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1972 · Williams

Super Star / Big Star

Known for SU-P-ER, Rollover buttons, Center saucer and Center drop target. Outer space starfield of magenta and violet, ringed planets, white four-pointed stars and orange sunburst platform with chequered landing pad.

Year
1972
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Known for

  • Lane

    SU-P-ER

  • rollovers

    Rollover buttons

  • Hole

    Center saucer

  • Target

    Center drop target

  • Target

    Left Post and Right Post

  • post

    Outlane posts

  • post

    Center post

2 games under this title

On the playfield

Hole 1

  • Center saucer

Bumper 1

  • Yellow pop bumpers

Targets 3

  • Center drop target
  • Advance targets
  • Left Post and Right Post

Lanes 2

  • SU-P-ER
  • Rollover buttons rollovers

Posts and gates 2

  • Outlane posts post
  • Center post post

Control 1

  • Down Center Post button

Other 1

  • Rebound rubbers rebound

On the backglass

  • magenta
  • violet
  • green
  • yellow
Super Star / Big Star backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Very large painted head at lower left, dark full hair, face in profile looking right, bright red lips, pale skin, cropped at the shoulders by the frame edge
  • creature Oversized yellow hand with pink/red fingernails at bottom left-centre, held up beside the woman's head
  • man Lower right, dark-skinned, big dark mass of hair, magenta/purple shirt, one hand raised towards his mouth, head tilted up and to the left
  • alien Blue-skinned big-headed cartoon figure at the top centre, standing on a pale blue sphere
  • alien Green-bodied figure in dark blue clothing at mid-left, standing on a small purple planet
  • other Small figure in a pink/magenta outfit at centre, just below the logo

Setting

  • Outer space starfield of magenta and violet
  • Ringed planets
  • White four-pointed stars
  • Orange sunburst platform with chequered landing pad

Text on it

  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 8
  • 10
  • BIG
  • STAR
  • BALLS IN PLAY
  • TILT

How it plays

  1. Goals 2

    • Center saucer value

    Other

    • Big Star

Made by

Design
Steve Kordek
Art
Christian Marche

Reference

Linked terms
  • SU-P-ER also called SU and ER also called top lanes
  • Rollover buttons also called 1-2-3-4-5 rollover buttons
  • Center saucer also called Center value saucer
  • Advance targets also called Advance
  • Left Post and Right Post also called Upper outside targets
  • Outlane posts also called Side posts
  • Rebound rubbers also called Rebound
  • Big Star also called Add-A-Ball Big Star
Backglass vision analysis

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

Super Star / Big Star backglass

Backglass Big Star

  • magenta
  • violet
  • green
  • yellow

Fingerprint: 'BIG STAR' in fat green bubble letters on cream splash, five reel windows (4 5 6 8 10) upper left purple border, large dark-haired woman profile bottom left, dark-skinned man right, blue-white robot on sunburst, magenta starfield, parody space-opera comic style

Distinctive

The centre logo is a satirical one: a tiny red cursive script wordmark perched over two lines of fat, rounded, bright-green bubble letters spelling BIG STAR on a cream splodge shape. A row of five individual reel windows each showing a single digit, 4 5 6 8 10, sits high on the left inside a lamp-dotted purple border. The huge dark-haired woman in profile at bottom left and the dark-skinned man with a raised hand at bottom right face inwards across the glass. A blue-and-white robot or astronaut stands on an orange sunburst platform with a chequered pad at bottom centre.

Setting

  • Outer space starfield of magenta and violet
  • Ringed planets
  • White four-pointed stars
  • Orange sunburst platform with chequered landing pad

Symbols

  • White four-pointed stars
  • Ringed planets
  • Five reel windows
  • Round white lamp dots along the reel border
  • Chequered landing-pad grid
  • Sunburst

Lettering

  • Fat rounded green bubble capitals with heavy outlines for the title, small red cursive script wordmark above it, plain white block capitals on a black band for balls in play, yellow tilt in a small box

Themes

  • Space
  • Cartoon parody
  • Comic book
  • Pinball backglass art

Title on it

  • Big star

Text on it

  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 8
  • 10
  • BIG
  • STAR
  • BALLS IN PLAY
  • TILT
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Very large painted head at lower left, dark full hair, face in profile looking right, bright red lips, pale skin, cropped at the shoulders by the frame edge
Creature Oversized yellow hand with pink/red fingernails at bottom left-centre, held up beside the woman's head
Man Lower right, dark-skinned, big dark mass of hair, magenta/purple shirt, one hand raised towards his mouth, head tilted up and to the left
Alien Blue-skinned big-headed cartoon figure at the top centre, standing on a pale blue sphere
Alien Green-bodied figure in dark blue clothing at mid-left, standing on a small purple planet
Other Small figure in a pink/magenta outfit at centre, just below the logo
Robot Blue-and-white robot or spacesuited astronaut standing on the orange sunburst platform at bottom centre
Vehicle Small purple flying craft or rocket at mid-right against the starfield
Full description

Portrait-format painted backglass with a parody space-opera look. The whole ground is a hot magenta and violet starfield sprinkled with white four-pointed stars, ringed planets and a small rocket. Across the upper left runs a horizontal strip of five white reel windows, each holding one black digit, reading 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, framed by a purple border dotted with round white lamp dots. Slightly right of centre sits the main logo: a small red cursive script wordmark above two lines of fat green bubble lettering with heavy outlines, BIG over STAR, set on a pale cream amoeba-shaped splash. Around it stand several cartoon space characters: a blue-skinned big-headed figure at the top, a green figure in dark blue clothing at mid-left, a small pink-clad figure and a blue-and-white robot or astronaut standing on an orange-and-yellow sunburst platform with a chequered landing-pad grid at bottom centre, plus a small purple flying craft at mid-right. The lower left is dominated by a large painted head of a dark-haired woman in profile with red lips, beside a big yellow hand with pink nails. The lower right shows a dark-skinned man with a big dark mass of hair in a magenta shirt, one hand raised to his mouth. White block capitals on a black band at bottom left read BALLS IN PLAY, and a small yellow box at bottom right reads TILT. Chunky comic-book colouring with heavy black outlines throughout.

Super Star / Big Star backglass

Backglass Super Star

  • black
  • red
  • blue
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Pop singer in yellow blouse and red bow with bright red-yellow sunburst face strumming acoustic guitar, "SUPER STAR" title slanted red within pale blue oval, five white mechanical reel wheels showing 12170, singing man in purple shirt, secondary singers, monkey with guitar, psychedelic color blobs, 1970s concert-poster style

Distinctive

The huge slanted red SUPER STAR title stacked in two lines inside a pale blue oval, with a small cursive logo word tucked above the S. A large pop-singer woman in a yellow blouse with a red bow, rendered with a bright red-and-yellow sunburst face, strumming a brown acoustic guitar across the whole lower-left quadrant. Five reel number windows reading 12170 in a bulb-framed black panel at upper left. A black star-speckled background made of overlapping flat primary-colour blobs, giving a 1970s airbrushed-poster look.

Setting

  • Black star-speckled field with overlapping flat colour blobs in blue, lime green, mustard, crimson and magenta
  • Abstract pop-concert collage rather than a depicted location

Symbols

  • Five mechanical score reels in white windows
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Microphone on stand
  • Electric guitar
  • Keyboard/mixing desk
  • Small drum kit
  • Trumpet
  • Bandaged head figures
  • Star dots
  • Red ribbon banner

Lettering

  • Large slanted sans-serif capitals in red with white inner highlights and dark shadow, two lines, inside a pale blue oval; a small flowing red cursive script logo above; black condensed block capitals for instruction text; yellow capitals on a red ribbon banner

Themes

  • Music
  • Rock concert
  • Singing
  • Guitar
  • 1970s pop art
  • Airbrushed poster

Title on it

  • Super star

Text on it

  • SUPER STAR
  • Williams
  • BALLS TO PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • 40
  • 12170
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Lower left, largest figure: young adult with long brown hair swept over one shoulder, face shaded as a bright red and yellow sunburst with eyes closed and mouth open singing; wears a yellow blouse with a large red bow at the collar and puffed sleeve; strums a dark brown acoustic guitar with both hands, red fingernails; a small watch on her wrist
Man Lower right: adult man in a purple long-sleeve shirt and dark blue headband, head thrown back, mouth wide open singing into a silver microphone on a stand; dark hair
Man Upper centre, inside a lime-green circle: figure in green clothing with a hat or headband, mouth open, arm raised, appearing to sing
Other Top centre, arms thrown upward in a v, partly obscured, singing or cheering
Other Right edge, small figure at a keyboard or mixing console with a bandaged or white-wrapped head, partly cropped
Other Centre: a small brown monkey-like animal figure seated on a stool playing a guitar, next to a small white winged figure with a golden trumpet
Other Upper right: a head wrapped in bandages with a blue tinted face, in profile
Full description

A tall rectangular backglass panel with a jet-black background scattered with flat overlapping blobs of colour (royal blue, olive-lime, mustard yellow, crimson and magenta) and small dots like stars. Upper left holds a black rounded rectangular window containing five white mechanical reel number wheels reading 12170, edged with a white bulb-studded border; above them a small white 40 sits on a blue blob. The main title SUPER STAR fills the right-of-centre area in huge slanted red letters with white highlights and a dark drop shadow, set inside a pale blue oval, with a small red cursive logo word above it. The artwork is a pop-concert montage of cartoon singers: a large young woman in the lower left with long brown hair, a yellow blouse and a big red bow at her neck, mouth open singing while strumming a dark brown acoustic guitar; a man at lower right in a purple shirt and dark headband singing into a silver microphone in front of a small mixing desk or drum kit; a smaller green-clad singer and a raised-arms figure above. Black block capitals read BALLS TO PLAY over the guitar, and a red ribbon banner at bottom right reads GAME OVER.