Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- turquoise
- red
- cream
- yellow
Fingerprint: Checkerboard carnival field with cream teardrop guides numbered 4-5 forming dramatic V around teal cap. Eyeballs with red pupils flank special panel, two purple gear-shaped bonus rosettes below, no characters at all. Teal background, red-white-checkerboard and sunburst geometry.
The single most memorable feature is the pair of enormous cream teardrop or petal-shaped lane guides in the middle of the playfield, each printed with a large blue 4 and 5 and backed by a black arrow repeating the same numeral, forming a dramatic V around a round teal cap. Second, the whole field is a red-and-white checkerboard ribbon laid over flat sea-green, giving a bold chequered circus look with no character art at all. Third, the recurring motif of disembodied white cartoon eyeballs with red pupils, which appear as a pair flanking the arched SPECIAL WHEN LIT panel at the top and again as a tiny pair on the small yellow 5000 banner midway down. Fourth, two purple gear-shaped rosettes stacked in the lower half, one numbered 2-12 and one numbered 10-100 in tens, the second centred on a big maroon disc ringed by the words BONUS SCORE and THOUSANDS. Fifth, yellow ribbon banners everywhere carrying advance-bonus instructions such as 1 ADVANCE BONUS, 2 ADVANCE BONUS and 5000 L ADVANCE BONUS WHEN LIT.
Setting
- Flat sea-green/turquoise painted field
- Wooden cabinet interior with visible side rails
- Glass with reflections and smudges over the artwork
Symbols
- Red-and-white checkerboard pattern
- Cartoon eyeballs with red pupils
- Arrows and chevrons
- Sunburst and scalloped fan shapes
- Flower/gear-shaped rosettes
- Circles and discs
- Sun-ray tick marks
- Playfield numbers 1 to 7 and scoring values to 100,000
Notable shapes
- Two huge cream teardrop/petal guides marked 4 and 5 forming a v at centre
- Black arrow behind each numeral
- Two purple flower-shaped rosettes stacked in the lower half
- Large maroon disc at the centre of the lower rosette
- Yellow scalloped sunburst carrying 50,000
- Arched red special when lit panel with flanking eyeballs
- Red-and-white chequered band running the length of the field
- Oval shooter plates flanking the bottom centre
Art motifs
- Yellow ribbon banners carrying bonus instructions
- Cream teardrop/petal lane guides
- Pale yellow plastic posts and lane guides
- Chrome wire ball guides
- Sunburst and starburst backgrounds
Themes
- Bonus and advance-bonus scoring
- Playing-card and chequered motif
- Number-scoring rosettes
- No character art
Text on it
- SPECIAL
- WHEN LIT
- 5000
- AND
- ADVANCE BONUS
- EXCEPT
- LITES WHEN
- 80,000
- BONUS LIT
- IS LIT
- 50,000
- 100,000 BONUSES LIT
- 1
- 2
- WHEN BOTH BETS LIT
- ADVANCE
- BONUS
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 3
- 7
- 7 & 9
- NUMBERS
- ARE MADE
- 10,000
- SPECIAL SCORE
- BONUS SCORE
- 8
- 10
- 12
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
- 100
- THOUSANDS
- NUMBER 3
- IS MADE
- NUMBER 2
- SHOOTER
- MADE IN U.S.A.
- PLAYER 1
- PLAYER 2
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Two disembodied white cartoon eyeballs with red pupils and black brows, set either side of the arched special when lit panel at the top of the playfield |
| Creature | A second, much smaller pair of white cartoon eyeballs with red pupils flanking the tiny yellow 5000 banner in the upper middle |
A full-view photograph of a wood-framed cabinet playfield under glass, dominated by a sea-green/turquoise background with a wide red-and-white checkerboard band running down the centre and down each side. Nothing is figurative: there are no people or characters, only graphics, lettering and hardware. At the top an arched red panel reads SPECIAL WHEN LIT in white, flanked by two white cartoon eyeballs with red pupils. Below it a round yellow-and-red housing sits between two yellow ribbon banners, under a big yellow scalloped sunburst carrying 50,000 in red. Two cream-and-gold mushroom caps reading 5000 WHEN LIT sit either side, with red ovals 1 ADVANCE BONUS and 2 ADVANCE BONUS. The middle is dominated by two enormous cream teardrop-shaped lane guides marked with blue 4 and 5, angled inward to form a V, each backed by a dark navy arrow also numbered 4 and 5, and a round teal plastic cap between them. Lower down, a purple flower-shaped rosette ringed with white discs numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 reads SPECIAL SCORE WHEN LIT around a red BONUS SCORE inner ring, and a second purple rosette carries cream discs 10 through 100 in tens around a large maroon disc, lettered BONUS SCORE and THOUSANDS. Chrome wire guides, posts with red caps, and a black apron with four chrome lamp rings complete the lower end. Paint is glossy with visible glass reflections and cabinet scuffs.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- yellow
- purple
- dark blue
Fingerprint: king kong, enormous snarling gorilla mouth wide open with yellowed fangs dragging biplane out of sky, burning orange-yellow sunset with purple smoke above dark violet skyscraper skyline with lit yellow windows, yellow-orange chunky title on curved red ribbon, yellow helicopter and rocket plane diving right, glossy comic airbrush
The single most memorable feature is the enormous snarling gorilla at the centre of the glass, mouth wide open showing yellowed fangs, one arm dragging a biplane out of the sky while aircraft swarm around it. Behind it is a burning sunset of orange and yellow with purple smoke, over a dark violet skyscraper skyline whose windows glow yellow. The title sits low on a curved red ribbon in chunky yellow-orange capitals reading KING KONG, with MYTH OF TERROR ISLAND on a red banner underneath. A yellow-hulled helicopter with a pilot in the open side window hovers at the right, and a blue-and-white rocket plane dives at the lower right.
Setting
- Burning orange and yellow sunset sky
- Purple and magenta smoke clouds
- Dark blue-violet city skyline of skyscraper blocks
- Scattered lit yellow windows in the towers
Symbols
- Biplanes and propeller aircraft
- Helicopter
- Rocket plane
- Skyscraper skyline
- Fire and smoke plumes
- Riveted harness strap with metal studs
Lettering
- Heavy condensed uppercase sans-serif capitals in yellow-orange with heavy black drop shading, curved along a red ribbon banner; subtitle in smaller white and yellow capitals on a red bar beneath
Themes
- Giant monster
- Island adventure
- Aviation
- City skyline
- Sunset explosion
- Kaiju
Title on it
- King kong
Text on it
- KING KONG
- MYTH OF TERROR ISLAND
- KING KONG®
- MYTH OF TERROR ISLAND™
- TM & © 2022 STERN PINBALL, INC.
- Stern
- pinball
- 510-9427-27
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | One giant gorilla, centre, dark brown-black fur, pale grey chest and belly, mouth wide open with bared white fangs, nostrils flared, wide eyes, wearing a dark blue-grey riveted harness strap across the chest, left arm raised gripping a biplane strut, right arm reaching up-left to grab another aircraft |
| Man | Small pilot figure seated in the open side window of the yellow helicopter at mid-right, dark clothing and dark hair, hands on the controls |
| Vehicle | Biplane with orange wings at the top left, tilted nose-down |
| Vehicle | Biplane at the top right, grey-green wings, seen from below |
| Vehicle | Yellow-hulled helicopter with black rotor blades at mid-right |
| Vehicle | Blue and white rocket plane / jet at the lower right, nose pointing down-left |
| Vehicle | Another biplane wing and fuselage across the lower left foreground |
A landscape-format backglass dominated by a colossal roaring gorilla filling the centre, drawn in a glossy comic-book/airbrushed style. The gorilla has dark brown-black fur, a pale grey chest and belly, bared white fangs, flared nostrils and wide bloodshot eyes; it wears a dark blue-grey riveted harness or bandolier strap across its chest. Its left arm is raised high to the right, gripping the strut of a small biplane, while its right arm reaches up and left to seize a second aircraft by its nose. Around it fly five aircraft: two vintage biplanes with orange wings at the top left and top right, a yellow-hulled helicopter at mid-right with a small dark-haired pilot figure visible in the open cockpit, a sleek blue-and-white rocket plane at the lower right, and another biplane at the lower left foreground. The background is a burning orange-and-yellow sunset sky with purple and magenta smoke clouds, over a dark blue-violet city skyline of skyscraper blocks with scattered lit yellow windows. Across the lower centre sits a curved red banner carrying the title in heavy yellow-orange capitals with black shading, above a red-and-white subtitle bar. Small white copyright print sits at the lower left and a red-and-white pinball logo at the lower right.