1972 · Sega Enterprises
Explorer
Deep navy starfield filling the lower two-thirds, dark teal-green sky wash at the top, grey-blue cratered moon or planet surface with yellow-green craters at lower left, black jagged snow-capped mountain silhouette and flat orange-yellow mottled disc top left.
- Year
- 1972
- Maker
- Sega Enterprises
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- black
- green
Fingerprint: EXPLORER in crimson slab-serif slanting up upper right, giant helmeted astronaut head dominating right side with gold-trimmed visor and coiled ribbed breathing hose, flying saucer venting red flame above domed building on cratered grey moon, mountain range, starfield, two stacked banks of five score reels.
A giant helmeted astronaut's head filling the right side, with a gold-trimmed visor and a coiled ribbed breathing hose looping across the chest. A huge crimson slab-serif EXPLORER title slants up across the upper right in front of a starfield. Two stacked banks of five white-on-black score reels on the left, one labelled 1ST PLAYER and the lower one 2ND PLAYER. A saucer venting red flame-like exhaust over a pale domed building on a cratered grey moon surface.
Setting
- Deep navy starfield filling the lower two-thirds
- Dark teal-green sky wash at the top
- Grey-blue cratered moon or planet surface with yellow-green craters at lower left
- Black jagged snow-capped mountain silhouette
- Flat orange-yellow mottled disc top left
Symbols
- Red five-pointed stars inside the bottom-right red starburst
- Yellow star speckling the navy field
- Row of small yellow dots arcing above the dome ring
- Green wireframe dome/ring
- Two black diagonal ball-in-play guides
Lettering
- Large crimson slab-serif capitals with heavy dark outline and cream drop shadow for the title; small pink block capitals for the maker mark; yellow block capitals for the player labels and status windows
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Exploration
- Moon landing
- Science fiction
- Retro-futurism
Title on it
- Explorer
Text on it
- EXPLORER
- SEGA
- 1UP
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2UP
- 2ND PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
- CAN PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Single large male-presenting astronaut head and shoulders on the right; pale grey-white round helmet with blue-grey rim and small fin on the crown, gold-trimmed visor, orange-tan face, narrowed stern eyes, grey moustache-like shading above the hose; corrugated breathing hose loops down and left across the chest into a green and yellow chest pack; green-gloved hand raised at lower left of the figure; a translucent green wireframe dome ring arcs over and behind the helmet |
| Vehicle | Pale grey flying saucer at left with a domed upper hull, ribbed banded underside and a base of red flame-like exhaust streaks trailing left |
| Other | Pale grey domed building with three arched red windows and a green spire, set behind the saucer on the moon surface |
A painted sci-fi backglass. A huge crimson slab-serif title reading EXPLORER, with dark outline and cream drop shadow, slants upward across the upper right. Upper left, a flat mottled orange-yellow disc sits beside small pink block capitals reading SEGA. Below, a jagged black snow-capped mountain range crosses the left over a pocked grey-blue moon surface. The lower two-thirds is deep navy starfield. A large helmeted figure dominates the right: a man in a pale grey-white round space helmet with blue-grey rim and a gold-trimmed visor, orange-tan face, narrowed eyes, a ribbed breathing hose looping down to a green and yellow chest pack, green-gloved hand reaching out. A translucent green wireframe dome arcs over his helmet. At left a flying saucer with a domed hull vents red flame-like exhaust above a pale grey domed building with arched windows. Red clouds frame the score reels: five on a black panel marked 1ST PLAYER, five below marked 2ND PLAYER. Bottom corners read BALL IN PLAY and CAN PLAY, with GAME OVER in red on a starburst.