Also known as TX
1988 · Gottlieb
TX-Sector
Known for Side ramp, Back loop, Dead end lanes and Lock. Dark room interior, floral patterned wallpaper behind the cabinet, black backbox speaker panel above the glass and angular sunburst rays behind the artwork.
- Year
- 1988
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Ramp
Side ramp
- loop
Back loop
- Lane
Dead end lanes
- Lock
Lock
- Goal
Mega Level
On the playfield
Ramp 1
- Side ramp
Orbit 1
- Back loop loop
Lock 1
- Lock
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball
Spinner 1
- Lit spinners
Bumper 1
- Bumper garden
Targets 2
- Drop target banks
- Rear standup target standup target
Lane 1
- Dead end lanes
Flipper 1
- Upper flipper extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- robot Left-hand figure: humanoid robot in pale blue-green body paint with yellow segmented arms and legs, orange-red rounded shoulder plates and chest panel, a smooth round helmet head with a dark visor slit, standing upright facing inwards with both arms bent down and slightly out, partly veiled in white smoke at the feet
- robot Right-hand figure: mirror image of the left robot, same pale blue-green and yellow palette with orange-red shoulder plating and round helmeted head, facing inwards toward the central portal, arms bent down and outwards
- other Central swirling circular portal or fireball, a roiling orange-red and white vortex filling the middle of the glass and enclosed by a pale segmented ring
Setting
- Dark room interior
- Floral patterned wallpaper behind the cabinet
- Black backbox speaker panel above the glass
- Angular sunburst rays behind the artwork
Text on it
- TX SECTOR
- Gottlieb
- TELEPORT CREW
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- 1:31 AAA - 2204190
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Mega Level
Made by
- Design
- John Trudeau
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
- Software
- John Buras
Reference
Linked terms
- Side ramp also called Teleports also called Teleport shots
- Dead end lanes also called Left Energy lane also called left dead end
- Rear standup target also called rear target
- Upper flipper also called upper-left flipper
- Lock also called Multiball lock
- Mega Level also called Energy also called Energy Level
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- orange
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Enormous circular fireball portal dead centre roaring orange-white vortex ringed pale banded circle, two mirrored pale blue-green humanoid robots yellow arms orange shoulder plates twin guardians, chrome 3D block title TX SECTOR arches top, red brand wordmark tucked beneath, saturated red-orange wash yellow sunburst rays smoky white clouds
The most memorable element is the giant circular fireball portal dead centre, a roaring orange-and-white vortex ringed by a pale banded circle that reads like a mouth or wormhole. Two mirrored pale blue-green humanoid robots with yellow arms and orange shoulder plates stand on either side of it like twin guardians, identical left and right. The chrome 3D block title TX SECTOR arches across the top of the artwork, with a red brand wordmark tucked beneath its right end. The whole glass is bathed in a saturated red-orange wash with yellow sunburst rays and smoky white clouds along the bottom edge.
Setting
- Dark room interior
- Floral patterned wallpaper behind the cabinet
- Black backbox speaker panel above the glass
- Angular sunburst rays behind the artwork
Symbols
- Stars
- Sunburst rays
- Fireball vortex
- Segmented ring
- Smoke clouds
- Score display showing a score value
Lettering
- Extruded chrome and black 3d block capitals with heavy dark shadow for the title; small red lowercase brand wordmark beneath the right of the logo; red block-outlined player numbers 1 to 4 on the black panel above
Themes
- Science fiction
- Space
- Robot guardians
- Portal or vortex
- Fire and explosion
- Sunburst rays
Title on it
- Tx sector
Text on it
- TX SECTOR
- Gottlieb
- TELEPORT CREW
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- 1:31 AAA - 2204190
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Robot | Left-hand figure: humanoid robot in pale blue-green body paint with yellow segmented arms and legs, orange-red rounded shoulder plates and chest panel, a smooth round helmet head with a dark visor slit, standing upright facing inwards with both arms bent down and slightly out, partly veiled in white smoke at the feet |
| Robot | Right-hand figure: mirror image of the left robot, same pale blue-green and yellow palette with orange-red shoulder plating and round helmeted head, facing inwards toward the central portal, arms bent down and outwards |
| Other | Central swirling circular portal or fireball, a roiling orange-red and white vortex filling the middle of the glass and enclosed by a pale segmented ring |
A wide, landscape-format backglass set inside a black backbox, photographed in a dim room against floral patterned wallpaper, with the black speaker panel and illuminated alphanumeric score display visible above it. The painted art is a symmetrical hot sci-fi scene in red, orange, yellow, pale blue and black. Across the top centre sits a chunky extruded chrome-and-black title logo reading TX SECTOR, with a small red mark above the C and a red lowercase brand wordmark tucked under its right end. Directly below, a huge circular portal or vortex of swirling orange fire and white-hot flame fills the middle of the glass, rimmed by a pale segmented ring. Two identical mirrored humanoid robots stand flanking the portal, one on each side, painted pale blue-green with yellow limbs, orange-red shoulder plating and round helmet heads, arms bent down and outwards as if guarding the ring. Angular yellow-orange rays fan outward behind them, with white smoke or cloud banks along the lower corners.