Launcher

Type to filter results. Use arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select.

You've reached the end of the results

Baywatch backglass

Also known as BW

1995 · Sega

Baywatch

Known for Tower ramp, Center up-kicker, Side ramp and Shark scoop. Beach, ocean surf, palm trees, blue sky with clouds, lifeguard tower, us flags, rescue aeroplane and parachutist.

Year
1995
Maker
Sega
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
6

Known for

  • Ramp

    Tower ramp

  • Hole

    Center up-kicker

  • Ramp

    Side ramp

  • scoop

    Shark scoop

  • extra flipper

    Shark flipper

  • Wizard mode

    Earthquake

On the playfield

  • turquoise
  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
Baywatch playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Ramps 3

  • Tower ramp
  • Back ramp
  • Side ramp

Holes 2

  • Center up-kicker
  • Shark scoop scoop

Bumper 1

  • Squid Pops

Drop target 1

  • Light Lock drop targets

Targets 2

  • Shark targets
  • Vehicle targets

Kickback 1

  • Laser Kick

Lane 1

  • SPF top lanes

Flipper 1

  • Shark flipper extra flipper

On the backglass

Who and what

  • man Giant photorealistic head and bare shoulders of a dark-haired, blue-eyed man, clean shaven, neutral slightly smiling expression, looking directly at viewer; head emerges from a white breaking wave
  • woman Large standing blonde, red one-piece swimsuit, very long loose platinum hair, hands on hips, left of centre, full figure from head to thigh
  • woman Standing brunette with long dark hair, red one-piece swimsuit, right of centre, holding a red rescue buoy/flotation object at her shoulder
  • woman Seated short-haired blonde at far right, red one-piece swimsuit, legs extended leftwards across the bottom edge, looking out at viewer
  • woman Small blonde in a bikini stepping through shallow water at lower left, beside a yellow surfboard
  • man Shirtless dark-haired man in red swim trunks at lower centre, wading, holding a blonde woman in the surf

Setting

  • Beach
  • Ocean surf
  • Palm trees
  • Blue sky with clouds
  • Lifeguard tower
  • Us flags
  • Rescue aeroplane
  • Parachutist

Text on it

  • BAYWATCH
  • LIFEGUARD
  • SEGA

How it plays

  1. Modes 10

    • CPR
    • Copter Rescue
    • Diver Trapped
    • Shark Cove
    • Tidal Wave
    • Guard Millions
    • Shark Frenzy
    • Shark Flips

    Video modes

    • Waterski
    • Beach Runner
  2. Multiballs 1

    • Tourist Season
  3. Goals 1

    • Ironman
  4. Awards 6

    • Swimmer Jackpots
    • Shark Super Jackpot
    • Double Super Jackpot
    • Baywatch Jackpot
    • Tower Jackpot
    • Search & Rescue
  5. Wizard modes 1

    • Earthquake

Made by

Design
Joe Kaminkow
Design
Joe Balcer
Art
Markus Rothkranz
Art
Jeff Busch
Software
Neil Falconer
Software
Lonnie D. Ropp
Software
John Carpenter
Software
Orin Day
Sound & Music
Brian Schmidt
Display animation
Jack Liddon
Display animation
Kurt Andersen

The cast

  • Mitch
  • Matt
  • CJ
  • Caroline
  • Stephanie

Reference

Linked terms
  • Tower ramp also called Tower also called left ramp
  • Back ramp also called center ramp
  • Center up-kicker also called upper VUK
  • Shark scoop also called Shark hole
  • Shark flipper also called shark-fin flipper
  • Light Lock drop targets also called three-bank
  • SPF top lanes also called Top Lanes
  • Laser Kick also called Super Laser Kick
  • Vehicle targets also called Vehicles
  • Guard Millions also called Guard
  • Earthquake also called Earth Quake
  • Shark Super Jackpot also called Super
  • Double Super Jackpot also called Double Super
Playfield vision analysis

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

Baywatch playfield

Playfield

  • turquoise
  • yellow
  • red
  • blue

Fingerprint: Baywater: two blonde mermaids with turquoise tails flanking red logo lower field, bikini-clad women on wooden raft center, jagged shark fins and open jaws surrounding swimmers, fan of five gold award discs beneath logo, yellow triangular cards on apron reading player count.

Distinctive

A blonde mermaid with a turquoise fish tail swimming in on each side of the lower playfield, flanking a big red-script BAYWATER logo. A row of bikini-clad women in 1970s two-piece swimsuits posing on a raft in the middle of the playfield, with shark fins and jaws all around them. Yellow triangular cards bolted to the lower apron reading 1-6 CAN PLAY! and NEW! 4 PLAYER DOUBLES!. A fan of five gold-coloured award discs under the logo reading COLLECT SHARK ATTACK AWARDS.

Setting

  • Painted open ocean with turquoise and teal breaking waves
  • Sandy beach and shallow water across the lower playfield
  • Sky-blue water and a beach hut structure in the upper left
  • Black void surrounding the cabinet in the photograph

Symbols

  • Five gold-coloured award discs with shark portraits and star ratings
  • Red pop bumper pods with white domes
  • Wire ball guides and chrome return lanes
  • Tm trademark symbol beside the logo
  • Red rubber flipper rings
  • Shark dorsal fins and open jaws
  • Surfboard shapes

Notable shapes

  • A fan of five coin-like award discs printed under the centre logo
  • A painted beach hut with a striped awning in the upper left
  • A wooden raft or dock carrying the group of women in the centre
  • A tunnel/orbit lane running down the right side of the playfield
  • Painted shark fins protruding from the wave line

Art motifs

  • Hand-painted comic-book surf artwork with heavy black outlines
  • Stylised breaking wave crests in white foam
  • Airbrashed sky and sand gradients
  • Spotlit flippers and plastics against painted sea

Themes

  • Surfing
  • Beach
  • Sharks
  • Mermaids
  • Summer
  • Ocean

Title on it

  • Baywater

Text on it

  • LOCK LIT
  • BAYWATER
  • TM
  • COLLECT SHARK ATTACK AWARDS
  • 1-6 CAN PLAY!
  • NEW! 4 PLAYER DOUBLES!
  • SEGA
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • 50c for 1 PLAY
  • 3 BALLS PER GAME
  • HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTRUCTIONS
  • SEE DISPLAY FOR PLAY VALUE
  • TILT
  • SEGA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  • MAYFAIR
  • SPECIAL
Drop targets
A bank of round numbered award targets or standup targets in the mid-right playfield area
Ramps
An orange plastic ramp and wire ramp assembly across the raised upper deck, plus a wire ramp returning to the right orbit
Slingshots
Two wire-formed slings with red rubber just above the flippers
Upper playfield
A raised backbox-adjacent deck with a lock lit panel at top left, an orange plastic ramp, chrome wire guides and a red-lit feature area at the top right
Apron and lower playfield
Grey metal apron carrying a blue sega badge in the centre, a yellow 1-6 can play! triangle card on the left, a yellow new! 4 player doubles! triangle card on the right, a white for amusement only 50c for 1 play 3 balls per game price card on the right and a dense black-and-white instruction card on the left
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde mermaid with a bare upper body and a turquoise fish tail, swimming in from the left of the lower playfield, one arm outstretched
Woman Second blonde mermaid with a turquoise fish tail, mirrored on the right side of the lower playfield, swimming in the opposite direction
Woman Blonde woman in a two-piece bikini leaning forward with knees bent at the front of the group of women in the middle of the playfield
Woman Three further bikini-clad women with tanned skin and long hair standing closely together on a wooden raft or platform, one with arms raised, behind the leaning blonde
Creature Several grey sharks: dorsal fins breaking the surface, and two open shark jaws with rows of white teeth painted near the left and right rails
Other Small surfboards and a wooden jetty or beach structure painted in the upper-left quadrant
Full description

Full-length photographed playfield of a surf-and-shark themed electro-mechanical game, seen from above behind the glass with the coin door edge at the bottom. The surface is dominated by painted breaking ocean waves in turquoise, teal and white, with a sandy beach and sky-blue water filling the lower half. Two red rubber-ringed pop bumper pods sit high on the left and right, wire ball guides and chrome ramps snake through the upper third, and the uppermost section is a raised deck with an orange/red plastic ramp and a rectangular panel reading LOCK LIT. Across the middle-lower area a group of four bikini-clad women and girls in 1970s-style two-pieces pose on a raft or beach platform, one blonde woman leaning forward, and a blonde mermaid with a turquoise fish tail swims on each side of the lower playfield. Jagged grey shark fins and open shark jaws break the surface between the figures. The word BAYWATER is painted in large red script with a yellow outline across a yellow rectangular panel, with a small TM beside it, and below that a fan of five coin-style discs labelled as collectable awards. Two long flippers with red rubber and yellow mounting plates sit at the bottom centre. Printed cards line the lower edge: a yellow triangle on the left reading 1-6 CAN PLAY!, a matching yellow triangle on the right reading NEW! 4 PLAYER DOUBLES!, a dense black-and-white instruction card, a white price card reading FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY 50c for 1 PLAY 3 BALLS PER GAME, and a blue SEGA logo badge in the centre of the metal apron.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Baywatch backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • tan
  • white

Fingerprint: BAYWATCH LIFEGUARD on circular badge, giant photorealistic head rising from white crashing wave, three women in red swimsuits, tall blonde left of centre, yellow-white rescue aeroplane upper right with dangling rescuer, red parachutist, lifeguard tower with red flag, airbrushed realism

Distinctive

The dominant feature is an enormous photorealistic male head, twice life size, staring straight out of the artwork, half-submerged in a white breaker. Three women in matching red one-piece swimsuits flank him, the tallest blonde standing hip-forward left of centre with long hair over one shoulder. A yellow-and-white rescue aeroplane with a dangling rescuer and a red parachutist fill the upper-right sky. Smallest but sharpest identifying detail: a circular lifeguard badge on the standing woman's red swimsuit reading BAYWATCH and LIFEGUARD.

Setting

  • Beach
  • Ocean surf
  • Palm trees
  • Blue sky with clouds
  • Lifeguard tower
  • Us flags
  • Rescue aeroplane
  • Parachutist

Symbols

  • Circular lifeguard badge with striped shield
  • Red rescue buoy
  • Red flag on lifeguard tower
  • Two us flags
  • Surfboard
  • Rescue aeroplane with drop line
  • Parachute
  • Palm trees

Lettering

  • Large yellow hand-painted brush-stroke title lettering with a red drop shadow across the top left; small yellow sans-serif company wordmark in the top right corner

Themes

  • Beach
  • Lifeguards
  • Swimwear
  • Surfing
  • Rescue
  • American flags
  • Television adaptation

Title on it

  • Baywatch

Text on it

  • BAYWATCH
  • LIFEGUARD
  • SEGA
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Giant photorealistic head and bare shoulders of a dark-haired, blue-eyed man, clean shaven, neutral slightly smiling expression, looking directly at viewer; head emerges from a white breaking wave
Woman Large standing blonde, red one-piece swimsuit, very long loose platinum hair, hands on hips, left of centre, full figure from head to thigh
Woman Standing brunette with long dark hair, red one-piece swimsuit, right of centre, holding a red rescue buoy/flotation object at her shoulder
Woman Seated short-haired blonde at far right, red one-piece swimsuit, legs extended leftwards across the bottom edge, looking out at viewer
Woman Small blonde in a bikini stepping through shallow water at lower left, beside a yellow surfboard
Man Shirtless dark-haired man in red swim trunks at lower centre, wading, holding a blonde woman in the surf
Woman Blonde woman being held/carried low in the water at lower centre, partially submerged in white foam
Other Rescuer in white trousers and red top hanging from a line beneath the yellow-and-white rescue aeroplane, upper right
Other Red-clad figure parachuting, upper right sky
Woman Small bikini-clad figure lying on the yellow surfboard at upper left
Full description

Painted airbrushed backglass with a giant centred head of a dark-haired, blue-eyed man whose head and bare shoulders rise out of a white crashing surf wave that fills the lower half. Flanking him are three bikini-clad women in red one-piece swimsuits: a large blonde standing full-length left of centre with long loose hair, a brunette standing right of centre, and a short-haired blonde seated at the far right with legs stretched across the bottom. Two smaller figures appear at lower left (a blonde woman stepping through shallow water) and centre (a shirtless dark-haired man in red trunks holding or carrying a blonde woman in the surf). Beach setting: blue sky with white clouds, palm trees, a beachside lifeguard tower with a red flag, two US flags on poles, a yellow surfboard, a yellow-and-white rescue aeroplane flying at the upper right with a rescuer dangling on a line, and a parachuting figure in red. Dominant colours: deep blue, red, tan flesh, white. A small circular badge on the standing blonde's swimsuit reads BAYWATCH above a striped shield and LIFEGUARD below. SEGA is printed in the top right corner.