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1975 · Maresa

Big Horse

Cream plain background, green ionic columns on the right and pink and mauve brick wall across the bottom.

Year
1975
Maker
Maresa
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Big Horse backglass

Backglass

  • cream
  • green
  • pink
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Enormous lavender Greek warrior helmet with tall red-and-white plumed crest, female face with long magenta hair inside helmet opening, gold armband, BIG HACK in jagged yellow lightning letters on green disc, small mob of comic warriors with spears and shields chasing across cream field, pink brick wall

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is a colossal lavender Greek warrior helmet with a towering red-and-white plumed crest, which doubles as a frame for a big female face with flowing magenta hair. The title is spelled out in huge angular yellow lightning-bolt lettering reading 'BIG HACK' on a green disc at upper left. A white six-digit score strip showing '2 3 6 4 0' sits low in a pink brick wall beside blue 'BALL' and 'IN PLAY' panels. Green Ionic columns rise behind the helmet on the right, and a scattered mob of tiny comic fighters chases across the middle.

Setting

  • Cream plain background
  • Green ionic columns on the right
  • Pink and mauve brick wall across the bottom

Symbols

  • Greek key meander
  • Plumed helmet
  • Spears
  • Shield
  • Winged cherub
  • Ionic columns
  • Directional arrow

Lettering

  • Jagged angular yellow block letters with heavy black outline on a green disc for the title; plain black serif capitals for maresa; hand-lettered black capitals on blue panels for ball and in play; black numerals on white score windows

Themes

  • Greek myth
  • Warrior
  • Arena combat
  • Chase scene

Title on it

  • Big hack

Text on it

  • MARESA
  • BIG HACK
  • 2 3 6 4 0
  • BALL
  • IN PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Large portrait inside the helmet opening: pale skin, long magenta-red hair, red lips, green eye, bare shoulder with a gold armband
Other Giant greek warrior helmet, pale lavender-pink, tall red-and-white plumed crest, orange greek-key meander band, standing head right of centre
Woman Small female warrior on the left in a white feathered skirt and red top, holding a long spear upright, running
Man Small winged figure flying rightwards with a blue-tipped spear and a round shield
Monster Green snake-haired creature with a grimacing face in the middle of the mob
Animal Small brown dog-like animal near the centre
Creature Small green and yellow creature below the snake-haired figure
Man Helmeted man in a blue tunic at centre-right, thrusting a long spear to the left, mouth open shouting
Creature Small winged cherub with red hair and yellow wings at the bottom right corner
Other Golden yellow shield set into the brick wall near the bottom centre
Full description

Illustrated backglass framed by a rounded green border on a cream ground. Upper left holds a green disc with a jagged yellow 'BIG HACK' logo outlined in black; 'MARESA' is printed in small black serif capitals across the top centre. Right half is dominated by an enormous Greek-style warrior helmet in pale lavender-pink with a tall red-and-white plumed crest and an orange Greek-key meander band, and inside the helmet's cheek opening sits a large portrait of a woman with long magenta-red hair, red lips and a gold armband. Left-centre, a cluster of small comic figures runs and fights across the cream field: a spear-carrying female warrior in a white feathered skirt, a winged figure flying with a blue spear, a green snake-haired monster, a small brown animal and a dog, and a helmeted man in a blue tunic thrusting a spear. The bottom is a pink-and-mauve brick wall carrying a white six-window score strip reading 2 3 6 4 0, two blue panels lettered BALL and IN PLAY, a golden shield, a diagonal arrow and a small winged cherub.