1980 · Playmatic
Attack
Known for Captive ball, Top center saucer, Left saucer and Yellow drop targets. Night sky scattered with stars, alien jungle of gnarled multicoloured tree trunks, domed huts and a small temple-like building on cracked rock and explosion starbursts.
- Year
- 1980
- Maker
- Playmatic
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Captive ball
Captive ball
- saucer
Top center saucer
- saucer
Left saucer
- Drop target
Yellow drop targets
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Top center saucer saucer
- Left saucer saucer
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball
Drop target 1
- Yellow drop targets
Target 1
- Captive ball target
Lanes 9
- A and D star rollovers rollovers
- B and C lanes
- E and F lanes
- Left in lane star rollovers rollovers
- Right orbit star rollover rollover
- Left out lane
- Right out lane
- Left in lane
- Captive ball rollover switch rollover
Lights 1
- Extra Bonus lights
On the backglass
Who and what
- creature Enormous mechanical serpent-dragon, segmented ribbed tube body in red, yellow and green with green cab windows and round portholes, head lined with long pointed white teeth
- woman Long blonde hair, red bikini top, red leggings, white boots, arms flung wide, mouth open, running forward
- woman Taller, very long blonde hair, yellow outfit with green harness straps, pale blue boots, one arm raised behind the first woman
- vehicle Three small pink-and-cream swept-wing rockets flying in formation at mid-left
- vehicle Striped green and cream flying machine with a domed canopy flying up the centre
Setting
- Night sky scattered with stars
- Alien jungle of gnarled multicoloured tree trunks
- Domed huts and a small temple-like building on cracked rock
- Explosion starbursts
Text on it
- ATRCH
- CREDIT
- 80
- 19
- EXTRA BALL
- BALL IN PLAY
- SELECT
- MODE
- WHITE
- ALTERNATE PLAY
- CONTINUOUS PLAY
- MATCH
- WHEN LIT
- playmatic
- MADE IN SPAIN
- 369690
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Extra Bonus
Reference
Linked terms
- Top center saucer also called Top saucer
- Left saucer also called Upper left saucer
- Yellow drop targets also called Lone yellow drop targets
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- black
- orange
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Rocket ship head-on with windows lettered x2 ks kg and shoot again, two large white bumpers reading 1000 points when lit above, orange-yellow fireball erupting from cracked ground at lower center, female pilot in red top only human figure, lettered targets and ringed planets scattered
A cartoon rocket-ship in the middle of the playfield with a cockpit and square lettered windows reading X2, KS and KG and SHOOT AGAIN on its nose. Two giant white round bumper caps reading 1000 POINTS WHEN LIT dominate the upper centre. A blazing orange fireball or rocket-exhaust plume erupts from cracked ground at the lower centre. A lone cartoon woman pilot in a red top is the only human figure, standing left of the plume. The apron carries a blue lowercase logo reading playmatic.
Setting
- Outer space with a starfield and green starbursts
- Ringed planets in red, green and turquoise
- A futuristic space vessel seen head-on
- Cracked brown ground or desert floor at the lower centre
- A wall or hangar-like structure behind the ship
Symbols
- Round pop-bumper caps
- Lettered round targets
- Ringed planets
- Green starburst decals
- Circular starbursts
- Wireform habitrails
- Metal ramps
- Green illuminated round lamps
- Lit arrows
- Cracked ground motif
Notable shapes
- Twin yellow wire habitrails
- Large circular white bumper caps
- Arched dark tunnel at the top
- Curved turquoise apron surround
Art motifs
- Yellow starbursts on black
- Red and yellow flame
- Turquoise pinstriped trim
- White block lettering with red outline
Themes
- Space
- Aviation
- Rockets
- Planets
- Pin-up pilot
Text on it
- 70,000
- BONUS
- WHEN
- LOSE GA
- COLLECT AGA BONUS
- UP ONE TARGET
- 1000 POINTS WHEN LIT
- OPEN GATE
- SPELL
- EXTRA BALL
- SPECIAL
- SPECIAL WHEN BALL IS LIT
- 50,000 WHEN LIT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- HOLD
- COLLECT BONUS
- 30,000
- X2
- KS
- KG
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- playmatic
- Free Play
- REPLAYS
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ATTACK
- PLAYER
- SHOOT AGAIN AND COLLECT BONUS WHEN LETTERS ARE LIT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One cartoon woman, a pin-up style pilot, standing lower left of centre facing right; dark hair, red top with a white scarf or collar, dark blue trousers, holding her hands up as if shielding or working a control |
| Vehicle | A large painted rocket-ship or space craft centred on the playfield, viewed head-on, yellow and orange body, dark cockpit canopy, a nose cannon, three square lettered windows and red shoot again lettering; wings and side struts spread outwards |
| Creature | A tall roaring flame or rocket-exhaust plume in orange, yellow and white, rising from a burst in the cracked ground at the lower centre |
| Other | A metallic rocket or torpedo-shaped object angled across the mid-left area with a pointed nose |
A full pinball playfield seen through glass (metal ramps and reflections crossing it), black background with a busy cartoon space-and-aviation illustration. Two large translucent round pop-bumper caps in the upper middle read 1000 POINTS WHEN LIT in red on white. Below and between them a painted rocket-ship/spacecraft is seen head-on, yellow and orange with a cockpit and three square windows carrying the letters X2, KS and KG, plus SHOOT AGAIN in red on its nose. The lower centre is dominated by a roaring orange-and-yellow fireball plume or exhaust column over cracked brown ground. A single cartoon woman, a pilot in a red top with a white scarf, stands at lower left-centre holding something, the only human figure. Lettered targets and ringed planets are scattered everywhere: circles and starbursts marked B, C, D, E, F, G and H, a left-side EXTRA BALL roundel, a SPECIAL WHEN BALL IS LIT wedge on the left, SPELL in white on the lower left, HOLD with green lit lamps and 50,000 WHEN LIT, plus a red 30,000 burst on the right and OPEN GATE and SPELL bursts on the upper right. Two yellow wireform habitrails arch down both outer sides. Dominant colours are black, orange, yellow, red with turquoise trim. The apron at the bottom is teal-edged and carries white instruction cards and a blue logo.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- green
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: ATRCH in tall condensed red block font with green inner face and yellow shadow, enormous mechanical serpent-dragon with ribbed segmented body, round portholes and grinning white teeth, blonde woman in red bikini and yellow-suited companion sprinting across cracked rock, giant four-pointed red starburst explosion, alien jungle and cosmic backdrop, Playmatic Spain mark
The huge mechanical dragon-serpent built of ribbed tube segments with portholes and a grinning row of long white teeth, hovering over the whole right side. A giant four-pointed red starburst explosion with long yellow and green rays sits right between the score reels and the two running figures. The title lettering is a tall condensed red block font with a green inner face and yellow shadow, fanned out by a green ray burst beneath it, and only the letters ATRCH are readable. A blonde woman in a red two-piece and a yellow-suited companion sprint across cracked rock at the lower right. Made-in-Spain playmatic plate with a black diamond logo in the bottom right corner.
Setting
- Night sky scattered with stars
- Alien jungle of gnarled multicoloured tree trunks
- Domed huts and a small temple-like building on cracked rock
- Explosion starbursts
Symbols
- Four-pointed stars
- Starburst explosions
- Domed huts
- Playing-card-free
- Black diamond company logo
Lettering
- Very tall condensed sans-serif capitals, red outline with green inner face and yellow drop shadow, splayed outward above a fan of green rays
Themes
- Science fiction
- Space
- Robot monster
- Pinball backglass
Text on it
- ATRCH
- CREDIT
- 80
- 19
- EXTRA BALL
- BALL IN PLAY
- SELECT
- MODE
- WHITE
- ALTERNATE PLAY
- CONTINUOUS PLAY
- MATCH
- WHEN LIT
- playmatic
- MADE IN SPAIN
- 369690
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Enormous mechanical serpent-dragon, segmented ribbed tube body in red, yellow and green with green cab windows and round portholes, head lined with long pointed white teeth |
| Woman | Long blonde hair, red bikini top, red leggings, white boots, arms flung wide, mouth open, running forward |
| Woman | Taller, very long blonde hair, yellow outfit with green harness straps, pale blue boots, one arm raised behind the first woman |
| Vehicle | Three small pink-and-cream swept-wing rockets flying in formation at mid-left |
| Vehicle | Striped green and cream flying machine with a domed canopy flying up the centre |
A tall, portrait-format backglass in a plain light-wood frame, packed with comic-book airbrush art in saturated red, green, yellow and black. The right half is dominated by an enormous mechanical serpent or dragon: a segmented red-and-yellow armoured body of ribbed tube sections with green cab windows, circular portholes and a head full of long pointed white teeth, lunging down from the top right over the centre. Below the title sit two figures on cracked ochre rock: a blonde woman in a red bikini-style top, red leggings and white boots lunging forward with arms flung wide, mouth open, and behind her a taller long-haired figure in a yellow outfit with a green harness and light blue boots, one arm raised. Left of centre, four black score reels with chrome-edged surrounds show red digits (top reel reads 369690) above a red 7-segment credit panel reading 80 and 19, and lower down are inset instruction windows. The left edge is a dense alien jungle of green, purple and orange tree trunks and fronds with domed huts, while small pink-and-cream rocket craft and a striped flying-machine hang in a starry navy sky scattered with four-pointed stars. Red starburst explosions with yellow-green rays blaze in the middle and above the figures.