1968 · Williams
Student Prince
Known for Zipper Flippers, Side standup targets and Center target. Flat unmodulated orange-amber field, no scenery or horizon line, dark wooden cabinet frame visible around all four edges and black arrow and hexagon graphic shapes floating on the flat field.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- extra flipper
Zipper Flippers
- Target
Side standup targets
- Target
Center target
On the playfield
Targets 3
- Side standup targets
- Center target
- Upper left standup target
Lanes 2
- Top rollover button rollover button
- 1-5 rollover buttons rollover buttons
Flipper 1
- Zipper Flippers extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre foreground, grey crew-cut hair, black moustache, mouth open wide, crimson military jacket with gold fringed epaulettes and gold collar trim, black buttons, white shirt and white cravat, one arm extended horizontally to the right with open hand
- man Behind the central figure's left shoulder, black moustache, smiling, teal cone-shaped hat printed with rows of black x marks and a magenta feather, teal cloak with darker triangle patterning, holding a black box movie camera up to his right eye, left hand raised palm-out with fingers splayed
- woman Lower left, blonde hair in a bob, wide-brimmed yellow hat with magenta triangular points and ribbon, pale skin, red lips, leaning forward on teal-and-white ruffled clouds, bare shoulder visible
- woman Upper left corner, red hair streaming, white puff-sleeved top with magenta bodice, teal and blue layered skirt, seated or perched with one leg bent, leaning against the 1 up hexagon
- woman Right side, brunette hair in a bun with a gold headband, magenta bodice with white puffed sleeves and teal choker, teal-blue-crimson striped hoop skirt, black shoes, right arm extended pointing left towards the score arrows
- other Pale disembodied hand and forearm reaching down at far left beside the numbered teal blocks, attached to a figure outside the frame
Setting
- Flat unmodulated orange-amber field
- No scenery or horizon line
- Dark wooden cabinet frame visible around all four edges
- Black arrow and hexagon graphic shapes floating on the flat field
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games for fun and recreation
- 4 PLAYER
- STUDENT
- PRINCE
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 1208
- 0000
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- CAN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- It's more fun to compete
- Invite competition
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Side standup targets also called Closes Flippers
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- magenta
- teal
- black
Fingerprint: Moustached man in scarlet military-style jacket with gold-fringed epaulettes, grinning companion in teal cone-shaped hat peering through black movie camera, STUDENT PRINCE title arched across their bodies (STUDENT in red cursive, PRINCE in blockier form), flat orange field background, four black arrow-shaped score panels with white mechanical reels
A moustached man in a scarlet military-style jacket with gold-fringed epaulettes stands centre with arms flung wide and mouth open, while a grinning companion in a teal cone-shaped hat peers through a black movie camera over his shoulder. The whole backboard is a flat orange field shot through with four black arrow-shaped score panels, each holding four white mechanical reels, plus three hexagonal 1 UP / 2 UP / 3 UP shields. Heavily abraded paint on the right-hand side has eaten away the art, leaving bare grey and black patches across the 3rd player reels and the 3 UP shield.
Setting
- Flat unmodulated orange-amber field
- No scenery or horizon line
- Dark wooden cabinet frame visible around all four edges
- Black arrow and hexagon graphic shapes floating on the flat field
Symbols
- Three hexagonal up shields
- Four arrow-shaped score panels
- Row of four numbered blocks 1 2 3 4
- Five round amber lamp circles in the ball-in-play panel
- Movie camera
- Rows of black x marks on the cone hat
- Triangle motifs on the teal cloak
- Zigzag arrow motifs
- Stylised teal and blue clouds
- Teal and blue triangular peaks behind the 3 up shield
Lettering
- Chunky hand-drawn sans-serif block capitals with heavy black outlines; title in teal-blue over crimson-pink with a black outline; player labels in teal-outlined cream capitals; small instruction text in narrow hand-lettered lowercase black sans-serif
Themes
- Student
- College
- Military uniform
- Cartoon
- Score panels
- Cheerful competition
Title on it
- Student prince
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games for fun and recreation
- 4 PLAYER
- STUDENT
- PRINCE
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 1208
- 0000
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- CAN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- It's more fun to compete
- Invite competition
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre foreground, grey crew-cut hair, black moustache, mouth open wide, crimson military jacket with gold fringed epaulettes and gold collar trim, black buttons, white shirt and white cravat, one arm extended horizontally to the right with open hand |
| Man | Behind the central figure's left shoulder, black moustache, smiling, teal cone-shaped hat printed with rows of black x marks and a magenta feather, teal cloak with darker triangle patterning, holding a black box movie camera up to his right eye, left hand raised palm-out with fingers splayed |
| Woman | Lower left, blonde hair in a bob, wide-brimmed yellow hat with magenta triangular points and ribbon, pale skin, red lips, leaning forward on teal-and-white ruffled clouds, bare shoulder visible |
| Woman | Upper left corner, red hair streaming, white puff-sleeved top with magenta bodice, teal and blue layered skirt, seated or perched with one leg bent, leaning against the 1 up hexagon |
| Woman | Right side, brunette hair in a bun with a gold headband, magenta bodice with white puffed sleeves and teal choker, teal-blue-crimson striped hoop skirt, black shoes, right arm extended pointing left towards the score arrows |
| Other | Pale disembodied hand and forearm reaching down at far left beside the numbered teal blocks, attached to a figure outside the frame |
| Other | Disembodied white-gloved hand at lower right holding a teal and yellow pennant or cup emitting three white puff clouds, emerging from the central figure's outstretched magenta sleeve |
Wood-framed painted backglass, flat orange-amber background, four black arrow-shaped score panels symmetrically left and right. Each holds white reels: four read 0000, the upper-left reads 1208, labelled 1ST to 4TH PLAYER. Three black hexagon shields read 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP. Top centre: white roundel with red script logo, 4 PLAYER in teal capitals, then the two-line title, STUDENT in teal-blue and PRINCE in crimson-pink, both outlined black. Centre: grey-haired moustached man in a crimson military jacket with gold epaulettes and collar trim, white cravat, mouth open, arm flung wide. Behind him a smiling moustached man in a teal cone hat marked with black Xs holds a black movie camera to his eye, other hand splayed. Lower left, a blonde in a broad yellow hat leans over ruffled teal-and-white clouds beside four teal blocks numbered 1 2 3 4 over a CAN PLAY banner. Lower right, a brunette in a hoop skirt points at the score arrows. Black text blocks flank a red BALL IN PLAY panel with five amber lamps. Flat, hard-outlined cartoon art; paint badly worn on the right.