1985 · Game Plan
Andromeda
Known for Black drop target, Orbit saucer, Guarded yellow standup and Red drop bank. Hot orange-to-yellow sky with radiating dotted black sunburst rays from behind the central figure, hundreds of outlined ringed circles of varying sizes scattered across the upper field like bubbles or planets and grey-blue mottled rock outcrop forming the lower third the figures sit on.
- Year
- 1985
- Maker
- Game Plan
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Black drop target
- saucer
Orbit saucer
- standup
Guarded yellow standup
- Target
Red drop bank
- Multiball
Andromeda Multiball
On the playfield
- black
- orange
- gold
- white
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 2 ramps
- 2 spinners
- 3 target banks
- 2 slingshots
Hole 1
- Orbit saucer saucer
Bumper 1
- Lower left pop bumper
Drop target 1
- Black drop target
Targets 4
- Guarded yellow standup standup
- Red drop bank
- Blue drop bank
- Bumper standups
Lanes 2
- Secret lane
- Right side lane
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Central seated figure, adult, tan skin, slicked-back dark hair with a centre part, heavy winged eye make-up and dark lipstick, small pointed ears. wears a leopard-and-scale patterned bikini top and ribbed segmented metallic body armour over chest, arms and neck. left hand raised to her ear, right arm down by her side. bare legs crossed at the knee, long brown laced thigh-high boots.
- animal Left, a large dark brown-black lion or panther-like beast with rounded pointed ears, shaggy cream ruff and chest fur, yellow eyes, bared fangs and a wrinkled muzzle, crouched low and facing right.
- animal Right, a grey-green cat with striped forehead, tall pointed ears, glowing red eyes, a broad snarling mouth with long white fangs and two lower tusks, and large white hooked claws resting on the rock.
Setting
- Hot orange-to-yellow sky with radiating dotted black sunburst rays from behind the central figure
- Hundreds of outlined ringed circles of varying sizes scattered across the upper field like bubbles or planets
- Grey-blue mottled rock outcrop forming the lower third the figures sit on
Text on it
- ANDROMEDA
- GAME OVER
- GamePlan, Inc.
- Paul Farris
- MATCH
- 40
- -10
- 156780
How it plays
-
Multiballs 1
- Andromeda Multiball
-
Goals 1
- Spinner value
Made by
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Design
- Mike Kubin
- Art
- Paul Faris
- Software
- Rehman Merchant
Reference
Linked terms
- Black drop target also called Black lock target
- Orbit saucer also called Orbit lock saucer also called Lock saucer
- Guarded yellow standup also called Multiball start target also called Launch ball target also called Lock release target
- Red drop bank also called Left 3-bank
- Blue drop bank also called Right 3-bank
- Andromeda Multiball also called 2x scoring
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- orange
- gold
- white
Fingerprint: GamePlan Inc title, single steely-faced figure in pale spacesuit hard-shaded features red lips centre-left, entire field cascaded with overlapping gold-orange coin discs pouring down sides like waterfall, three yellow pop bumpers with fan emblems forming triangle, diagonal array of numbered multiplier inserts 1 through 10 with 2x 3x 4x 5x values, black cylindrical canister, solid-state mid-1990s aesthetic
A single bare-headed man in a pale spacesuit, face painted in hard graphic shading with red lips, looming at centre-left as the only human figure. The entire playfield is a gold-and-orange avalanche of overlapping coin discs that pours down the sides like a waterfall. Three yellow pop-bumper caps with red-and-gold fan emblems form a triangle above two orange-and-blue arrow ramps. A diagonal constellation of round multiplier inserts (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and numbered 1 to 10) climbing the centre. A black cylindrical canister on the left rail and a gold wire-loop pair of ramps on the lower right.
Setting
- Abstract black void
- Avalanche of gold and orange coin discs
- Pebbled gold border along both side rails
- Grey cabinet frame and bare aluminium apron
Symbols
- Hundreds of overlapping coin discs
- Playing-card suit shapes in the top-left and top-right backglass-style corner medallions
- Red-and-gold fan/wheel emblem on each pop bumper cap
- Blue arrow shapes on the orange triangular ramp panels
- Starburst shapes
- Cream and white round number inserts
- Gold wire-loop ramps on the lower right
- Yellow-outlined arrow graphic beside the insert slots
- Coiled yellow spring graphic on the lower right apron
- Red triangular arrow near shift lane
- Qr code on the lower right instruction card
Notable shapes
- Octagonal instruction cards
- Red diamond logo panel
- Triangular orange ramp panels with blue arrow centres
- Triangular slingshots
- Curved chrome upper ball guide
- Gold wire-loop ramp pair
- Two circular spinner windows on the right
- Pebbled gold side borders curving around the top arc
Art motifs
- Coin waterfall framing the field
- Stippled/dot-screen airbrush shading
- Heavy black keyline around every element
- Speedometer-like diagonal number ladder
- Gold filigree scrollwork in the lower corners
Themes
- Coins
- Money
- Counting
- Numbers
- Space suit
- Prize
- Bonus multiplier
Title on it
- Gameplan,inc.
Text on it
- A GamePlan Original!
- GAME PLAN
- Making 2-3 lanes increases bonus multiplier.
- Shoot lanes by using right flipper.
- Making two lanes increases multiplier but plays "Advanced Bonus".
- Lower left launch switch releases ball.
- Left targets down increases spinner & side lane.
- 2nd time right spinner special lane.
- 3rd time lights special lane.
- 4th time scores special.
- Increasing bonus multiplier lights special lane.
- Matching last two numbers .............. 3 credits.
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- GamePlan,Inc.
- ADDISON, ILLINOIS 60101
- SHIFT LANE
- BONUS IN THOUSANDS
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- Advancement Only
- Insert Coin(s) To Start Machine
- 800,000 SCORES .............. 1,800,000 SCORES
- SPECIAL SCORES BEATING HIGHEST SCORE
- Balls Per Game
- Tilt Disqualifies Ball in Play
- Per Game
- Quick Reference Card
- Scoring Instructions and Game Information
- 1995 GamePlan Incorporated
- Made in the USA
- ADVANCE
- 3000
- 5000
- 10000
- 60000
- BALL RETURN
- TILT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One adult male, bare head with slicked-back dark hair, hard graphic shading on a pale face, dark brow and eye shadow, red lips, grim focused expression. wears a pale grey and white ribbed spacesuit/flight suit with a dark collar of small round studs. positioned centre-left, facing forward, shoulders turned slightly right, arms reaching forward/down. nothing held in hands. |
| Vehicle | A grey rocket or capsule nose cone, shaded with horizontal ribbing and a dark circular porthole, located just above and right of the man's head at mid-left. |
| Other | A black cylindrical canister with a red band and printed white label mounted on the left inlane/upper-left rail. |
Full view of a solid-state playfield photographed through the glass with strong reflections, mounted in a wooden-framed cabinet with a bare aluminium apron at the bottom. The playfield art is a black, orange and gold coin-drip motif: a vast cascade of overlapping orange and gold coins pours down from the top arc and pours around the whole field, edged by a pebbled gold border. A single large male figure in a pale grey and white spacesuit dominates the centre-left: bare head with slicked-back dark hair, a squared jaw, dark eye shading, red lips, an expression of grim concentration, body angled slightly right, arms forward. Four yellow-rimmed pop bumper caps with red-and-gold fan/coin emblems sit in a triangle at upper centre. Below them are two orange triangular ramp/ball-guide panels with blue arrow shapes, flanked by two chrome wireform rails. A constellation of white, yellow and red round number inserts runs diagonally through the middle with values 1 through 10 plus 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 20, 40, 80, 200, 500 and 800. Left edge has a black cylindrical canister with a red band; right edge has a yellow-outlined insert reading SPECIAL WHEN LIT with 3000 and 5000 slots. Lower left card reads A GamePlan Original! with a white URL sticker, lower right card holds a QR code and scoring table. Two white-topped flippers with red rubber at the bottom centre.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- black
- grey
- yellow
Fingerprint: ANDROMEDA in huge orange-red block capitals across seated cat-woman wearing scaled bikini and metallic armour, dark brown snarling lion-like beast on left, grey cat with red eyes and white fangs on right, hot orange sky filled with hundreds of ringed planets and radiating black dotted sunburst rays
A seated cat-suited woman in a scale bikini and ribbed armour flanked by two different snarling felines - a dark brown lion-like beast on the left and a grey cat with red eyes, tusks and white claws on the right. The huge orange-red ANDROMEDA wordmark runs straight across her crossed legs, with a small yellow GAME OVER box at the far right edge. The background is a vivid orange sky filled with hundreds of outlined ringed circles like bubbles or planets, streaked with black dotted sunburst rays. Two small windows at bottom centre read 40 and -10, with a tiny MATCH label above them.
Setting
- Hot orange-to-yellow sky with radiating dotted black sunburst rays from behind the central figure
- Hundreds of outlined ringed circles of varying sizes scattered across the upper field like bubbles or planets
- Grey-blue mottled rock outcrop forming the lower third the figures sit on
Symbols
- Hundreds of ringed circles resembling planets or bubbles
- Black dotted sunburst rays radiating from centre
- Star-like cross shapes among the rings at the top
- Red seven-segment led digits
- Score windows with chrome trim
Lettering
- Very large squared sans-serif block capitals, andromeda in orange-red fill with a yellow-white inner gradient and heavy black drop outline; smaller yellow capitals game over stacked in two lines inside a black box at the right; green serif-outlined gameplan, inc.; cream italic script signature paul farris.
Themes
- Science fiction
- Space
- Alien
- Cat people
- Pin-up woman
- Big cats
- Video game motif
Title on it
- Andromeda
Text on it
- ANDROMEDA
- GAME OVER
- GamePlan, Inc.
- Paul Farris
- MATCH
- 40
- -10
- 156780
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central seated figure, adult, tan skin, slicked-back dark hair with a centre part, heavy winged eye make-up and dark lipstick, small pointed ears. wears a leopard-and-scale patterned bikini top and ribbed segmented metallic body armour over chest, arms and neck. left hand raised to her ear, right arm down by her side. bare legs crossed at the knee, long brown laced thigh-high boots. |
| Animal | Left, a large dark brown-black lion or panther-like beast with rounded pointed ears, shaggy cream ruff and chest fur, yellow eyes, bared fangs and a wrinkled muzzle, crouched low and facing right. |
| Animal | Right, a grey-green cat with striped forehead, tall pointed ears, glowing red eyes, a broad snarling mouth with long white fangs and two lower tusks, and large white hooked claws resting on the rock. |
A square backglass dominated by a seated cat-woman and two snarling felines on a mottled grey rock outcrop, against a hot orange-and-yellow sky full of ringed bubbles and radiating black dotted rays. At centre sits a woman with slicked-back dark hair and heavy eye make-up, wearing a revealing scaled bikini top and ribbed metallic body armour over her torso and arms, one hand raised to her ear, bare legs crossed and long brown laced boots reaching past the title. To her left a large brown-black beast with pointed ears, bared fangs and a heavy ruff crouches; to her right a grey-green cat with red eyes, tusks and white clawed paws snarls forward. Across the lower third the title ANDROMEDA sits in huge block capitals, orange-red fill with a yellow-to-white gradient and a heavy black outline, flanked right by a small black box reading GAME OVER in yellow. Four red LED score windows frame the art: top left, top right, and two along the bottom, with two small numeric windows reading 40 and -10 at bottom centre. Small green text reads GamePlan, Inc. and an italic script signature Paul Farris sits lower right.