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Time Machine backglass

Also known as TM

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

  • black
  • yellow
  • cyan
  • red
Time Machine playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Ramps 2

  • Starwarp Ramp
  • Time-travel ramps

Kickback 1

  • Laser Kick

On the backglass

  • black
  • pale blue
  • gold
  • orange
Time Machine backglass

Full vision analysis

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

  1. Modes 1

    • Mini Jackpot
  2. Multiballs 1

    • Time Machine Multiball
  3. Goals 2

    • Time Travel
    • Locks
  4. 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.

Time Machine playfield

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

Distinctive

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
Pop bumpers
A cluster of at least four pop bumpers in the upper third - two blue-capped with lit inserts, two red-capped, plus one larger translucent/amber-capped bumper below them
Drop targets
A bank of several small yellow-bordered rectangular drop targets on the right-middle of the playfield, plus small target pairs near the right side
Ramps
One large clear plastic spiral/tunnel ramp in the upper left quadrant curling over the bumper cluster, plus straight wireform ball guides on both upper sides
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots below the flippers, one each side, with yellow trim
Upper playfield
Occupied by the clear spiral ramp, the pop-bumper cluster, curved chrome guides and a cluster of rectangular score inserts at the very top beneath the plastic
Apron and lower playfield
Grey-tan apron with a plain tan pinball, two white flippers with yellow caps, a red star target centred between them, the retro time machine script logo below, two white printed rules/instruction cards at lower left and lower right, and coloured 'hold flippers for instant info' / 'right flipper changes top lanes' legends; cabinet front shows two red led displays
Full description

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.

Time Machine backglass

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.

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.