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1978 · Playmatic

Big Town

Night city skyline of dotted-light skyscrapers, deep blue sky panel, large pale yellow moon, neon-outlined buildings and night street with red-and-white striped awning.

Year
1978
Maker
Playmatic
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Big Town backglass

Backglass

  • black
  • red
  • pink
  • yellow

Fingerprint: BIG TOWN in red marquee-style pillars, four young cartoon people playing along bottom in fairground booth, keyboard player among them, entire city as delicate pink-orange dotted lights on black, pale yellow full moon, four working red seven-segment score windows on left, neon-noir aesthetic

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the huge stacked 'BIG TOWN' logo in red marquee-style block letters, each letter rendered as a lit three-dimensional pillar standing in front of a blue sky panel and a yellow moon. A second striking feature is the row of four young cartoon people playing along the bottom edge, including two couples and a keyboard player, framed by a red-and-white striped band like a fairground booth. Third, the entire city is rendered as delicate pink-and-orange dotted lights on black, giving a neon-noir look. Finally, the left edge carries four working red seven-segment score windows set in marquee-bulb frames.

Setting

  • Night city skyline of dotted-light skyscrapers
  • Deep blue sky panel
  • Large pale yellow moon
  • Neon-outlined buildings
  • Night street with red-and-white striped awning

Symbols

  • Rows of stars
  • Downward arrows
  • Five-pointed stars in red, orange and green
  • Piano keys
  • Scrolling marquee bulbs
  • Gold numbered player discs
  • Seven-segment score windows
  • Outlined neon rectangles suggesting windows and signage

Lettering

  • Bold condensed sans-serif block capitals with heavy black outlines and inline white/yellow highlights; red on the title, green for the player count, white on dark panels for slogans

Themes

  • City skyline
  • Nighttime neon
  • Music and entertainment
  • Amusement arcade
  • Musical keyboard
  • Moon over city

Title on it

  • Big town

Text on it

  • playmatic
  • 4 PLAYERS
  • BIG TOWN
  • 142.100
  • 000000
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPLETE!
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • MATCH FEATURE
  • CREDIT
  • PLAYERS
  • HIGHEST
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Far left, blonde bobbed hair, red short-sleeved dress with a belt, shown from behind in three-quarter view, one hand raised to her hair, pale skin
Child Red-haired boy in a grey top seated at a white piano keyboard, hands on the keys, facing forward
Woman Right of centre, long blonde hair, pale skin, bare shoulder, head tilted, lips parted, facing the pink-haired youth
Child Far right, bright pink/magenta hair, pale skin, bare shoulder, leaning in beside the blonde woman
Full description

A square, front-lit backglass with a black background showing a stylised night-time city skyline in pinkish-orange dotted lights, with a large pale yellow full moon at upper right and a deep blue sky panel behind the title. The stacked title 'BIG TOWN' sits centre-top in bold red block capitals with white and yellow interior fill and heavy black outlines, the 'BIG' letters drawn as three-dimensional marquee pillars. '4 PLAYERS' appears above in bright green, and a small gold 'playmatic' plaque sits top centre. Down the left edge four rounded rectangular windows in a white-and-red dotted marquee frame contain red seven-segment readouts: 142.100 at the top and three 000000 displays below, each paired with a numbered gold circle 1 to 4. Four stylised cartoon figures occupy the lower half: a blonde woman in a red dress at far left seen from behind, a red-haired youth in a grey top playing a white piano keyboard, and at right a blonde woman beside a pink-haired youth. A red-and-white striped band curves across the bottom. Neon-green and pink-outlined buildings, stars and arrow shapes fill the mid-ground.