1987 · Jac Van Ham
Escape
Known for Turbo hole, BOOST BALL, ADV TURBO SPINNER and ESCAPE. Flat black background, dark blue night city skyline with tiny lit windows, white spray and foam wake across the lower third and dark blue water below the boat.
- Year
- 1987
- Maker
- Jac Van Ham
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Hole
Turbo hole
- Target
BOOST BALL
- Spinner
ADV TURBO SPINNER
- Goal
ESCAPE
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Turbo hole
Spinner 1
- ADV TURBO SPINNER
Target 1
- BOOST BALL
Lanes 2
- Upper lanes
- Orange rollovers rollovers
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Adult, tan/olive skin, thick black moustache, dark slicked-back hair with white highlight at the temple, heavy-lidded eyes staring directly at the viewer, head and shoulders only, bare chest
- woman Adult, fair skin, long wavy red hair, arched dark brows, red lipstick, bare shoulders and chest, torso turned away while she looks back over her left shoulder toward the viewer
- woman Adult, fair skin, head tilted far back with chin raised, eyes half closed, red lipstick, white bikini top, several gold bangles stacked on her wrist, one arm raised above her head
- vehicle White speedboat with red and yellow racing stripes, low bubble canopy, black-outlined hull, planing to the right across white foam spray
- vehicle White helicopter with a red roof panel, black cockpit glazing, landing skids, blurred spinning rotor blades, hovering at upper left
- other Four red casino dice with white pips tumbling in mid-air at centre right
Setting
- Flat black background
- Dark blue night city skyline with tiny lit windows
- White spray and foam wake across the lower third
- Dark blue water below the boat
Text on it
- ESCAPE
- CASINO
- NIGHT BALL
- ROYAL
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- ESCAPE
-
Awards 2
- Escape Special
- Turbo Special
Reference
Linked terms
- Upper lanes also called Upper ESCAPE lanes
- Orange rollovers also called Orange ESCAPE rollovers
- BOOST BALL also called Boost Ball target
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- red
- white
- yellow
Fingerprint: "ESCAPE" spiked wing-flare logo, white speedboat with red and yellow stripes, three figures, bare-shouldered redhead, moustached man, white helicopter, red tumbling dice.
The oversized ESCAPE logo, whose E trails a long sharp spike like a wing or light flare. Three figures crowd the upper half: a moustached man staring straight out, a bare-shouldered redhead glancing back, and a bikini-clad woman thrown backward with her chin lifted. A white speedboat with red and yellow racing stripes ploughs a white foam wake straight through the middle of the artwork, bisecting the backglass. Neon CASINO / NIGHT BALL signage and tumbling red dice on the right. The word ROYAL sits alone in the bottom-left corner in small blue capitals.
Setting
- Flat black background
- Dark blue night city skyline with tiny lit windows
- White spray and foam wake across the lower third
- Dark blue water below the boat
Symbols
- Casino dice
- Neon script sign
- Spiked wing-flare logo
- City skyline lights
- Water spray
Lettering
- Large slanted italic angular capitals with red-to-orange gradient fill, thick yellow inline and thin white outer keyline, plus hand-painted neon script at centre right and plain blue sans-serif capitals at bottom left
Themes
- Escape
- Chase
- Casino
- Night city
- Speedboat
- Helicopter
- Gambling
- Airbrush
Title on it
- Escape
Text on it
- ESCAPE
- CASINO
- NIGHT BALL
- ROYAL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Adult, tan/olive skin, thick black moustache, dark slicked-back hair with white highlight at the temple, heavy-lidded eyes staring directly at the viewer, head and shoulders only, bare chest |
| Woman | Adult, fair skin, long wavy red hair, arched dark brows, red lipstick, bare shoulders and chest, torso turned away while she looks back over her left shoulder toward the viewer |
| Woman | Adult, fair skin, head tilted far back with chin raised, eyes half closed, red lipstick, white bikini top, several gold bangles stacked on her wrist, one arm raised above her head |
| Vehicle | White speedboat with red and yellow racing stripes, low bubble canopy, black-outlined hull, planing to the right across white foam spray |
| Vehicle | White helicopter with a red roof panel, black cockpit glazing, landing skids, blurred spinning rotor blades, hovering at upper left |
| Other | Four red casino dice with white pips tumbling in mid-air at centre right |
A landscape-format backglass on a black field. Upper left carries a huge angular wing-flare logo reading ESCAPE in slanted italic capitals, letters filled with a red-to-orange vertical gradient, edged with a thick yellow outline and a thin white outer keyline, with a long white-tipped spike sweeping left from the E. The centre is dominated by two figures: a tanned dark-haired man with a thick black moustache and heavy-lidded eyes facing the viewer, and to his left a red-haired woman with arched brows and red lipstick, bare shoulders, looking back over her own shoulder. Upper right is a second woman in a white bikini top and gold bangles, her head tilted back so her face is lit white-blue. Left of centre a white-and-red helicopter with spinning rotor hovers above a dark blue city skyline of tiny lit windows. Below, a white speedboat with red and yellow trim and a bubble canopy bursts across a white foam wake, its bow pointing right. Right side shows neon script lettering reading CASINO and NIGHT BALL above four tumbling red dice with white pips. Five red rectangular display windows are inset across the lower half. ROYAL is printed in blue capitals at bottom left.