1986 · Inder
Canasta 86
Known for Left three-target bank, Right three-target bank, Upper-left award lanes and Upper-right award lanes. Indoor basketball arena with pale blue steel roof trusses and skylight panels, packed crowd of small yellow-lit faces behind the players, basketball hoop with white net in the top-right corner, orange polished floorboards along the bottom edge and wall of advertising hoardings and signage.
- Year
- 1986
- Maker
- Inder
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Left three-target bank
- Target
Right three-target bank
- Lane
Upper-left award lanes
- Lane
Upper-right award lanes
- Target
Center color target
On the playfield
Targets 3
- Left three-target bank
- Right three-target bank
- Center color target
Lanes 3
- Upper-left award lanes
- Upper-right award lanes
- Lower Extra Ball and Special lanes
Backbox 1
- Backglass backglass
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Black adult male, green sleeveless jersey reading jordan over a red 10, yellow-gold shorts, green socks with yellow and red stripes, white high-top trainers, both arms fully extended upward, right hand on the orange basketball at the hoop, mouth open, head tilted back
- man Light-skinned adult male with short dark hair, pale pink and white vertically striped bulls jersey, white shorts, both arms raised, left index finger pointing upward, leaping behind the green-jersey player
- man Dark-haired adult male seen from behind at the right edge, white lakers jersey with red trim and red number 12, white shorts, white socks with blue and red bands, arms raised out of frame
- other A dense crowd of dozens of small, indistinct spectator faces in yellow and orange tones filling the lower background behind the players
Setting
- Indoor basketball arena with pale blue steel roof trusses and skylight panels
- Packed crowd of small yellow-lit faces behind the players
- Basketball hoop with white net in the top-right corner
- Orange polished floorboards along the bottom edge
- Wall of advertising hoardings and signage
Text on it
- CANASTA
- "86"
- 0673220
- 19 90
- 1
- 2
- CREDIT
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- EXTRA BALL
- BUMP
- EXTRA
- JORDAN
- 10
- BULLS
- LAKERS
- 12
- NBA
- ROMANS
- Mans
- INDRA
- FABRICADO por INDRA S.A.
- MADRID - ESPANA
- DK
- DUNK&UTAH
- SPORTS
- Monitor
- Kaiser
- col
How it plays
-
Goals 3
- 5x Lane
- Light One Award
- Light Both Awards
Reference
Linked terms
- Left three-target bank also called Left three-bank
- Right three-target bank also called Right three-bank
- Upper-left award lanes also called Upper-left lanes
- Upper-right award lanes also called Upper-right lanes
- Center color target also called Center target
- 5x Lane also called 5x Lane Hit
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- orange
- tan
- blue
Fingerprint: CANASTA 86, two jumping basketball players mid-contest (white KINGS 31 and green 4 jerseys), hands converging on tan ball above heads, red triangular SPECIAL insert dead-centre, K5-UP round badges flanking, large white 86 in red circle upper-right, carport basketball-court woodgrain, red-crimson background, CANASTA banner yellow-lettered top, multicolour diamond plates, net-and-balls emblem, airbrushed realism with black keylines
The pair of opposing basketball players mid-jump, hands converging on a single tan basketball over their heads, one in a white KINGS number 31 jersey and one green number 4, is the single most recognisable image. A large red triangular SPECIAL insert with a pink flaming arrow sits dead centre, flanked by K5 and UP round badges. The top right carries a big white '86' inside a red circle, with a CANASTA banner in yellow letters with red outline running along the top rail. The lower apron is unusually busy, combining an English/Portuguese/Spanish instruction card with a four-fan-panel EXTRA BALL and a SPECIAL SCORING wedge reading 1,500,000 and 2,500,000. Strong white window reflections wash out the upper-right quarter of the playfield, obscuring the ramp and figure detail there.
Setting
- Indoor basketball court parquet woodgrain in tan and orange
- Crowd and cheerleader figures along the left and right margins
- Red and crimson painted centre field
- Blue star-flecked apron band at the bottom
- Upper-right quarter obscured by white glass glare
Symbols
- Basketballs
- Basketball hoop and backboard with net
- Red triangular special insert
- Pink flaming arrow
- Net-and-balls goal emblem
- Stars on the blue apron band
- Numbered round lane inserts
- Woodgrain court planks
- Green spotlight cones
- Orange yardage-style numerals 500 and 5,000
Notable shapes
- Large red triangular centre special insert
- Twin shield-shaped special when panels with net emblem
- Triangular pink star-motif panels at each sling
- Round red-circled 86 at the top right
- Fan of four coloured rectangles forming the extra ball panel
- Steeply raked woodgrain court geometry framing the players
Art motifs
- Painted airbrushed realism with heavy black keylines
- Red arrow-insert plastics
- Star-and-stripe triangular motifs
- Sunburst rays behind the players
Themes
- Basketball
- Sports
- Court action
- Team match
- Contest for a shot
Title on it
- Canasta 86
Text on it
- CANASTA
- 86
- When Til A-Ball Points
- BONUS WHEN
- SKILL
- EXTRA BALL WHEN
- K5
- K3
- UP
- FAST
- SPECIAL
- SPECIALS
- Completing all Targets
- SPECIAL WHEN
- THREE COMBINATION
- KINGS
- 31
- 4
- 500
- 5,000
- EXTRA BALL
- THREE COMBINATIONS WILL PLACE SHOWER FEATURES ON TOP BUMPERS
- PORTUGUESE COMO SE JOGUE DE MAO EN MAO
- UNA BALLATA Y ARRIBA! 86 GANAS 3 PUNTOS
- CANASTA 86
- SPECIAL SCORING
- 1,500,000
- 2,500,000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Light-skinned white male basketball player, adult, short dark hair, clean-shaven, mouth open in exertion, both arms raised straight up gripping a tan basketball with spread fingers, wearing a white sleeveless kings jersey with three red stars across the chest, magenta side panels and blue number 31 outlined in red, plus striped wristbands |
| Man | Tall green-skinned/green-limbed male basketball player, adult, short dark hair, seen from behind and side, right arm raised with a white-striped wristband pressing up against the ball, wearing a green sleeveless kings jersey with yellow number 4 and yellow trim |
| Other | Cheerleader or female fan with arms raised in the upper-right area, wearing yellow and red, partly obscured by glare |
| Other | Large pink-skinned grinning face with wide eyes in a rectangular panel on the left margin, plus additional crowd figures along both edges |
Full-length basketball-themed pinball playfield photographed under glass with heavy glare in the upper right quadrant. Background is a warm tan/orange parquet-basketball-court woodgrain with a red-to-crimson centre. Two stylised painted male basketball players dominate the lower centre: a white player in a white KINGS jersey with three red stars, magenta side panels and number 31 in blue with red outline, arms raised holding a tan ball, and a green-skinned/green-limbed opponent in a green KINGS jersey with number 4 in yellow, hand also on the ball, both mid-jump contesting a shot. Upper area shows a small goalpost/court frame with two yellow rectangular cards, a red arrow, a large white '86' in a red circle at top right, and the word CANASTA in a red-outlined yellow banner across the top. Centre carries a red triangular SPECIAL insert flanked by K5 / K3 and UP / FAST round badges, SPECIALS banners reading 'Completing all Targets', two SPECIAL WHEN shield panels with a net-and-balls emblem, four lane change lanes along the left edge with round lamp inserts, and pink-bordered EXTRA BALL WHEN panels low left and right. The lower apron carries a blue star-speckled field with a magenta SPECIAL block, an instruction card in English, Portuguese and Spanish, a four-panel coloured fan EXTRA BALL, and a CANASTA '86 banner above a SPECIAL SCORING wedge with 1,500,000 and 2,500,000.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- blue
- pink
- orange
Fingerprint: CANASTA arched yellow-pink striped capitals, basketball player green JORDAN jersey extending upward dunking orange-ball white-net, massive score-reel display left-half showing 0673220 red numerals, arena crowd faces yellow-lit, advertising hoardings packed bottom-edge, muscular dunking athlete dominating composition right-side, competitive sports arena spectacle, championship-game excitement captured mid-action
The single most memorable element is the airborne duel at the right: a towering player in a green JORDAN 10 jersey soaring to dunk an orange basketball into a white net, with his body cut off at the ankles by the bottom of the frame. The word CANASTA arches above him in enormous yellow-and-pink arched capitals. The other striking feature is that half the glass is given over to the physical score display - four stacked black reels with orange surrounds reading 0673220 in red, which many people remember as a strange red number floating inside the basketball art. A third distinguishing detail is the crowd of advertising hoardings along the bottom, packed with newspaper mastheads and a small Spanish manufacturing credit line.
Setting
- Indoor basketball arena with pale blue steel roof trusses and skylight panels
- Packed crowd of small yellow-lit faces behind the players
- Basketball hoop with white net in the top-right corner
- Orange polished floorboards along the bottom edge
- Wall of advertising hoardings and signage
Symbols
- Orange basketball
- White basketball net and rim
- Red directional arrows on the match/credit panels
- Blue shield badge to the left of the top score reel
- Star motifs on the lakers jersey
- Quotation marks around the 86
Lettering
- Arched monumental sans-serif block capitals, yellow fill with pink-and-white striped inline, black outline and pale drop shadow; smaller billboard text in condensed sans-serif
Themes
- Basketball
- Sport
- Dunk
- Arena crowd
- Score reels
- Sponsor hoardings
Title on it
- Canasta
Text on it
- CANASTA
- "86"
- 0673220
- 19 90
- 1
- 2
- CREDIT
- BALL IN PLAY
- MATCH
- EXTRA BALL
- BUMP
- EXTRA
- JORDAN
- 10
- BULLS
- LAKERS
- 12
- NBA
- ROMANS
- Mans
- INDRA
- FABRICADO por INDRA S.A.
- MADRID - ESPANA
- DK
- DUNK&UTAH
- SPORTS
- Monitor
- Kaiser
- col
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Black adult male, green sleeveless jersey reading jordan over a red 10, yellow-gold shorts, green socks with yellow and red stripes, white high-top trainers, both arms fully extended upward, right hand on the orange basketball at the hoop, mouth open, head tilted back |
| Man | Light-skinned adult male with short dark hair, pale pink and white vertically striped bulls jersey, white shorts, both arms raised, left index finger pointing upward, leaping behind the green-jersey player |
| Man | Dark-haired adult male seen from behind at the right edge, white lakers jersey with red trim and red number 12, white shorts, white socks with blue and red bands, arms raised out of frame |
| Other | A dense crowd of dozens of small, indistinct spectator faces in yellow and orange tones filling the lower background behind the players |
A portrait-format painted backglass dominated by a huge arched title across the top: CANASTA, in thick yellow block capitals with pink-and-white striped inline shading, a black keyline and a pale blue-grey drop shadow, arching over the artwork. The scene is a low-angle view of a packed indoor basketball arena. Three large figures leap for a ball at the right: a Black man in a green jersey reading JORDAN above a red 10, yellow/gold shorts, green socks with yellow and red bands, white high-top shoes, right arm fully extended up to touch the orange ball at the white net of a hoop in the top-right corner; beside him a light-skinned player in a pale pink-and-white striped jersey reading BULLS, both arms up, one finger pointing; and at the right edge a man seen from behind in a white LAKERS jersey with red number 12 and red trim, white socks with blue-red bands. The left half is occupied by the score unit: a black and orange-framed stack of four windowed reels, the top one showing red digits 0673220, plus a small amber 19 90 window below, flanked by red arrow panels reading CREDIT, BALL IN PLAY and MATCH, and gold numbers 1 and 2 at the left. A maroon banner reads EXTRA BALL above a green BUMP panel. Below the players is a dense crowd of small yellow-lit faces and a wall of advertising hoardings, ending in a band of orange floor boards at the bottom.