1975 · Bally
Wizard!
Known for Flags lane, Top saucer, Flag 1 and Flag 3. Blue sky with white sunburst rays, formation of dark aircraft silhouettes, wall of orange and yellow flames and yellow field with red oval spots.
- Year
- 1975
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Lane
Flags lane
- saucer
Top saucer
- Target
Flag 1
- Target
Flag 3
- Target
Flag 4
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Top saucer saucer
Bumper 1
- Yellow bumpers
Targets 6
- Flag 1
- Flag 2
- Flag 3
- Flag 4
- Center standup target
- Right standup target
Lanes 3
- Flags lane
- Star rollovers rollovers
- Top rollover buttons rollovers
Post or gate 1
- Upper-right gate gate
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Left, brunette with large green feathered headdress, green beaded bikini top and patterned skirt, arms outstretched
- man Centre-left, curly brown hair, blue sunglasses, white sleeveless vest with circular pinball emblem, grinning
- woman Centre, tall red-haired pin-up in pale blue low-cut mini-dress with white sash, barefoot, long white leg covering, holding a chain
- other Right, kneeling figure in red-and-black hooded jester mask and red costume, both arms raised, holding a white placard
Setting
- Blue sky with white sunburst rays
- Formation of dark aircraft silhouettes
- Wall of orange and yellow flames
- Yellow field with red oval spots
Text on it
- WIZARD!
- Bally
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- LOVE
- EVIL
- WHEN LIT
- 1000
- 10000
- 1-4 CAN PLAY
- 3 BALL IN PLAY
- TOOM!
- PINBALL
- FREE
- AT LAST
Made by
- Design
- Greg Kmiec
- Art
- Dave Christensen
Reference
Linked terms
- Flags lane also called Flag award lane also called flag collect lane
- Top saucer also called saucer
- Top rollover buttons also called Left star also called right star
- Center standup target also called Center Target
- Right standup target also called Special target also called recessed 5,000 standup
- Yellow bumpers also called Bumpers
- Upper-right gate also called Top gate
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- red
- blue
- orange
Fingerprint: Wizard, huge orange-bearded wizard head at bottom center with bulging pale-blue eye and small blue top hat, swirling beard reads as fire, COLLECT BONUS arcing beneath, second larger wizard above wearing star-patterned top hat with splayed hands, sixteen colorful starburst medallions with score values in loose vertical columns, two enormous red cone slingshots with white star splashes, yellow field, carnival theme
The dominant figure is a huge orange-bearded wizard's head at the bottom centre, with a bulging pale-blue eye, a small blue top hat, and a beard that reads as swirling fire, with the words COLLECT BONUS arcing beneath it. A second, larger wizard wearing a star-patterned top hat stands directly above it, its hands splayed as if presenting the four-bumper cluster. Sixteen brightly coloured starburst medallions, each carrying a score value, cover the yellow field in loose vertical columns. Two enormous red cone slingshots with white star splashes and pointed caps face each other across the mid-field, one reading TRIPLE-KING and the other BUBBLE LOBO. A single red cursive script wordmark sits on the black apron below a white line drawing of a standing figure throwing a ball.
Setting
- Flat bright yellow playfield field
- Red and orange starburst medallions
- Pale blue patches behind the wizard figures
- Black apron at the base carrying instruction cards
Symbols
- Shooting stars
- White five-pointed stars
- Score value medallions
- Circular bumpers
- Wire-ball diamond
- Flame and smoke shapes
- Coloured drop-target flags
- Red cones with white star splashes
Notable shapes
- Large circular metal ball-guide ring forming a diamond in the centre of the upper field
- Arched top-lane return on the right edge with a printed column of six 100 starbursts
- Flame-shaped beard sweeping down the centre of the playfield
- Pointed red cone slingshots
- Five-lobed crown on the bottom wizard head
Art motifs
- Starbursts
- Flames
- Spotlight rays
- Scroll banners
- Confetti-like star specks
Themes
- Wizard
- Magic
- Stars
- Shooters gallery
- Carousel
- Carnival
Title on it
- Wizard
Text on it
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LOST
- ADVANCE BONUS
- LAUNCH BALL
- SHOOT AGAIN
- SPECIAL
- LUCKY 100 WHEN LIT
- BONUS 3.000 WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- TOP LANE BONUS 1000 WHEN LIT
- FEATURE TOWER UP
- LUNAR BONUS 5000 WHEN LIT
- ORBIT
- 2X SCORE
- 3.000
- 100
- 1000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- 10,000
- SPINNER
- FLAG 1
- FLAG 2
- FLAG 3
- FLIP FLAGS ADVANCE BONUS
- TRIPLE-KING
- BUBBLE LOBO
- DOUBLE BONUS
- COLLECT BONUS
- WIZARD
- INSTRUCTIONS
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- TILT ENDS BALL
- 5 BALLS PER GAME
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- PLEASE PAY TOP
- INSERT COIN AND WAIT FOR MACHINE TO RESET BEFORE INSERTING COIN FOR NEXT PLAYER
- SHOOT TARGET AND EXTRA BALL LANE, LIGHT WHEN LIT
- REACH 10TH TARGET FOR SPECIAL, TARGET WHEN LIT
- REACH 5TH TARGET FOR SPECIAL, TARGET WHEN LIT
- EXTRA BALL FOR BALL THIRD EXTRA BALL LANE WHEN LIT
- ONLY LIT BALLS COUNT FOR SCORE
- TOP SAUCER ADVANCES BONUS 3 STEPS AND SCORES 1000
- TOP SAUCER BONUS BONUS 5 STEPS AND SCORES WHEN LIT
- LIT OUTHOLE IN RIGHT FEATURE LANE INCREASES SCORING VALUE AS TOP OUTHOLE IS COMPLETED
- LIT SAUCER BUMPER BALL IN PLAY FROM WHERE IT SCORED
- WITH NUMBER WHICH LIGHTS ON BLOCK GLASS AT END OF GAME
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 15,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 120,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 140,000 POINTS
- 2 PLAYERS QUARTER
- 2 PLAYS QUARTER
- SCORE BONUS
- SCORES DISPLAYED
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | A crowned wizard head at the bottom centre with a broad orange face, a bulging pale-blue eye, a small blue top hat, and a long swirling orange-and-yellow flame-like beard; the words collect bonus arc beneath it in red |
| Other | A second wizard figure above the centre wearing a black top hat decorated with yellow shooting stars, pale hands held open and palms forward, body in blue and orange, partly hidden by the wire-ball gate |
| Other | Line-drawn white stick-figure of a person in a red and black uniform standing on the black apron, one arm raised, with a small white ball drawn beside them |
Full playfield seen from above through worn yellowed playfield glass, with the lockdown bar and two coin mechanisms below. The art is a mid-century cartoon of a lumbering wooden wizard: a long orange-brown flame-like beard and a star-patterned top hat stand at the centre, while a crowned, wide-eyed wizard head in orange and blue sits at the bottom centre, flanked by two large white-and-red flipper bats. A yellow field behind them is scattered with red, white and blue starburst medallions carrying score values. Four circular bumpers cluster across the upper half, a metal wire-ball gate forms a diamond below them, and a lane return runs down the right edge past a column of 100 starbursts. Two large red cone slingshots with white star flourishes sit mid-field, labelled TRIPLE-KING left and BUBBLE LOBO right. The lower third is a plain yellow apron carrying a black instruction card left, a black WIZARD card right, a cursive script wordmark in the centre, and a red TILT ENDS BALL sign in the lower right corner.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- blue
- white
Fingerprint: WIZARD with star inside A, red-haired tightrope walker in pale blue mini-dress, chain in hand, man with sunglasses and pinball emblem behind, red-black jester figure at right, orange flame wall, searchlight rays, comic style with orange and sky-blue palette
A tightrope-walking red-haired pin-up in a pale blue mini-dress and long white sash, stepping across the front of the artwork in bare feet with a chain in her hand, dominating the centre. Close behind her, a grinning curly-haired man in dark sunglasses and a white tank top bearing a circular 'PINBALL' emblem. A masked jester figure in red-and-black hood at the right brandishes a white placard overhead. The huge red 'WIZARD!' title with a star inside the A, set against an orange flame wall and a sky of searchlight rays.
Setting
- Blue sky with white sunburst rays
- Formation of dark aircraft silhouettes
- Wall of orange and yellow flames
- Yellow field with red oval spots
Symbols
- Five-pointed star inside the title
- Red starbursts for player numbers
- Two blank white score ribbons
- Blue curling banners
- Red ovals
- White bomb with fuse
- Chain
- Yellow starburst behind the bomb
Lettering
- Large red slab-serif capitals with white star in the a, plus small cream cursive script in the corner
Themes
- Wizardry
- Flames
- Pin-up
- Comic book
- Aircraft
- Jester
Title on it
- Wizard!
Text on it
- WIZARD!
- Bally
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- LOVE
- EVIL
- WHEN LIT
- 1000
- 10000
- 1-4 CAN PLAY
- 3 BALL IN PLAY
- TOOM!
- PINBALL
- FREE
- AT LAST
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left, brunette with large green feathered headdress, green beaded bikini top and patterned skirt, arms outstretched |
| Man | Centre-left, curly brown hair, blue sunglasses, white sleeveless vest with circular pinball emblem, grinning |
| Woman | Centre, tall red-haired pin-up in pale blue low-cut mini-dress with white sash, barefoot, long white leg covering, holding a chain |
| Other | Right, kneeling figure in red-and-black hooded jester mask and red costume, both arms raised, holding a white placard |
A wide rectangular backglass in a bright airbrushed comic style. Across the top, a pale blue sky with white sunburst rays and a formation of small dark aircraft silhouettes, overlaid by a huge red block-letter title reading 'WIZARD!' with a white star cut into the A and a small red flourish, and a cream cursive company script tucked into the top-left corner. A wall of orange-and-yellow flames spans the width beneath the title, pierced by two long white ribbon banners carrying blank score windows (dark rectangles) and by two red starbursts labelled '1 UP' and '2 UP'. Three comic-book figures stand centre: a brunette woman in a green feathered headdress and green beaded bikini top on the left, a curly-haired man in a white sleeveless vest and blue sunglasses behind, and a tall red-haired woman in a pale blue mini-dress and white sash stepping forward centre-right. At far right a fourth figure in a red-and-black jester/hood mask kneels with arms raised, holding a white sign. Lower half: yellow field with red oval spots, blue curling banners and rings labelled 'LOVE LOVE', 'EVIL' and 'WHEN LIT', white score numerals '1000' and '10000', red ovals '1-4 CAN PLAY' and '3 BALL IN PLAY', and a white bomb marked 'TOOM!'
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- blue
- orange
Fingerprint: Shirtless muscular blond man hoisting enormous glossy red bowling ball, tall red-haired woman in sheer white nightgown with heavy chain draped between them, black-haired belly dancer in jeweled turban flanked by crouching duplicates, two symmetrical blue target rings labeled LOVE and EVIL, fire wall separates dark searchlit sky from pale foreground, WIZARD title dominates upper third
The most memorable feature is a shirtless blond man in dark sunglasses and a white singlet hoisting an enormous glossy red bowling ball, standing arm-in-arm with a redhead in a sheer white nightgown, a heavy chain draped between them. Second is the fire: a solid wall of orange and yellow flame separating the dark blue searchlit night sky from the pale yellow-green foreground. Third, the two symmetrical blue target rings labelled LOVE on the left and EVIL on the right, each ringed with a red ball and framed by crouching belly dancers. Fourth, the top-heavy composition where the fire-red WIZARD! title fills nearly the full glass width. Fifth, a small blue-and-yellow TOMMY starburst badge low in the centre above GAME OVER.
Setting
- Dark blue night sky with sweeping white searchlight beams
- Distant grey flying saucers with trailing beams
- A continuous wall of orange and yellow flames across the middle
- Flat pale yellow-green lower background
- Blue and black radial sunburst rays behind the bottom half
- Red oval dots scattered over the green field
Symbols
- Playing-card suit pips in blue and red ovals
- A red bowling ball
- A yellow star inside the title and a starburst badge
- Rows of white numbered reels
- Two circular target rings
- A chain and shackle
- Flying saucers
- Searchlight beams
Lettering
- Very large red slab-serif capitals with heavy black outline and drop shadow, each letter containing a white-outlined red star, plus a yellow cursive script logotype in the upper left; small lettering is bold yellow block capitals on cream reel panels and on the blue rings
Themes
- Wizardry and magic
- Pinball
- Bowling
- Belly dancers
- Fire
- Night sky and flying saucers
- Love versus evil
- Theatrical showbiz
Title on it
- Wizard!
Text on it
- Bally
- 16
- WIZARD!
- 1UP
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4UP
- 3
- 1
- 9
- 0
- FREE
- AT LAST
- Bally's
- PINBALL
- LOVE
- EVIL
- 1000
- WHEN LIT
- TOMMY
- 1-4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central, shirtless muscular blond man, short curly hair, black sunglasses, white singlet with a circular blue-and-red emblem, studded leather wristband, forearm tattoo, bent knee raised, heaving a huge red bowling ball forward with one hand |
| Woman | Tall red-haired woman at centre right, sheer white slip falling off one shoulder, white fur-trimmed coat hanging from her arm, long stiletto-heeled leg extended to the right in a grey high-heeled shoe |
| Woman | Left of centre, black-haired belly dancer in a green jeweled turban with red feather, red-and-green beaded bikini top, beaded hip belt, striped green-and-red skirt panels, smiling, arms outstretched |
| Woman | Right of centre, duplicate belly dancer, green turban and beaded bikini, one arm flung up and back, dancing |
| Woman | Low on the right, a third crouching dancer in green and red, one arm raised |
| Other | A heavy metal chain and shackle running across the bottom centre, plus a small inset window showing a bare arm and a score digit |
Illustrated late-1970s trans-lit backglass in a wide yellow-gold wooden frame. A huge red, black-shadowed serif title reading WIZARD! slants across the top, each letter containing a white-outlined red star, with a yellow-orange cursive script company logotype in the upper left and a small blue number above the title. Behind the title is a dark blue night sky with white searchlight beams and distant flying saucers, and a wall of orange-yellow flames rising across the middle. Centre stage is a trio: a shirtless muscular blond man in dark sunglasses wearing a white singlet with a circular blue-and-red emblem and a studded wristband, hoisting a huge glossy red bowling ball; a tall red-haired woman in a sheer white nightgown slipping off one shoulder, with a white fur-trimmed coat over her arm and a heavy chain; and a smiling black-haired belly dancer in a green jeweled turban with red feather and a red-and-green beaded bikini. Crouching duplicates of the belly dancer flank the couple. Two large blue circular target rings sit either side, one ringed LOVE, the other EVIL, each holding a red ball with a row of white numbered discs beneath. Four cream score reels marked 1UP to 4UP run across the glass. At the bottom, two red arched lanes read 1-4 CAN PLAY and BALL IN PLAY, with a starburst reading TOMMY in the centre and orange GAME OVER lettering.