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World Cup Soccer backglass

Also known as WCS

1994 · Bally

World Cup Soccer

Known for Goal, Soccer ball, Assist saucer and TV saucer. Floodlit night football stadium, green pitch with white goal and net, red running-track terraces, packed stand of small players, dark navy sky full of fireworks and curved blue world map panel.

Year
1994
Maker
Bally
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Target

    Goal

  • Toy

    Soccer ball

  • saucer

    Assist saucer

  • saucer

    TV saucer

  • saucer

    Striker's Hideout

  • Character

    Striker

  • Multiball

    Final Draw

  • Wizard mode

    Final Match

On the playfield

  • teal
  • purple
  • yellow
  • blue
World Cup Soccer playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 4 pop bumpers
  • 1 spinner
  • 1 target bank
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toys 2

  • Goalie
  • Soccer ball

Ramps 2

  • Coin Toss flip ramp
  • Lock ramps

Holes 3

  • Assist saucer saucer
  • TV saucer saucer
  • Striker's Hideout saucer

Magnet 1

  • Magna-Goal

Targets 3

  • Goal
  • Striker targets
  • Free Kick target

Kickback 1

  • Corner Kick

Lane 1

  • Star rollovers rollovers

On the backglass

  • blue
  • green
  • red
  • yellow
World Cup Soccer backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • animal Large anthropomorphic brown dog mascot with black muzzle, ears, nose and tail, big white eyes, open mouth with red tongue, red-and-white 'usa' shirt, blue shorts, white socks with red bands, black boots; stands centre-right with one foot on a black-and-white football, right paw raising a gold world cup trophy, left paw holding a small green-and-white ball
  • creature Stylised black-and-white football under the mascot's foot
  • creature Gold world cup trophy with a globe on top, held high in the mascot's raised paw
  • man Small background player in a red kit, arms raised, near the goal net
  • man Small background player in a red-and-yellow kit diving/falling on the pitch, mid-right
  • man Small background player in a red kit with both arms raised celebrating, at the far right edge

Setting

  • Floodlit night football stadium
  • Green pitch with white goal and net
  • Red running-track terraces
  • Packed stand of small players
  • Dark navy sky full of fireworks
  • Curved blue world map panel

Text on it

  • Bally
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • Soccer
  • USA
  • Official Licensed Product

How it plays

  1. Modes 10

    • Victory Laps
    • Ultra Ramps
    • Ultra Spinner
    • Ultra Jets
    • Ultra Goalie
    • Big Goal Round
    • Extra Ball Round
    • Hit the Goalie
    • Where's Striker
    • Tea Party
  2. Multiballs 1

    • Final Draw
  3. Goals 10

    • Build Lock
    • Ultra
    • TV award
    • Cities
    • Ticket
    • Stamina quality
    • Strength quality
    • Speed quality
    • Spirit quality
    • Skill quality
  4. Awards 4

    • Striker Award
    • Super Free Kick
    • Penalty Kick
    • Bicycle Kick
  5. Wizard modes 1

    • Final Match

Made by

Design
John Popadiuk
Design & Software
Larry DeMar
Art
Kevin O'Connor
Mechanics
Jack Skalon
Software
Matt Coriale
Sound & Music
Vince Pontarelli
Display animation
Scott Slomiany
Display animation
Eugene Geer

The cast

  • Striker
  • Germany
  • Boston
  • Los Angeles

Reference

Linked terms
  • Assist saucer also called Assist
  • TV saucer also called Final Draw scoop also called TV scoop
  • Striker's Hideout also called Striker's saucer
  • Lock ramps also called ramps
  • Corner Kick also called Corner Kickback
  • Magna-Goal also called Magna save also called Magna-Goal Save
  • Striker also called Striker the World Cup Pup
  • Final Draw also called Final Draw Multiball
  • Ultra also called Goal and Ultra
  • Hit the Goalie also called Shoot the Goalie
  • Cities also called City also called Travel
  • Tea Party also called Boston Tea Party
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

World Cup Soccer playfield

Playfield

  • teal
  • purple
  • yellow
  • blue

Fingerprint: world cup '94: Giant black-white paneled football bedded into right half, wrapped by clear plastic ramp lettered GO and WorldCup USA 94; centre dominated by five-disc cream medallion cluster (Soccer, Home, Sofa, Goal, Street) arranged like flower with stack of bright yellow GOALS drop targets running straight down beneath; life-sized footballer in blue-white kit with arms up on left side

Distinctive

A giant black-and-white paneled football bedded into the right half of the playfield, wrapped by a clear plastic ramp lettered 'GO' and 'WorldCup USA 94'. The centre of the playfield is dominated by a five-disc cream medallion cluster (Soccer, Home, Sofa, Goal, Street) arranged like a flower, with a stack of bright yellow 'GOALS' drop targets running straight down beneath it. The left side carries a life-sized painted footballer in a blue and white kit with arms thrown up, mouth open, next to a hand-lettered 'WorldCup USA 94' banner. A five-window 'GOAL-SAVE' extra flapper button sits at the lower left, mirrored by a 'LANE CHANGE' soccer-ball lane guide on the lower right.

Setting

  • Indoor arena with a crowd of tiny stylised heads in the top arc
  • Blue sky with white clouds and a stadium stand on the left
  • Purple-and-yellow lightning bolt radiating across the mid-right playfield
  • Green turf with a white pitch-line arc at the lower right

Symbols

  • Black-and-white paneled football
  • Yellow lightning bolt
  • Concentric target rings with a football at the centre
  • Soccer goal frame with net
  • Trophy cup silhouette
  • Star with trailing tail on the apron art
  • Directional arrow decals

Notable shapes

  • Giant paneled football cutout in the right playfield half
  • Clear 'go' ramp lettering running vertically up the right side
  • Goal-frame shaped plastics at the left and right mid-playfield
  • Flower-like five-disc target cluster in the centre
  • Concentric-ring bullseye target with a football in the middle above the flippers
  • Football-shaped lane-change guides at both lower corners
  • Curved upper-deck habitrail following the top arc

Art motifs

  • Comic-book speed lines
  • Explosion starbursts behind the go ramp
  • Hand-lettered banner scrolls
  • Painted crowd backdrops
  • Ball-motion arcs

Themes

  • Association football
  • Tournament
  • International trophy
  • Goalkeeping
  • Stadium

Title on it

  • World cup '94

Text on it

  • WORLD CUP '94
  • WorldCup USA 94
  • WorldCupUSA94
  • GO
  • GOAL
  • GOALS
  • 1 GOAL
  • 2 GOALS
  • 3 GOALS
  • 4 GOALS
  • Soccer
  • HOME
  • SOFA
  • STREET
  • LANE CHANGE
  • GOAL-SAVE
  • MAGNA GOAL-SAVE
  • USE EXTRA FLIPPER BUTTON
  • THREE POINTS
  • EXTRA TICKETS
  • ULTRA-SPINNER
  • ULTRA-JETS
  • ULTRA-RAMPS
  • ULTRA-GOALS
  • WORLD CUP TICKETS
  • BANNER CAPTURE
  • SUPER JACKPOT
  • KICK
  • REBOUND
  • LOCK
  • OUT
  • BALL SAVE
  • ONCHARD
  • DEFENSIVE END
  • GOALIE
  • STRIKER
  • SCORE
  • FASTBALLER
  • WORLD CUP '94 SOCCER
  • 3 PLAYER GAME
  • 4 PLAYER GAME
  • 5 PLAYER GAME
  • TIPS
  • SHOOTING STAR
  • SHOOTOUT
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 1 PLAY
  • 4 PLAYS
  • 6 PLAYS
  • 50¢
  • $1.50
  • $2.00
  • 3 Balls Per Play
  • SEE BACKGLASS DISPLAY FOR REPLAY SCORE
  • 1000
Ramps
One large clear 'go' ramp sweeping from the lower right up and over the right half of the playfield, plus a second clear ramp on the upper right; wireform habitrails snake across the top and centre
Slingshots
Two standard triangular slingshots flanking the lower centre, with white and black striped decals
Upper playfield
Present, with a raised upper deck at the top carrying the curved crowd arc, a spinner, a small goal and standing-target cluster
Apron and lower playfield
Black lower apron carrying a large turquoise script wordmark at centre; white printed rule card at the lower left with the heading 'world cup '94' and a list of modes; white 'for amusement only' price card at the lower right listing 1 play 50¢, 4 plays $1.50, 6 plays $2.00 and '3 balls per play'
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Painted male footballer in a blue and white striped shirt, dark shorts, mouth open shouting, both arms raised with fingers spread, positioned lower left centre
Man Second painted male footballer in a blue shirt with a sponsor panel, arms up in celebration, centre bottom just above the left flipper
Man Painted goalkeeper figure in the upper playfield art with arms wide
Other Huge white and black paneled football, nearly the width of the playfield's right half
Other Several smaller black-and-white paneled footballs used as lane-change and standup targets
Other Stylised crowd of hundreds of small heads filling the curved top arc behind the score panel
Animal Small cartoon mascot figure on the lower left plastics near the goal area
Full description

Full-length view down a football/soccer-themed electro-mechanical pinball playfield under glass, backbox score panel visible at the top edge. The playfield is a riot of teal, blue, purple, yellow and orange: a large white-and-black paneled football sits mid-right, several goal-frame plastics and a huge clear 'GO' ramp dominate, and the lower left carries a mural of a shouting male footballer in a blue and white shirt. A cluster of five cream circular target medallions in the centre reads like an award panel, with a vertical stack of four yellow 'GOALS' drop-target labels beneath. The bottom apron is black with a large turquoise-and-white script manufacturer wordmark between a white rule card on the left and a white 'FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY' price card on the right. Condition is good, with clear plastics, four blue pop-bumper caps lit, and chrome trim; the cabinet front below is scuffed metal with a red '1000' coin door.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

World Cup Soccer backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • green
  • red
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Huge grinning cartoon-dog red-white USA shirt holding golden World-Cup trophy aloft while standing football, stacked WORLD CUP title crossed green cursive Soccer banner over fireworks-filled night stadium, white Official Licensed Product sticker stylised US flag football bottom-left corner, brown-black cartoon mascot big white eyes floppy black ears red tongue lolling out blue shorts black boots white socks red bands

Distinctive

A huge grinning cartoon dog in a red-and-white USA shirt holding the golden World Cup trophy aloft while standing on a football. The stacked 'WORLD CUP' title crossed by a green cursive 'Soccer' banner over a fireworks-filled night stadium. A white 'Official Licensed Product' sticker with a stylised US flag and football in the bottom left corner.

Setting

  • Floodlit night football stadium
  • Green pitch with white goal and net
  • Red running-track terraces
  • Packed stand of small players
  • Dark navy sky full of fireworks
  • Curved blue world map panel

Symbols

  • Golden trophy
  • Black-and-white football
  • Us flag motif in the licence seal
  • Fireworks bursts
  • Goal net and crossbar
  • World map
  • Sparklers

Lettering

  • Red cursive script logo top left; bold stacked red-to-yellow gradient block capitals with white and dark blue outlines for the title, crossed by a green cursive 'soccer' word on a white banner with green trim; small black serif/italic text on the white licence seal

Themes

  • Soccer
  • Football
  • World cup
  • Team usa
  • Mascot
  • Trophy
  • Stadium
  • Fireworks

Title on it

  • World cup soccer

Text on it

  • Bally
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • Soccer
  • USA
  • Official Licensed Product
Who and what
Kind Description
Animal Large anthropomorphic brown dog mascot with black muzzle, ears, nose and tail, big white eyes, open mouth with red tongue, red-and-white 'usa' shirt, blue shorts, white socks with red bands, black boots; stands centre-right with one foot on a black-and-white football, right paw raising a gold world cup trophy, left paw holding a small green-and-white ball
Creature Stylised black-and-white football under the mascot's foot
Creature Gold world cup trophy with a globe on top, held high in the mascot's raised paw
Man Small background player in a red kit, arms raised, near the goal net
Man Small background player in a red-and-yellow kit diving/falling on the pitch, mid-right
Man Small background player in a red kit with both arms raised celebrating, at the far right edge
Man Small background player in a yellow kit running on the pitch behind the world map panel
Man Tiny crowd of spectators filling the red and white stand terraces
Full description

A painted football/soccer-themed backglass in a bright cartoon style. A large grinning brown-and-black cartoon dog mascot dominates the right half, standing upright with a black nose, big white eyes, floppy black ears and a red tongue lolling out. He wears a red-and-white USA football shirt and blue shorts, black boots, and white socks with red bands, and balances on one foot on a black-and-white football while holding a gold World Cup trophy aloft in his right paw and a small green-and-white ball in his left. Behind him is a curved blue world map panel. The left half shows a floodlit stadium at night: a white goal net and crossbar in the foreground, a green pitch, red running-track style terraces, and a stand full of tiny players in red and yellow kits, one diving. A dark navy sky is filled with white and blue fireworks bursts and sparklers. Upper left is a red-and-yellow cursive 'Bally' logo; beside it a stacked block title 'WORLD' over 'CUP' in red-to-yellow gradient capitals with white and blue outlines, with a green-and-white cursive 'Soccer' banner across it. Bottom left has a white 'Official Licensed Product' seal with a US flag and ball motif.

World Cup Soccer backglass

Backglass

  • maroon
  • orange
  • yellow
  • green
  • teal blue

Fingerprint: world cup soccer, cartoon kangaroo in orange-cream USA football kit holding golden World Cup trophy aloft, standing on black-white football one foot, long ears sweeping right, stacked title WORLD CUP Soccer green banner upper left, torn-paper map North America teal-blue tiles, left stadium goal net floodlights footballers

Distinctive

The full backglass is dominated by a grinning cartoon kangaroo in an orange and cream USA football kit, holding a golden World Cup trophy aloft and standing on one foot atop a large black-and-white football, with its long ears sweeping up over the right side of the glass. The stacked title lockup of WORLD over CUP with the cursive word Soccer across a green banner is unusually tall and narrow, tucked in the upper left quadrant beside the script maker's logo. A torn-edge paper map of North America with teal-blue square tiles behind the kangaroo is a distinctive mid-century illustration device. The left half is a full stadium tableau of six small orange-clad footballers and a diving goalie framed by a white goal net and yellow floodlight banks. A yellow 'Official Licensed Product' badge with a striped ball emblem sits alone in the bottom left corner.

Setting

  • Firework-filled night sky over a football stadium, goal and floodlights at left, torn map graphic behind the mascot

Symbols

  • Golden world cup trophy, black-and-white football, green-and-white small ball, football goal net, floodlight banks, firework bursts, fifa world cup trophy base lettering, licence badge with striped ball emblem

Lettering

  • Tall condensed orange-yellow gradient block capitals for world/cup; cream cursive script for soccer and the maker's logo

Themes

  • Football
  • Soccer
  • 1994 world cup
  • Usa
  • Mascot
  • Trophy
  • Fireworks
  • Stadium

Title on it

  • World cup soccer

Text on it

  • Bally
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • Soccer
  • FIFA
  • WORLD CUP
  • USA
  • GOAL!!
  • WorldCup '94
  • Official
  • Licensed
  • Product
Who and what
Kind Description
Other 1 large cartoon kangaroo mascot (usa kit, holding trophy and ball, foot on a football); 6 small orange-uniformed footballers running/falling/leaping; 1 horizontally diving goalie
Full description

A rectangular backglass with a dark maroon-to-black night-sky background packed with yellow and white firework bursts and star specks. Top left carries a cursive script maker's logo, and beside it the title is built as a stacked block: the word WORLD in tall orange-to-yellow gradient capitals, CUP beneath it in matching capitals, and the word Soccer in flowing cream-yellow script laid across a green banner that runs under both. Dominating the right two thirds is a large cartoon kangaroo in an orange-red and cream football strip with USA printed on its chest, black nose, huge white-and-black eyes and long ears, raising a gold World Cup trophy in its left hand and a small green-and-white ball in its right. Behind it is a torn-paper map of North America over a teal-blue tiled wall, with orange flame-like brushwork at the right edge. The left half shows a stadium scene: a white goal net with a yellow frame, a green pitch, floodlight banks, and six small orange-uniformed footballers running, falling and leaping with raised arms, plus a cartoon goalie flying horizontally. Bottom left carries a yellow rectangular licence badge, and the bottom right has an artist signature above tiny copyright lines. No score display or player count is shown.