1995 · Gottlieb
Stargate
Known for Pyramid, Sarcophagus, Guardians and Portal. Dark starfield and nebula sky with mottled cloud texture, branching red and blue lightning arcs on both sides, a stone-textured teal arch band spanning the upper half, a circular portal of golden light ringed by small yellow lamps and a steel gantry walkway with blue grated decking and pale blue-white railings in one-point perspective.
- Year
- 1995
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Pyramid
- Hole
Sarcophagus
- Toy
Guardians
- backglass toy
Portal
- Multiball
Sarcophagus Multiball
- Multiball
Sandstorm Multiball
- Wizard mode
Stargate Multiball
- Wizard mode
Eye of Ra
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Pyramid
- Guardians
Ramp 1
- Side ramp
Hole 1
- Sarcophagus
Drop targets 2
- Lower left drop targets
- Double
Targets 2
- Glidercraft targets
- Ra's Bracelet
Lanes 2
- Trade Quartz lane
- Right lane
Flipper 1
- Upper right flipper extra flipper
Lights 1
- White Pyramid inserts
Backbox 1
- Portal backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- other One single giant face filling the portal, calm and androgynous, pale skin, dark arched brows, half-lidded eyes, slight closed-mouth smile, dark hair under a striped fan-shaped crown or headdress, flanked by two red-and-gold fluted columns with gold geometric finials; no other human or creature figures appear
Setting
- Dark starfield and nebula sky with mottled cloud texture
- Branching red and blue lightning arcs on both sides
- A stone-textured teal arch band spanning the upper half
- A circular portal of golden light ringed by small yellow lamps
- A steel gantry walkway with blue grated decking and pale blue-white railings in one-point perspective
Text on it
- STARGATE
- TM
- Gottlieb
How it plays
-
Modes 6
- Glidercraft
- Save Sari
- Battle
- Quartz mode
- Ra's Temple
- Rebellion
-
Multiballs 2
- Sarcophagus Multiball
- Sandstorm Multiball
-
Goals 5
- Segments
- Combos
- Stargate
- Hurry-Up
- Bomb
-
Wizard modes 2
- Stargate Multiball
- Eye of Ra
Made by
- Design
- Ray Tanzer
- Design
- Jon Norris
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- David Moore
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
- Mechanics
- Marion Czyz
- Mechanics
- Wesley Chang
- Software
- Allen Edwall
- Sound
- Craig Beierwaltes
- Music
- Duane Decker
- Display animation
- Rand Paulin
- Display animation
- Alycen Hareas
- Display animation
- Vecennia Jordan
The cast
- Complete All Segments
Reference
Linked terms
- Guardians also called guardian lanes also called left guardian also called center guardian
- Ra's Bracelet also called Ra target
- Lower left drop targets also called Ra's Power
- Trade Quartz lane also called Trade Quartz
- White Pyramid also called White Pyramid sequence
- Sandstorm Multiball also called Sandstorm
- Eye of Ra also called Eye of Ra Multiball
- Battle also called Horus
- Quartz mode also called Quartz
- Stargate also called Spelling Stargate
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- purple
- gold
- blue
Fingerprint: Stargate: Gold stepped pyramid with hieroglyph carvings at top straddling clear spiral ramp, round blue-domed portal ringed grey stone in centre, grey sarcophagus with SARCOPHAGUS label upper left, glowing blue owl-face insert between flippers marked HOOT, black starfield background with nebula clouds, purple angular ramps crisscrossing, ancient Egypt archaeology theme, gold and stone textures
A huge gold stepped pyramid covered in carved hieroglyphs sits at the very top of the playfield, straddling a clear spiral ramp. The centre of the field is a large round blue-domed portal ringed in grey stone. A black triangular badge with a pyramid and two glowing eyes sits on the apron above widely spaced STARGATE lettering. An open grey sarcophagus lid on the left is captioned SARCOPHAGUS, and a glowing blue insert of a stylised owl face reading HOOT glows between the flippers.
Setting
- Black outer space starfield with scattered white star points
- Pink and blue nebula clouds, densest on the lower right
- Cracked black rock and dark grey stonework
- Silver wireframe triangle and diamond grid pattern over the mid playfield
Symbols
- Stepped pyramid
- Hieroglyph carvings
- Ankh cross
- Scarab beetle
- Glowing gold starburst
- Spiral ramp
- Triangular eye emblem
- Owl face
- Space capsule
- Obelisk
- Red triangular arrow decals
- Playing-card suit pips on the pyramid's lower face
Notable shapes
- Stepped pyramid silhouette at the top
- Large circular blue portal dome in the centre
- Triangular emblem on the apron
- Cracked-stone diagonal cracks running across the mid playfield
- Cutout archways and a tunnel on the left side
Art motifs
- Starfield and nebula backdrop
- Hieroglyphic relief
- Circuit-board-like wireframe geometry
- Neon violet and gold trim lighting
- Cracked stone texture
Themes
- Ancient egypt
- Archaeology
- Pyramid tomb
- Space exploration
- Portal
Title on it
- Stargate
Text on it
- GATE
- SKILL SHOT
- SARCOPHAGUS
- HOOT
- STARGATE
- SEE DISPLAY FOR REPLAY SCORE LEVEL
- HOLD RIGHT FLIPPER BUTTON TO DISPLAY STATUS REPORT.
- PUSH OPPOSITE FLIPPER BUTTON TO DISPLAY THE STATUS REPORT QUICKLY.
- REPORT BUGS
- MULTIBALL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Large gold stepped pyramid with hieroglyph-carved faces at the top of the field |
| Other | Open grey stone sarcophagus lid raised on a mummy case at upper left |
| Animal | Small brown scarab beetle and gold ankh/cross motifs printed on the mid-left playfield |
| Other | Grey and white space capsule with solar panel wings, printed on the lower left playfield |
| Other | Printed grey humanoid figure in a robe or armour at the lower right, beside a black obelisk |
| Other | Stylised owl face inside a glowing blue circular insert between the flippers |
Modern solid-state pinball playfield on a black starfield background speckled with white and pink nebula clouds. The upper third is dominated by a chunky gold stepped pyramid whose faces are covered in rows of carved hieroglyph-like markings, mounted above a large translucent spiral ramp; the word GATE is printed across the ramp's lower lip. Left of centre is a grey open sarcophagus lid on a mummy case, and beneath it a tomb illustration captioned SARCOPHAGUS. The centre of the field holds a round blue-domed portal or saucer ringed in stone-textured grey with small black label plates, and a large gold spiked starburst sits to its right. Purple and violet angular ramps and walkways criss-cross diagonally over cracked black rock and geometric wireframe triangle patterns. Lower playfield has two pale yellow-gold flippers, a glowing blue circular insert reading HOOT with a stylised owl face, two violet-pink slingshots, and a black triangular apron badge with a pyramid and two eyes above widely letter-spaced STARGATE. Two cream-coloured instruction cards with dense black rules text are mounted on the apron, either side of a printed SpaceX-style dragon capsule. The cabinet front below carries gold lettering and a coin door with two red-lit coin slots. The whole field is a worn, scratched machine photographed under a glass cover with heavy room reflections.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- black
- gold
- red
Fingerprint: STARGATE title in letter-spaced gold with red glow, illuminated circular portal containing serene crowned face like religious icon flanked by red-gold columns, one-point perspective walkway converging to portal, dark blue and black, nebula clouds and lightning
The centrepiece is an enormous glowing portal containing a single serene, crowned human face rendered like a religious icon, framed by two red-gold columns. The whole scene is drawn in one-point perspective so the blue grated walkway and its pale railings shoot straight at the viewer from the circular doorway. A wide letter-spaced gold title is arched across the top, framed by six red chevron brackets and a stone-textured arch band.
Setting
- Dark starfield and nebula sky with mottled cloud texture
- Branching red and blue lightning arcs on both sides
- A stone-textured teal arch band spanning the upper half
- A circular portal of golden light ringed by small yellow lamps
- A steel gantry walkway with blue grated decking and pale blue-white railings in one-point perspective
Symbols
- Red five-pointed star inside the first letter of the bottom-right wordmark
- Ring of small yellow lights around the portal
- Six red chevron brackets, three per side, flanking the arch
- Gold fan or shell-shaped headdress
- Trademark mark at the end of the title
Lettering
- Widely letter-spaced uppercase serif capitals, gold fill with red outline and glow, arcing slightly across the top; bottom-right wordmark in heavy rounded lowercase yellow with a red star in the initial letter
Themes
- Portal
- Monumental architecture
- Space
- Mystical face
- Walkway in perspective
- Lightning
Title on it
- Stargate
Text on it
- STARGATE
- TM
- Gottlieb
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | One single giant face filling the portal, calm and androgynous, pale skin, dark arched brows, half-lidded eyes, slight closed-mouth smile, dark hair under a striped fan-shaped crown or headdress, flanked by two red-and-gold fluted columns with gold geometric finials; no other human or creature figures appear |
A wide backglass painted in dark blue and black, showing a one-point perspective view down a steel gantry walkway toward a colossal illuminated circular portal. The walkway has dark blue grated decking, pale blue-white side railings and a small railing gate at centre, all converging on the round opening. Inside the portal glows a huge ringed human face — a serene, androgynous visage with dark arched brows, half-lidded eyes and a faint smile, crowned with a striped fan-shaped headdress and flanked by two red-and-gold fluted columns with gold geometric finials. A ring of small yellow lights circles the portal. Across the top, widely letter-spaced serif capitals spell the title in gold with a red inner glow, with a small trademark mark at the end. The dark background is filled with mottled nebula clouds, branching red and blue lightning, and six red chevron-like brackets set symmetrically around the arch. Bottom right carries a rounded yellow wordmark with a red star emblem in its first letter. Faint four-line white small print sits in the bottom left corner.