Blackout

Full-length electro-mechanical playfield photographed from above, tilted, with the grey metal apron and coin-door end of the cabinet visible below and black background at the edges. The playfield is a dark, near-black base covered in orange-and-yellow flame artwork, red wireform guide rails and a bright red plastic trim running up both side lanes. Across the top is a score-reel window with yellow reels reading zeroes, flanked by starburst lamps and five small red cone-shaped pop-bumper caps on chrome posts, plus a horseshoe-shaped metal ball guide. Down the middle sit two large yellow chevron/black striped inlane guides marked '1', '2', '3' and '5', a clear rectangular plastics panel, and painted creatures: a large glossy blue-and-teal winged insect or crab-like monster, a black spidery silhouette below it, and a green-yellow painted beast. Mid-lower playfield a large yellow sunburst reads '20' in its centre and is ringed by black round targets numbered 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70. Red-and-white striped flippers, triangular slingshots and round white inserts marked 'special' and '3 Adu.' sit at the bottom, with a yellow circular logo, a large red starburst 'W' roundel and two white instruction cards on the apron.

A vertically shot, slightly angled view of a full electro-mechanical playfield under a scratched plexiglass, lit by many coloured lamps. The whole surface is a dense, busy airbrushed fantasy-mechanical illustration. Upper half is dominated by blood-red and orange tones: a row of six red rectangular drop-target banks at the top centre, four round mushroom bumpers with cream faces reading TAITO, and a grey box at centre-left marked PASSAGEM with white arrows. Just below sits a large black circular cut-out ringed with blue and white lightning bolts. Lower half turns teal, turquoise and gold, with a painted sky of clouds and a ruined stone castle wall at centre right. The central figure is a bare-breasted blonde winged woman with enormous brown-and-gold feathered wings spread across the whole playfield, one arm raised toward a red glowing pyramid orb, wearing a gold bikini and green-and-red drapery. A giant gold-rimmed wheel and gear mechanism, plus pistons and pipes, run down the right side. The lower apron carries a black-and-gold instruction card, red ATENCAO text and a big gold TAITO wordmark on a yellow-and-red banner.

Rectangular backglass with a deep navy-black outer border framing a busy space scene. Across the top centre, large block capitals spell BLACKHOLE, rendered in pale cream-to-white letters with dark shading and a hard outline, set against black. Directly beneath the title a violent yellow-and-orange starburst explosion blooms at the upper centre, throwing out jagged white and yellow rays. A teal-green serpentine creature or tentacled alien form coils diagonally across the middle of the panel, its segmented body twisting from lower centre up towards the right. At the left of centre sits a large pale grey-blue circular mass with a darker mottled interior and a dark round feature near its upper edge, reading as a planet, moon or gaping creature mouth. To the right is a broad blue-grey craggy rock or planet surface rendered in chunky facets. Long white and yellow speed-line rays radiate upward from the lower left corner over the dark space background. Red-outlined rectangular windows stack down both the right edge and the left edge, each containing red segment-style numerals; the visible digits read 9, 3 and 4 down the right side. A small red-lettered label reading BOTTOM sits low on the left of centre, and a solid red band runs along the bottom edge.

Illuminated rectangular backglass in a wooden cabinet, dominated by a single tumbling astronaut painted in a loose, thick-outlined comic-book style. The figure falls head-down across the centre of the glass: white helmet with a gold-rimmed visor ring and a red-and-blue striped topknot of hair streaming out, a grinning face, a bright green ribbed spacesuit, blue and red chest harness, ribbed brown-and-cream cuffs and boots, and a grey ribbed oxygen tank strapped to the back with a long hose curling down. A large yellow, red and blue explosion blooms behind him. The background is black starfield with white stars, sweeping blue and yellow flame streaks, and a red, orange and blue rocky planet surface filling the lower right, crossed by a long grey segmented mechanical spine or conduit. The title BLACKOUT sits across the top in large white outlined slab capitals over blue-and-orange paint, with a white script wordmark and a circular W emblem beneath it. Red numbered player windows 1, 2, 3 and 4 run down the right side, each with an orange seven-segment score window beneath, and a red instruction strip runs along the bottom.

A painted backglass with a deep blue and black outer-space background of stars, blue electrical lightning bolts and small cratered planets. A huge orange-and-yellow italic logo reading VORTEX with a red outline and white drop shadow dominates the upper right, its overhanging V spanning the artwork. Below it a muscular bare-chested man with long dark hair rides a rearing white winged horse with a lion-like head, gold harness and studded collar; he wears a flowing pale-yellow sash and boots, one arm raised holding a gold chain, his legs gripping the flying horse as its wings spread across the whole centre. The creature stands on a vast yellow-orange planet streaked with a red band. The left third holds four horizontal score reels in ornate gold vine-and-serpentine frames, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 in yellow, the top one lit red showing digits. Along the bottom left are two small rectangular windows framed in gold filigree, labelled CREDIT and BALL IN PLAY, both showing red digits, plus more small moons. A boxed maker emblem sits bottom right.

Photographed rectangular backglass seen at a slight angle, the right edge receding, inside a wide red-painted cabinet border. The art has a deep blue-black outer space background dusted with small white stars, a pale cratered moon at centre-left, a small blue planet at top-left, a red-and-gold banded planet at top-right, and a grey cratered sphere at bottom-left. The top-right quadrant is dominated by the huge word VORTEX in sharply angled orange-red block capitals with a thick yellow outline and a white sparkle glint on the last letter. Down the whole left half four gold-framed score cards are stacked in rows, each with a red numbered panel (1, 2, 3, 4) and a line of red digit windows, with small red lettering above the top card. On the right a winged humanoid rider in gold armour with enormous brown feathered wings is mounted on a rearing brown horse, both silhouetted against a large cream, orange and deep red shaded planet with a bright starburst behind. Two small red-and-gold square panels with downward arrows sit low centre-left beside instruction text too small to resolve. A small rectangular label sits in the bottom-right corner. Style is airbrushed, glossy and highly saturated.