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Tales of the Arabian Nights backglass

Also known as TOTAN

1996–2026 · Williams & Pedretti Gaming

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Known for Magic Lamp, Genie, Bazaar and Golden Symbols. Palace courtyard with tall palm trunks, cloudy blue sky, minarets and domes of a distant walled city and stone terrace with patterned tile floor.

Years
1996–2026
Maker
Williams & Pedretti Gaming
Type
Solid state
Players
4

Known for

  • Toy

    Magic Lamp

  • Target

    Genie

  • scoop

    Bazaar

  • Target

    Golden Symbols

  • Goal

    Tales

  • Mode

    Lightning Lamp

  • Goal

    Make A Wish

  • Multiball

    Genie Multiball

4 games under this title

On the playfield

  • orange
  • teal
  • gold
  • red
Tales of the Arabian Nights playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 1 spinner

Full vision analysis

Toy 1

  • Magic Lamp

Holes 3

  • Bazaar scoop
  • Harem saucer saucer
  • Left saucer saucer

Captive ball 1

  • Captive balls

Magnet 1

  • Shooting Stars

Targets 2

  • Genie
  • Golden Symbols

Lanes 2

  • Lock lane
  • Skill shot holes

On the backglass

Who and what

  • man Black-bearded man in a white wrapped turban and red robe with gold embroidery, seated cross-legged on a green rug, holding a brass hookah pipe to his mouth
  • woman Dark-haired woman standing behind him, gold beaded collar and headband, holding a goblet of wine, calm expression
  • woman Black-haired woman kneeling in front in a red and gold beaded bra and red harem trousers, gold arm cuffs and anklets, one hand reaching to a small brass lamp
  • creature Large blue-skinned genie with pointed ears, black beard and topknot, torso rising out of an oil lamp, one arm raised, red sash at the waist
  • man Man in an orange tunic and dark trousers with a curved sword at his hip, falling backwards into the lamp with arms flung up
  • man Mounted rider in orange and white robes with a turban on a white horse, appearing to leap through the centre background

Setting

  • Palace courtyard with tall palm trunks
  • Cloudy blue sky
  • Minarets and domes of a distant walled city
  • Stone terrace with patterned tile floor

Text on it

  • TALES OF THE
  • Arabian Nights

How it plays

  1. Modes 9

    • Sinbad and the Rocs
    • Ali Baba
    • Flying Horse
    • Scheherazade
    • Great Camel Race
    • Forty Thieves
    • Cyclops
    • Lightning Lamp
    • Fireball
  2. Multiballs 2

    • Genie Multiball
    • Harem Multiball
  3. Goals 7

    • Tales
    • Jewels
    • Ruby
    • Make A Wish
    • Tiger Loops
    • Super Skill Shot
    • Lamp Bonus
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • Rescue the Princess

Made by

Design
John Popadiuk
Art
Pat McMahon
Mechanics
Jack Skalon
Mechanics
Ernie Pizarro
Mechanics
Joe Loveday
Software
Louis Koziarz
Sound & Music
Dave Zabriskie
Display animation
Adam Rhine
Display animation
Brian Morris

The cast

  • Princess
  • Skeletons

Reference

Linked terms
  • Magic Lamp also called Lamp
  • Bazaar also called Bazaar scoop
  • Harem saucer also called Harem Sneak-in
  • Make A Wish also called Wish also called Wishes
  • Harem Multiball also called Harem
  • Rescue the Princess also called Genie Battle
Playfield vision analysis

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

Tales of the Arabian Nights playfield

Playfield Standard

  • orange
  • teal
  • gold
  • red

Fingerprint: Central mermaid with teal bandeau on pink shell surrounded by bonus-step discs, enormous treasure chest spilling gold above, glowing cyan arrow line down middle, teal-gold domed turret, jewel tones of orange, teal, gold, cream and red

Distinctive

A giant painted mermaid with black curly hair, teal bandeau and a green-blue scaled tail sits dead centre of the lower playfield, framed by rows of pale bonus-step discs. A line of glowing cyan triangular arrow inserts runs diagonally down the middle like a spine of diamonds, ending in a white promise banner: IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIE, LOCK & RESUME VALUES THEN THE SEVEN PEARLS TO RESCUE PRINCESS. Above her is an enormous open treasure chest spilling gold and jewels, plus a bulbous teal-and-gold domed turret on a red base. Bottom-left apron holds a dark rule card titled FORGOTTEN TALES; bottom-right holds a white FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY card with a QR code.

Setting

  • Underwater/sea fantasy with crescent moon, clouds and seascape panels
  • A treasure vault interior with an open chest of gold and jewels
  • Ornate patterned playfield cloth with swirling filigree, cards and heraldic motifs
  • Glowing gem and pearl fields in the mid and lower playfield

Symbols

  • Rows of playing-card suits
  • Pearls and scattered gemstones
  • Gold coin treasure
  • Painted crescent moon and clouds
  • Ornate heraldic filigree borders
  • Glowing cyan triangular arrow inserts
  • Circular bonus-step value discs
  • Blue diamond-shaped mode inserts
  • Qr code on the lower-right apron card

Notable shapes

  • Large clear circular spinner dish at upper right
  • Bulbous domed turret with pointed cap at upper centre
  • Spiral diagonal row of cyan triangular inserts down the middle
  • Curved banks of pale circular bonus-value discs
  • Orange filigree filigree-bordered side lanes

Art motifs

  • Airbrushed fantasy illustration with glowing gem fields
  • Ornate victorian scrollwork
  • Jewel and pearl scatter
  • Wave and shell motifs

Themes

  • Undersea fantasy
  • Buried treasure
  • Rescue quest
  • Seven pearls
  • Princess

Title on it

  • Forgotten tales

Text on it

  • FORGOTTEN TALES
  • IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIE, LOCK & RESUME VALUES
  • THEN THE SEVEN PEARLS TO RESCUE PRINCESS
  • SPECIAL BONUS
  • ADVANCE BONUS
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • MULTIBALL
  • COMBO
  • JAM
  • AFTER LOCK SCORE BONUS VALUES
  • HOLD FOR STATUS
  • Change Taste
  • FALL FOR STATUS
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR
  • 3 BALLS PER GAME
  • 1 PL
  • 4 PL
  • 1995 Williams Sales America
  • TILT
Pop bumpers
A cluster of three green-glowing bumper caps in a vertical row on the right side, plus an additional lit cap higher right
Spinners
One large clear plastic dish/spinner wheel at the upper right
Drop targets
A red-outlined bank of diamond inserts across the lower playfield spelling mode text, plus a small vertical bank on the upper right
Ramps
One wide clear ramp curving from the upper right down the right side into the mid-right, plus a raised lane structure at upper left
Slingshots
Standard triangular slingshots in the lower mid-left and lower mid-right
Upper playfield
Occupied by the giant open treasure chest, the domed turret toy on its red base, a tall clear ramp and the spinner dish
Apron and lower playfield
Broad steel apron with a red script logo and scrollwork at centre, a dark forgotten tales rule card at lower left, and a white for amusement only card with qr code, ball-count and copyright print at lower right; a black round drain/plunger area at bottom centre
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Large central painted figure, adult, pale skin, black curly hair piled high, teal bandeau top, arms out to each side, long green-blue scaled mermaid tail with white ribbon streamers, seated front-facing
Creature Huge open treasure chest with a domed lid, spilling gold coins, pearls and red gems across the upper centre
Other Bulbous domed turret with a green pointed cap, teal and gold banding and white rivets, mounted on a red-and-cream pedestal, centre upper playfield
Other Left-edge and right-edge painted warriors and faces in profile amid orange filigree, partially hidden by plastics
Full description

Full-length illustrated pinball playfield, very busy, in jewel-toned orange, teal, gold, cream and red. The centre of the lower half is dominated by a large painted mermaid-like woman with pale skin, black curly hair piled high, a teal bandeau top and a long green-blue scaled mermaid tail with flowing white ribbons; she sits on a pink-and-yellow shell or wave motif. Above her, a crescent moon in cloud sits beside the word JAM in yellow lettering, and a small red-yellow plaque reads SPECIAL BONUS. Rows of pale grey circular value discs labelled with bonus-step numbers curve around her tail. Down the middle runs a line of glowing cyan triangular arrow inserts pointing down toward the apron. The lower centre apron carries a white banner reading IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIE, LOCK & RESUME VALUES THEN THE SEVEN PEARLS TO RESCUE PRINCESS. Blue diamond inserts read SPECIAL BONUS, ADVANCE BONUS and SHOOT AGAIN. The upper half shows a giant open treasure chest with spilling coins and a domed, spiked, teal-and-gold turret-like structure mounted on a red pedestal, plus a large clear plastic dish/spinner at upper right and a tall clear ramp curving down the right side. Six coloured pop-bumper caps glow green on the right. The bottom apron carries a dark rules card headed FORGOTTEN TALES, a red script logo, a white card headed FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY with a QR code and 3 BALLS PER GAME, 1 PL, 4 PL.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Tales of the Arabian Nights backglass

Backglass Standard

  • blue
  • red
  • green
  • gold

Fingerprint: Genie with pointed ears and blue-lit dreadlock tendrils erupting from brass oil lamp, bearded man in white turban smoking hookah cross-legged, two dark-haired women with gold jewellery, peacock with eye-spotted turquoise tail spreading across lower left, ornate mirrored title on cream scroll with blue-and-gold minaret letterforms, Arabian Nights palette

Distinctive

A giant flesh-blue genie with pointed ears, black beard and curled smoke tail erupting from a brass oil lamp on the right side, beside a man falling backwards into the lamp flame. Two enormous painted ceramic urns anchor the bottom left and bottom right corners. A peacock with an eye-spotted turquoise tail spreads across the lower left foreground. A bearded man in a white turban puffing a hookah sits dead centre, flanked by two dark-haired women in gold jewellery. The title sits on a cream unfurled scroll with blue-and-gold minaret letterforms.

Setting

  • Palace courtyard with tall palm trunks
  • Cloudy blue sky
  • Minarets and domes of a distant walled city
  • Stone terrace with patterned tile floor

Symbols

  • Oil lamps
  • Brass hookah pipe
  • Goblet
  • Ornate ceramic urns
  • Peacock feather eye-spots
  • Jellyfish
  • Palm trees
  • Domed minarets
  • Ship rigging ropes
  • Patterned tile floor

Lettering

  • Large blue serif-and-script capitals with black outline and red drop shading; small black serif capitals above; the two initial capitals rendered as blue-and-gold lattice minarets on a cream unfurled scroll banner

Themes

  • Arabian nights
  • Genie
  • Storytelling
  • Hookah
  • Palace
  • Sailing ship
  • Peacock

Title on it

  • Tales of the arabian nights

Text on it

  • TALES OF THE
  • Arabian Nights
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Black-bearded man in a white wrapped turban and red robe with gold embroidery, seated cross-legged on a green rug, holding a brass hookah pipe to his mouth
Woman Dark-haired woman standing behind him, gold beaded collar and headband, holding a goblet of wine, calm expression
Woman Black-haired woman kneeling in front in a red and gold beaded bra and red harem trousers, gold arm cuffs and anklets, one hand reaching to a small brass lamp
Creature Large blue-skinned genie with pointed ears, black beard and topknot, torso rising out of an oil lamp, one arm raised, red sash at the waist
Man Man in an orange tunic and dark trousers with a curved sword at his hip, falling backwards into the lamp with arms flung up
Man Mounted rider in orange and white robes with a turban on a white horse, appearing to leap through the centre background
Other Two bare-chested men hauling a rope on the sailing ship at left
Man Figure in red climbing or swinging on the mast of the sailing ship
Animal Large painted peacock at lower left with an eye-spotted turquoise and gold tail fan
Animal White horse with decorated saddle and harness
Animal Small pink jellyfish floating at mid right
Animal Dark bird in flight against the blue sky at upper left
Full description

A painted Arabian Nights scene set among tall reddish-brown palm trunks under a pale blue sky with wispy white clouds. The upper right carries a cream scroll banner reading 'TALES OF THE Arabian Nights' in enormous blue letters outlined in black and shaded red, the two capital A and N towers rising as ornate blue-and-gold lattice minarets. Centre stage: a black-bearded man in a white turban and red embroidered robe sits cross-legged on a green rug with a gold medallion, holding a brass hookah pipe. Behind him stands a dark-haired woman in a beaded gold collar holding a goblet, and in front kneels a black-haired woman in a red-and-gold beaded bra and haream trousers, reaching towards two small brass lamps. Surrounding vignettes include a sailing ship with an orange lateen sail at left, two small men hauling a rope, a figure climbing the rigging, a painted peacock, two huge urns, a large blue genie with pointed ears and black beard rising from an oil lamp at right, a man in orange falling backwards into the lamp smoke, a pink jellyfish, a flying bird, and domed minarets in the distance. Dominant colours are blue, red, green and gold.