1982 · Gottlieb
Spirit
Known for Stargate, Capture Holes, Roundabout and Activate Stargate targets. Dark teal-green stormy sky, branching yellow-green lightning veins and concentric gold, orange and magenta rings around a central black disc.
- Year
- 1982
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Ramp
Stargate
- saucers
Capture Holes
- mini-loop
Roundabout
- Target
Activate Stargate targets
- extra flipper
Out lane flippers
- Multiball
Two-ball Multiball
- Multiball
Three-ball Multiball
On the playfield
Extra level 1
- Upper playfield upper playfield
Ramp 1
- Stargate
Orbit 1
- Roundabout mini-loop
Hole 1
- Capture Holes saucers
Drop targets 2
- Main drop bank
- Upper drop bank
Targets 3
- 1-2-3-4 targets
- Activate Stargate targets
- BA LL targets
Flipper 1
- Out lane flippers extra flipper
Lights 2
- Green X insert
- Lights Blue X insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman One disembodied female face only, no body; centre-parted dark hairline, wide staring eyes with bright green-yellow highlights, flared nostrils, full bright red lips; skin rendered in glowing red, orange and green against black, lit from below
Setting
- Dark teal-green stormy sky
- Branching yellow-green lightning veins
- Concentric gold, orange and magenta rings around a central black disc
Text on it
- SPIRIT
- 7
How it plays
-
Multiballs 2
- Two-ball Multiball 2-ball
- Three-ball Multiball 3-ball
-
Goals 1
- Spirit letters
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- Terry Doerzaph
The cast
- Spirit
Reference
Linked terms
- Stargate also called Center Stargate
- Capture Holes also called Lock saucers
- Roundabout also called Mini-loop
- 1-2-3-4 targets also called 1-4 spot targets
- Activate Stargate targets also called Ball Save targets
- Out lane flippers also called Mini-flippers
- Lights Blue X also called Blue X
- Three-ball Multiball also called Three-Capture start
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- orange
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: Spirit, giant translucent human face with closed eyes drawn in thin glowing orange and icy-blue lines on black starfield, transparent spiral wire ramp sweeping up left side to raised upper platform top right, white instruction card on lower-left apron
The single most memorable element is a giant translucent human face with closed eyes and a slightly open mouth, drawn in thin glowing orange and icy-blue lines straight onto the black starfield of the playfield itself, so the face dissolves into the artwork rather than sitting in a window. Second is a transparent spiral wire ramp that sweeps up the left side and over to a raised upper platform at the top right. Third, a white instruction card printed directly on the lower-left apron headed How to play SPIRIT with a rule for every lamp group. Fourth, the lower-right apron graphic: a fat blue-and-yellow striped lightning bolt with a yellow Z inside a blue circle.
Setting
- Black starfield with white speckle dots
- Pale blue and orange radiating energy lines behind the central face
- Flame and lightning motifs in the upper-left quadrant
- Large red-orange nebula/portal glow in the upper-right around the raised platform
Symbols
- Playing-card suits (spade, heart, diamond) printed as small round inserts
- Card-rank numerals 1, 2 and 3 on small round white/yellow inserts
- Lettered target banks spelling words in yellow and blue
- Yellow lightning bolts
- White star dots
- A yellow circular medallion with concentric rings
- A yellow lightning-bolt letter z inside a blue circle on the apron
- Blue and yellow striped bolt across the lower-right apron
Notable shapes
- Spiral wire ramp looping over the left side
- Raised tilted upper-playfield shelf at top right
- Central blue seven-segment score display in a chrome-trimmed rectangle
- Large lightning-bolt apron graphic
- Arched rainbow-colour striping flanking the central face
Art motifs
- Glowing line-art face
- Lightning
- Flame
- Starfield
- Rainbow energy arcs
- Nebula glow
Themes
- Occult
- Spirit
- Psychic
- Supernatural
- Space
- Mystical
Title on it
- Spirit
Text on it
- SPIRIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- Gottlieb
- How to play SPIRIT
- 4 BALLS PER GAME
- MULTI-BALL
- STARGATE
- SPECIAL
- EXTRA BALL
- BONUS MULTIPLIER
- A-2579
- SPELL BONUS
- 3 BALL
- 2 BALL
- LOCK
- Advance
- Activate gate
- Capture
- Capture flag lit to start Outlanes
- Capture planation to advance multiplier
- Mystery Spacecraft and Voyager ship advance multi ball
- COMPLETE AND RELEASE SPIRIT
- Firing all 3 Captive must simultaneously light the Super drop gate to open it or 3 letters lit then
- Command all 3 Top Gates in shooting lit letter A then it
- Seeing L/R/T ball by completing drop targets lights both for special
- Completing spell targets requires 3 hits each lights BALL
- Shooting near 2 Authentic multiplier when lit, Completing 3
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 1,000,000 POINTS
- 22,000
- 0.000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A single enormous translucent human face in thin glowing line-work, eyes closed, mouth slightly parted, occupying the centre-lower playfield; drawn in orange on the left half and pale cyan on the right half, with no hair or clothing, the outline breaking up into sparks |
| Creature | A second face or skull formed from orange flame and tendrils in the upper-left quadrant, hollow-eyed, above a yellow circular emblem |
| Creature | A long serpentine green-and-gold dragon or serpent coiling down the left side of the upper playfield, scales picked out in yellow |
Full view of a black star-speckled pinball playfield shot at a slight angle, with the stainless cabinet rail and the front of the backbox with red LED score displays visible below. The artwork is dominated by a huge ghostly human face rendered in glowing orange and pale blue line-work across the centre-lower half, eyes closed, with a second skull-like face formed from flame at upper left. A transparent spiral wire ramp arcs from the mid-left up to a raised upper-playfield platform at top right, and a metal ball guide wire runs down the right edge. Lettering on the playfield art reads SPIRIT in pale blue-grey block capitals above a rectangular blue-segmented score display, and SHOOT AGAIN in small yellow capitals below the flippers. Orange lightning, yellow and blue sparks and scattered star dots fill the black background. Two red-tipped white rubber flippers sit at the bottom centre, with red-and-white rubber slingshots above them. A black instruction card with white lettering sits on the lower-left apron, and a blue-and-yellow striped lightning-bolt shape with the white-and-blue Gottlieb logo is on the lower-right apron.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- teal
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Disembodied glowing female face in concentric rainbow rings (gold-orange-magenta), "SPIRIT" title, wide staring eyes, flared nostrils, red lips, dark teal background with yellow-green lightning forks, four green digital score readouts, occult portal aesthetic, airbrushed fantasy-horror, red-orange-green-black.
The centrepiece is a single disembodied female face floating inside a dark circular porthole, lit from beneath in glowing red and orange so the eyes and lips seem to burn against black. Four separate green digital score readouts bracket the art - two flanking the title at the top, two more lower down on the left and right - all reading 0000000. The face is encircled by tight concentric rainbow bands of gold, orange and magenta that read like a portal or iris. Yellow-green lightning forks spread across a dark teal background behind the circle, giving the whole scene a storm-lit, occult look.
Setting
- Dark teal-green stormy sky
- Branching yellow-green lightning veins
- Concentric gold, orange and magenta rings around a central black disc
Symbols
- Concentric multicoloured rings forming a circular medallion
- Branching lightning bolts
- Four green digital score readouts
- Small single-digit display panel at bottom centre
Lettering
- Large arched wordmark in tall condensed thin-stroke block capitals with a horizontal bar struck through the middle, cream-to-pink gradient fill, yellow outline and magenta drop shadow; small manufacturer logo above left in a rounded chunky yellow-orange script-like face with a glow
Themes
- Spirit
- Ghostly face
- Supernatural
- Lightning
- Occult portal
- Horror
Title on it
- Spirit
Text on it
- SPIRIT
- 7
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One disembodied female face only, no body; centre-parted dark hairline, wide staring eyes with bright green-yellow highlights, flared nostrils, full bright red lips; skin rendered in glowing red, orange and green against black, lit from below |
A square backglass dominated by a large circular medallion at dead centre, ringed by concentric bands of gold, orange and magenta-red. Inside the dark disc sits a single disembodied human face rendered in glowing red, orange and green highlights against near-black: a woman with a centre-parted dark hairline, wide staring eyes, flared nostrils and full red lips, lit from below like a fire. The surrounding field is a murky dark teal-green sky cracked with branching yellow-green lightning veins that radiate outward from behind the circle. At the top, a large arched wordmark in tall thin block capitals with a horizontal bar through the middle, coloured cream-to-pink with yellow outline and magenta drop shadow, reads SPIRIT; a small rounded yellow-orange logo with a yellow glow sits above and to the left of it. Four green seven-segment-style score windows, all showing 0000000, sit in two pairs: a large pair flanking the title at the top and a second pair lower down, left and right of the medallion's lower edge. A tiny single-digit window sits on the centreline near the bottom. The whole thing is airbrushed fantasy-horror art with heavy black shadowing and glowing rim light.