1961 · Williams
Space Ship
Known for Rockets, Gobble holes, JET bumper and Out lanes. Deep blue starfield with scattered small planets and dots, pale blue-white cratered lunar surface and brown jagged rock spires.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Target
Rockets
- Hole
Gobble holes
- Bumper
JET bumper
- Lane
Out lanes
- backglass toy
Space station
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Gobble holes
Bumpers 2
- JET bumper
- Lower pop bumpers
Targets 2
- Rockets
- Center standup
Lanes 2
- Out lanes
- Red out lane
Control 1
- Rollover buttons buttons
Backbox 1
- Space station backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Adult woman in a bright yellow one-piece spacesuit with a white collar, white open-faced helmet ring, white boots and a pale blue belt; flying horizontally to the right with both arms outstretched and legs trailing left, small white exhaust flame at her back, face turned towards the viewer
- other Small white-suited astronaut floating in space at upper left, arms and legs splayed, near a yellow planet
- other Two tiny figures in green and red space suits standing on the lunar surface near the rocket base, facing away
- other Small white-suited astronaut seated or crouched at the base of the large striped rocket, right of centre
- vehicle Tall stepped rocket on the right: red nose cone with white band, then stacked red, yellow, cream, blue and orange cylinder segments with white stripes, standing on legs
- vehicle Yellow and red rocket rising vertically at far left with fins and a pointed nose
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with scattered small planets and dots
- Pale blue-white cratered lunar surface
- Brown jagged rock spires
Text on it
- SPACE SHIP
- Williams
- THOUSANDS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 500,000
- 200,000
- 400,000
- 700,000
- 800,000
- 100,000
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- George Molentin
Reference
Linked terms
- Rockets also called Rocket 1 also called Rocket 2 also called Rocket 3 also called Rocket 4
- Red out lane also called Center out lane
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: space ship title in large curved block capitals in red-yellow with dark blue drop shadow; giant tilted scoring wheel numbered 1 to 8 dominating upper left, each wedge inscribed with red six-figure score values; towering segmented rocket in red, yellow and cream vertical stripes with upper red band marked thousands; woman in bright yellow spacesuit flying horizontally across with both arms outstretched; lunar landscape
A giant tilted scoring wheel numbered 1 to 8, each wedge printed with a red six-figure score, dominates the upper left, overlapping the title. Beside it a towering segmented rocket in red, yellow and cream stripes whose upper red band is labelled THOUSANDS. A woman in a yellow spacesuit flies horizontally across the middle of the glass with both arms stretched out, soaring over a lunar landscape.
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with scattered small planets and dots
- Pale blue-white cratered lunar surface
- Brown jagged rock spires
Symbols
- Numbered scoring wheel 1-8
- Six-figure score values
- Stars
- Small planets
- Lunar craters
- Rock spires
- Rocket flames
Lettering
- Large curved block capitals, space in red with yellow outline and ship in yellow with red outline, heavy dark blue drop shadow; manufacturer name in small yellow cursive script at top left; thousands in small white block capitals on a red band
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Moon landing
- Scoring wheel
- Retro-futurism
Title on it
- Space ship
Text on it
- SPACE SHIP
- Williams
- THOUSANDS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 500,000
- 200,000
- 400,000
- 700,000
- 800,000
- 100,000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Adult woman in a bright yellow one-piece spacesuit with a white collar, white open-faced helmet ring, white boots and a pale blue belt; flying horizontally to the right with both arms outstretched and legs trailing left, small white exhaust flame at her back, face turned towards the viewer |
| Other | Small white-suited astronaut floating in space at upper left, arms and legs splayed, near a yellow planet |
| Other | Two tiny figures in green and red space suits standing on the lunar surface near the rocket base, facing away |
| Other | Small white-suited astronaut seated or crouched at the base of the large striped rocket, right of centre |
| Vehicle | Tall stepped rocket on the right: red nose cone with white band, then stacked red, yellow, cream, blue and orange cylinder segments with white stripes, standing on legs |
| Vehicle | Yellow and red rocket rising vertically at far left with fins and a pointed nose |
| Vehicle | Small white capsule-shaped craft resting on the lunar ground at lower left |
| Vehicle | Small yellow and white saucer or capsule shape below the left rocket |
Portrait-format painted backglass showing a retro-futurist space scene. Across the upper left is a large tilted elliptical numbered wheel with eight red-bordered panels labelled 1 to 8 in big numerals, each panel carrying a red score figure such as 500,000, 200,000, 400,000, 700,000, 800,000 and 100,000, set against a white and cream disc. Upper right is the main title in large curved block capitals, SPACE SHIP, in red and yellow with a dark blue drop shadow on a deep blue starfield. A tall stepped rocket stands vertically down the right side: a red nose cone with a white band reading THOUSANDS, then stacked cylindrical segments in red, yellow, cream, blue and orange banded with white stripes. Centre-left a woman in a bright yellow spacesuit, white helmet ring and white boots flies horizontally left-to-right with arms outstretched and one leg kicked back, a small white flame at her back. She is above a pale blue and white cratered lunar surface with brown rock spires. Two small astronauts in white stand near the rocket base, and at lower centre-right two figures in green and red suits stand on the moon. Another tiny white-suited figure floats upper left near a yellow planet, and a small white capsule sits on the ground at lower left. A yellow-and-red rocket rises at far left with a small ship below it. Dominant colours are deep blue, yellow, red and white.