1977–1982 · Gottlieb & Rowamet
Vulcan
Known for Green drop targets, Star rollovers, Upper right saucer and Numbers 1-5. Raging flames, dark smoke plumes, burning city skyline along the bottom and jagged white lightning bolts.
- Years
- 1977–1982
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Rowamet
Known for
- Drop target
Green drop targets
- rollovers
Star rollovers
- saucer
Upper right saucer
- Goal
Numbers 1-5
3 games under this title
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Upper right saucer saucer
Drop target 1
- Green drop targets
Target 1
- Right #5 standup target
Lanes 2
- Star rollovers rollovers
- Out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Tall curvy bare-armed blonde woman, left of centre, face in profile to the right with heavy-lidded eyes and faint smile; very long yellow-blonde hair streaming behind; pink-and-red flame crown/headpiece; red bikini-style top; wide gold-yellow corset belt with flame scrollwork; red leggings; long teal-green sash hanging from her hip; bare feet; right arm thrust straight out to the right with index finger pointing
Setting
- Raging flames
- Dark smoke plumes
- Burning city skyline along the bottom
- Jagged white lightning bolts
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME
- GAME OVER
- Gottlieb's
- FIRE QUEEN
- SHOOT AGAIN
- BALL IN PLAY
- 100,000
- 10
- 3X
- 44460
- 00000
- 5
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- Numbers 1-5
- 2x Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Star rollovers also called red star rollovers
- Numbers 1-5 also called 1-5
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Fire Queen
- orange
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: fire queen: Enormous roaring fireball covering middle, ten white numbered holes 1000-10000 zig-zagging through flames, BONUS VALUE 2X on yellow burst left side, two red-white ribbon banners both reading SPECIAL WHEN LIT, green-yellow angled plastic ramp assembly, two small green creature heads with yellow eyes
The dominant feature is a single enormous roaring fireball covering the middle of the field, studded with ten white numbered scoring holes running 1000 up to 10000 in a zig-zag, with 'BONUS VALUE 2X' printed on a yellow burst to its left. Flanking the fireball are two matching red-and-white ribbon banners both reading SPECIAL WHEN LIT, and above them an angled plastic ramp assembly painted in green, yellow and red. Just above the apron sits a red starburst reading SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT, flanked by two white plastic lane guides, and below that a large blue-and-red arrow banner spanning the width reading FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET. The only figurative art is a pair of small bright-green creature heads with yellow eyes and open jaws, mirrored left and right beside the fireball.
Setting
- Giant central fireball of red, orange and yellow flames on a pale cream ground
- Upper playfield crowded with coloured plastics, posts and wire guides
- Lower apron in grey-white with blue-bordered instruction panels
- Left and right wooden cabinet rails visible at the edges of the photograph
Symbols
- Flames
- Starbursts
- Arrows
- Lettered ribbon banners
- White round scoring holes
- Post and lane markers
- Spark/star shapes on the left upper plastics
Notable shapes
- Large multi-lobed fireball with ten white round scoring holes
- Two white plastic lane guides flanking a red starburst above the apron
- Angled plastics ramp on the left
- Red score-reel windows at the front of the cabinet showing 25¢
Art motifs
- Yellow burst discs with black text
- Red banners with white lettering
- Blue-and-red horizontal arrow
- White plastic lane guides flanking the apron
Themes
- Fire
- Flames
- Bonus values
- Magic numbers and match feature
Title on it
- Fire queen
Text on it
- FIRE QUEEN
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ONE OR TWO PLAYERS - 5 BALLS PER PLAYER
- INSERT COIN AND/OR PRESS CREDIT BUTTON TO RESET MACHINE, REPEAT FOR SECOND PLAYER
- IF THRU 5 NUMBER SEQUENCE SCORES 500 POINTS, LIGHTS WHITE TARGETS FOR DOUBLE BONUS ADVANCE AND LIGHTS CORRESPONDING STAR ROLLOVER BUTTONS. COMPLETING NUMBER SEQUENCE LIGHTS 'SPECIAL'
- COMPLETING GREEN TARGETS LIGHTS 'EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT'
- COMPLETING WHITE TARGETS RESETS TARGETS AND LIGHTS '2X BONUS VALUE'
- BONUS IS SCORED UPON COMPLETION OF BALL IN PLAY. BONUS VALUE DOUBLES ON LAST BALL
- MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES ONE REPLAY
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 80,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 100,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 150,000 POINTS
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A.
- 100 OR 1,000 WHEN LIT
- 100 000 MATCH WHEN LIT
- L-SHOOT
- BONUS VALUE
- 2X
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- GOOD AND THE 300 AND 500 FIRE POINTS
- 100
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- 10000
- 25¢
- A3980
- © 1978
- A2032
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | A small bright-green creature head with yellow eyes and an open red mouth, printed just inside the left slingshot area beside the fireball |
| Monster | A matching small bright-green creature head with yellow eyes and open mouth, mirrored on the right beside the fireball |
Full-length view of a solid-state electro-mechanical playfield shot from above, with the cabinet's lower apron and two red 25 cent score reels visible at the bottom edge. The entire field is a fire motif: a huge red, orange and yellow fireball erupts up the centre, its flames printed in jagged tongues, and it is covered with a diagonal ladder of white circular scoring holes labelled 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 and 10000, each set in its own small flame burst. On the left of the fireball a yellow burst reads BONUS VALUE with 2X beneath it, and two red-and-white ribbon banners on the left and right read SPECIAL WHEN LIT. Slanted wings on both sides carry the instructions SHOOT AGAIN and GOOD AND THE 300 AND 500 FIRE POINTS respectively. The upper playfield is packed with plastics: four red-topped pop bumper caps in a row, two large white circular targets reading 100, a green-bordered panel reading 100 000 MATCH WHEN LIT, a top-left starburst reading 100 OR 1,000 WHEN LIT, and a small '5' lane marker. Two small green creature heads with yellow eyes flank the fireball low down. The lower apron is grey-white with a blue-bordered rules card, a blue-and-red arrow banner, and a blue D. Gottlieb & Co. signature.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Fire Queen
- red
- orange
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's FIRE QUEEN with towering flame-crowned blonde woman red outfit gold corset belt arm extended pointing right, jagged white lightning bolt vertically down middle, solid wall red-orange-yellow flames background, burning town skyline bottom edge, two mechanical score windows pale yellow cards upper right with 100,000 plates, fire-themed psychedelic comic style
The single most memorable element is the towering flame-crowned blonde woman in a red outfit with a gold corset belt, arm fully extended, index finger pointing to the right. Second is the black-outlined starburst explosion carrying the red block title, with a jagged white lightning bolt running vertically straight down the middle of the panel and cutting between her and the title. Third, the background is a solid wall of red-orange-yellow flames with a burning town skyline along the bottom edge. Fourth, two separate five-digit mechanical score windows with pale yellow number cards are stacked at the upper right with '100,000' plates beside them.
Setting
- Raging flames
- Dark smoke plumes
- Burning city skyline along the bottom
- Jagged white lightning bolts
Symbols
- Spiky yellow starburst explosion
- White lightning bolt
- Flame crown
- Playing-card sized score windows
- Small round red lamps
- Scattered dark green gem/crystal chunks
Lettering
- Heavy black-outlined comic display type; title in tall red block capitals with black splatter outline on the starburst, with 'gottlieb's' in white cursive script above it; instructions in plain black-outlined block caps
Themes
- Fire
- Flames
- Dreams of gold
- Comic horror
- Villainess
Title on it
- Gottlieb's fire queen
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME
- GAME OVER
- Gottlieb's
- FIRE QUEEN
- SHOOT AGAIN
- BALL IN PLAY
- 100,000
- 10
- 3X
- 44460
- 00000
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Tall curvy bare-armed blonde woman, left of centre, face in profile to the right with heavy-lidded eyes and faint smile; very long yellow-blonde hair streaming behind; pink-and-red flame crown/headpiece; red bikini-style top; wide gold-yellow corset belt with flame scrollwork; red leggings; long teal-green sash hanging from her hip; bare feet; right arm thrust straight out to the right with index finger pointing |
A fire-themed backglass in a rough comic/psychedelic line style, dominated by a tall, curvy, bare-armed blonde woman standing left of centre, her face in profile turned to the right with heavy-lidded eyes and a small smile. She wears a red bikini-style top, a wide gold/yellow corset belt with flame swirls, red leggings, and a long teal sash hanging from her hip. A pink-and-red flame crown sits on her head, and her right arm is thrust straight out to the right with her index finger extended, pointing across the panel. Long yellow-blonde hair streams out behind her. The whole background is a raging inferno of red, orange and yellow flames with jagged white lightning bolts zig-zagging down through the centre, dark smoke plumes rising at the top, and a burning city skyline with leaning buildings and scattered red-roofed houses along the bottom. Colours are overwhelmingly red, orange/gold and yellow, with teal-green accents and a cream outer border. Two mechanical score windows with green frames and yellow number cards sit upper right, flanked by small red round lamps. Small instructions in black block caps sit at top left and mid left.
Backglass Standard
- red
- orange
- black
- magenta
Fingerprint: VULCAN title in red letters on yellow starburst, muscular blond hero in loincloth brandishing yellow lightning-bolt lance, white zig-zag lightning bolt through volcano landscape, red-orange lava slopes, mechanical score reels, yellow explosion
The single most memorable element is a muscular blond cartoon hero in a loincloth, charging to the right while brandishing a yellow lightning-bolt lance, set against a red-orange volcano landscape split by a huge white zig-zag lightning bolt. Second, the title VULCAN appears in enormous red letters with a heavy white outline on a yellow starburst. Third, four white mechanical score reel windows stacked in two pairs, each pair flanked by red-and-gold numbered roundels. Fourth, the top-left magenta starburst instruction panel reading PLAYERS 1 2 3 4 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME.
Setting
- Volcano and lava rock slope
- Black night sky
- White lightning bolt
- Yellow explosion starburst
- Scattered dark boulders
Symbols
- White lightning bolts
- Yellow lightning-bolt lance
- Yellow explosion starburst
- Dark rounded boulders
- Numbered red-and-gold roundels
- Black-and-yellow lightning stripe border
Lettering
- Very large bold sans-serif block capitals in red with a thick white outline and dark drop shadow, arched slightly across a yellow starburst; smaller magenta and black sans-serif capitals in the corner panels
Themes
- Volcano
- Lightning
- Hero
- Explosion
- Mythology
- Lightning bolt weapon
Title on it
- Vulcan
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- VULCAN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One muscular bare-chested cartoon hero on the left, peach skin, spiky blond hair with gold crest, gold round-emblem belt, magenta-red loincloth, gold armband on right bicep, right fist clenched forward, left hand holding a long yellow lightning-bolt lance, lunging right with bent legs |
A printed backglass/translite in a white outer cabinet frame, built around a volcano-and-lightning theme. Background is a black sky with a jagged white lightning bolt zig-zagging from the top edge down through the middle, with fiery red, orange and magenta rock and lava slopes, dark rounded boulders scattered at the right, and a yellow-orange starburst explosion radiating behind the central logo. On the left a single muscular cartoon hero lunges rightward: bare-chested, peach skin, spiky blond hair, a gold crest on his head, a gold round-emblem belt, a magenta-red loincloth, a gold armband on his right bicep, right fist clenched and thrust forward, left hand gripping a long yellow lightning-bolt lance, legs bent in mid-stride. Two stacked pairs of white mechanical reel windows with black digit boxes and round red-and-gold numbered medallions (1 to 4) sit across the upper half. Top left is a magenta starburst panel with a PLAYERS 1 2 3 4 block and small instruction text. The white cabinet border carries black and yellow lightning-bolt stripes along the bottom. Art style is flat, saturated comic-book printing with heavy black outlines.
Backglass Fire Queen
- red
- orange
- yellow
- teal
Fingerprint: fire queen, flame-haired woman in strapless red bodice stands within wall of red-orange fire streaked with teal-green flames and white lightning bolts, extended arm points toward yellow starburst carrying title, two stacked mechanical score windows set in teal frame upper right with yellow burst behind, flat high-contrast comic-book illustration style, saturated primary colors
The single most memorable element is a flame-haired woman in a strapless red costume standing inside a wall of red-and-orange fire, streaked with teal-green flame tongues and crossed by white lightning bolts. Her outstretched arm points directly at the yellow starburst carrying the title. Two stacked mechanical score windows in a teal frame sit at upper right, with a yellow burst behind them.
Setting
- Raging stylised flames
- White lightning bolts
- Yellow starburst explosion
Symbols
- Stylised flames
- White lightning bolts
- Yellow starburst explosion
- Yellow numbered player circles
- Score digit windows
- Small white numbered square
Lettering
- Big red block capitals with white outline and black drop shadow for the main title, smaller white cursive script above it; small sans-serif capitals in the corners
Themes
- Fire
- Flames
- Queen
- Supernatural
- Comic book
- Lightning
Title on it
- Fire queen
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- SAME TIME
- FIRE QUEEN
- BALL IN PLAY
- 12
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One adult woman on the left third of the glass, pale skin, long voluminous red-orange hair merging into the flames behind her, wearing a strapless red bodice with a gold/ochre corset-style central panel and matching red ankle boots. three-quarter body, right arm extended horizontally to the right holding a small pale object, left arm bent at her hip, head in profile to the right with a fierce expression. |
A painted, comic-book style backglass dominated by roaring stylised flames in red, orange, yellow and teal-green, shot through with white jagged lightning bolts. On the left stands one adult woman, a red-haired flame-haired queen in a strapless red bodice with a gold/ochre corset panel, red ankle boots, one arm thrust out to the right holding a small white object while flames stream behind her. A large yellow starburst explosion occupies the centre-lower area and carries the title lettering: a small white cursive word above big red block capitals with a white outline and dark drop shadow. On the upper right is a teal-framed white score panel with two horizontal rows of mechanical digit windows showing white numbers on black, flanked by small yellow circles carrying red numerals. The top left corner carries a multi-coloured player-count notice, and the bottom left has small gold ball-in-play text. A tiny white square with a black number sits at mid-right. Art style is flat, high-contrast, comic illustration with heavy black outlines.