1969 · Bally
Cosmos
Known for Red mushroom bumper, Yellow mushroom bumpers, Blue mushroom bumpers and Blast Off. Deep blue starfield with scattered white star specks, pale blue-grey lunar plain across the bottom, green and black planet earth low on the left, red banded flying saucer at mid-left and black swept-wing starburst panels framing the centre.
- Year
- 1969
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Bumper
Red mushroom bumper
- Bumper
Yellow mushroom bumpers
- Bumper
Blue mushroom bumpers
- saucer
Blast Off
- Lights
Planets
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Blast Off saucer
Bumpers 3
- Red mushroom bumper
- Yellow mushroom bumpers
- Blue mushroom bumpers
Target 1
- Rollover buttons
Flipper 1
- Mini flippers extra flippers
Post or gate 1
- Right out lane gate gate
Lights 2
- Planets
- Same Player Shoots Again light
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Astronaut in a white pressure suit with a gold-visored helmet, standing upright on the lunar plain at bottom centre-left, facing right
- man Second astronaut in a white suit with gold visor, standing at bottom centre beside the moon buggy, facing left
- vehicle Wedge-shaped blue moon buggy with a clear bubble canopy, low front end and a bright orange headlamp beam projecting forward
- vehicle Red-and-white horizontally banded flying saucer with a domed pale blue canopy and a rim of small standing figures
- other Large earth globe rendered green with black shadowed limb, rising above the lunar horizon at lower left
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with scattered white star specks
- Pale blue-grey lunar plain across the bottom
- Green and black planet earth low on the left
- Red banded flying saucer at mid-left
- Black swept-wing starburst panels framing the centre
Text on it
- COSMIC
- SPACE 1
- SPACE 2
- SPACE 3
- SPACE 4
- FUEL POD
- FUEL POD 2
- FUEL POD 3
- FUEL POD 4
- SPACE FLEET
- TANKER 201
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
- Another BGR Restoration Since 1985
- 1979
- 3
- 0
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Fuel Pods
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Jerry Kelley
The cast
- Mars
- Moon
- Saturn
- Cosmint
Reference
Linked terms
- Blast Off also called Blast Off hole also called Blast Off saucer
- Rollover buttons also called Mini-rollover buttons
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Standard
- teal
- olive green
- salmon pink
- black
Fingerprint: Blast Off, three identical dark flying saucer rockets labelled MARS-SHIP MOON-SHIP SATURN-SHIP across middle with porthole windows and pink nozzle flames, rainbow arc of concentric coloured bands curving over starfield, red and green laser beams crossing diagonally, three orange-suited astronauts with white helmets, teal-olive-salmon-cream palette
Three identical dark flying saucer rockets in a row across the middle of the playfield, each with the same cluster of round porthole windows and the same row of four pink-red nozzle flames, labelled MARS-SHIP, MOON-SHIP and SATURN-SHIP. A rainbow arc of concentric coloured bands curves over the top of the starfield behind two tall translucent green rocket pods marked 200. A pair of red and green laser beams cross diagonally through the centre of the playfield over the saucer ships. The lower playfield is unusually bare, with two big black-and-blue triangular wedge plastics and yellow outlanes marked with black arrow shapes.
Setting
- Dark blue-green starfield speckled with small yellow stars
- Rainbow arc of concentric coloured bands across the upper arc
- Pale green and pink diagonally striped planetary surface across the lower half
- Painted starburst and swirl motifs in the centre field
- Silver and black cabinet frame with visible coin door below
Symbols
- Card-suit-style spade/arrow shapes in the yellow outlanes
- Yellow lightning bolt shapes on the lower left plastics
- Grid solar-panel motif on the saucer ships
- Round cream score discs scattered in the centre field
- Red and green straight laser-beam lines
- Black arrowheads pointing down the outlanes
- Printed qr code on the lower-left instruction card
Notable shapes
- Large black-and-blue triangular wedge plastics above each slingshot
- Yellow lane plastics with black arrow markings in the outlanes
- Arched rainbow band structure across the top arc
- White plastic ball-guide rail down the full length of the right edge
- Cabinet cut-out showing the dark coin door and legs below the playfield
Art motifs
- Concentric rainbow arc bands
- Starburst rays around bumper caps
- Diagonal candy stripes in pastel green and pink
- Speckled star field
- Swirling painted nebula strokes
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Rockets
- Flying saucers
- Planets
- Atomic age sci-fi
- Laser beams
- Score values
Title on it
- Blast off
Text on it
- BLAST OFF
- 200
- LIGHTS RETURN
- LEFT SAUCER EJECT
- SAUCER EJECT
- LIGHTS
- LIGHTS WHEN LIT
- MARS-SHIP
- MOON-SHIP
- SATURN-SHIP
- EACH LIT BUMPER SCORES
- BALL DRAFT ORBITS
- HAVE MATCHING PLANETS LIT
- WHEN LIT
- SAME PLAYER SHOTS
- OPENS GATE WHEN LIT
- GATE OPEN WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- 1, 2 OR 3 CAN PLAY
- FUEL POD Score = 1 Replay
- FUEL POD Score = 3 Replay
- HOME AMUSEMENT CO. INC.
- 12014 N. RANDOLPH
- Chicago, Illinois 60640
- 3 BALLS
- 1 PLAY 10¢
- 3 PLAYS 25¢
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Left saucer: dark navy/black dome-topped rocket with a ring of round orange-rimmed porthole windows, a small grid/solar-panel antenna on top, a lattice of pink circular pods beneath, and a row of four pink-red conical nozzle flames; white script on the hull reads mars-ship |
| Vehicle | Centre saucer, slightly higher: identical dark hull, dome and porthole ring, a row of pink circular pods and four pink-red conical flames below; white script on the hull reads moon-ship |
| Vehicle | Right saucer, the smallest of the three: identical dark hull with domed top, orange-rimmed portholes and four pink-red flames; white script on the hull reads saturn-ship |
| Vehicle | Two tall translucent green rocket pods standing vertically in the upper centre, each a slim green cylinder with a white domed cap and printed white bands, flanked by small cream domes and round cream inserts |
| Vehicle | Two angular rocket motifs at the top left and top right, painted black and blue with white window slits and a red stripe, angled inwards like a gateway |
| Other | Four illuminated pop bumpers in the upper middle, each a cream cylinder with a green-and-yellow sunburst ring around its cap and a round cream skirt at the base |
A full-length space-age electro-mechanical playfield seen under glass, tilted in its cabinet, photographed with the lower cabinet and coin door visible. Artwork is a flat mid-century sci-fi illustration in saturated teal, olive green, salmon pink, cream and black. The upper third shows a dark starfield with a rainbow arc of concentric bands sweeping across the top, two angular blue-and-black rocket motifs at the top left and top right, and a printed crescent '200' score value beside two tall translucent green plastic rocket pods with white domed tips. Four pop bumpers glow in the upper-middle, each ringed with a sunburst of green and yellow. The centre band is dominated by three identical dark, saucer-shaped rockets with pinkish-red nozzle flames, labelled in white script MARS-SHIP, MOON-SHIP and SATURN-SHIP, flying over a pale green and pink striped planet surface crossed by a red and a green laser line. Red instruction text runs beneath them. The lower playfield has two large triangular black-and-blue wedge plastics over slingshots, yellow outlanes with black arrow markings, FLIPPER BUTTON labels at both apron edges, and three white printed cards at the bottom for player rules, manufacturer address and pricing.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- blue
- black
- yellow-green
- white
Fingerprint: 'COSMIC' in yellow-green crescent-moon tall letters, four black starburst panels with lime-green 'SPACE' numbering and mechanical score reels, four red 'FUEL POD' spheres as planets, red-and-white banded flying saucer 'SPACE FLEET TANKER 201', white-suited astronauts with gold visors, blue moon buggy on lunar plain.
A huge yellow-green crescent-moon logo of tapering spike-like letters dominates the centre, flanked by four black starburst panels each carrying a SPACE number and a row of white mechanical score reels. Four glossy red spheres labelled FUEL POD 1 to 4 hang around the logo like planets, each with its own single-digit reel window. A red-and-white banded flying saucer labelled SPACE FLEET / TANKER 201 drifts at mid-left, while two white-suited astronauts with gold visors stand on a pale lunar plain beside a wedge-shaped blue moon buggy at the bottom. A large green Earth sits low on the left above a four-box player indicator numbered 1 to 4.
Setting
- Deep blue starfield with scattered white star specks
- Pale blue-grey lunar plain across the bottom
- Green and black planet earth low on the left
- Red banded flying saucer at mid-left
- Black swept-wing starburst panels framing the centre
Symbols
- Four red fuel pod spheres
- Crescent-moon shaped title logo
- Four black starburst arrow panels
- Mechanical score reel windows
- Four-box player indicator numbered 1-4
- Row of blue ball-in-play windows
- White star speckles
Lettering
- Tall tapered yellow-green display capitals with black outline for the main logo; lime-green block capitals with numerals for the space panels; small white and black sans-serif capitals for instructions and labels
Themes
- Space flight
- Lunar surface
- Flying saucer
- Astronauts
- Planet and moons
Title on it
- Cosmic
Text on it
- COSMIC
- SPACE 1
- SPACE 2
- SPACE 3
- SPACE 4
- FUEL POD
- FUEL POD 2
- FUEL POD 3
- FUEL POD 4
- SPACE FLEET
- TANKER 201
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
- Another BGR Restoration Since 1985
- 1979
- 3
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Astronaut in a white pressure suit with a gold-visored helmet, standing upright on the lunar plain at bottom centre-left, facing right |
| Man | Second astronaut in a white suit with gold visor, standing at bottom centre beside the moon buggy, facing left |
| Vehicle | Wedge-shaped blue moon buggy with a clear bubble canopy, low front end and a bright orange headlamp beam projecting forward |
| Vehicle | Red-and-white horizontally banded flying saucer with a domed pale blue canopy and a rim of small standing figures |
| Other | Large earth globe rendered green with black shadowed limb, rising above the lunar horizon at lower left |
Backglass in a cream frame, deep blue starfield with white stars and room-light reflections. A huge yellow-green crescent moon of tall tapering letterforms reading COSMIC, outlined in black, fills the upper centre. Four black swept-wing starburst panels point inward around it, each with lime-green SPACE lettering, a numeral and white score reels: SPACE 1 top-left (1 9 7 9), SPACE 2 top-right, SPACE 3 mid-right, SPACE 4 lower-right. Four glossy red spheres labelled FUEL POD 1 to 4 hang nearby, each with a yellow digit window. At mid-left a red-and-white banded flying saucer sits under SPACE FLEET and small white TANKER 201. Lower left a green Earth with a black shadowed limb rises above a pale blue-grey lunar plain beside a four-box player indicator numbered 1 to 4. Two white-suited astronauts with gold visored helmets stand beside a wedge-shaped blue moon buggy with a bubble canopy and orange headlamp beam. The bottom edge reads 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY, BALL IN PLAY over blue windows, a round white sticker, and GAME OVER. Dust and scratches mark the glass; frame paint is chipped.
Backglass Cosmint
- blue
- lime green
- black
- orange
Fingerprint: Stack of four black arrowhead rockets marked SPACE 1-4 with orange FUEL POD circles, lime-green COSMIC title with jagged letters, pale green SPACE FLEET saucer trailing teal tractor beam, lime-green planet with brown cratered rim, control tower with yellow numbered blocks, cream lunar surface with teal car and figures
The unmistakable element is a stack of four black arrowhead rockets pointing left, each marked SPACE plus a big lime numeral 1 to 4 with an orange FUEL POD circle — a repeated, instantly countable motif. Behind them a single towering jagged lime-green COSMIC title leans across a starry blue sky, with a small white cursive signature above it. Second most memorable: the pale green saucer on the left, banded SPACE FLEET and TANKER 201, dragging a curling teal tractor beam down the left edge. Third: the enormous lime-green planet with a chocolate-brown cratered rim, plus the tiny control tower stacked with yellow 1, 2, 3, 4 blocks beside it. Finally the sparse cream lunar surface along the bottom with a miniature teal car and figures, which sets the whole space adventure at toy-like scale.
Setting
- Star-speckled blue sky
- Cream lunar surface along the bottom edge
- Dark space behind the rocket stack
Symbols
- Star field
- Arrowhead rocket silhouettes
- Rowed rectangular score windows
- Orange circular fuel-gauge dials
- Concentric saucer rim lines
- A ladder leaning from the saucer down to the surface
Lettering
- Jagged, tapering, irregular lime-green and yellow block letters with heavy black outlines for the title; plain yellow-green sans-serif capitals on black for the space labels; small white capitals around the orange dials; a small white cursive script signature above the title
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Rockets
- Flying saucer
- Planets
- Moon landing
- Futuristic towers
Title on it
- Cosmic
Text on it
- COSMIC
- SPACE 1
- SPACE 2
- SPACE 3
- SPACE 4
- FUEL POD 1
- FUEL POD 2
- FUEL POD 3
- FUEL POD 4
- SPACE FLEET
- TANKER 201
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Pale green and white flying saucer entering from the left, banded space fleet and tanker 201, with a curved teal tractor beam trailing down the left edge |
| Vehicle | Teal and cream domed lunar base with a control tower of four stacked blocks labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 in yellow |
| Vehicle | Small teal and cream open car parked on the cream lunar plain, with tiny seated figures and a standing figure beside it |
| Vehicle | Four identical black arrowhead-shaped rockets, white-outlined, each with five white score windows and an orange fuel pod circle |
| Other | Huge lime-green planet with a dark brown cratered rim and faint pale continent outlines, lower left |
Wide landscape sci-fi backglass in flat mid-century airbrushed style over a deep star-speckled blue sky. Four black arrowhead rockets are stacked down the right half, white-outlined, each with a row of five white score windows, lettered SPACE with a large yellow-green numeral 1 to 4, and each paired with an orange-red circle labelled FUEL POD 1 to 4 holding a small square window. Top centre: a white cursive signature above the title COSMIC in tall, jagged, tapering lime-green and yellow letters outlined in black. A pale green and white flying saucer enters from the left, banded SPACE FLEET and TANKER 201, trailing a teal beam curling down the left edge. Lower left: a big lime-green planet with a dark brown cratered rim, a teal domed base and a four-level control tower numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 in yellow squares. The bottom edge is a cream lunar plain with a small teal car, tiny figures, a ladder, and BALL IN PLAY over green windows; 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY runs along the lower left.