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
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
-
Modes 10
- CPR
- Copter Rescue
- Diver Trapped
- Shark Cove
- Tidal Wave
- Guard Millions
- Shark Frenzy
- Shark Flips
Video modes
- Waterski
- Beach Runner
-
Multiballs 1
- Tourist Season
-
Goals 1
- Ironman
-
Awards 6
- Swimmer Jackpots
- Shark Super Jackpot
- Double Super Jackpot
- Baywatch Jackpot
- Tower Jackpot
- Search & Rescue
-
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.
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.
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
| 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-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.
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
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
| 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 |
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.