Also known as VPR
1998 · Sega
Viper Night Drivin'
Known for Glo-Balls, Left lock, Right lock and Raccoon targets. Fiery red and orange sunset sky with yellow streaked clouds, dark checkered flag pattern at the left edge, tall black tower or pylon silhouette upper centre, grey road with white lane dashes beneath the cars, deep blue field of white stars lower left and small grey flying saucer in the upper sky.
- Year
- 1998
- Maker
- Sega
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 6
Known for
- Toy
Glo-Balls
- Hole
Left lock
- Hole
Right lock
- Target
Raccoon targets
- post
Center post
- Goal
Note Pad
- Multiball
Four-ball Multiball
- Wizard mode
Mancow's Morning Madhouse
On the playfield
- blue
- red
- purple
- black
- 2 flippers
- 2 target banks
- 2 slingshots
Toy 1
- Glo-Balls
Holes 2
- Left lock
- Right lock
Targets 2
- Raccoon targets
- Lower standup targets
Lanes 4
- Caution lane
- H-P top lanes
- Left in lane
- Right in lane
Post or gate 1
- Center post post
On the backglass
Who and what
- vehicle Large metallic cobalt-blue sports car centre, long white nose racing stripe, chrome wire wheels, bubble windscreen, angled three-quarters facing right
- vehicle Red open-top sports car top right, low rounded nose, white headlights, black windscreen
- vehicle White convertible bottom left with twin blue racing stripes, black number 5 on the door, number plate reading slash, chrome wheels, orange flame at the rear
- vehicle Small yellow sports car bottom right, headlight glowing, seen head-on
- woman Slender blonde adult woman top right, long hair, pale cream or silver catsuit, holding a bottle, standing beside the red car
- man Black silhouette bottom right, leather jacket with light shoulder highlights, sunglasses, back to viewer, one hand raised near his face
Setting
- Fiery red and orange sunset sky with yellow streaked clouds
- Dark checkered flag pattern at the left edge
- Tall black tower or pylon silhouette upper centre
- Grey road with white lane dashes beneath the cars
- Deep blue field of white stars lower left
- Small grey flying saucer in the upper sky
Text on it
- VIPER
- NIGHT DRIVIN'
- SEGA
- SLASH
- 5
How it plays
-
Modes 9
- Slash's Snake Pit
- Pedal to the Medal
- Lights Out
- Hitchhikers
- Invitational
- Drag Race
- Mancow's Mystery Caller
- Alien Abduction
- Raccoons
-
Multiballs 1
- Four-ball Multiball 4-ball
-
Goals 8
- Note Pad
- Miles
- Viper
- Double Jackpot
- Combo
- Bridge Out
- Double Scoring
- Triple Scoring
-
Wizard modes 1
- Mancow's Morning Madhouse
Made by
- Design & Mechanics
- Rob Hurtado
- Art
- Morgan Weistling
- Software
- Neil Falconer
- Software
- Orin Day
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Sound
- Kyle Johnson
- Music
- Saul "Slash" Hudson
- Display animation
- Kurt Andersen
The cast
- Mancow
Reference
Linked terms
- Left lock also called Left lock saucer also called Alien Abduction saucer
- Right lock also called Right lock saucer
- Center post also called Post-Save also called Post Save also called Light Post Save
- Note Pad also called Notepad
- Viper also called Spell Viper
- Four-ball Multiball also called Multiball
- Mancow's Mystery Caller also called Mystery Caller
- Raccoons also called Rabid Raccoons
- Mancow also called Erich Muller
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- red
- purple
- black
Fingerprint: Huge violet and magenta swirling vortex funnel dominating upper third lit by red flashers, blonde pin-up woman in yellow crop top and denim shorts centered, two sports cars on chequered circles flanking her, dense forest of individually-labeled inserts up both lanes
The most memorable element is the huge violet and magenta swirling vortex or torn-space funnel dominating the upper third of the playfield, lit by red flashers and straddled by wireform ramps. Second is the pair of printed cars - a maroon open-top roadster on the left and a cream/white vintage car on the right - each sitting on a chequered-flag roundel that mirrors the chequered band across the apron. Third is the blonde pin-up woman in a yellow crop top and denim shorts printed dead centre between the two side lanes. Fourth is the dense forest of small, individually-lettered insert labels running up both middle lanes, including JACKPOT, RACE TO and LOCK. Fifth is the black-on-white vertical mode list, SLASH SNAKE PIT through DRAG RACE, each with a red lamp beside it.
Setting
- Upper playfield painted as a violet and magenta swirling space vortex with radiating streaks
- Lower playfield a red, white and blue road-racing circuit with chequered-flag motifs
- Blue painted cabinet side rails and blue metal front panel
Symbols
- Black-and-white chequered flags
- Playing-card suits (spade, diamond, heart, club) printed as insert icons
- Red circular mode lamps
- Triangular amber arrow inserts
- Round mushroom-shaped targets
- Stylised viper wordmark
- Number 7 in 7x more
Notable shapes
- A dramatic purple vortex funnel filling the upper third, mirrored v-shaped chequered-flag wedges pointing up from the flippers, a tight cluster of triangular amber arrow inserts flanking the central lane, and a large black rubber ring encircling the centre drain
Art motifs
- Chequered-flag racing pattern
- Radial speed streaks
- Red-white-blue racing stripes
- Sponsor-style logo decals
- Chevron and arrow inserts
Themes
- Motorsport
- Street racing
- Drag racing
- Automobile
- Arcade racing
- Pin-up
Title on it
- Viper
Text on it
- VIPER
- SEGA
- HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO
- PRESS BALL LAUNCH FOR POST SAVE WHEN LIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- SLASH SNAKE PIT
- PEDAL TO THE METAL
- LIGHTS OUT
- HITCHHIKERS
- INVITATIONAL
- DRAG RACE
- JACKPOT
- RACE TO
- LOCK
- DUAL
- DIAL
- SEND
- CENTER DUAL
- MATCH OR BEAT
- 7X MORE
- CONCEPTS & SCORES
- BANK LAUNCH WHEN LIT
- COLD START WHEN LIT
- START IGNITION
- BALL LAUNCH
- SCAN QR CODE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One blonde pin-up woman printed at the centre of the playfield, yellow crop top, blue denim shorts, smiling, right hand raised with index finger pointing up, standing with legs apart between the two racing lanes |
| Vehicle | Maroon/dark red open-top vintage roadster printed on the lower left, seen from above at a three-quarter angle, sitting on a chequered-flag circle with a large white tyre behind it |
| Vehicle | Cream and white vintage racing car printed on the lower right, viewed from above, also on a chequered-flag circle with a large tyre graphic |
| Woman | A second smaller pin-up woman in a yellow top and denim shorts printed on the left instruction card on the apron |
| Vehicle | A printed muscle-car nose badge disc on the apron, plus a small circular car photo panel on the right apron |
Photograph of a modern pinball playfield seen from above inside a metal cabinet with bright blue side rails and blue front panel. The centre of the lower two-thirds is a red, white and blue road-racing lane graphic: a blonde pin-up woman in a yellow crop top and blue denim shorts stands centred, one hand raised, printed above a black-and-white chequered flag band. Flanking her are two sports cars on chequered circles, a maroon open-top roadster on the left and a cream/white vintage-style car on the right. Above her, two long symmetrical rows of dark insert panels carry yellow, green and white lettering such as JACKPOT, RACE TO, LOCK, DUAL, DIAL, SEND, 7X MORE and CENTER DUAL, flanked by triangular amber-lit arrow inserts and round mushroom targets. Black panel lettering on white reads SLASH SNAKE PIT, PEDAL TO THE METAL, LIGHTS OUT, HITCHHIKERS, INVITATIONAL and DRAG RACE, each beside a red circle lamp. The upper third is a violet and magenta swirling vortex illustration with wireform ramps, metal rails and red flasher lamps. Two flippers and a red rubber-ringed centre drain sit between the slingshots; the apron carries a large red-and-yellow VIPER logo, a car emblem disc and a SEGA mark.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- orange
- black
Fingerprint: viper night drivin', metallic cobalt-blue sports car with long white nose stripe dwarfing center, green cobra head with yellow eye in dark blue shield crest backed by white stars on deep blue, silhouetted man in black leather jacket with dark glasses standing bottom-right with back turned, enormous chrome-blue block title VIPER with red cursive NIGHT DRIVIN' underneath at top-left, blonde woman in pale catsuit beside red open-top car
A giant metallic cobalt-blue sports car with a long white nose stripe fills the centre, dwarfing everything else, with chrome wire wheels glowing against speed streaks. Second most memorable is the green cobra head with a yellow eye set inside a dark blue shield crest, backed by a field of white stars on deep blue. A silhouetted man in a black leather jacket and dark glasses stands bottom-right with his back turned, hand raised. The title 'VIPER' in chrome-blue block caps with red cursive 'NIGHT DRIVIN'' underneath is unusually large, filling the whole top-left quarter. A blonde woman in a pale catsuit stands beside a red open-top car in the burning sunset top-right.
Setting
- Fiery red and orange sunset sky with yellow streaked clouds
- Dark checkered flag pattern at the left edge
- Tall black tower or pylon silhouette upper centre
- Grey road with white lane dashes beneath the cars
- Deep blue field of white stars lower left
- Small grey flying saucer in the upper sky
Symbols
- Green cobra head in a blue shield crest
- Checkered flag pattern
- White stars on a dark blue field
- Flying saucer
- Large yellow roadside billboard
- Yellow coiled road-pattern graphic beneath the red car
- White road lane dashes
- Blue sega logo bottom right
Lettering
- Massive chrome-and-blue gradient block capitals with black outline for viper, and a smaller slanted red cursive script with white outline for night drivin' beneath it; block sans-serif sega logo in blue at the lower right
Themes
- Night driving
- Sports cars
- Speed
- Motor racing
- Road racing
- Street racing
Title on it
- Viper night drivin'
Text on it
- VIPER
- NIGHT DRIVIN'
- SEGA
- SLASH
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Large metallic cobalt-blue sports car centre, long white nose racing stripe, chrome wire wheels, bubble windscreen, angled three-quarters facing right |
| Vehicle | Red open-top sports car top right, low rounded nose, white headlights, black windscreen |
| Vehicle | White convertible bottom left with twin blue racing stripes, black number 5 on the door, number plate reading slash, chrome wheels, orange flame at the rear |
| Vehicle | Small yellow sports car bottom right, headlight glowing, seen head-on |
| Woman | Slender blonde adult woman top right, long hair, pale cream or silver catsuit, holding a bottle, standing beside the red car |
| Man | Black silhouette bottom right, leather jacket with light shoulder highlights, sunglasses, back to viewer, one hand raised near his face |
| Animal | Green cobra head with a yellow eye and open mouth, inside a dark blue shield crest lower left, above a star field |
Wide, horizontally composed airbrushed backglass in a hot red and orange palette. The top-left carries a huge chrome-and-blue block-letter title 'VIPER' with a smaller red cursive 'NIGHT DRIVIN'' slanted beneath it, set against a blood-red sunset sky streaked with yellow flame-like clouds. A tall black tower or pylon silhouette rises in the upper centre. Dominating the middle is a metallic cobalt-blue low-slung sports car with a long white racing stripe over the nose, chrome wire wheels and a bubble windscreen, angled three-quarters view driving to the right. Top right, a red open-top sports car stands beside a blonde woman in a pale cream catsuit holding a bottle, with a large yellow billboard behind her and a small grey flying saucer in the sky. Bottom left shows a white convertible with twin blue racing stripes, a number 5 on the door and a number plate reading 'SLASH', beside a green snake head inside a blue shield crest over a field of white stars. Bottom right holds a yellow sports car, a black silhouette of a man in a leather jacket and sunglasses, and a blue SEGA logo in the corner.