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1978 · Coffee Mat

Cosmic Wars

Deep blue starfield with scattered white four-pointed stars, yellow-brown woodgrain arch across the top and rocky brown side rails.

Year
1978
Maker
Coffee Mat
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
2

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Cosmic Wars playfield

Playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • white

Fingerprint: Cosmic wars: bare-chested spearsman facing yellow-green dragon with red mouth in playfield center, grinning clown at upper left and pin-up woman at upper right flanking stacked 500 bumpers, curved title in gradient letters with black shadow, blue starfield, pink and blue chevron arrows at bottom

Distinctive

The single most memorable feature is the pairing of figures in the middle of the playfield: a bare-chested spearsman in a white loincloth locked in a face-off with a bright yellow-green dragon with an open red mouth. Curved COSMIC WARS title in yellow-to-orange gradient block letters with a thick black shadow runs diagonally across the mid-upper playfield. A grinning wild-haired clown mascot at the upper left and a bikini-clad pin-up woman at the upper right flank two 500 pop bumpers. Two white-rimmed pink flipper bats and a pink centre circle with a red arrow banner at the bottom. Gold COSMIC and WARS lettering sits split across the top woodgrain arch.

Setting

  • Deep blue starfield with scattered white four-pointed stars
  • Yellow-brown woodgrain arch across the top
  • Rocky brown side rails

Symbols

  • Playing-card suits: spades, diamonds, hearts, clubs
  • Four-pointed white stars
  • Starburst emblems on the red rails
  • Shield-shaped panels
  • Circular 500 value bumpers
  • Spear
  • Dragon
  • Round red instruction lamps
  • Dashed white border line on the apron
  • Red arrow banner

Notable shapes

  • Curved yellow woodgrain arch framing the top of the playfield
  • Diagonal stack of two 500 bumpers
  • Two mirrored red rails with starbursts and change shields
  • Pink oval flippers with white borders
  • Pink centre circle below the title
  • Large rectangular target banks flanking the title

Art motifs

  • Curved diagonal title banner
  • Symmetrical mirrored rails
  • Clown mascot art
  • Sword-and-sorcery combat scene
  • Arcade carnival styling

Themes

  • Fantasy
  • Dragons
  • Warriors
  • Space
  • Circus
  • Arcade

Title on it

  • Cosmic wars

Text on it

  • COSMIC
  • WARS
  • COSMIC WARS
  • COPYRIGHT
  • 500
  • CHANGE
  • TILT
  • SAME BALL
  • 3-PLAYER
  • HIGH SCORE
  • LAST PLAYER
Pop bumpers
Two white-ringed circular bumpers marked 500, stacked diagonally in the upper centre
Drop targets
Two banks of coloured rectangular targets left and right of the title, in red, yellow and blue
Slingshots
Two pink and white oval flipper bats at the bottom, one either side of a pink centre circle
Upper playfield
Woodgrain arch at the top with a blue starfield band, the clown at upper left and the pin-up woman at upper right
Apron and lower playfield
Blue lower apron edged with a dashed white line, round red instruction lamps with white lettering, a red arrow banner over the centre, and a white printed card mounted at the lower right
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Grinning clown-like mascot at the upper left, wild spiky orange hair, red nose, big open toothy smile, leaning over the left lane
Woman Pin-up woman at the upper right, long brown hair, orange bikini top and matching shorts, seated with one arm raised
Man Bare-chested muscular man in the centre, white loincloth and headband, crouched and lunging, gripping a long spear or harpoon
Creature Large yellow-green scaly dragon with a serpentine body, red open mouth and visible teeth, facing the spearsman
Full description

Playfield artwork headed by a curved title reading COSMIC WARS in chunky yellow-to-orange gradient block letters with a heavy black outline and drop shadow, sitting on a deep blue starfield scattered with white four-pointed stars. A yellow-brown woodgrain arch spans the top, with COSMIC lettered diagonally at the top left and WARS at the top right in gold capitals on the blue. Two white-ringed pop bumpers marked 500 are stacked diagonally in the upper centre, and a small COPYRIGHT line is printed just above the title. At upper left a grinning clown-like mascot with wild orange hair and a red nose leans over the lane; at upper right a pin-up woman with long brown hair sits in an orange bikini top and shorts, one arm raised. Mid-playfield a bare-chested muscular man in a white loincloth and headband crouches facing a yellow-green scaly dragon with a red open mouth, gripping a spear. Red, yellow and blue rails carry starburst icons and shield-shaped CHANGE panels. The bottom apron is blue with a dashed white border, round red instruction lamps, and two white-bordered pink flipper bats flanking a pink centre circle and a red arrow banner.