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Taxi backglass

Also known as TXI

1988 · Williams

Taxi

Known for Spinout, Right Lock eject, Left Airport ramp and Drac hole. Purple brick wall, city pavement, inside a yellow taxi cab and illuminated overhead marquee.

Year
1988
Maker
Williams
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • cup

    Spinout

  • Hole

    Right Lock eject

  • Ramp

    Left Airport ramp

  • Hole

    Drac hole

  • Hole

    Joyride

  • Target

    Carry Passengers target

  • Hurry-up

    Express Lane

  • Goal

    Passengers

On the playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • black
  • cream
Taxi playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers
  • 1 spinner
  • 2 target banks

Full vision analysis

Ramps 2

  • Left Airport ramp
  • Right Airport ramp

Holes 4

  • Spinout cup
  • Right Lock eject
  • Drac hole
  • Joyride

Targets 3

  • Carry Passengers target
  • Lola/Marilyn drop targets
  • Pinbot drop targets

Lane 1

  • CAB lanes

On the backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • black
Taxi backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Driver in left foreground, profile, flushed face, stubble, red peaked cap with two round badges, hands on wheel and splayed pointing
  • woman Slim, black hair, sleeveless red dress with high slit, mouth open in shock, standing on pavement
  • man Bald, bright blue suit, white shirt, red patterned tie, pocket square, arm raised waving, smiling
  • man White-faced, red-haired, fanged grin, long black cloak, one arm raised beside a jukebox
  • man Plump, white beard, all-red suit with black belt, grinning, both arms outstretched
  • other Overhead marquee showing cropped eyes and forehead

Setting

  • Purple brick wall
  • City pavement
  • Inside a yellow taxi cab
  • Illuminated overhead marquee

Text on it

  • JACKPOT
  • METER
  • METER BONUS
  • PLAYNOW
  • SPEED BALL
  • FREE BALL
  • BIG SCORES
  • Williams
  • COPYRIGHT ... WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES INC.
  • NO

How it plays

  1. Modes 2

    • Raise Jackpot

    Hurry-ups

    • Express Lane
  2. Goals 2

    • Passengers
    • Airport Advance
  3. Awards 1

    • Spot Passenger

Made by

Design
Mark Ritchie
Art
Python Anghelo
Mechanics
Craig Fitpold
Mechanics
Tony Kraemer
Mechanics
Mark Kim
Software
Ed Boon
Sound & Music
Chris Granner

The cast

  • Drac
  • Santa
  • Lola
  • Gorbie
  • Pinbot

Reference

Linked terms
  • Right Lock eject also called Right saucer also called Express Lane 1
  • Left Airport ramp also called Left ramp
  • Right Airport ramp also called Right ramp
  • Drac hole also called Left saucer also called Express Lane 2
  • Joyride also called Upper left saucer also called Gorbie/Jackpot entrance
  • Lola/Marilyn drop targets also called Center drop targets
  • Pinbot drop targets also called Pin-Bot also called Pin•Bot also called Right drop targets
  • CAB lanes also called Top CAB lanes
  • Airport Advance also called Airport Rides
  • Lola also called Marilyn
Playfield vision analysis

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

Taxi playfield

Playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • black
  • cream

Fingerprint: taxi: Huge clear spiral ramp wraps clockwise top glowing red, two green curved arrow panels EXPRESS LANE 1 and 2 mirror-image, red-yellow round W emblem apron centre, cream airport ground map taxi cabs terminal blocks, vertical red ladder values 100/75/50/25/10/5, late-1980s airbrushed illustration

Distinctive

The whole upper third is buried under a huge clear spiral ramp that wraps clockwise over the top of the playfield, glowing deep red from the lamps beneath. Two green curved arrow panels reading EXPRESS LANE 1 and EXPRESS LANE 2 sit mirror-image left and right of centre, and the very centre carries a red-and-yellow round W emblem on the apron. The playfield is printed as a cream-coloured airport ground map with taxi cabs, terminal blocks and passenger icons rather than as a scene, and a vertical red ladder of values 100/75/50/25/10/5 runs up the right side. Two white instruction cards with dense small print flank the central apron.

Setting

  • Airport ground map seen from above
  • Terminal and runway blocks
  • City street grid
  • Taxi rank

Symbols

  • Playing-card-style letters c-a-b and 4b
  • Green directional arrows
  • Red circular lamps
  • Yellow arrowheads
  • Spinning star emblem

Notable shapes

  • Full-length clear spiral ramp enclosing the upper playfield
  • Circular w medallion on the apron
  • Long rectangular score-value ladder on the right
  • Keyhole-shaped clear plastic covers over the upper left and right

Art motifs

  • Overhead map
  • Chevron and arrow banding
  • Concentric red arcs
  • Black keylined illustration

Themes

  • Taxi
  • Airport
  • City
  • Transport
  • Passengers

Title on it

  • Taxi

Text on it

  • SPINOUT
  • C-A-B LANES ADVANCE BONUS
  • 4B
  • TAXI
  • SUPER TAXI
  • ARRIVALS
  • DEPARTURES
  • EXPRESS LANE 1
  • EXPRESS LANE 2
  • AIRPORT RIDES ADVANCE LITE HAUL
  • PASSENGERS
  • PICK-UP PASSENGER TO LITE HAUL
  • TAXI FARE METER
  • 100
  • 75
  • 50
  • 25
  • 10
  • 5
  • LANE CHANGE
  • HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
  • MATCH LAST TWO DIGITS
  • MORE CHANCE TO COLLECT PASSENGER
  • CAB LANES:
  • SHOOTER SKILL SHOT
  • Game: Taxi
  • Package: Mark Ritchie
  • Patent: 7,301
  • Manufactured Date: 1988
  • Total Production: 7,303
  • Williams Electronic Games, Inc.
  • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Yours the Winner When You're Number One!
Ramps
One large clear spiral wire ramp wrapping the upper right and top, plus two lower blue-and-orange ramps forming a v
Slingshots
Standard triangular slingshots with printed faces
Upper playfield
Yes, heavily covered by the spiral ramp and lit red
Apron and lower playfield
Black apron with two white instruction cards and a central red-and-yellow circular w emblem, flanked by yellow lane change and hold flipper button for status report panels
Who and what
Kind Description
Vehicle Yellow taxi cab printed at the centre badge, viewed from above, with a roof sign
Vehicle Several black-and-yellow taxi cab illustrations in the left inlane area and around the map
Other Red-and-yellow circular w emblem on the lower apron, the letterform inside a stylised crown of overlapping arcs
Creature Row of small round passenger portrait medallions stacked above the passengers text at centre
Full description

Full colour playfield of an airport taxi-themed game, photographed lit with red lamps glowing. Layout is strongly symmetrical: a large clear plastic ramp arcs from the lower centre up the right side, over the top and back down the left, enclosing a bright red plastic-covered upper playfield with three red pop bumper domes, a spinner and a grid of drop targets. Across the top a curved yellow banner reads C-A-B LANES ADVANCE BONUS, flanked by round arrow lamps. Upper left carries two black-and-yellow TAXI lane panels, upper right a red score-value column reading 100, 75, 50, 25, 10, 5. The middle of the playfield is a printed airport ground map in cream, tan, blue and grey with a yellow taxi graphic at the centre badge, PASSENGERS lettering beneath, and green EXPRESS LANE 1 and EXPRESS LANE 2 arrow panels either side. Lower down are two long blue-and-orange ramps forming a wide V, yellow curved flippers, and a central coin-door apron carrying two white instruction cards packed with small black print and a large red-and-yellow circular W emblem. Dominant colours are red, yellow, black, cream, with blue and orange accents; the art style is flat late-1980s airbrushed-and-illustrated playfield printing with heavy black keylines.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Taxi backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • black

Fingerprint: First-person taxi interior view, driver's head in profile red peaked cap pointing at taxi meter labeled JACKPOT, grinning white-faced black-cloaked red-haired sinister figure beside jukebox, overhead marquee showing only eyes and sweating forehead, plump red-suited bearded figure waving at traffic light

Distinctive

The cab driver's huge profile in a red peaked cap, seen from inside his own yellow cab, with his hand splayed across the bonnet pointing at a taxi meter labelled JACKPOT. A grinning white-faced black-cloaked figure with red hair, resembling a sinister twin, stands beside a jukebox. A wide overhead marquee showing only a pair of cropped eyes and a sweating forehead. A plump bearded figure dressed all in red grinning and waving beside a traffic light.

Setting

  • Purple brick wall
  • City pavement
  • Inside a yellow taxi cab
  • Illuminated overhead marquee

Symbols

  • Traffic light
  • Jukebox
  • Taxi meter
  • Steering wheel
  • Speedometer
  • Round dashboard dials
  • Overhead marquee with eyes
  • Round cap badges
  • Yellow taxi bonnet

Lettering

  • Block capitals on yellow sign plates for machine text; small yellow script-ish corporate mark on a white sign; tiny yellow capitals on a black bottom border

Themes

  • Taxi
  • Cartoon
  • Horror-comedy
  • City street
  • First-person

Text on it

  • JACKPOT
  • METER
  • METER BONUS
  • PLAYNOW
  • SPEED BALL
  • FREE BALL
  • BIG SCORES
  • Williams
  • COPYRIGHT ... WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES INC.
  • NO
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Driver in left foreground, profile, flushed face, stubble, red peaked cap with two round badges, hands on wheel and splayed pointing
Woman Slim, black hair, sleeveless red dress with high slit, mouth open in shock, standing on pavement
Man Bald, bright blue suit, white shirt, red patterned tie, pocket square, arm raised waving, smiling
Man White-faced, red-haired, fanged grin, long black cloak, one arm raised beside a jukebox
Man Plump, white beard, all-red suit with black belt, grinning, both arms outstretched
Other Overhead marquee showing cropped eyes and forehead
Full description

First-person view from inside a yellow taxi cab: the driver's head and shoulders fill the left foreground, seen in profile with a flushed nose, chin stubble and a peaked red cap carrying two round white badges reading NO and another partly legible word. His left hand grips a black steering wheel; his other outstretched hand, fingers splayed, points towards a white roof-mounted taxi meter on the right reading JACKPOT on a yellow plate, METER down its left edge and METER BONUS on a yellow strip beneath. Outside the windscreen, on a purple-brick pavement, four figures advance: a woman in a sleeveless red dress with a high slit and black hair, mouth open; a bald man in a bright blue suit, white shirt, red patterned tie and pocket square, right arm raised waving; a grinning man in a long black cloak with a white face and red hair beside a jukebox; and a plump grinning red-suited figure with a white beard and outstretched arm beside a traffic light. Above them a wide illuminated marquee shows a cropped pair of eyes and a sweating forehead. A round speedometer and dial sit on the dash. Colours: yellow, red, blue-purple, black.