1977 · Williams
Wild Card
Known for Top saucer, Ace and Deuce targets and Center spinner. Saloon interior, green felt card table, red curtain, wooden wall panelling, wall painting and ceiling lamp.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- saucer
Top saucer
- Target
Ace and Deuce targets
- Spinner
Center spinner
On the playfield
Holes 3
- Top saucer saucer
- Left saucer saucer
- Lower right saucer saucer
Spinner 1
- Center spinner
Target 1
- Ace and Deuce targets
Lanes 2
- Upper side lane
- Out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Far left, wide green hat, dark moustache, green check shirt, side-on profile facing right
- man Left foreground, blue hat, tan jacket over magenta shirt, holding a fan of three cards
- man Centre-left, brown hair, pale blue/turquoise jacket, pink shirt, both hands on table holding cards, looking right
- man Centre-right, bright red cowboy hat, royal blue suit jacket, green tie, reaching across table with right hand
- man Right foreground, red cowboy hat, light blue shirt, holding two cards, back three-quarter view
- man Background centre, cream/white cowboy hat and cream suit, moustache, standing
Setting
- Saloon interior
- Green felt card table
- Red curtain
- Wooden wall panelling
- Wall painting
- Ceiling lamp
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games
- for fun and recreation.
- SKOOL
- 107,590
- NO CREDIT
- Williams
- WILD CARD
- BALL
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Joker
-
Awards 1
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucer also called Top 10,000 saucer
- Ace and Deuce targets also called Aces and Deuces
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- cream
- red
- green
- tan
Fingerprint: 'WILD CARD' spanning oval green felt table, seven hatted cowboys with poker chips and cards, three showgirls in low-cut dresses, hanging brass-and-green lamp above, framed painting of reclining woman on wall, saloon gambling scene, comic-book cartoon style.
Frontier saloon card-table scene with seven hatted card players in coloured shirts (green, tan, blue, red) crowded around a green oval table, three showgirls in low-cut dresses, and a hanging brass lamp with a green shade centred above a red-framed six-reel score window reading 107,590. The big stacked title sits across the table surface rather than above the scene. A framed painting of a reclining brunette in a green dress hangs on the upper right wall beside a small 'NO CREDIT' sign.
Setting
- Saloon interior
- Green felt card table
- Red curtain
- Wooden wall panelling
- Wall painting
- Ceiling lamp
Symbols
- Playing cards (including a fanned royal flush and a visible ace of hearts)
- Poker chip stacks
- Oil lamp
- Framed painting
- Curtains
- No credit sign
- Six score reels
Lettering
- Bold condensed sans-serif capitals in red with white outline and black shadow for the stacked title; black script/italic lowercase for the top banner; black script company name above the title
Themes
- Gambling
- Card game
- Poker
- Wild west
- Saloon
- Cowboys
- Showgirls
- Pinball backglass
Title on it
- Wild card
Text on it
- Play flipper skill games
- for fun and recreation.
- SKOOL
- 107,590
- NO CREDIT
- Williams
- WILD CARD
- BALL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Far left, wide green hat, dark moustache, green check shirt, side-on profile facing right |
| Man | Left foreground, blue hat, tan jacket over magenta shirt, holding a fan of three cards |
| Man | Centre-left, brown hair, pale blue/turquoise jacket, pink shirt, both hands on table holding cards, looking right |
| Man | Centre-right, bright red cowboy hat, royal blue suit jacket, green tie, reaching across table with right hand |
| Man | Right foreground, red cowboy hat, light blue shirt, holding two cards, back three-quarter view |
| Man | Background centre, cream/white cowboy hat and cream suit, moustache, standing |
| Man | Background right, waiter with black hair, white shirt, black bow tie and black vest, facing left |
| Woman | Left, long dark blue-black hair, red strapless dress with gold frilled trim, standing behind the table |
| Woman | Right, blonde hair with red flower, blue choker, pink-and-green ruffled dress, pointing upward with right index finger, smiling |
| Woman | Reclining brunette in a green dress inside the framed wall painting at upper right |
A brightly coloured cartoon backglass showing a busy frontier-style saloon gambling room. Seven male card players sit around an oval green felt table covered with playing cards, stacks of red, white and blue poker chips and glasses; three women in low-cut dresses stand among them (one brunette in a red-and-gold dress at left, one blonde in a green-and-pink dress at right pointing, one dark-haired woman in a green dress reclining in a framed painting on the wall). Cowboys in wide-brimmed hats dominate: a green-hatted man at far left, a blue-hatted man in a tan jacket holding a fan of cards in the left foreground, a man in a blue suit and red hat at centre-right, and a red-hatted man in a blue shirt in the right foreground. Behind them stand a cream-suited cowboy in a white hat and a waiter in a black vest. A brass-and-green shaded lamp hangs top centre, above a red-framed panel of six mechanical score reels reading 107,590. Art style is flat comic-book cartoon with heavy black outlines. Cream, red, green and tan dominate.