We've explored the best, now what's your pick from the bottom of the barrel?
I'm going to name five of the ugliest IMHO, in no particular order except what I think is #1.
I know many of you are going to name Williams "Granada"/ "Spanish Eyes" as the worst, or right up
there with the worst. I don't really have a problem with that glass; to me it's definitely different, but not
terribly objectionable. One of you may name one that I will agree beats my #1 worst, but that's gotta be
one fugly backglass!

#5 Bally "El Toro"
#4 Williams "Student Prince"
#3 Williams "Post Time"/ "Paddock"
#2 Williams "Straight Flush"/ "3 Jokers"
and #1 Bally "Galahad" (man, what's in that wine goblet anyway?)

What say you?

Gotta say, I never had a problem with "JK". Not among the prettiest by any stretch, but no where near as bad
as "Galahad"!

Agreed. "Vampire" is pretty bad! I had a friend who had this game in his gameroom for years among some of the
best Gottlieb wedgeheads. Every time I visited him, I chided him about still having it. He finally did unload it. Whew!

I don't have the game, but if they ever make that glass, put me down for one!

Nah, c'mon! With that voluptuous (as well as voluminous) female protuberance!

Oh gosh, this is just awful! Checked ipdb for Jerry Kelley, and he too does pointy people. This is one of the very worst. Could be in the running to unseat "Galahad"!
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1606&picno=7152

Who drew these? They almost look like home drawn or for home version games. Yuck!!!

Yeah, "Blue Chip" is pretty bad. I remember seeing that game brand spanking new in the local arcade back in the day and I immediately thought the artwork was horrendous on both the backglass and playfield! The theme was very strange to me too at the time. Nothing having to do with fun and no babes with big boobies!

This backglass may just have wrested the #1 title from "Galahad" imho! Egadddd!!!!!

What is he singing? I'll tell you what he's singing. He's singing a song about growing up with an egg-timer-shaped head and eyebrows that look like they've been squeezed out of a tube marked "INCINERATE ONLY."

LMAO!!!! Yup, this glass is one of the worst as well! Williams had some good playing games that had some gadawful artwork all around. This is one of them.

Oops! Broke my own rule. Not an EM, but hideous nonetheless.

Hmm, ok then, I stand corrected. I think that gets the ugliest vote then. Even worse than "Galahad"!
I didn't know "Dyn-O-Mite" was similar in design to those strange Rally games with the nixie tube displays.

Just came across this masterpiece! They didn't even spell the name correctly!
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=3183&picno=17355&zoom=1

Oh, man; I just struck the mother lode with these Rally games! Here's another Rembrandt!
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=3133&picno=36625

Agreed. It rivals "Galahad" for the #1 spot.

What would they be singing; maybe "Yabba Dabba Yabba Dabba Dabba Do Now"!

You know, upon further review, you just may be right about "SP". WTF is the theme anyway! One of the dumbest titles for a domestic game too. Who thought of that one?

You mean "Joly"!

Yeah, and "Miss Q" in French must mean something like "that chick likes it up the arse" because Williams was forced to change the name of the game to "Miss O"! Fuggedaboudit!!!!

So they still don't know how to spell? Even in French?

Gosh, that's awful!

Totally agree. This is one of the worst backglasses on a Gottlieb wedgehead. The game deserves better.

I kind of like the spooky surreal twilight feeling this glass portrays. Always liked Stenholm's work.

Just found this one on ipdb. It's right up there with the worst.

http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=4881&picno=15959&zoom=1

Yeah, it's so bad that I got a free one at the Allentown show. It was about to go into the trash, so I scooped it up to save it from that fate, although it probably deserved it!
As far as "Duotron", my brother had one many years ago that was converted to add-a-ball through the replay counter. It's another one of those Gottlieb games that's truly much better when you're playing two players. I thought it wasn't a bad player, but a pretty dang ugly game. "Jungle King" was one of my favorites back in the day. Loved those big "pepperoni" WOW lights, and how they flashed as the bonus counted out after the ball drained.

Agreed. I think that's a great backglass, and I love Stenholm's work. He is very similar to Roy Parker in many ways.

Odd game with an odd name and an odd backglass. Not one of the prettiest.
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Gawd, that's ugly!!!

I don't know about that, but he looks like he's constipated!

I was thinking about going to check out a Williams "Suspense" that's being auctioned tomorrow, but upon further review (seeing what the backglass looks like) I don't think I'll waste my time. I started this thread long ago with my top five ugliest backglasses ever, and I don't know why I didn't include this one. Someone did mention it, and I agree. It just may be numero uno!

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Those are fabulous!

There are some really, really ugly foreign backglasses. So, if we do a poll, I think we should limit it to domestic backglasses. Bally "Galahad" is just about as bad as it gets IMHO.

I don't know. I really like some of the shapes on that one!

Because the fish thinks she's hot!

I've been in Plainfield a couple of times before. Did I meet you somewhere and tell you this story over a mug of ale?

Admittedly, Parker drew some funky looking characters, but all those backglasses look great to me. Seems to me, Mr. Morison just about copied Parker's Atlas on his "Vulcan" backglass.

The Plainfield I was in is just west of the Indy airport.
Now I recall sharing that story here. Yeah, that was bad, but I did come home with a "Diamond Jack". I think that was my second of the seven I have owned. To this day, I still tell them to hold the pickles when I get a fast food burger!

I've been out there a few times in the past. Not anymore though. Gets you some pins!

She does in fact look righteously fresh and healthy there!

Yup. Stern's "Dracula" is one ugly backglass!

For years, a good friend of mine had this game in his gameroom among his predominantly Gottlieb wedgehead collection. I kept bugging him about it, but he really liked the game. He finally got a good offer on it from someone who really wanted it, and at last it was gone!