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Stellar Wars backglass

Also known as SW

1979 · Williams

Stellar Wars

Known for 1-2-3-4 top lanes, Upper-right three-bank, Captive ball and Left saucer. Deep navy starfield speckled with white stars, dark red-brown cratered planet surface across the lower third, ochre and olive planetary rock formations, yellow-green light beams fanning up from the bottom and black outer border with a thin yellow keyline.

Year
1979
Maker
Williams
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • Lane

    1-2-3-4 top lanes

  • Target

    Upper-right three-bank

  • Captive ball

    Captive ball

  • saucer

    Left saucer

  • Lane

    WARS return lanes

  • Goal

    STELLAR

On the playfield

  • navy blue
  • red
  • gold
  • white
Stellar Wars playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 1 ramp
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Hole 1

  • Left saucer saucer

Captive ball 1

  • Captive ball

Bumpers 2

  • Top bumpers
  • Lower bumpers

Targets 4

  • Upper-right three-bank
  • Left three-bank
  • Center drop bank
  • Lower right standup

Lanes 2

  • 1-2-3-4 top lanes
  • WARS return lanes

On the backglass

  • navy blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • grey-green
Stellar Wars backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • vehicle Huge wheel-shaped space station upper left, grey-green with a large spoked hub, turret barrels and a row of small round side blisters, angled down towards the centre
  • vehicle Matching wheel-shaped space station on the right edge, grey-green, partly cut off by the frame, with a turret firing a red laser beam leftwards
  • vehicle Cream and pale-blue delta-wing fighter crossing the top centre, seen from below, with a striped tail fin
  • vehicle Swept-wing fighter just right of centre, cream body with pale blue panels and orange cockpit
  • vehicle Several pale blue and cream winged craft scattered mid-right and lower-centre, banking at different angles
  • creature Multiple yellow-and-orange explosion starbursts with radiating white shards, at top left, top right, left centre and lower centre

Setting

  • Deep navy starfield speckled with white stars
  • Dark red-brown cratered planet surface across the lower third
  • Ochre and olive planetary rock formations
  • Yellow-green light beams fanning up from the bottom
  • Black outer border with a thin yellow keyline

Text on it

  • W
  • Williams
  • STELLAR
  • WARS
  • 1st Player
  • 2nd Player
  • 3rd Player
  • 4th Player
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • © WILLIAMS MFG. CO. 1978
  • INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
  • WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS

How it plays

  1. Goals 2

    • STELLAR
    • WARS

Made by

Design
Steve Ritchie
Art
Constantino Mitchell

Reference

Linked terms
  • 1-2-3-4 top lanes also called top lanes
  • Upper-right three-bank also called upper right drop targets
  • Left three-bank also called Left drop targets
  • Center drop bank also called Center drop targets
  • Left saucer also called eject hole
  • Top bumpers also called upper jet bumpers
  • WARS return lanes also called in lanes
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Stellar Wars playfield

Playfield

  • navy blue
  • red
  • gold
  • white

Fingerprint: Fire Power roulette theme with cream-rimmed numbered disc under red-orange FIRE POWER plaque, arc of small numbered inserts 1-9-0, lit fan of playing-card backs with green lamps, two white starburst pop bumpers with blue star emblems, curved ramp on right side, navy-blue background

Distinctive

The centrepiece is a cream-rimmed roulette-wheel-style numbered disc with a black circular window, sitting directly under the red-orange FIRE POWER title plaque. Around it runs an arc of small round numbered inserts reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. The upper playfield is dominated by a lit fan of playing-card backs with green round lamps above each card and two large white starburst pop-bumper caps carrying blue star emblems. The clear curved ramp on the right arcs from the top edge down towards the middle right, and the whole surface is dominated by a deep navy-blue background with red-and-gold starburst and explosion motifs. The cabinet side panel below carries a distinctive white-and-red starburst splash pattern with a white-clad woman.

Setting

  • Deep navy-blue playfield with printed red and gold starburst and explosion patterns
  • Printed casino and street-scene imagery around the upper left and right
  • Printed roulette and number-wheel motif at centre
  • Printed playing-card fan across the upper playfield
  • Black cabinet side panel with painted starburst splashes

Symbols

  • Playing-card fans
  • Blue five-pointed star emblems on the white bumper caps
  • Red and gold starbursts
  • Skull and crossbones
  • Pips and coloured spheres
  • Numbered round inserts
  • Red starburst splashes on the cabinet
  • Qr code stickers

Notable shapes

  • Large cream-ringed roulette-style numbered disc with a dark circular window at centre
  • Clear plastic ramp arc on the right
  • Two large white starburst pop-bumper caps
  • Fanned playing-card back panel at the top
  • Black-and-white checkered lane markings on the upper playfield

Art motifs

  • Radiating explosion lines
  • Gold lightning streaks
  • Black keyline outlines
  • Star and sparkle highlights
  • Roulette wheel numbering

Themes

  • Fire
  • Power
  • Roulette
  • Playing cards
  • Explosions
  • Star bursts

Title on it

  • Fire power

Text on it

  • FIRE
  • POWER
  • SCORE
  • Williams
  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • Stellar Waves
  • 3 BALLS
  • PER GAME
  • 1 PLAY - 1 QUARTER
  • 4 PLAYS - 1 DOLLAR
  • DOLLARS
Pop bumpers
Two large white starburst pop-bumper caps with blue star emblems in the upper playfield, plus a third white starburst cap lower left
Drop targets
A row of cream drop-target strips with red lettering across the upper third of the playfield
Ramps
One clear plastic curved ramp on wire rails arcing down the right side from the top edge
Slingshots
Two triangular red-tinted slingshot plastics with red-and-white striped rubber above the flippers
Upper playfield
Yes, with a fan of playing-card backs under green round lamps and a curved clear ramp
Apron and lower playfield
Brushed-steel apron with a maroon band carrying white script williams, a cream fire score legend above the flippers, two cream instruction cards clipped to the apron, and a black lower cabinet panel painted with red and white starbursts and a white-clad woman
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman A woman in a white outfit printed on the black cabinet side panel at lower left, partially visible, standing among red and white starburst splashes
Other A printed human arm and hand in a red sleeve reaching in from the upper-left playfield area, holding a light-coloured cylindrical object
Other A printed skull-and-crossbones motif near the upper-middle left of the playfield
Vehicle Printed playing-card fans and coloured spheres/pips printed around the pop bumpers
Full description

Full-length electro-mechanical pinball playfield with a dark navy-blue base covered in red, gold and cream printed artwork, seen through a heavily worn clear playfield laminate. Centre of the lower-middle is a curved title plaque reading FIRE above POWER in chunky red-orange block capitals with a white and cream stepped outline, set on a purple field. Immediately below the title sits a large cream-ringed circular disc printed like a roulette wheel or clock face, with a dark round window in its middle and red numerals 1 through 10 around the rim; small round numbered inserts 1-9 and 0 form an arc beneath it. The upper playfield holds a fan of playing-card backs lit by green and blue round lamps, flanked by two large white starburst pop-bumper caps with blue star emblems, and a curved clear plastic ramp sweeping down the right side on metal rails. A row of cream drop-target strips with red lettering sits across the upper third. Two red-tinted triangular plastics flank the title, red-and-white striped slingshots sit near the lower flippers, and cream flippers with red rubber point inward at the bottom. Below the playfield is a brushed-steel apron with the script word Williams in white on a maroon band, a cream FIRE SCORE instruction above the flippers, two cream instruction cards clipped to the apron, and a black cabinet side panel painted with white and red starburst splashes and a white-suited female figure.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Stellar Wars backglass

Backglass

  • navy blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • grey-green

Fingerprint: Pair of gigantic grey-green wheel-and-turret space stations filling left-right edges firing red laser beams crossing in X over center, "STELLAR" stacked above "WARS" in chunky yellow letters with thick red 3-D shadow on sparkly navy starfield, four separate player score panels scattered one per corner, bottom edge carries four yellow hexagonal buttons numbered 1-4 over rust-red cratered planet.

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the pair of gigantic grey-green wheel-and-turret space stations that fill the left and right edges of the glass, firing red laser beams that cross in an X over the centre. Second, the title is stacked as two separate slanted lines, STELLAR above WARS, in chunky yellow letters with a thick red 3-D shadow, sitting on a sparkly navy starfield. Third, four separate player score panels are scattered one per corner rather than in a row, each with its own small Player label. Fourth, the bottom edge carries four yellow hexagonal buttons numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 over a rust-red cratered planet.

Setting

  • Deep navy starfield speckled with white stars
  • Dark red-brown cratered planet surface across the lower third
  • Ochre and olive planetary rock formations
  • Yellow-green light beams fanning up from the bottom
  • Black outer border with a thin yellow keyline

Symbols

  • Red circle enclosing a black w
  • Seven-segment score digits
  • Yellow hexagonal buttons numbered 1 to 4
  • Red laser beams
  • Explosion starbursts
  • Red-orange radar dish with white spikes
  • Yellow-green searchlight beams
  • Trench-like rectangular recess above the player buttons

Lettering

  • Stellar and wars in large chunky yellow sans-serif capitals with a heavy red extruded 3-d drop shadow, slightly slanted; williams in flowing red cursive script; small player labels in white condensed capitals on black tabs; copyright in tiny white sans-serif capitals

Themes

  • Space battle
  • Spaceships
  • Laser combat
  • Planetary surface
  • Orbital stations
  • Score attack
  • Military sci-fi

Title on it

  • Stellar wars

Text on it

  • W
  • Williams
  • STELLAR
  • WARS
  • 1st Player
  • 2nd Player
  • 3rd Player
  • 4th Player
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • © WILLIAMS MFG. CO. 1978
  • INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
  • WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS
Who and what
Kind Description
Vehicle Huge wheel-shaped space station upper left, grey-green with a large spoked hub, turret barrels and a row of small round side blisters, angled down towards the centre
Vehicle Matching wheel-shaped space station on the right edge, grey-green, partly cut off by the frame, with a turret firing a red laser beam leftwards
Vehicle Cream and pale-blue delta-wing fighter crossing the top centre, seen from below, with a striped tail fin
Vehicle Swept-wing fighter just right of centre, cream body with pale blue panels and orange cockpit
Vehicle Several pale blue and cream winged craft scattered mid-right and lower-centre, banking at different angles
Creature Multiple yellow-and-orange explosion starbursts with radiating white shards, at top left, top right, left centre and lower centre
Full description

A rectangular space-battle backglass with a black outer border and a thin yellow inner keyline. The centre is a deep navy-blue starfield carrying a big two-line title in block capitals: STELLAR in yellow letters with a heavy red extruded 3-D drop shadow, and WARS below it, smaller, same treatment, the two words set on a slight upward slant. Above the title sits a red circle logo holding a black W, with the word Williams in red cursive script. Four player score windows are cut into the art, one per quadrant: upper left labelled 1st Player showing 74, upper right 2nd Player showing 000000, mid right 3rd Player showing 0000000, and lower right 4th Player showing 0000000, each in a white-on-black seven-segment style panel with a red flash behind it. Two enormous grey-green wheel-shaped space stations dominate the left and right edges, each with turret barrels and side blisters. Cream and pale-blue delta-shaped fighters and swept-wing craft crisscross the field, several exploding into yellow-and-orange starbursts with radiating shards. Red laser beams fire diagonally across the glass. The lower third is a rust-red and ochre cratered planet surface with yellow-green light shafts, four yellow hexagon-shaped player buttons numbered 1 to 4, and small white copyright print in the lower right.