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World Cup backglass

Also known as WC

1978–1980 · Williams & Taito

World Cup

Known for Corner Kick, Goal saucers, Top center lane and Flipper kickouts. Concentric rainbow spiral of green, blue, yellow, orange, magenta and black bands, national football flags around the outer border and flat painted backdrop, no scenery or horizon.

Years
1978–1980
Maker
Williams & Taito
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Known for

  • Lane

    Corner Kick

  • saucer

    Goal saucers

  • Lane

    Top center lane

  • kicker

    Flipper kickouts

3 games under this title

On the playfield

  • green
  • yellow
  • red
  • white
World Cup playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 10 target banks
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Holes 2

  • Goal saucers saucer
  • Flipper kickouts kicker

Target 1

  • S and R bullseye targets

Lanes 3

  • Corner Kick
  • Right super lane
  • Top center lane

Control 1

  • Rollover buttons buttons

On the backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • red
  • green
World Cup backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Central footballer, short blonde hair, white short-sleeved shirt with red collar and red shoulder trim, pale blue shorts, white socks, black boots, running to the right with both arms flung wide and mouth open in a shout
  • man Second footballer, long dark brown shaggy hair, red shirt, bright yellow shorts, yellow socks, leaning forward in a lunge with right fist driven down and left arm trailing
  • man Third footballer, brown hair, red shirt with a large white number 3 on the chest, yellow shorts, running right at the left of the group
  • man Small background player in an all-white kit running right, between the left and centre figures
  • man Small background player in a white shirt and red shorts, partially hidden behind the central figure's right arm
  • other Large gold world cup trophy on a stepped plinth in the bottom left corner, engraved with map and figure detail

Setting

  • Concentric rainbow spiral of green, blue, yellow, orange, magenta and black bands
  • National football flags around the outer border
  • Flat painted backdrop, no scenery or horizon

Text on it

  • Williams
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • HIGHEST
  • 1ST UP
  • 2ND UP
  • 3RD UP
  • 4TH UP
  • 150000
  • 000000
  • GAME OVER
  • TILT
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY

How it plays

  1. Goals 1

    • STAR

Made by

Design
Edward Tomaszewski
Art
Christian Marche
Software
Ron Crouse
Sound
Randy Pfeiffer

Reference

Linked terms
  • Corner Kick also called Corner Kick goal
  • Right super lane also called Super Ball Advance
  • Goal saucers also called Side goal saucers
  • Top center lane also called Top Goal
  • Flipper kickouts also called Flipper-elbow kickout cups
Playfield vision analysis

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

World Cup playfield

Playfield Standard

  • green
  • yellow
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: World Cup soccer theme with central circular roulette ring of sixteen numbered white pie segments, two huge cream-yellow pop-bumper caps with concentric rings, ten bronze-brown circular drop targets in two curved rows forming V, cartoon players in colored kits, horse-shoe green ramp arch

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the central circular numbered roulette ring - sixteen white numbered pie segments from 1 to 18 around a red disc - sitting above a cream panel that reads OUTHOLE SCORES 2000 FOR EACH LIT GOAL TIMES LIT STAR VALUE. Second, the huge pair of cream/yellow pop-bumper caps at the top with red bodies and concentric target rings, ringed by a green arc of lit inserts. Third, the symmetrical double-V of ten bronze-brown drop targets converging on a red star badge printed SUPER STAR. Fourth, the football theme carried by a hand-painted panel of cartoon players in red, blue and yellow kits around all four corners, plus a painted ball-and-boot graphic in the centre disc. Fifth, the dense small print: a white INSTRUCTIONS card listing six numbered rules and a score card stating 5 BALLS PER GAME and 2 PLAYS - QUARTER.

Setting

  • Flat solid dark green lower playfield
  • Yellow and orange ramps in upper playfield
  • Cream and yellow circular bumper caps
  • White instruction and score cards on the apron

Symbols

  • Sixteen-segment numbered roulette ring (1-18)
  • Five-pointed red star
  • Red circular arrow or swoosh motifs flanking the slingshots
  • Footballs
  • Three shield-shaped bonus multipliers x2, x3, x5
  • Ten bronze-brown circular drop targets with target rings
  • Green w monogram medallion on the apron
  • Playfield-apron insert panel with green and red horizontal stripes

Notable shapes

  • Large central numbered roulette ring of sixteen white pie segments
  • V-shaped double bank of circular drop targets converging on a red star
  • Horseshoe ramp arch over the upper playfield
  • Two oversized cream-and-yellow concentric-ring bumper caps
  • Green chevron/arrow decoration flanking the flipper area

Art motifs

  • Concentric target rings on bumpers and drop targets
  • Green and gold ramp arches
  • White lettered flipper bats with red rubber
  • Painted crowd/player panels in the corners
  • Score-card and instruction-card blocks on the apron

Themes

  • Football
  • Soccer
  • Tournament
  • Sports
  • Quiz
  • Roulette
  • Electromechanical

Title on it

  • World cup

Text on it

  • EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
  • SCORES GOAL
  • TOP SPECIAL
  • 10X GRID LIT
  • HOLD BONUS SCORES
  • SUPER BONUS
  • 500
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • SPECIAL
  • BONUS 4X 2X 3X 4X
  • OUTHOLE SCORES 2000 FOR EACH LIT GOAL TIMES LIT STAR VALUE
  • SUPER STAR
  • WORLD CUP
  • TOP SCORE
  • FLIPPER BUTTON
  • GAME PLAYER
  • WHEN
  • SHOOTS AGAIN
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • SPECIAL SCORE - 1 EXTRA BALL
  • SPECIAL SCORE
  • World Cup
  • For Amusement Only
  • One To Four Players
  • 5 BALLS PER GAME
  • 2 PLAYS - QUARTER
  • Williams
  • ELECTRONICS DIVISION
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60618
Pop bumpers
Two large cream/yellow circular pop-bumper caps with concentric red and green rings at the top, plus two smaller yellow round bumpers lower down flanking the kicker
Drop targets
Ten bronze-brown circular drop targets in two curved rows either side of the central numbered ring, forming a v
Ramps
A green-and-gold horseshoe of raised metal ramps around the upper playfield, with a central lane structure above the two large pop-bumper caps and a small looped lane at the top right
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots below the drop-target rows, each flanked by a painted red circular-arrow graphic and labelled bonus 4x 2x 3x 4x
Upper playfield
Dominated by two large yellow-ringed pop bumper caps, a horseshoe of green and gold ramps, lit insert lane at top centre reading extra ball when lit, and painted player panels in both top corners
Apron and lower playfield
Metal apron with a white instructions card at bottom left listing six numbered rules, a score card at bottom right reading world cup / for amusement only / one to four players / 5 balls per game / 2 plays - quarter, a green w logo medallion in the centre above when shoots again, and three x2 x3 x5 multiplier shields above game player
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Cartoon footballer at lower left in a red shirt with blue shorts, mid-kick, standing on the green field beside a painted football
Man Group of three or four cartoon players at lower right in red-and-blue striped shirts and blue shorts, clustered together as if contesting the ball
Man Cartoon player at upper right in a yellow shirt and blue shorts, sliding or diving horizontally with arms outstretched
Man Two cartoon players at upper left in yellow and red kits, one appearing to head the ball
Man Cartoon player in a red shirt with yellow trim standing on the centre line just above the super star badge
Other Painted football with a boot kicking it, inside the central cream panel of the numbered ring
Full description

Full-length football (soccer) themed electro-mechanical playfield photographed in its cabinet, photographed from directly above through the glass with a second identical playfield overlapping the top edge. Colour scheme is dominated by dark bottle green, warm yellow/orange, red and white. At the top are two large cream/yellow circular pop-bumper caps with concentric red and green target rings, flanked by red bumper bodies, and a small bulb-lit lane of round inserts spelling EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT at top centre. Below sits a horseshoe of green-and-gold ramps and a big red kicker area reading SCORES GOAL / TOP SPECIAL on both shoulders. The centre of the field is dominated by a circular roulette-style insert ring of sixteen white numbered segments (1 to 18) on a red disc, with a cream panel in its middle carrying OUTHOLE SCORES 2000 FOR EACH LIT GOAL TIMES LIT STAR VALUE; a small ball-and-boot illustration sits above the panel. Ten bronze-brown circular drop targets are arranged in two curved rows either side of the centre, forming a V that converges at a red five-pointed star badge reading SUPER STAR. Cartoon footballers in coloured kits are painted around the edges: a kicker in red and blue at lower left, a clustered team of players in red-and-blue striped shirts at lower right, a sliding yellow-clad player at top right, and more figures at top left. Lower playfield has two white rubber flipper bats, a green W logo medallion, three bonus multipliers x2 x3 x5 in red-outlined shields, FLIPPER BUTTON legends either side, a black INSTRUCTIONS card bottom left and a score card bottom right reading 5 BALLS PER GAME and 2 PLAYS - QUARTER.

Backglass vision analysis

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

World Cup backglass

Backglass Standard

  • orange
  • blue
  • red
  • green

Fingerprint: WORLD and CUP stacked enormous orange-yellow bubble block-letters, hypnotic rainbow spiral concentric color-bands background, three cartoon footballers red-white shirts charging rightward arms-outstretched, gold world-cup trophy plinth bottom-left, national football flags Brazil England Argentina Sweden decorating border, 1970s airbrushed flat cartoon-style, international soccer tournament celebration

Distinctive

A hypnotic rainbow spiral of concentric colour bands filling the whole background, over which three cartoon footballers in red and white shirts charge to the right with arms outstretched. A gleaming gold trophy on a plinth stands in the bottom left corner. A ring of national football flags (Brazil, England, Argentina, Sweden) decorates the outer border. A fat orange 'WORLD CUP' bubble-letter title with 'WORLD' above 'CUP' and a small 'HIGHEST' pennant banner above it.

Setting

  • Concentric rainbow spiral of green, blue, yellow, orange, magenta and black bands
  • National football flags around the outer border
  • Flat painted backdrop, no scenery or horizon

Symbols

  • Red and white panel football bottom centre
  • Several small footballs scattered in the border band
  • Stacked cylindrical sponsor balls bottom right
  • Gold trophy
  • National flags: brazil, england, argentina, sweden, union jack
  • White circle with black w emblem
  • Red pennant banner
  • Three coloured ball-in-play digits
  • Four numbered player buttons in yellow, red, blue and green

Lettering

  • Fat rounded bubble capitals in orange with red and white outline for world cup, with world above cup; a small white cursive script manufacturer name beside a circular w mark above the title

Themes

  • Football
  • World cup tournament
  • International teams
  • Competition
  • Sports trophy

Title on it

  • World cup

Text on it

  • Williams
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • HIGHEST
  • 1ST UP
  • 2ND UP
  • 3RD UP
  • 4TH UP
  • 150000
  • 000000
  • GAME OVER
  • TILT
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Central footballer, short blonde hair, white short-sleeved shirt with red collar and red shoulder trim, pale blue shorts, white socks, black boots, running to the right with both arms flung wide and mouth open in a shout
Man Second footballer, long dark brown shaggy hair, red shirt, bright yellow shorts, yellow socks, leaning forward in a lunge with right fist driven down and left arm trailing
Man Third footballer, brown hair, red shirt with a large white number 3 on the chest, yellow shorts, running right at the left of the group
Man Small background player in an all-white kit running right, between the left and centre figures
Man Small background player in a white shirt and red shorts, partially hidden behind the central figure's right arm
Other Large gold world cup trophy on a stepped plinth in the bottom left corner, engraved with map and figure detail
Full description

A rectangular backglass in a pale cream wooden frame, painted in a flat 1970s airbrushed cartoon style. The centre is a tight spiral of concentric bands in olive green, sky blue, yellow, orange, magenta and black radiating from behind the main figures. Across the top, a white circle containing a black W sits beside a white script 'Williams', above a huge orange-and-yellow block letter title 'WORLD' over 'CUP' in matching fat bubble capitals with red outline. Two arrow-ended score windows flank the top ('150000' and '000000' in red seven-segment digits), with a small red pennant reading 'HIGHEST' at upper left, and third and fourth player windows stacked down the right side beside round badges reading '1ST UP', '2ND UP', '3RD UP' and '4TH UP'. Three cartoon footballers charge rightward across the middle: a man in a white shirt with red collar and blue shorts, blonde, arms flung wide and mouth open; a long-haired man in a red shirt and yellow shorts lunging with fists down; and a brown-haired man in a red shirt with a white number 3 and yellow shorts. Two smaller players in white chase in the background. National flags ring the edges - Brazil, England, Argentina and a Union Jack at left, Sweden and Brazil at right. A gold World Cup trophy on a plinth sits bottom left, and a large red-and-white football sits on the swirl bottom centre.

World Cup backglass

Backglass Standard

  • magenta
  • cyan
  • yellow
  • black

Fingerprint: world cup: massive multicoloured spiral target filling play field with soccer ball centre; opposing footballers in contrasting uniforms, one blonde in white-striped polo, one in red shirt; four seven-segment score windows with player badges down right edge; national flags running down left side; cracked orange skull in bottom corner

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the enormous rainbow spiral/target swirl that fills the whole play area, with a football sitting at its centre near the bottom. Second is the pairing of a grinning blond player in a white striped polo lunging with arms outstretched against a brunette in a red shirt and yellow shorts, both mid-stride. Third, four separate seven-segment score windows each framed in black with round 1ST UP / 2ND UP / 3RD UP / 4TH UP badges stacked diagonally down the right side. Fourth, the column of national flags running down the left border and a cracked orange skull wedged into the bottom-left corner.

Setting

  • Abstract rainbow spiral of concentric rings
  • Black backing around the swirl
  • Column of national flags down the left border
  • Rainbow ringed clock/compass dial at top right

Symbols

  • Red and white footballs
  • Concentric rainbow rings
  • National flags
  • Cracked skull
  • Clock or compass dial
  • Seven-segment number displays
  • Spiral rays

Lettering

  • Fat rounded orange bubble capitals with white and dark-blue outlines for the title, over a smaller red cursive script word; small white capitals on coloured circular badges beside each score window

Themes

  • Football
  • International tournament
  • National flags
  • Sports
  • Abstract target

Title on it

  • World cup

Text on it

  • Williams
  • WORLD
  • CUP
  • 1ST UP
  • 2ND UP
  • 3RD UP
  • 4TH UP
  • 0 3 4 9 8 7
  • 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • P0
  • 60
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Young adult male footballer, blond hair, white polo shirt with pale-blue vertical stripes, blue shorts, white socks, red and black boots; grinning, lunging with both arms spread wide, centre of the image
Man Young adult male footballer, brown hair, red shirt, yellow shorts, red socks, black boots; leaning forward mid-run beside the blond player
Woman Female player at the left with brown shoulder-length hair, red shirt with a white number 3, yellow shorts, white socks
Other Small figure in a white suit standing behind the woman, left of centre
Other Partly hidden figure in a yellow and blue kit behind the blond player, centre-right
Man Small running player at the right edge in a blue and white kit
Skeleton Large cracked orange-yellow skull graphic filling the bottom-left corner
Full description

A backglass-style printed insert dominated by a huge multi-coloured spiral/target swirl of concentric rings in magenta, cyan, lime green, orange, yellow and black, radiating from a football at the bottom centre. Across the top centre, a red script word over a yellow roundel reads Williams, above the title WORLD CUP in fat orange bubble letters with white and dark-blue outlines. Four black-framed seven-segment score windows are set into the art, each paired with a coloured circular badge reading 1ST UP (orange), 2ND UP (magenta), 3RD UP (green) and 4TH UP (blue). Figures: a blond male footballer in a white polo with pale-blue vertical stripes, blue shorts, white socks and red boots lunging centre with arms wide; a brunette male in a red shirt, yellow shorts and red socks running beside him; a woman in a red number-3 shirt and yellow shorts at left; a small white-suited figure and a yellow-and-blue figure further back; a small running player at the right edge. Left border carries a vertical column of national flags including the Union Jack, Italy and the Netherlands. A cracked orange-yellow skull fills the bottom left, and small red-and-white footballs dot the corners, alongside a clock or compass dial in a rainbow ring at the top right.