1985 · Bell Games
World Defender
Deep blue radar-scope field with concentric rings and crosshairs, red wireframe globe at upper right, small grey delta-wing jet with magenta exhaust glow at mid-left and dark blue speckled with white star points and scattered colour flecks.
- Year
- 1985
- Maker
- Bell Games
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Art
- Stefano Baronti
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- purple
- blue
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: DEFENDER eight letters separate yellow circles arched across earth globe, three star-emblem bumpers tight triangle, pink yellow lion-head triangular side lane guards, dense cluster sun-face inserts upper right, yellow warning-plate sign with red X, child figures along top arch, purple starfield
The centre of the playfield is dominated by the word DEFENDER set as eight separate capital letters, one per white-rimmed yellow circle, arched like a rainbow across a painted Earth globe. Three star-emblem pop bumpers in a tight triangle above it all carry the same white five-pointed star on a dark blue disc, repeated three times. The side lanes are guarded by bright pink and yellow triangular plastics painted with grinning lion heads, yellow manes and pink muzzles, which is unusual and easy to recall. The upper right holds a dense cluster of sun-face inserts (yellow ringed discs with simple smiling faces), and a large yellow warning-plate sign with a bold red X sits mid-right. Small child-like figures in hats stand in a row along the top arch under the clear plastic.
Setting
- Outer space starfield
- Painted earth globe
- Grey city skyline silhouette at the bottom
Symbols
- Five-pointed white stars
- Four-point sparkle stars
- Red x on a yellow warning plate
- Circled letter medallions
- Sunburst faces
- Playing-card-style suit shapes
- Crescent moon
- Planets with rings
Notable shapes
- Eight separate circular letter medallions arched across the centre
- Large blue planet globe encircled by a yellow ring
- Triangular side lane guides with pointed tops
- Circular yellow sunburst medallions
- An oval yellow warning plate with a red diagonal cross
Art motifs
- Repeating star field
- Smiling sun medallions
- Grinning lion heads
- Planet globe
- City skyline silhouette
Themes
- Outer space
- Defence of the planet
- City skyline
- Cartoon animals
Title on it
- World defender
Text on it
- DEFENDER
- WORLD DEFENDER
- BONUS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | At least four grinning lion heads painted on the left and right triangular side lane guides; yellow manes, pink muzzles, wide open smiling mouths with visible teeth, facing inwards toward the centre of the playfield |
| Other | A vertical cluster of small yellow circular inserts on the upper right, each with a simple line-drawn smiling face, ringed by triangular ray shapes like a sunburst |
| Other | A row of small standing human figures, drawn in yellow and white tones and appearing to wear hats, spaced along the top arch of the upper playfield behind the clear plastic ramps |
| Other | A pink and white rocket or spaceship shape at the top centre-right, angled, with a red star emblem on its body |
Full-length view down a pinball playfield, seen from above the front of the cabinet, with the cabinet's grey-worn metal lockdown bar and two coin-door coin mechanisms visible across the bottom of the frame. The playfield art is a purple starfield scattered with small white and yellow four-point star shapes, printed on a solid lavender-violet background with no ground line. Down the centre of the upper playfield stand three round pop-bumper caps: each has a pale blue base ring and a white star emblem on a dark blue ground. Immediately below them the word DEFENDER is spelled out in large separate block capital letters, each letter printed inside its own white-bordered yellow circle, arched in a shallow rainbow curve across the playfield. Beneath that arc sits a painted globe/Earth with green and ochre landmasses over a blue sphere, wrapped by a bright yellow ring and partly overlapped by the lettering. The left and right thirds are filled with red, pink and yellow triangular lane guides decorated with grinning cartoon lion heads with yellow manes and pink muzzles. Numerous red, brown, black and blue circular inserts and lane rollovers scatter across both sides, many carrying star motifs. Lower playfield has a grey silhouetted city skyline with two white flippers outlined in red, a circular sling around the left flipper area, and printed rule cards and instruction sheets taped to the bottom apron. Dominant colours are purple, blue, red, yellow.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- black
- orange
- white
Fingerprint: Single enormous male head amber aviator sunglasses lit orange from below filling entire centre, oversized articulated steel mechanical gauntlet thrust up lower right, WORLD rendered huge arrow-capped gradient italic capitals heavy red black keyline above widely letter-spaced DEFENDER, dark blue radar scope concentric circles tick marks red wireframe globe giving targeting-scope look, chips paint loss scattered coloured confetti-like flecks
A single enormous male head in amber aviator sunglasses, lit orange from below, filling the entire centre, with an oversized articulated steel mechanical gauntlet thrust up in the lower right. The title WORLD is rendered as huge arrow-capped gradient italic capitals with a heavy red and black keyline, above the widely letter-spaced word DEFENDER. The backdrop is a dark blue radar scope of concentric circles, tick marks and a red wireframe globe, giving the whole piece a targeting-scope look. Chips of paint loss and scattered coloured confetti-like flecks pepper the black jacket area.
Setting
- Deep blue radar-scope field with concentric rings and crosshairs
- Red wireframe globe at upper right
- Small grey delta-wing jet with magenta exhaust glow at mid-left
- Dark blue speckled with white star points and scattered colour flecks
Symbols
- Concentric radar rings and crosshair reticle lines
- Red wireframe globe with latitude and longitude lines
- Yellow chevron arrow wings flanking the title
- Scattered confetti-like colour flecks
- Small circles and tick marks across the blue field
- Multi-coloured circular arc ring around the lower-corner text
Lettering
- Giant italicised gradient block capitals with heavy red and black outline for the main title, widely letter-spaced orange outlined capitals for the subtitle, small condensed sans-serif capitals for the corner rules text
Themes
- Radar
- Aviation
- Action
- Gunman
- Targeting scope
Title on it
- World defender
Text on it
- WORLD
- DEFENDER
- Bell Games
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- GAME
- OVER
- LATCH
- Gregfi
- 85
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One young adult man, chest-up and centred, filling most of the glass; short spiky dark brown hair, clean-shaven, huge amber-gold tinted aviator sunglasses, head tilted back, mouth open showing teeth; neck and jaw lit orange from below; open black leather jacket with visible stitching, bare chest exposed; right hand raised as a large white-and-silver segmented mechanical gauntlet with metal finger plates |
| Vehicle | One small grey and white delta-wing jet aircraft with swept wings at mid-left, angled down to the right, trailing a bright magenta-pink exhaust glow |
A weathered painted backglass dominated by a single chest-up portrait of a young dark-haired man in huge amber-tinted aviator sunglasses, head tilted back and mouth open in a strained grimace, his face and throat lit orange from below. He wears an open black leather jacket over a bare chest, and raises a large white-and-silver segmented mechanical gauntlet with clenched metal fingers in the lower right. Behind him is a deep blue radar-scope field of concentric rings, crosshair reticle lines and a red wireframe globe at upper right, with a small grey delta-wing jet trailing a magenta exhaust glow at mid-left. Across the top the title WORLD is in enormous italicised block capitals with an orange-to-yellow-green gradient, red and black keyline and yellow chevron wing shapes, and DEFENDER below in widely spaced orange block capitals. Six inset red LED score windows sit in black bezels: two across the top, two across the bottom, and two small ones at mid-right. Small multicoloured rule text occupies the lower corners, with a white artist signature at bottom left.