1986 · Juegos Populares
Aqualand
Flat lime-green open sea behind the title, turquoise lagoon water with white foam splashes, grey-white splash panel across the lower quarter and palm trees and small sandy island at the left edge.
- Year
- 1986
- Maker
- Juegos Populares
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- green
- white
Fingerprint: ISLAND title with oversized red script I and tall block serif LAND with white horizontal band, laughing blonde woman bursting chest-high from turquoise surf with both arms flung wide in 1960s pin-up style, school of red fish and two leaping blue dolphins in upper section, grey-white splash panel at bottom with red LED score displays, white palm trees framing left edge, tropical lagoon setting
The single most memorable feature is the vast red-and-gold ISLAND logo arcing across the top, its letters banded with a white stripe and its enormous swash-tailed S spilling down the left side of the glass. Second is the laughing blonde woman bursting chest-high out of turquoise surf with both arms flung wide, drawn in bubblegum 1960s pin-up style. Third, a school of flat-red fish and two leaping blue dolphins cut across the flat lime-green lagoon behind her. Fourth, the bottom quarter is a grey splash-foam panel studded with glowing red LED score displays and tiny printed labels such as CREDIT and BALL IN PLAY.
Setting
- Flat lime-green open sea behind the title
- Turquoise lagoon water with white foam splashes
- Grey-white splash panel across the lower quarter
- Palm trees and small sandy island at the left edge
Symbols
- Large red ring or hoop framing the right and lower edge of the picture
- Grey circular coin or record emblem above the centre of the score panel
- Red lightning-bolt shapes in small square badges beside the score displays
- Diamond-shaped maker's badge top right with a small red crown over it
Lettering
- Arched title, oversized swash script capital i and s in red with gold outline and white mid-band, remaining letters in tall red serif capitals; small black sans-serif printed instruction labels on white plaques below the displays
Themes
- Island
- Tropical lagoon
- Beach
- Surfing
- Sea life
- Dolphins
- Pin-up swimmer
Title on it
- Island
Text on it
- ISLAND
- CREDIT
- FREE GAME
- EXTRA BALL
- SELECT
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One young adult blonde woman, centre, waist-to-thighs-up, bare shoulders and bare chest, short wavy platinum hair, red lips, wide open-mouthed smile, head tilted slightly, both arms raised and spread with fingers splayed, water breaking white around her hips and legs |
| Creature | One blue dolphin leaping rightward just below the title, dark blue-grey back, white belly, snout and eye visible |
| Creature | Second blue dolphin, larger, arcing across the upper right with dorsal fin raised |
| Animal | Grey-blue shark at the top right, partly hidden behind the red ring border, with white spray |
| Animal | Red-and-blue parrotfish with bulging eye at lower right, facing left |
| Animal | School of small red fish at top left above the i, plus a second red school at lower left |
A tall, portrait backglass in a bright 1960s pop-art cartoon style, dominated by a tropical lagoon in green, turquoise and white foam. Across the top third a big arched title reads ISLAND: the IS is an oversized flowing red script capital with a thick gold outline, and LAND is in tall block serif capitals, red with a broad white horizontal band through the middle and the same gold edge. Top left, a school of about six small red fish swims rightward above the I. Centre of the glass, one blonde woman is drawn from the thighs up, bursting out of turquoise water with both arms thrown out and fingers splayed, smiling with red lips and heavily lined eyes; she is bare-shouldered and topless, her lower body dissolved into white splashes. Two blue dolphins leap across the upper middle, one right-facing with a dark blue back. A school of tiny red fish fills the lower left, a red-and-blue parrotfish swims at lower right, and a grey-and-white shark is partly visible top right with a spout of white spray below it. The whole scene is ringed by white surf and palm trees at the left edge. The bottom quarter is a grey-white splash panel carrying red seven-segment LED score windows and small printed instruction labels.