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
- 2 flippers
- 4 pop bumpers
- 1 spinner
- 1 target bank
- 2 slingshots
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
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
-
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
-
Multiballs 1
- Final Draw
-
Goals 10
- Build Lock
- Ultra
- TV award
- Cities
- Ticket
- Stamina quality
- Strength quality
- Speed quality
- Spirit quality
- Skill quality
-
Awards 4
- Striker Award
- Super Free Kick
- Penalty Kick
- Bicycle Kick
-
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.
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
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
| 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-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.
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
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
| 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 |
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.
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
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
| 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 |
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.