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1983 · Atari

4X4

Pastel desert landscape, orange sunset sky, green cactus scrub and dirt track.

Year
1983
Maker
Atari
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Made by

Design
Milt Loper

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

4X4 backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • pink
  • purple
  • blue

Fingerprint: Pastel-palette 1980s aesthetic with enormous white "4X4" in lavender-and-orange geometry, "ATARI" in bold black above, blonde woman with streaming yellow hair leaning from purple buggy beside helmeted grinning driver, two colossal knobbly off-road tyres dominating centre, peach-orange panel at top, dark-blue score section at bottom with red LED windows and magenta stepped-arrow graphic

Distinctive

The enormous white '4X4' title rendered as sharp, geometric, arrow-like numerals in pastel lavender and orange, with the two figures of a blonde woman and a helmeted grinning driver leaning out of a monster-truck buggy below it. A second strong memory cue is the pair of gigantic knobbly off-road tyres dominating the centre of the art. The bottom third is an unusual full-width dark blue panel with red LED score windows and a magenta stepped arrow graphic. Colour-wise it is a distinctive pastel 1980s palette: peach-orange, pink, lavender and mint green, far paler than typical pinball art.

Setting

  • Pastel desert landscape
  • Orange sunset sky
  • Green cactus scrub
  • Dirt track

Symbols

  • Playing-card-suit-shaped stepped arrow graphic
  • Sun disc
  • Cacti
  • Speaker grilles

Lettering

  • Bold geometric sans-serif numerals with lavender drop shading; black sans-serif caps above the title; small white sans-serif panel labels

Themes

  • Off-road racing
  • Desert
  • Dune buggy
  • Motorsport

Title on it

  • 4x4

Text on it

  • 4X4
  • ATARI
  • PLAYER 1
  • PLAYER 2
  • CREDIT
  • KUNG FU
  • pinside.com
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde, long flowing yellow hair, leaning out of the left side of the buggy, one arm raised, pink/purple top
Man Adult male, white racing helmet, red and white racing suit, wide toothy grin, hands on the steering wheel
Vehicle Purple and white open-top off-road buggy with two enormous knobbly black tyres
Full description

A backglass with a large pastel-orange rectangular panel across the top two-thirds, framed in cream and blue. Huge angular white '4X4' letters with lavender/purple shading fill the panel, with 'ATARI' printed in bold black capitals above the X. A blonde woman with long flowing yellow hair leans out of the left side of a purple and white open-top buggy, arm raised, beside a grinning man in a white racing helmet and red-and-white racing suit with sponsor lettering, gripping the steering wheel. Below them the buggy's two enormous knobbly black tyres sit on a pale desert track with green cactus scrub and a low orange sun against a pink and lavender sky. The lower third is a dark blue score panel: two horizontal red LED score strips labelled 'PLAYER 1' and 'PLAYER 2', a central 'CREDIT' readout, a magenta and cyan stepped arrow graphic pointing right, and black speaker grilles at each end. Borders are blue and cream, and the whole cabinet is framed in red.