Also known as W?D
1995 · Bally
WHO dunnit
Known for Elevator, Telephone, Lock Entry and Roulette. Arched window or clock face with numerals, dark panelled interior walls and red carpeted floor.
- Year
- 1995
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Elevator
- Hole
Telephone
- Hole
Lock Entry
- Lane
Roulette
- Multiball
Basement Multiball
- Multiball
Roof Multiball
- Mode
Penthouse Party
On the playfield
- purple
- blue
- black
- red
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 2 ramps
- 1 spinner
- 2 target banks
- 2 slingshots
Toy 1
- Elevator
Holes 3
- Telephone
- Lock Entry
- Sewer scoop
Targets 5
- Taxi targets
- Mystery target
- Penthouse Key target
- Red and Black posts
- Retractable 3-bank
Lane 1
- Roulette
Lights 1
- Train Combo light insert
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Foreground left, large half-figure detective, brown fedora, red trench coat over white shirt and dark tie, holding black corded telephone receiver and a folded paper, other hand shading his eyes, serious expression
- man Young man with round glasses, pale pink short-sleeve t-shirt, blue jeans, arms folded, short brown hair
- man Slicked-back dark hair, dark suit and tie, turned in profile with one hand raised in a gesture, mouth open
- woman Red-haired, sleeveless long scarlet dress, standing between the two men, smiling, one arm raised
- man Older grey-haired man in black tuxedo jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, smiling
- woman Blonde, pale pink blouse and dark skirt, black heels, holding a small handbag and a long thin object
Setting
- Arched window or clock face with numerals
- Dark panelled interior walls
- Red carpeted floor
Text on it
- Bally
- WHO
- dunnit
- A MURDER MYSTERY
- M
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- TM
How it plays
-
The plunge 1
- Super skill shot
-
Modes 4
- Penthouse Party
- Taxi Chase
- Chase the Killer
- Tournament Mode
-
Multiballs 4
- Basement Multiball
- Roof Multiball
- Midnight Madness
- Elevator Madness
-
Goals 14
- Clue
- Whodunnit
- Interrogate Suspect
- Evidence
- Train Combos
- Equipment
- Revolver
- Magnifying Glass
- Flashlight
- Map
- Penthouse Key
- Spin
- Main Floor
- Roof
Made by
- Design & Software
- Dwight Sullivan
- Design
- Barry Oursler
- Art
- Linda Deal (aka Doane)
- Art
- Paul Barker
- Mechanics
- Zofia Bil
- Sound & Music
- Paul Heitsch
- Display animation
- Adam Rhine
- Display animation
- Brian Morris
Reference
Linked terms
- Telephone also called Phone
- Taxi targets also called Taxi bank
- Lock Entry also called super skill shot lane
- Sewer also called right scoop
- Basement Multiball also called Basement Jackpot
- Penthouse Party also called Penthouse
- Chase the Killer also called Catch the Killer
- Whodunnit also called Who Dunnit
- Train Combos also called Loop Champion
- Magnifying Glass also called Magnifying Glasses
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple
- blue
- black
- red
Fingerprint: Who Dunnit, giant magnifying glass lying across lower right framing printed hand and hat, five royal playing cards showing suspect faces, deep arched police-station gateway with vault door and chrome dials, red AUTO FIRE oval between two red flippers, dark blue purple lighting scheme with black and orange accents
A giant magnifying glass lying across the lower right of the playfield, its lens framing a printed hand holding a hat, is the single most memorable element. Second is the whodunnit card motif: a row of five royal playing cards (King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Ace) showing human faces as suspects, and small WHO DONE IT clue cards printed throughout the mid-field. Third, the deep arched police-station gateway with the vault door and two chrome dial combinations directly beneath it. Fourth, a red AUTO FIRE oval sitting between two red flippers directly above the WHO dunnit apron logo.
Setting
- Victorian city skyline of gas-lit terraces and a clock tower
- Brick arched police station gateway with a steel vault door
- Gaslamp and street lamp posts
- Whodunnit detective card motif across the mid-field
Symbols
- Playing cards
- Magnifying glass
- Vault door with combination dials
- Brick arch gateway
- Gas street lamps
- Arrow instruction signs
- Clue cards
- Question-mark handout card at the right apron
Notable shapes
- Huge magnifying glass with chrome rim and black handle over the lower right
- Arched brick vault gateway at the top centre
- Triangular arrow instruction inserts on both lower sides
- Row of five royal playing cards across the lower centre
- Cutout under the magnifier lens showing the pointing hand
Art motifs
- Card-suit suspects
- Detective clue cards
- Gaslit victorian skyline
- Fil noir lamp lighting
Themes
- Murder mystery
- Detective
- Victorian london
- Playing cards
- Clue and suspects
- Police station
Title on it
- Who dunnit
Text on it
- WHO dunnit
- A MURDER MYSTERY
- USE TO ANSWER DISPLAY QUESTIONS
- HOLD FOR STATUS REPORT
- USE TO CHANGE LANES
- AUTO FIRE
- FLASHING
- SUSPECT
- LIT
- VICTIM
- EQUIPMENT
- LOUPE
- SECRET
- CLUE
- BAR
- SAFE
- WHO DONE IT
- PALACE
- THE POLICE STATION
- Williams Electronic Gaming, Inc.
- Design: Dougalex & Barry Outerbridge
- Art & Sound: Warren Davis
- TRADITIONAL
- IN THE CLOCK
- SOLVED
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Five printed human male faces on a row of playing-card 'suspects': a crowned king, a queen, a jester-like jack, a clean-shaven man and an older man, each in victorian dress |
| Other | Printed pointing hand with an index finger, framed by the magnifying glass lens |
| Vehicle | Printed black top hat held beneath the pointing hand inside the magnifier lens |
Full-length electro-mechanical murder-mystery playfield, photographed lit under blue-purple LED lighting, with black cabinet sides and the stainless apron visible below. The art is a Victorian-London whodunnit: a black industrial city skyline of gas-lit terraces and a clock tower runs across the top, with an arched brick gateway labelled as a police station entrance in the upper middle. Below it sits a large blue safe/vault door with two chrome round dials and a riveted frame, flanked by printed playing cards reading WHO DONE IT. Two clear plastic ramps curve down from the upper left and right into the centre. A large magnifying glass with a chrome rim and green-tinted lens, black handle and a printed pointing hand lies over the lower-right playfield. A row of five portrait playing cards (King through Ace, faces and pips) spans the lower centre, labelled FLASHING SUSPECT / LIT VICTIM, above a red AUTO FIRE oval flanked by two red flippers. Left and right aprons carry arrow-shaped instruction inserts. Orange, yellow and blue card-shaped drop targets form two banks in the mid-field, with a white safe and a blue BAR tile below. Dominant colours: purple-blue, black, red, amber.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- dark blue
- red
- orange
- black
Fingerprint: Large detective foreground in brown fedora and red trench coat holding telephone receiver, hand shading eyes. Young man in glasses and pink t-shirt, slicked dark-haired man in suit, red-haired woman in scarlet dress, tuxedoed grey-haired man. "WHO dunnit" title with "WHO" in red gradient block and "dunnit" in flowing cursive. White chalk body outline on red carpet.
A white chalk outline of a sprawled human body painted on the red carpet at the murder-scene floor. Second, the enormous title where the word WHO is heavy red gradient block capitals and dunnit is flowing cursive script, with a large fingerprint-like dark swirl behind the script. Third, the oversized foreground detective in a fedora holding a telephone receiver to his face, one hand raised over his brow. Fourth, the arched numeral wheel 1-8 with an M and a pointer above the title. Fifth, the old one-armed slot machine with three white reels on the right edge.
Setting
- Arched window or clock face with numerals
- Dark panelled interior walls
- Red carpeted floor
Symbols
- Chalk body outline
- Telephone receiver
- Handbag
- Arched numeral wheel
- Three-reel gambling machine
- Fingerprint-like swirl
Lettering
- Mixed: who in heavy red-to-orange gradient block capitals with thick black drop shadow; dunnit in large red cursive italic script; a murder mystery in flat red sans-serif capitals
Themes
- Detective
- Murder mystery
- Crime
- Noir
- Casino
- Slot machine
- Chalk outline
Title on it
- Who dunnit
Text on it
- Bally
- WHO
- dunnit
- A MURDER MYSTERY
- M
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- TM
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Foreground left, large half-figure detective, brown fedora, red trench coat over white shirt and dark tie, holding black corded telephone receiver and a folded paper, other hand shading his eyes, serious expression |
| Man | Young man with round glasses, pale pink short-sleeve t-shirt, blue jeans, arms folded, short brown hair |
| Man | Slicked-back dark hair, dark suit and tie, turned in profile with one hand raised in a gesture, mouth open |
| Woman | Red-haired, sleeveless long scarlet dress, standing between the two men, smiling, one arm raised |
| Man | Older grey-haired man in black tuxedo jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, smiling |
| Woman | Blonde, pale pink blouse and dark skirt, black heels, holding a small handbag and a long thin object |
| Other | White chalk outline of a sprawled human body drawn flat on the red carpet, not a living figure |
A painted crime-mystery backglass in a deep blue and red palette, lit like a smoky detective film noir. At upper left a red script wordmark sits in the corner; across the top runs a huge title, block capitals WHO followed by cursive dunnit, in red-to-orange gradient with heavy black shadow, over the subtitle A MURDER MYSTERY in red capitals. Behind the title an arched window or clock face shows numerals 1 to 8 and an M, with a hand pointer. Six figures stand on a red carpet in a line: at far left foreground a large detective in a brown fedora and red trench coat, white shirt and dark tie, holding a black corded telephone receiver and a folded paper, one hand shading his eyes; then a young man in glasses, pale pink T-shirt and blue jeans with arms folded; a slick-haired man in a dark suit and tie gesturing with a raised hand; a red-haired woman in a sleeveless scarlet dress; an older grey-haired man in a black tuxedo and bow tie; and a blonde woman in a pale pink blouse and dark skirt holding a handbag. At right stands a wooden-flavoured gambling machine with three reels, a metal chute and a lower panel of pale windows.