Also known as PF
1989 · Williams
Police Force
Known for Back left saucer, Top Cop lane, Firing Range and Police Multiball. Night city street in one-point perspective, orange sunset skyline and bridge at the vanishing point, shopfronts with illuminated signs on both pavements and brown police saloon car and dark police car parked right.
- Year
- 1989
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- saucer
Back left saucer
- Lane
Top Cop lane
- Skill shot
Firing Range
- Multiball
Police Multiball
- multiball feature
Doublecross
- Goal
Criminal Jackpot
- final ball feature
Take the Highest Score
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Back left saucer saucer
Targets 3
- Loan Shark targets
- Drug Rat targets
- Diamond Weasel targets
Lanes 2
- GUN lanes
- Top Cop lane
Lights 1
- Lock lamps lamps
On the backglass
Who and what
- animal Green dinosaur or lizard in an open orange jacket, standing upright on the left pavement, pointing a revolver down the street, mouth open showing teeth
- animal Grey-blue shark in a blue suit at the left shop window, firing a weapon, with a hand-lettered sarah sign above
- animal Small rodent or rat in a blue police-style uniform and peaked cap, riding a bicycle in the middle of the road, hit by a yellow tracer beam
- animal Purple rat in blue uniform and cap firing a pistol from the right pavement near the police car
- animal Anthropomorphic cat in a blue police uniform and cap driving the dark police car on the right
- animal Brown cat in a police cap crouching on the far right pavement beside the shopfronts
Setting
- Night city street in one-point perspective
- Orange sunset skyline and bridge at the vanishing point
- Shopfronts with illuminated signs on both pavements
- Brown police saloon car and dark police car parked right
Text on it
- POLICE
- FORCE
- FORT RONTAL BANK
- HIPSTER BULLDOGS
- Williams
- Peaco Fashions
- JUNGLE JEWELRY
- THE GARDEN HUT
- SARAH
- SAFE SPOT
- CASH
- SAY NO TO DRUGS
- 573
- POLICE FORCE
- TAKE THE HIGHEST SCORE
- ONBOARD MOBILE POLICE COMPUTER
- 3160
- HOT SHEET VALUE
- NO SCORE
- EXTRA BALL
- 5 FREE GAMES
- MULTI-BALL
- SCORE POLICE
- WE REMEMBER THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
- POLICE FORCE IS A Registered Trademark of Williams Electronics Games Inc.
How it plays
-
The plunge 1
- Firing Range
-
Modes 1
- Build Jackpot
-
Multiballs 2
- Police Multiball
- Doublecross multiball feature
-
Goals 4
- Criminal Jackpot
- Criminal Arrest
- POLICE
Other
- Take the Highest Score
-
Awards 1
- Unlimited Millions
Made by
- Design
- Mark Ritchie
- Design
- Barry Oursler
- Art
- Python Anghelo
- Art
- John Youssi
- Mechanics
- Joe Joos Jr.
- Mechanics
- Jack Skalon
- Mechanics
- Irv Grabel
- Software
- Bill Pfutzenreuter
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
The cast
- Loan Shark
- Machine Gun Croc
- Drug Rat
- Diamond Weasel
Reference
Linked terms
- GUN lanes also called GUN top lanes also called Gun also called Bonus lanes
- Back left saucer also called Croc
- Lock lamps also called Lock 1 also called Lock 2
- Top Cop lane also called Top Cop
- Firing Range also called Skill shot
- Criminal Jackpot also called Jackpot
- Criminal Arrest also called Jailing Criminals
- POLICE also called Police letters
- Take the Highest Score also called Take Highest
- Unlimited Millions also called Millions
- Drug Rat also called Rat
- Diamond Weasel also called Weasel
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- gold
- black
- blue
Fingerprint: Police, huge green crocodile head bursting from top right corner, five-point sheriff badge in gold with red jewel sitting over red-white-navy sunburst, large arched red POLICE banner with TO SERVE AND PROTECT ribbon, roaring tiger and spotted leopard on red arrow lower right, blonde woman in blue dress lower left, long grey wire ramp arcing upper half
A huge green crocodile or alligator head with an open jaw and rows of teeth bursts in from the top right corner, next to a drawn clenched fist. The centre is a five-point sheriff badge in gold with a red jewel at its middle, sitting over a red-white-navy sunburst. A large arched red POLICE banner with a TO SERVE AND PROTECT ribbon is the dominant centrepiece lettering. A roaring tiger and a spotted leopard stand on a red arrow at the lower right, opposite a blonde woman in a pale blue dress at the lower left. A long grey wire ramp arcs the whole upper half of the playfield.
Setting
- Orange-brick city jailhouse with barred windows and a city jail roof sign
- Green police car parked outside the jail
- Painted city street and skyline behind the ramp
- Red-and-white radiating sunburst filling the middle of the field
Symbols
- Five-point sheriff star badge
- Police cap illustration
- Handcuffs
- Playing-card shapes
- Star emblems
- Arrows
- Score value ladder 500 250 100 50
Notable shapes
- Oversized gold sheriff star dominating the centre of the field
- Full-length arcing wire ramp across the upper half
- Large radiating sunburst of red, white and navy wedges
- A translucent round bullet-style dome near the top centre
Art motifs
- Radiating sunburst
- Brick masonry
- Jail bars
- Police car
- Chevron hazard stripes
- Spotlight beams
Themes
- Police
- Crime
- City jail
- Wanted criminals
- Chase
- Reward money
Title on it
- Police
Text on it
- POLICE
- TO SERVE AND PROTECT
- CITY JAIL
- SHOOT AGAIN
- SHOOT AGAIN ARROW
- LANE CHANGE
- HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
- POP BUMPER
- SPECIAL
- SWITCH
- BALL
- SUPER JACKPOT
- QUARTER
- JAIL
- 100000 VALUE
- 500
- 250
- 100
- 50
- BANK TARGET
- POLICE FORCE
- FIRING RANGE: Get shot scores 16 value
- Q.U.N. LANES: 3 Rollover advance 2 Value
- HOT SHEET: Right Return Lane Has Lit Card for HOT SHEET Bonus
- See Backbox Display for Bonus Value
- UNLIMITED MILLION RAMP: Ramp score 150K, Ramp locks & advances 3 Million Bonus for Bonus Value
- TOP COP: Making P-O-L-I-C-E lights Top Left BULLSEYE for TOP COP BONUS
- JACKPOT: Amusing 4 Criminals lights Right Ramp for JACKPOT
- MULTI-BALL: Locking 2 Balls in POLICE CAR starts MULTI-BALL
- HANDCUFF BONUS: Right Eyeball scores and advances Value
- Ramp adds Highest Score (for that game) to Player's Score
- ORDER YOUR OFFICIAL POLICE FORCE CAP
- ONLY $6.95 CALL 1-800-347-5300
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- FREE PLAY
- 3 Balls Per Play
- SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR REPLAY SCORE
- START
- PLAYER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large blonde woman at lower left, long wavy hair, pale blue top, arms raised upwards, painted in airbrushed flesh tones |
| Man | Police officer in a blue uniform shirt at mid-left, badge visible, one arm raised pointing up |
| Creature | Huge green crocodile or alligator head with open jaw and visible teeth filling the top right corner |
| Animal | Roaring orange-and-black striped tiger at lower right, mouth open, on a red arrow |
| Animal | Spotted leopard or cheetah beside the tiger at lower right |
| Other | Clenched fist drawn in a yellow panel at the top right |
Playfield photographed through dirty, heavily scratched glass, so a milky haze and a bright reflection cloud sit over the middle of the image. Upper third is a city street scene: an orange-brick jailhouse with barred windows and a black-and-white CITY JAIL sign, a green police car, and a large green crocodile or alligator head lunging in from the top right beside a yellow panel with a clenched fist. A wide grey metal-looking wire ramp arcs from upper left to centre right over the top of the field. The middle of the playfield is dominated by a radiating sunburst of red, white and navy triangular rays. A broad red arched banner reads POLICE in large block letters, with a smaller TO SERVE AND PROTECT banner underneath. Below it sits a large gold five-point sheriff star with a red lamp at its centre. Lower left a blonde woman in a pale blue outfit reaches upward; lower right a roaring tiger and a spotted big cat stand on a red arrow reading BANK TARGET. Yellow lane guides and a black-and-yellow striped apron frame the bottom, with flipper bats either side of a round POP BUMPER medallion. Dominant colours are red, gold/yellow, black and blue.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- black
- yellow
- orange
Fingerprint: POLICE FORCE header with shield emblem over night city street chase featuring anthropomorphic animal cops and gangsters, lion-headed gunman and cheetah in sunglasses in foreground, gigantic blue-gloved hands holding long-barrelled revolver shooting yellow tracer at rodent on bicycle, dark blue and black with yellow and orange accents, detailed storefronts
The player's own oversized blue-gloved hands and long-barrelled blue revolver thrust into the frame from the bottom right, making the viewer the pursuing police officer. A bright yellow tracer beam from the rodent's bicycle streaks down the road from a gunshot, bisecting the whole scene. A lion-headed gunman in dark sunglasses on the bottom left, paired with a cheetah in sunglasses on the right, gives the villains an all-animal-cop look. The header panel above the glass reads POLICE and FORCE in plain block capitals with a police shield emblem between them. Lower-right star badges carry lightning bolts and a WE REMEMBER THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE shield.
Setting
- Night city street in one-point perspective
- Orange sunset skyline and bridge at the vanishing point
- Shopfronts with illuminated signs on both pavements
- Brown police saloon car and dark police car parked right
Symbols
- Police shield badge with seven-point star and lightning bolt
- Revolvers and rifles
- Police saloon car with say no to drugs bumper slogan
- Yellow road tracer beam
- Award panels with star icons
- High-score star badge
- Sunglasses
- Police peaked caps
Lettering
- Bold sans-serif block capitals in white for the header police and force; the centre logo uses a curved outlined display face with a gold star and banner, black drop shadow; a red led readout below it; yellow marquee-style capital lettering on orange award panels; small white mixed-case copyright text in the lower right
Themes
- Police chase
- Anthropomorphic animals
- Gangsters
- City street at dusk
- First-person gun perspective
- Retro-future neon
Title on it
- Police force
Text on it
- POLICE
- FORCE
- FORT RONTAL BANK
- HIPSTER BULLDOGS
- Williams
- Peaco Fashions
- JUNGLE JEWELRY
- THE GARDEN HUT
- SARAH
- SAFE SPOT
- CASH
- SAY NO TO DRUGS
- 573
- POLICE FORCE
- TAKE THE HIGHEST SCORE
- ONBOARD MOBILE POLICE COMPUTER
- 3160
- HOT SHEET VALUE
- NO SCORE
- EXTRA BALL
- 5 FREE GAMES
- MULTI-BALL
- SCORE POLICE
- WE REMEMBER THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
- POLICE FORCE IS A Registered Trademark of Williams Electronics Games Inc.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Green dinosaur or lizard in an open orange jacket, standing upright on the left pavement, pointing a revolver down the street, mouth open showing teeth |
| Animal | Grey-blue shark in a blue suit at the left shop window, firing a weapon, with a hand-lettered sarah sign above |
| Animal | Small rodent or rat in a blue police-style uniform and peaked cap, riding a bicycle in the middle of the road, hit by a yellow tracer beam |
| Animal | Purple rat in blue uniform and cap firing a pistol from the right pavement near the police car |
| Animal | Anthropomorphic cat in a blue police uniform and cap driving the dark police car on the right |
| Animal | Brown cat in a police cap crouching on the far right pavement beside the shopfronts |
| Animal | Lion-man with a full mane and dark sunglasses in the bottom-left foreground, firing a large blue revolver, holding a small keypad/radio device |
| Animal | Cheetah or leopard in dark sunglasses crouching in the bottom-right foreground beside the blue revolver barrel |
| Other | Oversized blue-gloved human hands and forearms holding a long-barrelled blue revolver, seen in first-person perspective from the bottom right |
A painted police-chase scene, dominated by cold blue and black with yellow and orange accents. The top is a lit header panel reading POLICE on the left and FORCE on the right in block capitals, separated by a cream-coloured square bearing a black-and-gold shield badge. Below, a night city street in one-point perspective: an orange sunset skyline and a bridge sit at the vanishing point, with storefronts lining both pavements. Left side: a green dinosaur or lizard in an orange jacket points a revolver; beside it a grinning shark in a blue suit fires a gun; behind them a huge blue pistol and the legs of a huge creature. Right side: a shopfront with a green sign, a blue cartoon-cat sign, a fashion shop and a jewellery shop, plus a brown police saloon car and a dark car with a uniformed cat-driver. In the road a small rodent on a bicycle is struck by a yellow tracer beam. Foreground: a huge blue-gloved hand holds a long-barrelled blue revolver, a lion-man in sunglasses fires another revolver, and a cheetah in sunglasses crouches. A central Police Force logo sits above a red LED score display and a row of six yellow award panels.