphone boom looks left. The lower right carries two dark blue alphanumeric score displays labelled 1ST/2ND and 3RD/4TH, with BALL IN PLAY, MATCH and CREDITS in yellow capitals between them, and white Gottlieb and Premier logos along the bottom edge. Dominant colours: red, black, white, orange.