1988 · Data East
Time Machine
Known for Starwarp Ramp, Laser Kick, Time Travel and Time Machine Multiball. Outer space starfield, dense star clusters and nebula swirls, comet trails and large orange planet with a ringed planet.
- Year
- 1988
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Ramp
Starwarp Ramp
- Kickback
Laser Kick
- Goal
Time Travel
- Multiball
Time Machine Multiball
- Award
Einstein Bonus
On the playfield
Ramps 2
- Starwarp Ramp
- Time-travel ramps
Kickback 1
- Laser Kick
On the backglass
Who and what
- other A group of about five young adults, men and women, packed into the open cockpit of the car; they wear light-coloured 1980s clothing and lean out and forward over the cockpit rim as if being thrown about
- vehicle Large pale blue-white streamlined flying-saucer car with a long tail fin, open cockpit, a black tyre and spoked wheel on its flank, and a small strapped-on white plate on the nose reading krauzin
Setting
- Outer space starfield
- Dense star clusters and nebula swirls
- Comet trails
- Large orange planet with a ringed planet
Text on it
- DC
- DATA EAST
- TIME
- MACHINE
- WHERE YOU GO BACK IN TIME
- KRAUZIN
- WARP
How it plays
-
Modes 1
- Mini Jackpot
-
Multiballs 1
- Time Machine Multiball
-
Goals 2
- Time Travel
- Locks
-
Awards 3
- Einstein Bonus
- Hold Bonus
- 2x Playfield
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Art
- Margaret Hudson
- Software
- Jerry Koraganis
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Sound & Music
- David Thiel
The cast
- Where You Go Back In Time
Reference
Linked terms
- Starwarp Ramp also called Center ramp also called Jackpot ramp
- Time-travel ramps also called Left time-travel ramp also called Right time-travel ramp also called Outside ramps
- Laser Kick also called Lite Laser Kick
- Time Travel also called Decades also called Time Travel Each
- Einstein Bonus also called Einstein energy also called Einstein Shot also called Einstein transfer
- Hold Bonus also called Bonus Hold
- 2x Playfield also called 2X All Scores
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- yellow
- cyan
- red
Fingerprint: Jagged yellow lightning bolt across black starfield, glowing concentric round inserts stacked along it, BURN medallion at center-left, clear plastic spiral tunnel over blue-and-red pop-bumpers upper left, yellow-bordered drop-target bank on right, two large dark circular bumpers mid-field, two white flippers with yellow caps, retro yellow script TIME MACHINE logo with starburst, black yellow cyan red sci-fi themed airbrush style
A jagged yellow lightning bolt painted across the whole black starfield playfield, threaded with a stack of glowing concentric round inserts and a big BURN medallion. Two white flippers with bright yellow rubber caps and chrome shoes at the bottom, under a retro yellow script TIME MACHINE logo with a starburst. A big clear plastic spiral/tunnel over a trio of blue and red pop-bumpers in the upper left, with a bank of yellow-bordered drop targets down the right side. A pure starfield motif - scattered white four-point sparkle stars everywhere, no scenery or characters.
Setting
- Black starfield with scattered white four-point sparkle stars
- Yellow lightning bolt graphic crossing the whole field
- No scenery or landscape, purely abstract graphic background
Symbols
- Jagged lightning bolts
- Four-point sparkle stars
- Concentric ring target medallions
- Large yellow directional arrow at upper right
- Scoring lane arrows
- Insert-bordered rectangles for drop targets
Notable shapes
- Large clear spiral/tunnel ramp
- Jagged lightning-bolt cutout running the length of the field
- Two large plain black circular bumpers side by side mid-field
- Concentric ring medallions (orange, red, teal, blue) stacked along the centre line
- Yellow-bordered rectangular drop-target bank on the right
Art motifs
- Retro yellow script logo with starburst
- Airbrushed glow gradients
- Starburst rays
- Electricity arcs
Themes
- Time travel
- Electricity/lightning
- Outer space/starfield
- Arcade sci-fi
Title on it
- Time machine
Text on it
- TIME MACHINE
- BURN
- Hold flippers for instant info
- right flipper changes top lanes
- Shoot change which ball button resets
- Start button starts skill
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- Hold Instant Info and see Backglass for Replay Value
- 5 BALLS PER GAME
- 1 PLAY for 1 QUARTER
- 4 PLAYS for 1 DOLLAR
- Maximum Credits - 20
- HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO
- BALLY PAYS 10 POINTS PER COIN BALLY 50 POINTS
- X 50 X 50 X 50
- ROLL OVER
- SHOOT AGAIN
- FASTBALL
- SPEEDBALL
- DUAL GATES
- 18
- 16
- 10
- 8
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- MULTI
Full overhead photograph of an illuminated pinball playfield in a black cabinet, with the apron, two instruction cards and the coin door visible at the bottom. The playfield is a black starfield background overlaid with a jagged yellow lightning bolt that snakes from the upper left down the centre to the lower playfield, with concentric coloured round inserts (orange, red, teal, blue) stacked along it and a large circular medallion at centre-left reading BURN. Up top, a clear plastic spiral/tunnel ramps over a cluster of blue and red plastic pop-bumpers with lit inserts, flanked by curved chrome ball guides and a small yellow arrow near the upper right. Across the middle sit two large dark circular bumpers and a bank of yellow-bordered rectangular drop targets to the right, plus coloured scoring lanes down both sides. Two white rubber flippers with yellow caps and chrome bats sit low and converge on a plain tan pinball; above them a printed band reads BALLY PAYS 10 POINTS PER COIN BALLY 50 POINTS. The apron centre carries a retro yellow script TIME MACHINE logo with a starburst, flanked by coloured Hold flippers for instant info / right flipper changes top lanes legends and two white rules cards. Dominant colours: black, yellow, cyan, red.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- pale blue
- gold
- orange
Fingerprint: TIME MACHINE with pale blue flying-saucer car, crowded cockpit of young adults, gold mechanical logo made of gears, pink television in space, ringed planets.
A pale blue flying-saucer-shaped time machine with a tail fin, loaded with a crowd of young adults, tearing diagonally across a dense starfield. Over its nose is a strapped-on number plate reading KRAUZIN, and a cursive signature is scrawled across the car body. Behind it a gold mechanical MACHINE logo whose letterforms are made of gears, pipes and clockwork, with the slogan WHERE YOU GO BACK IN TIME. Also memorable: a pink retro television set floating in space at the left, and a cream WARP panel with torn, jagged edges.
Setting
- Outer space starfield
- Dense star clusters and nebula swirls
- Comet trails
- Large orange planet with a ringed planet
Symbols
- Black-and-yellow radiation trefoil
- Pink retro television set with antennae
- Green banknote
- Paper-wrapped parcel
- Orange capsule
- Ringed planet
- Starburst explosion
- Comet tails
- Four-pointed star sparkles
- Clock face built into the logo lettering
- Four rectangular score windows
Lettering
- Heavy slab-serif block capitals with gold-and-maroon striped fill, star speckles inside the strokes and white drop shadow; a second line of gold gear-and-pipe mechanical lettering; slogan in widely spaced pale-blue sans-serif capitals; warp in rough cream block caps on a torn cloud panel
Themes
- Time travel
- Outer space
- Flying saucer
- Retro-futurism
- Comic-book space adventure
Title on it
- Time machine
Text on it
- DC
- DATA EAST
- TIME
- MACHINE
- WHERE YOU GO BACK IN TIME
- KRAUZIN
- WARP
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A group of about five young adults, men and women, packed into the open cockpit of the car; they wear light-coloured 1980s clothing and lean out and forward over the cockpit rim as if being thrown about |
| Vehicle | Large pale blue-white streamlined flying-saucer car with a long tail fin, open cockpit, a black tyre and spoked wheel on its flank, and a small strapped-on white plate on the nose reading krauzin |
Rectangular backglass in a dark wooden frame, art filling the card in bright airbrushed style. Top banner: at left a small orange-and-yellow DC DATA EAST stacked logo; beside it the huge word TIME in slab letters with gold-and-maroon striped fill, star specks inside the strokes and a white drop shadow; to the right MACHINE in gold mechanical lettering built from pipes, gears, dials and a clock face, with the slogan WHERE YOU GO BACK IN TIME in spaced pale-blue capitals beneath. The centre is a black starfield packed with white and coloured stars, cross sparkles, comet trails and nebula swirls. A pale blue-white open-topped streamlined car, shaped like a flying saucer with a long tail fin and a spoked black tyre, sweeps diagonally from lower left to upper right; its open cockpit is crowded with young adults leaning out, and an orange explosion bursts off its left edge. Floating objects include a small pink television set with antennae, a green banknote, a paper-wrapped parcel, an orange capsule and a black-and-yellow radiation trefoil. Lower right holds a large orange planet overlapped by a pink ringed planet, above four dark score windows lit with amber characters. WARP is lettered in cream block caps on a torn-edged cloud panel at lower left.