Checkpoint

A full-view photograph of a modern solid-state pinball playfield seen from above through its glass, set in a black wooden cabinet with the chrome shooter rod and black rubber at the bottom edge. The artwork is a racing theme: an eight-point yellow sunburst dominates the centre, its rays spelling S P E E D O M E T E R around a red-and-blue circular seal reading BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL. Four red mushroom pop bumpers sit in a diamond above centre. Five red race cars, a white open-wheel racer, a red saloon and a red convertible crowd the right and upper-right, alongside stacked national flags. A large circular RPM gauge dial fills the lower centre with a black dial face, white numerals and a red needle, backed by a red arch carrying RED LINE lettering. A yellow card advertises ONE MILLION POINTS. The lower deck apron carries black instruction panels on tan boards, a price and QR-code decal, and a SKILL SHOT plate on the right. The machine is lit and powered, with lamps glowing red, amber and green under the plastics.

Illustrated motorsport backglass set in a mountain valley at dusk. A snow-capped grey-blue peak fills the upper left behind a dark pine forest; on the upper right a fairytale castle with slender turrets and lit windows sits on a rocky crag, a fir tree in front of it. Two enormous open-wheel vintage racing cars dominate the lower half, tilted nose-left and running over a black-and-white chequered flag band that fills the bottom-right corner. The left car is silver-white with black racing stripes, a rumpled white top, number 41 on its nose and door, and a helmeted driver; the right car is bright red with a white roundel carrying a black 16, a red radiator grille and gold exhausts. A yellow road arrow points left on the tarmac. Behind them three more small cars race along a mountain road: a yellow-and-black estate car with chequered trim and two standing figures beside it, a red sports car, and a dark blue racing coupe. A triangular warning sign stands on the right verge. Across the top sits the title in huge orange, red and white block letters with the O drawn as a chrome five-spoke wheel, above a banner reading with TURBO-BOOST.

A wide painted backglass dominated by a mountain-road racing scene. Across the top sits a huge italicised block logo reading CHECKPOINT in black letters with a pink-salmon outline and a white drop shadow; the second letter O is drawn as a white spoked racing wheel. Above it at top left a small yellow three-line DATA EAST mark, and beneath the logo a black bar reading TURBO-BOOST in red-orange letters with a tiny white 'Turbo' script at its left. The background is an Alpine valley: snow-capped blue-white peaks, dark green conifer forests, a pale blue sky, and a white castle with towers on the upper right. A grey tarmac road with white edge lines sweeps across the lower half, with a red-and-white triangular warning sign and a small LOTTO board beside the right-hand verge. Four cars race toward the viewer: a huge orange open-top sports car on the right carrying a black roundel with white 16 and the words DOUBLE JACKPOT in white block letters, a pale powder-blue closed-wheel racer on the left numbered 61 with Bad Boys script, and smaller red and blue cars further back. Two tiny figures, a man and a woman, stand beside a yellow sedan at upper left. The bottom edge is a black-and-white chequered flag band with a plain white rectangular score panel set into it and a small artist signature at bottom left.