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Stargate backglass

Also known as SG

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

  • black
  • purple
  • gold
  • blue
Stargate playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

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

  1. Modes 6

    • Glidercraft
    • Save Sari
    • Battle
    • Quartz mode
    • Ra's Temple
    • Rebellion
  2. Multiballs 2

    • Sarcophagus Multiball
    • Sandstorm Multiball
  3. Goals 5

    • Segments
    • Combos
    • Stargate
    • Hurry-Up
    • Bomb
  4. 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.

Stargate playfield

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

Distinctive

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
Pop bumpers
Cluster of three round pop bumpers with pale dome caps at the upper left beside the sarcophagus, plus green rectangular lit inserts around the mid field
Spinners
A wire spinner visible in the upper right lane area
Drop targets
A bank of small drop targets with red and yellow faces on the left side near the slingshots, plus a row of targets in the mid-right
Ramps
Large translucent spiral ramp across the upper playfield; purple angular ramp running from lower left up to centre right; second purple ramp mirrored on the lower right; black metal wireform ramp structure at the top right; flat clear ramp over the right side of the field
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with violet and pink illuminated plastic wrapping, one on each side of the lower playfield
Upper playfield
Gold pyramid and clear spiral ramp assembly occupying the top quarter, with a blue backbox-area score panel and red dot-matrix score display behind it
Apron and lower playfield
Black apron card with a gold-outlined triangle containing a pyramid and two eyes, above letter-spaced stargate; two cream instruction cards with dense black rules text and a small report bugs card to the left; a blue rectangular insert ringed in pink at the far right
Who and what
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
Full description

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.

Stargate backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.