Also known as TKO
1979 · Gottlieb
T.K.O.
Known for zigzag ladder, lower left saucers, bullseye targets and star rollovers. Boxing ring, abstract painted swirl and painted crowd-free flat backdrop.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Lights
zigzag ladder
- saucers
lower left saucers
- Target
bullseye targets
- rollovers
star rollovers
- Lane
hidden lane
On the playfield
Hole 1
- lower left saucers saucers
Targets 2
- bullseye targets
- white standup target
Lanes 3
- star rollovers rollovers
- hidden lane
- white features
Lights 1
- zigzag ladder
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Left boxer: muscular bare-chested adult man with short black hair, black boxing gloves, bright green trunks with yellow waistband and yellow side stripe, black lace-up boots with white laces; his right glove is driven into the other boxer's face, head snapped back, mouth open, eyes shut, left arm raised.
- man Right boxer: taller bare-chested adult man with short blond hair, black gloves, sky-blue trunks, black lace-up boots with white laces; he leans forward with left arm cocked back, his face turned and being struck, a red mark on his cheek.
- other Boxing ring corner posts with brown leather pads at right, three cream ring ropes running horizontally across the scene, pale grey-blue ring canvas with a yellow-green floor ring around it.
- other Small upright blue-and-red rectangular placard standing on the ring floor at lower right, like a sponsor sign.
Setting
- Boxing ring
- Abstract painted swirl
- Painted crowd-free flat backdrop
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- TKO
- BALL
- IN PLAY
- 1763 0
How it plays
-
Goals 6
- Advance
- Blue features
- Yellow feature
- Green features
- Pink features
- Red feature
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- zigzag ladder also called zigzag
- hidden lane also called secret passage
- Red feature also called Special
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- magenta
- red
- lime green
- black
Fingerprint: TKO in bold comic-book hand-inked style, two bare-chested boxers mid-punch inside ring with thick black outline and cross-hatching, one with black hair and green trunks, one blond in blue trunks, brown ring posts with pads, magenta-purple backdrop, lime-green floor.
Two bare-chested boxers mid-punch inside a ring, rendered in thick black ink outline with cross-hatched shading, against a lurid magenta and red painted backdrop. A tilted shield emblem at upper left holds the title in red block capitals under white slanted script. Three reels reading 1 7 6 3 0 sit in a cream mechanical frame at the upper right. The whole backglass is framed by a hot magenta field with a black-and-red eye-shaped swirl and a lime-green floor at the bottom.
Setting
- Boxing ring
- Abstract painted swirl
- Painted crowd-free flat backdrop
Symbols
- Shield crest
- Boxing gloves
- Ring ropes and corner posts
- Score reels
- Three spheres at top edge
Lettering
- Title in huge slanted sans-serif block capitals, red with green shading inside a green-outlined shield; above it a smaller white cursive/script word; 'ball in play' in small white condensed block capitals
Themes
- Boxing
- Sport
- Fighting
- Ring
Title on it
- Tko
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- TKO
- BALL
- IN PLAY
- 1763 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left boxer: muscular bare-chested adult man with short black hair, black boxing gloves, bright green trunks with yellow waistband and yellow side stripe, black lace-up boots with white laces; his right glove is driven into the other boxer's face, head snapped back, mouth open, eyes shut, left arm raised. |
| Man | Right boxer: taller bare-chested adult man with short blond hair, black gloves, sky-blue trunks, black lace-up boots with white laces; he leans forward with left arm cocked back, his face turned and being struck, a red mark on his cheek. |
| Other | Boxing ring corner posts with brown leather pads at right, three cream ring ropes running horizontally across the scene, pale grey-blue ring canvas with a yellow-green floor ring around it. |
| Other | Small upright blue-and-red rectangular placard standing on the ring floor at lower right, like a sponsor sign. |
A square backglass painted in a bold, hand-inked comic-book style. Background is a flat wall of deep magenta-purple with a large black-and-red abstract painted swirl behind the action, a yellow-green band along the bottom edge, and a lime-green floor. Upper left carries a shield-shaped emblem outlined in green and red containing the title in slanted white script and huge red-and-green capitals. Upper right holds a white mechanical score panel with three reels showing 1, 7, 6, 3 and 0, framed in cream and light blue, with 'BALL IN PLAY' in white block capitals above it and three pale yellow-green spheres at the top edge. Centre: two bare-chested boxers inside a boxing ring, one with black hair and green trunks punching, one blond in blue trunks being hit, both in black boots with white laces. Ring posts with brown pads stand at the right. Small blue-and-red sponsor placard stands on the ring floor. Dominant colours magenta, red, lime green, black.