1967 · Bally
The Wiggler
Known for Blue mushroom bumper, Yellow mushroom bumpers, Zipper flippers and Wiggle Alley. Hard-edged triangular sunburst rays in magenta, violet, pink and teal, central black oval void behind the title and the woman, black panels speckled with gold glitter at lower left and behind the woman and pale speckled off-white cabinet border framing the glass.
- Year
- 1967
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Bumper
Blue mushroom bumper
- Bumper
Yellow mushroom bumpers
- extra flipper
Zipper flippers
- Lane
Wiggle Alley
- Lane
Wigglesville
- Hole
Right saucers
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Right saucers
Bumpers 2
- Blue mushroom bumper
- Yellow mushroom bumpers
Target 1
- Top rubbers
Lanes 3
- Wiggle Alley
- Wigglesville
- Opens Gate When Lit rollover
Flipper 1
- Zipper flippers extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Tall, full-length, centre, pale skin, silver-white hooded headpiece, angular blue-shadowed eyes, thin arched brows, red lips; black-and-gold patterned bodice and hips over a white leotard, thigh-high white boots with black cuffs, one arm raised gripping a long white kite frame, legs crossed as if floating
- other Four identical faceless male martial-arts/grappling figures in blue-teal bodysuits with yellow belts and gold collar flashes, linked in a chain, spiky blond hair, each with a blue numbered disc (1, 2, 3, 4) over the head
- other Small blue slender figure, right of centre, head down, one arm outstretched, a yellow halo ring around the head, a small flame shape above
- vehicle Flying saucer at right: purple and pink domed top, blue ribbed neck, dark underside with a gold-flecked creature or grate visible beneath
Setting
- Hard-edged triangular sunburst rays in magenta, violet, pink and teal
- Central black oval void behind the title and the woman
- Black panels speckled with gold glitter at lower left and behind the woman
- Pale speckled off-white cabinet border framing the glass
Text on it
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
- 1UP
- Bally
- THE
- VIGGLER
- FOUR PLAYER
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4UP
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- 1303
- PLAYERS 1 2 3 4
- WIGGLE JET SUPER BONUS
- GAME OVER
How it plays
-
Multiballs 1
- Right-saucer multiball
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Jerry Kelley
Reference
Linked terms
- Blue mushroom bumper also called center blue bumper
- Yellow mushroom bumpers also called Yellow bumpers
- Wiggle Alley also called Wiggler chute also called upper-left chute
- Right saucers also called Lock saucers
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple
- magenta
- pink
- gold
Fingerprint: Wiggles title arched over pink lozenge, woman flying across spinning disc with large clawed monster hand, three pleated-skirted round bumpers in triangle, long red ramp, sparkly orange triangular plastics at lower field, purple and magenta carnival palette
A giant gold 'WIGGLES' logo arched across a pink lozenge in the exact centre of the playfield, over a pale green oval, with the word echoed in pale green below. A grinning woman in a dark swimsuit is painted flying diagonally across a large purple-and-magenta spinning-disc/fan circle, alongside a looming clawed monster hand. Three pleated-skirted round bumpers in a triangle dominate the upper field, backed by a long red plastic ramp. Two large triangular glittery orange sparkly plastics flank the lower playfield above the flippers.
Setting
- Flat purple/magenta painted field with radiating arrow and chevron motifs
- Large pale teal-green oval in the lower centre
- Pink and teal star-and-atom bursts
- Angular deco arrow stripes in orange, teal and pink
- Chrome side rails and black apron at the bottom
Symbols
- Playing-card suit symbols (hearts, spades, diamonds) in the side inlays
- Radiating arrow/chevron deco stripes
- Star and atomic-burst motifs
- Spinning-disc or dartboard-like circular fan
- Spiral concentric rings at lower right
- Zigzag lightning bolt
- Glittery orange triangular plastics
Notable shapes
- Large purple-and-magenta spinning disc / dartboard circle in the lower centre
- Two big triangular glittery orange-gold sparkly plastics flanking the lower field
- A central chrome cone/fin shape below the bumpers
- A long red arc ramp spanning the top
- Concentric spiral rings at the lower right
- Card-suit shaped side inlays
Art motifs
- Art-deco block lettering
- Circus-poster palette
- Spiked sunburst rings
- Pleated fan shapes
Themes
- Carnival
- Circus-freak
- Space saucer
- Monster claw
- 1960s-70s pop art
- Arcade bonus scoring
Title on it
- Wiggles
Text on it
- WIGGLES
- WIGGLESVILLE
- FLYING SAUCER
- COOL BREEZE WHEN LIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN
- ADVANCES
- MULTIMODE
- REPLAY
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- FLIPPER
- Bally
- FREE PLAY
- GAME OVER
- L, J, 2 OR 4 CAN PLAY
- SUPER BONUS 4 - WIGGLESVILLE SCORE
- SUPER BONUS 7 - WIGGLESVILLE SCORE
- SUPER BONUS 9 - WIGGLESVILLE SCORE
- Replay for each score of 6600 Points
- Replay for each score of 5600 Points
- Replay for each score of 7000 Points
- 100
- 200
- 300
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Painted cartoon woman with dark hair, wide toothy grin, dark one-piece swimsuit, arms flung wide, legs splayed, flying diagonally across a large purple-and-pink circular fan/disc |
| Monster | Large painted clawed three-fingered hand with pale skin and long black talons reaching in from the right side of the centre field |
| Creature | Small pale blue cartoon hand/claw with spread fingers painted left of centre |
| Other | Small black bat- or bird-like silhouettes with spread wings printed in the upper-left and mid-left field |
| Other | Grey-blue flying saucer with a domed cockpit and row of porthole windows, printed on the right side of the upper field |
Top-down view of a wide-body electro-mechanical style playfield behind a locked glass, set in a purple, magenta and pink carnival palette. The centre of the field carries a huge gold-and-yellow art-deco script-and-block word 'WIGGLES' arched across a pink lozenge, with a pale teal-green oval beneath it. Around it, painted cartoon art shows a grinning woman in a dark swimsuit with outstretched arms flung diagonally across a spinning purple-and-pink circular fan motif, a large clawed three-fingered monster hand reaching in from the right, and a small blue cartoon hand or claw. Across the upper field sit three round bumpers with pleated white-and-gold skirts, one with a blue starburst ring and one with a yellow sunburst, surrounded by tall yellow lamp posts, chrome posts, and a row of small white mushroom bumpers down the left. Two yellow circular saucer targets sit left and right, plus a blue-tinted dome saucer mid-field. A long red plastic ramp arcs over the very top. The lower field has two large triangular glittery orange-and-gold sparkly plastics, two flippers with white 'FLIPPER' lettering, pink 'FLIPPER BUTTON' labels on the black apron, a white instruction card at lower left, and a pink script 'Bally' logo on the apron beside a lit 'FREE PLAY' card.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- magenta
- black
- teal
- yellow
Fingerprint: THE VIGGLER title in narrow yellow-green capitals, pale-skinned woman in silver hooded space catsuit gripping white kite wing frame, four faceless blue martial-arts figures with numbered discs grappling at lower left, blue figure diving beside purple-rimmed flying saucer
The most memorable feature is the giant woman's face, a sharply angular mask-like visage with heavy blue eye shadow, dark arched brows and red lips, staring out from under a silver hood. Four identical faceless martial-arts figures, each with a numbered disc (1, 2, 3, 4) floating over its head, are locked in a grappling chain at the lower left. A long white kite-frame with a rippling translucent sail rises diagonally through the centre behind the woman. A tiny blue body with a yellow halo ring dives headfirst beside a purple-rimmed flying saucer at the right. Black sparkly gold-flecked panels fill the lower left corner behind the grapplers.
Setting
- Hard-edged triangular sunburst rays in magenta, violet, pink and teal
- Central black oval void behind the title and the woman
- Black panels speckled with gold glitter at lower left and behind the woman
- Pale speckled off-white cabinet border framing the glass
Symbols
- Playing-card-style digit reels in white score windows
- Blue numerals 1-9 and 0 across the top
- Numbered discs 1 2 3 4
- Yellow halo ring
- Kite/wing frame
- Starburst rays
- Gold glitter speckle
Lettering
- Very tall, narrow, tapered art-deco capitals in yellow-green with black drop shadow for the title; orange-red chunky sans block for 1up-4up; white cursive script for the manufacturer word; black sans-serif capitals on a red ribbon for the bonus; white block letters for game over
Themes
- Martial arts
- Flying saucer
- Space
- Superheroine
- Four player
Title on it
- The viggler
Text on it
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
- 1UP
- Bally
- THE
- VIGGLER
- FOUR PLAYER
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4UP
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- 1303
- PLAYERS 1 2 3 4
- WIGGLE JET SUPER BONUS
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Tall, full-length, centre, pale skin, silver-white hooded headpiece, angular blue-shadowed eyes, thin arched brows, red lips; black-and-gold patterned bodice and hips over a white leotard, thigh-high white boots with black cuffs, one arm raised gripping a long white kite frame, legs crossed as if floating |
| Other | Four identical faceless male martial-arts/grappling figures in blue-teal bodysuits with yellow belts and gold collar flashes, linked in a chain, spiky blond hair, each with a blue numbered disc (1, 2, 3, 4) over the head |
| Other | Small blue slender figure, right of centre, head down, one arm outstretched, a yellow halo ring around the head, a small flame shape above |
| Vehicle | Flying saucer at right: purple and pink domed top, blue ribbed neck, dark underside with a gold-flecked creature or grate visible beneath |
A backglass in a stylised angular art-deco/1980s mode: a magenta, violet and teal sunburst of hard-edged triangular rays radiates from a black oval behind the title. The title, in enormous narrow tapered yellow-green capitals with black shading, reads 'THE VIGGLER', with the small word 'THE' stacked above the V. A white cursive manufacturer script sits to the left of the title. Across the top runs a row of blue numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0. Four white-framed score windows with black trapezoid surrounds sit at the four corners, each captioned in orange-red block letters '1UP', '2UP', '3UP', '4UP' and each showing four white-on-black digit reels. A tall pale-skinned woman in a silver-white hooded space catsuit, black and gold patterned bodice and long white boots hangs centre, one arm raised to a long white kite-like wing frame. Bottom left, four identical faceless blue-and-teal jiu-jitsu figures with numbered discs 1, 2, 3, 4 over their heads grapple in a chain. Bottom right, a small blue figure with a round yellow halo dives beside a purple-ringed flying saucer.