1987 · Playbar
Bloody Roller
Dark purple night sky with spray-paint star sparkles, indoor varnished wooden rink floor, yellow-brown planks running diagonally, tiered stadium seating with crowd of heads at upper left, red and white striped barrier wall at right edge and silver metal rail separating seating from rink.
- Year
- 1987
- Maker
- Playbar
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- gold
- purple
Fingerprint: Helmeted roller skaters in puffer suits (red, teal, gold) colliding across wooden floor, tumbling red-suited skater with arm raised toward title, BLOODY ROLLER block letters blue gradient with radiating white stars, chrome-blue wheels cropped at edges, tiered stadium crowd behind rail, airbrushed comic style
A pack of helmeted roller skaters in red, teal and gold puffer suits piling up and sprawling across a wooden rink floor, with the enormous blue-gradient title letters spanning the whole width above them. The most memorable single detail is the huge red-suited skater tumbling head-first across the centre, one arm thrown up towards the title. Chrome-blue skate wheels are cropped along the very bottom edge, and a spiked burst of white star sparkles radiates from behind the lettering. A distant crowd of heads in tiered stadium seating fills the upper left corner behind a metal rail.
Setting
- Dark purple night sky with spray-paint star sparkles
- Indoor varnished wooden rink floor, yellow-brown planks running diagonally
- Tiered stadium seating with crowd of heads at upper left
- Red and white striped barrier wall at right edge
- Silver metal rail separating seating from rink
Symbols
- Four-pointed star sparkles behind title
- Roller skate wheels and blades
- Helmets with ribbed visors
- Padded elbow and knee guards
- Stadium crowd
- Red and white striped barrier
Lettering
- Very large all-capital sans-serif block letters, horizontal across the full width, light blue to mid blue vertical gradient with white highlight, red outer outline and cream keyline, slight drop shadow
Themes
- Roller derby
- Roller skating
- Contact sport
- Collision pile-up
- Sports
- Indoor arena
Title on it
- Bloody roller
Text on it
- BLOODY ROLLER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Lower left foreground: large helmeted head nearest the viewer, white and scarlet helmet with blue-tinted visor, chin bar and red and yellow striped sleeve reaching right, only head and forearm visible |
| Other | Centre: scarlet red suited skater falling head-first across the floor, gold and red helmet, one arm flung upward, chrome-blue gauntlet and skate plates visible |
| Other | Centre right: red-suited skater with white and blue helmet, ribbed visor grille, body twisted sideways, teal-green quilted sleeve and black boot |
| Other | Left of centre: teal-green suited skater in gold helmet, leaning sharply forward with arm raised, padded shoulder and quilted jacket |
| Other | Left: dark maroon and purple suited skater with arm straight up, gold-trimmed shoulder pad, partially hidden behind others |
| Other | Far left: teal and gold skater tumbling low, chrome-blue skate wheels and gauntlet visible, partly cropped by left edge |
| Other | Upper right: gold and teal suited skater leaning in from the right, gold helmet, arm extended leftward |
| Other | Right: red and gold suited skater low to the floor, teal quilted leg, chrome-blue knee pad and skate plate, partly cropped by right edge |
| Other | Bottom edge: several oversized chrome-blue roller skate wheel assemblies and blades, cropped so only the wheels and axles read clearly |
Full-width backglass with the title painted across the entire top third in huge block capitals reading BLOODY ROLLER, letters in a light-to-mid blue vertical gradient with white inner highlight, a red outline and a thin cream keyline, set on a dark purple-to-black sky. Behind the lettering is a spray of sharp four-pointed white and pale-blue star sparkles. The rest of the panel is a single crowded action scene of about eight helmeted roller skaters colliding and tumbling on a varnished yellow-brown wooden rink floor. They wear quilted puffer suits and full face helmets in scarlet red, teal-green and metallic gold, with ribbed visors, chin bars and heavy chrome-blue gauntlets, elbow pads and skate plates. A crowd of small heads fills tiered stadium seating at upper left behind a silver rail; a red-and-white striped barrier wall runs along the right edge. Lower left a large helmeted head looms closest to the viewer, and along the bottom edge oversized chrome roller skate wheels and blades are cut off by the frame. Painted airbrushed comic style with heavy black contour lines.