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1965–1969 · Bally

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen

Known for Mushroom bumpers, Blue bumper #2, Lane 6 and Gator Lake. Flat hot pink-red and royal blue painted ground, three blue-grey fluted egyptian-style columns, yellow shield-shaped player panels, striped green, pink and blue bottom band and cream and red cabinet border.

Years
1965–1969
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels

Known for

  • Bumper

    Mushroom bumpers

  • Bumper

    Blue bumper #2

  • Lane

    Lane 6

  • gate

    Gator Lake

  • gate

    Gator Run

  • gate

    Gator Swamp

  • extra flipper

    Zipper flippers

4 games under this title

On the playfield

  • cream
  • red
  • teal
  • yellow
Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers
  • 6 target banks
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Bumpers 4

  • Mushroom bumpers
  • Blue bumper #2
  • Red bumpers #1 and #3
  • Yellow bumpers #4 and #5

Lane 1

  • Lane 6

Flipper 1

  • Zipper flippers extra flipper

Posts and gates 3

  • Gator Lake gate
  • Gator Run gate
  • Gator Swamp gate

On the backglass

  • pink
  • royal blue
  • yellow
  • cream
Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Large central showgirl in a blue halter bodice, orange collar necklace and a huge yellow and pale-blue vertically striped skirt with a red belt; dark hair, both arms thrown up, holding a yellow disc in each hand; smiling, facing the viewer
  • woman Woman upper left with long dark hair, blue and gold top and red trousers, holding up a round white hand-mirror in her right hand, left hand raised
  • woman Woman left of centre in an orange and red top and a long pale striped skirt, long dark hair, holding a second round white hand-mirror
  • woman Woman right of centre in a yellow top and a long cream skirt with an orange geometric border, one arm bent behind her head, long dark hair
  • woman Seated woman lower left in a green top and full orange skirt, dark hair, one hand raised, seated on the ground
  • woman Crouching woman lower right in a yellow skirt and blue-green top, dark hair with a headband, one arm outstretched

Setting

  • Flat hot pink-red and royal blue painted ground
  • Three blue-grey fluted egyptian-style columns
  • Yellow shield-shaped player panels
  • Striped green, pink and blue bottom band
  • Cream and red cabinet border

Text on it

  • SHEBA
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE

Made by

Design
Ted Zale
Art
Jerry Kelley

Reference

Linked terms
  • Mushroom bumpers also called Bumpers 1-5
  • Blue bumper #2 also called Bumper #2
  • Lane 6 also called Number 6 lane
  • Gator Lake also called Top gate
  • Gator Run also called Middle gate
  • Gator Swamp also called Right out lane gate
Playfield vision analysis

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

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen playfield

Playfield Sheba

  • cream
  • red
  • teal
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Green jungle instruction card center with red border and numbered ovals, rainbow of six circles 1-6 climbing left side, three pop bumpers in red-and-white ringed triangle, comic-style painted man in turban holding SPECIAL ribbon and woman in dark headband raising arm, white owl and striped circus tent between figures.

Distinctive

The centre of the playfield is a bright green jungle instruction card with a red border and a rainbow row of six numbered ovals (1 2 3 4 5 6) reading WHEN ALL 6 NUMBERS ARE LIT SPECIAL LIGHTS, flanked by two painted figures in tropical costume. Two large yellow diamond-mesh slingshots form a wide V either side of a striped circus tent and a white owl. A curved rainbow of six numbered red-on-white circles (1-6) climbs the left side under a starry blue night sky with a yellow crescent moon.

Setting

  • Starry night sky with crescent moon and palm trees
  • Tropical jungle with huts and foliage
  • Striped circus tent
  • Pale cream lower apron with red and blue swirl decoration

Symbols

  • Numbered round targets 1-6
  • Pop bumper caps
  • Yellow crescent moon
  • White stars
  • Flowers and fruit
  • Rainbow arch
  • Arrows
  • Brickwork hut wall

Notable shapes

  • Arched top playfield, red-and-white concentric rings around the pop bumpers, diagonal rainbow band of six numbered circles, diamond-mesh slingshots

Art motifs

  • Comic book painted figures
  • Tropical foliage
  • Curved red and blue swirls on cream apron
  • Star outlines

Themes

  • Tropical
  • Carnival
  • Circus
  • Night sky
  • Jungle
  • Elephant

Text on it

  • 50 WHEN LIT
  • 10 WHEN LIT
  • 10 SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • SPECIAL
  • EXTRA BALL
  • MORE GATE
  • BONUS GATE
  • RETURN AREA
  • WHEN LIT MIDDLE GATE OPENS
  • WHEN LIT BOTTOM GATE OPENS
  • WHEN LIT TOP GATE OPENS
  • WHEN ALL 6 NUMBERS ARE LIT SPECIAL LIGHTS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • FLIPPER
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
  • 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY
  • Deposit coins, then insert coin in Tilt Eliminator ready to play before depositing coin for second player - TILT Eliminator only player who received TILT
  • Light number in Skill by hitting corresponding Targets when lit
  • 1 Replay for each score of 1700 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 1800 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 1900 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 2000 Points
  • Rubber scores & REPLAY when lit
  • TILT ENDS GAME
  • 5 BALLS
  • 1 PLAY 25c
Pop bumpers
3 (red caps, arranged in a triangle in the upper middle)
Drop targets
Six numbered round target discs (1-6) rather than drop targets
Ramps
Two yellow wireform ramps at the upper left and upper right plus two yellow diamond-mesh slingshots in the lower middle
Slingshots
Two large triangular yellow lattice slingshots
Upper playfield
Arched night-sky section with a rainbow of numbered circles, extra ball and more gate boxes, and a lit 50 when lit panel at the very top
Apron and lower playfield
Cream apron with bally script and three rule cards, red flipper buttons on sides of cabinet arrow, tilt ends game plaque and a 5 balls 1 play 25c label
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Smiling dark-skinned man in a yellow-and-red striped turban and red, gold and white tunic, painted waist-up on the left below the instruction card, holding a red special banner
Woman Black-haired woman with a dark headband, blue and gold cropped costume and yellow sash, painted waist-up on the right with one arm raised, beside a return area label
Animal White owl perched between the two figures near the striped tent
Other Yellow and orange canopy tent with blue, green and red stripes in the centre bottom, with a small animal head protruding at its peak
Full description

Full-length electro-mechanical playfield in a pale cream and silver-grey cabinet, shot straight down from above with black surround. Upper third is a night-sky arch of teal-blue gradient dotted with white stars, a yellow crescent moon, palm trees and distant huts; a rainbow-coloured arch of six red-bordered white circles numbered 1 to 6 in red circles runs across the left and middle. Three round pop bumpers with red caps sit in a red-and-white ringed triangle, flanked by yellow plastic ramps and a metal ball guide on the right. The centre is dominated by a green jungle card carrying a white instruction panel with a red border, six coloured numbered ovals and the words WHEN ALL 6 NUMBERS ARE LIT SPECIAL LIGHTS. Below it, comic-style painted figures: a smiling turbaned man in a red-and-gold tunic on the left holding a SPECIAL ribbon, and a black-haired woman in a dark headband and blue-and-gold costume on the right raising one arm. Between them are a striped circus tent, a white owl, tropical flowers and fruit. Two large yellow diamond-lattice slingshots flank two white flippers. The lower apron carries the Bally script, rule cards, and red arrow.

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen playfield

Playfield Campus Queen

  • cream
  • blue
  • red
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Pastimes: three enormous yellow-white sunburst lamp caps reading BONUS 10 WHEN LIT arranged in triangle on raised red platform. Painted parade of three mid-century teenagers in bright colors walking across lower center. Five red-gilled pop bumpers under yellow 100 WHEN LIT wedge. Numbered drop targets 1-6 in red discs run down flanks. Cream and blue circus-carnival palette.

Distinctive

Three enormous yellow-and-white sunburst lamp caps reading BONUS 10 WHEN LIT dominate the centre of the field, arranged in a triangle on a raised red platform. A painted parade of three mid-century teenagers in bright block colours walks across the lower centre, framed by two yellow teardrop score markers showing 10. The top of the field carries a five-bumper red arc under a yellow 100 WHEN LIT wedge, with a grinning row of cartoon faces peeking from a balcony on the top right. Numbered drop targets 1 to 6 in red discs run down both left and right flanks around the central lit-panel.

Setting

  • Carnival or seaside fairground midway painted onto the playfield
  • Striped circus and fairground tents
  • Brick wall at left with a small figure beside it
  • Green grass and painted trees behind the centre platform
  • Painted grandstand balcony with a row of grinning faces at top right
  • Plain cream lower apron deck with star outlines and red and blue swirl decals
  • Chrome ball-guide rails down both sides
  • Cabinet side rails, apron and coin-door area visible at the bottom edge
  • Black void surrounding the cabinet in the photograph

Symbols

  • Playing-card suits including red hearts, a red diamond and a black spade
  • Red numbered discs 1 to 6
  • Yellow teardrop markers printed 10
  • Cream discs printed 50 and 500
  • Outlined five-pointed stars
  • Red and blue swirl decals on the apron
  • Striped tents and bunting
  • Green grass and stylised trees
  • Brick wall
  • Signboard reading pastimes

Notable shapes

  • Triangular raised red platform for the three sunburst lamp caps
  • Large yellow wedge at the top with 100 when lit
  • Two yellow teardrop score markers reading 10 flanking the centre figures
  • Triangular kicker pockets either side of the lower apron
  • Curved chrome ball guide sweeping across the lower left apron
  • Arched transparent ball-guide rails running down both outer edges
  • Star-shaped holes at the apron corners

Art motifs

  • Flat mid-century cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines
  • Flat unshaded blocks of primary colour
  • 1950s-60s teenage fashion: tucked shirts, full skirts, bobbed hair
  • Amusement-park signage and striped canvas awnings
  • Carnival lamp and sunburst graphics

Themes

  • Carnival
  • Fairground
  • Midway
  • Circus
  • Amusement arcade
  • Teenagers
  • Prizes and bumpers

Title on it

  • Pastimes

Text on it

  • 100
  • WHEN LIT
  • BONUS
  • 10
  • TOP GATE
  • MIDDLE GATE
  • 50
  • 500
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • SPECIAL
  • WHEN LIT MIDDLE GATE OPENS
  • BOTTOM GATE OPENS
  • TOP GATE OPENS
  • WHEN ALL 6 NUMBERS ARE LIT SPECIAL LIGHTS
  • BOTTOM
  • GATE
  • FLIPPER
  • Bally
  • MANUFACTURING COMPANY
  • CHICAGO ILLINOIS U.S.A.
  • 1, 2, 3 OR 4 CAN PLAY
  • • Insert coin, then WAIT until Totalizers reset to zero before depositing coins for other players • Light Fling Numbers by hitting corresponding numbered targets when lit • Matching last number of score with number which lights on Special light end of game scores 1 Replay
  • 1 Replay for each score of 2000 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 3000 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 3200 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 3400 Points
  • Replayer
  • Scores
  • when lit
  • 1 REPLAY
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
  • PASTIMES
  • TILT
  • ENDS GAME
  • 5 BALLS PER PLAYER
  • 1 PLAY 5
  • 2 GAMES 10
  • 5 PLAYS 25
Pop bumpers
Five pop bumpers with red gills and white bodies in a row across the top arc
Drop targets
Six numbered targets, discs 1 to 6, arranged around the centre panel down both flanks
Slingshots
Two short red-and-cream slingshot kickers at the lower left and right of the numbered disc cluster
Upper playfield
Occupied by the five-bumper arc, the yellow 100 when lit wedge, a yellow ball-return lane at top left, and the balcony face artwork at top right
Apron and lower playfield
Flat cream apron printed with the manufacturer script logo, a 1, 2, 3 or 4 can play instruction card, a special replayer scores box, a red arrow reading flipper buttons on sides of cabinet, a pastimes tilt ends game card, and a 5 balls per playner pricing card
Who and what
Kind Description
Child Teenage boy in a mustard-yellow jumper over a collared shirt, blond, at lower centre left, walking away from viewer
Woman Teenage girl with shoulder-length blonde hair in a red coat or dress, at lower centre, walking away, head turned in profile
Man Teenage boy with a red cap and green jumper, at lower centre right, walking away with his back turned
Woman Blonde woman in a blue long-sleeved top at mid-left, facing right
Woman Woman in a blue top at mid-right, near the red bottom gate arrow, facing left
Child Small smiling child in red near the brick wall at mid-left
Other Painted clown or jester-like face with a ruff at the left brick wall
Other Row of about six grinning pale faces peering over a balcony rail at top right, one raising an arm
Full description

A complete electro-mechanical playfield photographed in its cabinet, glass rails down, viewed from above under a black surround. Layout is a tall rectangle with a pale cream lower apron deck and a blue/tan circus-carnival upper half. At the very top a yellow wedge reads 100 WHEN LIT, above a row of five red-gilled pop bumpers on a red arc. Below sit three large yellow-and-white sunburst lamp caps reading BONUS 10 WHEN LIT, arranged in a triangle on a red platform. Scattered round cream-coloured lamps are numbered in red discs 1 through 6, and printed scoring values 50, 500 and 10 appear on the field. On the right are green-and-yellow gate plates labelled TOP GATE and MIDDLE GATE beside a red circular target, plus a red arrow reading BOTTOM GATE. A rectangular lit-panel in the centre carries five round lamps and the lines WHEN LIT MIDDLE GATE OPENS, WHEN LIT BOTTOM GATE OPENS, WHEN LIT TOP GATE OPENS, WHEN ALL 6 NUMBERS ARE LIT SPECIAL LIGHTS. Artwork shows mid-century cartoon youths: three teenagers in a yellow jumper, red dress and green jumper walking away at centre, a blonde woman in a blue top at left and another in blue at right, a small clown-like character and a smiling child near the left brick wall, a stack of striped tents and flags on the right, and a row of grinning faces in a balcony at top right. Two flippers sit above a cream apron carrying star outlines and red and blue swirls.

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen playfield

Playfield Gator

  • olive green
  • cream
  • brown
  • black

Fingerprint: Gator, pale olive-green background with cream lanes as giant starburst from center catapult, swamp theme with blue-black water and brown reeds plastics, black line-art woman in bathing costume holding long gun on apron with yellow speed-lines, alligator heads and hanging shapes, three green-white sunburst pop bumpers in triangle

Distinctive

The whole field is one single obsession: an alligator-hunting swamp marsh, with dead trees, brown reeds and blue-black water on the plastics. The most memorable graphic is the bottom apron - a black line-art woman in a bathing costume holding a long gun, overlaid with horizontal yellow speed-lines and a script 'Bally' logo. Second, three identical pop bumpers with green-and-white sunburst rings sit in a tight triangle near the top, and a brown wooden catapult with a row of round white target faces dominates the centre. Third, the pale olive-green background with cream lanes painted as a giant starburst radiating from that centre catapult. Fourth, two white flipper bats lettered 'FLIPPER' in blue over a plain brown oval apron gap.

Setting

  • Swamp marsh with blue-black water and brown reeds
  • Bare dead trees on both side plastics
  • Painted starburst of cream lanes radiating from the centre

Symbols

  • Three green-and-white sunburst pop bumper rings
  • Numbered starburst inserts 1 to 11
  • Blue circular insert discs
  • Row of nine red/brown round drop-target faces with white centres
  • Yellow star flashes
  • Brown wooden catapult/cannon device
  • Playing-card-like white round targets
  • Yellow 'shoot for special' arrow
  • Plain brown oval apron gap
  • Two black triangular flipper-button arrows printed at the apron corners

Notable shapes

  • Large triangular plastics at both upper corners showing the swamp
  • Full-field cream starburst
  • Oval apron cutout between the flippers
  • Wireform ball guides looping to the top
  • Arched top lane with hanging alligator shapes

Art motifs

  • Cream rayed starburst across the whole field
  • Photographic-style water reflections
  • Hand-drawn sketchy black linework on the apron
  • Comic-style speech label 'flip out'

Themes

  • Swamp hunting
  • Alligators
  • Shooting gallery
  • Marsh
  • Outdoorsman
  • Deer stand

Text on it

  • SPECIAL
  • WHEN SCORED
  • 1
  • REPLAY
  • 1, 2, 3 OR 4 CAN PLAY
  • Deposit one coin, then NEXT UP! Each coin is
  • used by one player before dropping coin for other
  • players
  • Matching last number of Score with
  • number lit on Backglass at end of game scores
  • 1 REPLAY
  • Extra Ball for each score of 45,000
  • Extra Ball for each score of 75,000
  • The Competition
  • ball in play
  • from
  • further
  • scoring
  • FLIPPER BUTTON
  • FLIPPER
  • 5 BALLS
  • 2 PLAYS-1 QUARTER
  • Bally
  • MANUFACTURING CORP
  • CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60118
  • GATOR EAT
  • GATOR WATCH
  • GATOR LEAP
  • GATOR SNAP
  • GATOR SPECIAL
  • SHOOT FOR SPECIAL
  • WHEN LIT
  • SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN
  • JUMP
  • SWAMP
  • FLIP OUT
  • 100
  • 160
  • 1600
  • 1600 POINTS OR MORE
  • 1000
  • 1000 SPECIAL PLAY
  • SCORE AT START
  • TO SAVE BALL
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
Drop targets
One bank of 9 small round white targets mounted on the brown centre catapult, plus a cluster of five starburst inserts below-left of it
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with the wildfowl shooting-gallery print, sitting just above the flippers
Upper playfield
Curved top arch with four small round posts and a hanging cluster of alligator shapes, a 1600 segment to the right, and two large triangular alligator-swamp plastics flanking the bumpers
Apron and lower playfield
Pale green apron with the line-art woman holding a long gun and the yellow script logo; a large cream instruction card at lower left listing the 1-4 player and replay/special/extra-ball rules; a white card at lower right reading 5 balls / 2 plays-1 quarter; two 'flipper button' labels with black arrow triangles at the apron corners; black lower deck with a brown oval apron gap between the flippers
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Black line-art figure printed on the bottom apron: slim adult woman in a one-piece bathing costume, side-on, holding a long spear-gun horizontally across her body, sketchy pen style with yellow horizontal speed-lines behind her
Animal Alligator, painted head and eyes rising out of the water on the left side plastics and again on the lower left triangular plastic near the 'shoot for special' arrow
Creature Pair of long brown alligator shapes hanging above the four top posts, plus alligator heads framing the upper plastics on both sides
Animal Several small wildfowl decoys with orange and yellow heads printed on the slingshot plastics, forming a shooting-gallery row
Full description

A photographed electro-mechanical playfield, glass covered, with the stainless cabinet edge, coin door and black lockdown bar below. The field is painted pale olive green, with wide cream-tan ball tracks sweeping down both sides and radiating from the centre. A curved top arch carries four small round posts with yellow alligator shapes hanging above them, plus three large pop bumpers in a triangle, each with a green-and-white sunburst ring; a red plunger knob sits upper left. Large triangular plastics down each side show a swamp: blue-black water, brown reeds, bare dead trees and an alligator head. The centre carries a brown wooden catapult with a row of round white target faces, flanked by nine starburst inserts. Two white bat-shaped flippers with blue 'FLIPPER' lettering point inwards over the black lower deck; the slingshots are printed with a wildfowl shooting-gallery scene. The apron shows a black line-art woman in a bathing costume holding a long gun, overlaid with yellow speed-lines, beside a cream instruction card and a white '5 BALLS' card.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen backglass

Backglass Sheba

  • pink
  • royal blue
  • yellow
  • cream

Fingerprint: SHEBA in huge cream block capitals with red shadow on hanging pink signboard between Egyptian-style columns, two yellow shield panels flanking title with red 1 and 2 discs, white doves flying beside discs, text 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER with four mechanical score reels each, six women as comic-book belly-dancers and showgirls, white doves over heaped fruit platter, blue oil-lamp braziers at bottom corners.

Distinctive

The dominant feature is the enormous cream-and-red title SHEBA on a pink signboard, hung between two decorated Egyptian-style columns, with a little red cursive word perched above the S. Two yellow shield panels carrying mechanical score reels under 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER, each topped by a red disc with a white numeral and a flying white dove, bracket the title symmetrically. Six cartoon women in belly-dancer and showgirl dress fill the lower two-thirds, with the central figure's enormous yellow-and-pale-blue striped skirt dominating the composition. White doves swoop low over a heaped fruit platter at the bottom centre, flanked by blue oil lamps with open flames in each bottom corner. The bottom instruction band is striped green, pink and blue.

Setting

  • Flat hot pink-red and royal blue painted ground
  • Three blue-grey fluted egyptian-style columns
  • Yellow shield-shaped player panels
  • Striped green, pink and blue bottom band
  • Cream and red cabinet border

Symbols

  • White doves
  • Four-digit mechanical score reels in each player panel
  • Red discs bearing numerals 1 and 2
  • Flaming braziers in tall blue stands at both bottom corners
  • Heaped platter of fruit and a bowl at bottom centre
  • Stars and a yellow crescent moon in the blue upper background

Lettering

  • Huge cream block capitals with a red drop shadow and dark outline for the title; bold red sans-serif capitals on yellow panels; white sans-serif capitals on the striped bottom band

Themes

  • Biblical
  • Egyptian
  • Harem
  • Showgirl
  • Two player
  • Competitive play

Title on it

  • Sheba

Text on it

  • SHEBA
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Large central showgirl in a blue halter bodice, orange collar necklace and a huge yellow and pale-blue vertically striped skirt with a red belt; dark hair, both arms thrown up, holding a yellow disc in each hand; smiling, facing the viewer
Woman Woman upper left with long dark hair, blue and gold top and red trousers, holding up a round white hand-mirror in her right hand, left hand raised
Woman Woman left of centre in an orange and red top and a long pale striped skirt, long dark hair, holding a second round white hand-mirror
Woman Woman right of centre in a yellow top and a long cream skirt with an orange geometric border, one arm bent behind her head, long dark hair
Woman Seated woman lower left in a green top and full orange skirt, dark hair, one hand raised, seated on the ground
Woman Crouching woman lower right in a yellow skirt and blue-green top, dark hair with a headband, one arm outstretched
Animal Several white doves: one flying beside the red 1 disc top left, one beside the red 2 disc top right, and a pair swooping low over the fruit platter at bottom centre
Full description

A painted, cartoon-illustrated backglass with a hot pink-red and royal blue ground, framed by a cream and red cabinet edge. At the top centre the word SHEBA is lettered in huge cream block capitals with a red drop shadow, sitting on a hanging pink signboard, with a small red cursive word above it. Flanking it are two identical yellow shield-shaped panels outlined in red, each with a red circle at the top holding a white numeral 1 or 2, a white dove flying beside the circle, and the text 1ST PLAYER or 2ND PLAYER with four black mechanical score reels. Three tall blue-grey Egyptian-style columns stand behind the central title. Below, six scantily clad women are painted as comic-book figures: a large central woman in a blue bodice and vast yellow-and-pale-blue striped skirt, arms flung up, holding two yellow discs; two women on the left holding white hand-mirrors; a woman on the right in a yellow top and patterned skirt; a seated woman lower left in a green top and orange skirt; a crouching woman lower right in a yellow skirt. White doves swoop across the lower centre over a heaped plate of fruit and a bowl, with tall blue oil-lamp columns and flaming braziers at both bottom corners. The bottom band is striped green, pink and blue and reads 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY | BALL IN PLAY | IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE.

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen backglass

Backglass Campus Queen

  • red
  • blue
  • green
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Campus Queen, laughing red-haired co-ed in red jumper with red-and-white chequered sleeves in white doorway, three other students behind her including blonde in yellow coat, three other figures including man in blue-and-white striped rugby shirt, four numbered player stations in blue-and-gold crests stacked down both edges, ivy-covered red brick flanking doorway

Distinctive

The dominant image is a laughing red-haired co-ed in a red jumper with bold red-and-white chequered sleeves, framed in a white doorway with three other students behind her. Four numbered player stations (1, 2, 3, 4) are stacked down both edges in blue-and-gold numbered crests, each with a banner reading 1st PLAYER to 4th PLAYER and a yellow four-reel score window. Ivy-covered red brick flanks the doorway, with a BALL IN PLAY window at lower left and a 1-2-3-4 CAN PLAY strip along the bottom. The title is set in two lines of fat red capitals with a cursive maker's script above it.

Setting

  • Central open doorway with white frame and steps
  • Blue sky with white clouds behind the doorway
  • Red brick walls on left and right
  • Dark green ivy vines on the brick
  • Green treetops and lawn at lower right
  • Pale blue vertical stripe behind the title

Symbols

  • Four numbered blue-and-gold crests (1, 2, 3, 4)
  • Digit score windows
  • Ivy vines
  • Clouds
  • Banners

Lettering

  • Cursive script logo with long swash above two lines of bold red block capitals with cream highlight and dark outline; small white capitals on red banners for player labels

Themes

  • University
  • Students
  • College
  • Campus
  • Brick quadrangle
  • Doorway
  • Sport

Title on it

  • Campus queen

Text on it

  • Bally
  • CAMPUS QUEEN
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • 3rd PLAYER
  • 4th PLAYER
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 1-2-3-4 CAN PLAY
  • PLAY SKILL GAMES FOR FUN AND RECREATION
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 8
  • 0
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Foreground, young adult, bright red bobbed hair, fair skin, red chunky turtleneck jumper, red-and-white chequered long sleeves, yellow tartan/plaid skirt with a red drawstring bow, smiling, three-quarter view facing left, right hand raised at the collar
Woman Background left, blonde bob seen from behind, long yellow coat, standing in the doorway
Man Background centre, short dark hair, magenta/pink shirt, arm raised pointing to the right, red item over his shoulder
Woman Background right, dark bobbed hair, lavender long-sleeved top, red-and-black tartan skirt, carrying a red shoulder bag
Man Background right foreground, short fair hair, red white and blue horizontal striped rugby shirt, blue pinstriped trousers, leaning with one hand at his hip
Other A small blue box-like fixture on the right doorjamb
Full description

A printed, hand-inked cartoon backglass built symmetrically around a central doorway. A red-haired young woman in a chunky red turtleneck jumper, red-and-white chequered sleeves and a yellow plaid skirt stands in the foreground, turned three-quarters to the left with one hand raised to her collar, smiling. Behind her, three students stand in the open white-framed doorway: a blonde in a yellow coat seen from the back, a dark-haired man in a magenta shirt pointing right, and a brunette in a lavender top and tartan skirt with a red shoulder bag. A fourth figure, a young man in a red, white and blue striped rugby shirt with blue pinstriped trousers, leans in at the right of the doorway. The doorway opens onto a blue sky with white clouds and green treetops. Left and right thirds are red brick walls with dark green ivy; four blue-and-gold crest panels numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 each sit above a white banner naming a player, with a yellow window of four mechanical digit reels beneath. The top centre carries a cursive script logo over two lines of large red block capitals. Along the bottom, a blue-outlined red box reads BALL IN PLAY, and two red strips read 1-2-3-4 CAN PLAY and PLAY SKILL GAMES FOR FUN AND RECREATION.

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen backglass

Backglass Gator

  • teal
  • dark blue
  • yellow
  • orange

Fingerprint: cator, ghostly pale-green towering title word in narrow letters at top, small white signature logo left of it, blonde water-skier in yellow swimsuit and orange vest screaming with arm stretched holding tow rope, second helmeted figure flung across foaming teal wave, blue rooster head with red comb at lower right, green crocodile rising from bottom center, cream score windows stacked down right

Distinctive

A huge ghostly pale-green title word in towering narrow letters sits at the top centre, with a small white cursive signature logo tucked just left of it. Two helmeted water-skiers are flung sideways across a foaming teal wave, one woman in a yellow swimsuit and orange vest with her mouth wide open in a scream, arm stretched wide holding a tow rope. A large blue rooster or bird head with a red comb and yellow beak juts up from the lower right, and a green crocodile or shark head rises from the coils of a scaly body at bottom centre. Four cream score windows with red numbers are stacked in a diagonal column down the right side.

Setting

  • Churning open sea with spray and foam
  • Dark night sky with scattered small lights
  • A half-submerged blue motorboat at left
  • Green scaly coils and a reptile head at bottom centre

Symbols

  • Tow rope stretched taut across the composition
  • Card-suit-free score windows with cream faces and red digits
  • Small blue trapezoid match-window plate at bottom centre
  • Spray and foam streaks
  • Green-yellow zigzag cabinet trim along the outer frame edge

Lettering

  • Title in extremely tall condensed block capitals, pale lime green with black outline and white drop shadow; player labels 1 up to 4 up in small rounded black-outlined sans with a red dot over the i; instruction text in hand-drawn black capitals; a small white cursive signature logo with a circled registration mark

Themes

  • Water skiing
  • Dangerous sea
  • Crocodile
  • Rescue
  • Toilette humour mishap
  • Comic cartoon

Title on it

  • Cator

Text on it

  • CATOR
  • Bally
  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • 3 UP
  • 4 UP
  • 4 2 2 2 0
  • 2 7 6 2 0
  • 1 7 3 6 0
  • 5 3 1 3 0
  • 3
  • TO 4 CAN PLAY
  • 1 2 3 4
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 3 4 5
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Young adult, short blonde hair, orange and white crash helmet with dark visor, orange life vest over a yellow one-piece swimsuit, mouth open shouting, right arm stretched wide gripping a taut tow rope, left arm trailing, bare legs kicked up behind her, skimming over a teal wave
Man Second helmeted water-skier just behind and below her, orange and white helmet, face marked with red streaks resembling blood, one arm reaching down, body angled hard over the water, only head shoulders and arms clearly visible
Creature Large blue bird or rooster head with a swept crest of blue feathers, a red comb and a large yellow hooked beak, rising from the lower right, eye visible
Animal Green reptile or shark-like head with a long snout and visible eye at bottom centre, attached to a coiling scaly green body drawn as cross-hatched scales
Vehicle Blue and orange motorboat hull tilted at the left, with rope rigging, a cabin frame and a partially legible name on the bow
Full description

A rectangular painted backglass in a metal frame, dominated by a huge pale green-and-yellow columned title CATOR at top centre, its very tall condensed letters outlined in black and casting a white drop shadow. Two speedboat/water-skiing figures cross the middle: a young blonde woman in a yellow swimsuit, orange life vest and orange-and-white crash helmet, mouth open in a shout, gripping a taut tow rope with her right arm flung wide; behind and below her a second helmeted figure with a bloodied face leans forward over the hull. The background is a churning teal-and-dark-blue sea with a large submerged or capsizing blue craft at left, a crocodile or shark head and green scaly coils at bottom centre, and a huge blue bird or rooster head with a red comb and yellow beak at lower right. Four score windows with cream card faces and red digits are stacked down the right and one at upper left. Black-outlined hand lettering reads 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP, 4 UP, TO 4 CAN PLAY and BALL IN PLAY.

Gator / Sheba / Campus Queen backglass

Backglass Alligator

  • blue
  • green
  • black
  • white

Fingerprint: alligator title in tall narrow slanted pale-green capitals, two young women in snorkelling gear plunging diagonally through blue-green water with arms outstretched, one in yellow halter top and white shorts with red snorkel mask, other in orange-red swimsuit with red cap and blue diving mask, large green-blue fish with yellow eye and red gill fins swimming right, pale green scaly reptilian body, fishing net, small boat with figure

Distinctive

A huge toothy green-and-blue fish with a bright yellow eye dominates the lower centre, tangled with a pale green scaly reptile body and a fishing net. Two snorkelling women in swimsuits plunge diagonally through open blue-green water beneath the title, one in a yellow top with white shorts and a red mask, the other in an orange-red swimsuit with a red cap. The lettering is German, with four separate player score panels marked 1. SPIELER through 4. SPIELER. Bold instruction text runs along the very bottom: 1.-4. KÖNNEN SPIELEN and KUGEL IM SPIEL.

Setting

  • Open underwater seascape in deep blue-green water
  • Pale turquoise light glow along the top edge
  • Dark shadowy rock or wave masses framing upper left and upper right
  • Seabed with pale green scaly reptile body and fishing net at lower left

Symbols

  • Four rectangular score windows per player panel
  • Snorkel mask
  • Fishing net
  • Motor boat
  • Light rays through water

Lettering

  • Tall narrow slanted capitals in pale green with thick black outline and yellow inner stroke for the title; white cursive script logo above it; lime green sans-serif player labels; black and red sans-serif instruction text along the bottom

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Snorkelling
  • Dangerous wildlife
  • Four player
  • German text
  • Tropical sea

Title on it

  • Alligator

Text on it

  • Bally
  • ALLIGATOR
  • 1. SPIELER
  • 2. SPIELER
  • 3. SPIELER
  • 4. SPIELER
  • 1.-4. KÖNNEN SPIELEN
  • 1. 2. 3. 4.
  • KUGEL IM SPIEL
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Young woman in a bright yellow halter top and white shorts, red snorkel mask pushed onto her forehead, reddish hair, arms stretched forward, swimming head-first to the right, mouth open in an expression of alarm
Woman Second young woman just behind and above the first, orange-red one-piece swimsuit, red swim cap, blue diving mask, pale blue-green tights on her legs, one arm extended forward
Creature Very large green and blue fish with a round yellow eye, red gill fins, open jaw showing white fangs and red mouth interior, angled head-down to the right
Animal Pale green scaly reptilian body with a cross-hatched scale pattern and clawed limbs, filling the lower left, partly entangled in a brown fishing net
Other Small open motor boat at lower left, light blue hull with a red-orange interior, carrying a small figure in red, angled diagonally
Animal A few tiny red and dark fish silhouettes scattered in the mid-left water
Full description

Painted, airbrushed underwater scene on a backglass, framed by a black border and set into a cabinet with a chipped cream-and-green painted wooden surround visible around the edges. The background is deep blue-green open water with a pale turquoise glow at the top, shafts of light, and dark shadowy rock or wave shapes sweeping in from the upper left and right. Across the top centre sits a large title in tall, narrow, slanted capital letters, pale green with a heavy black outline and a yellow-green inner stroke, with a white cursive script manufacturer logo tucked above it. Four score panels are printed round the edges: two at the top left and top right labelled 1. SPIELER and 2. SPIELER, and two stacked down the right side, 3. SPIELER and 4. SPIELER, each with four small white digit windows on a dark strip. In the centre, two young women in swimsuits and snorkel masks are swimming diagonally downwards to the right, arms outstretched, one in a bright yellow halter top with white shorts and a red snorkel mask, the other behind her in an orange-red swimsuit with a red cap and blue mask. Below them a large green-blue fish with a yellow eye, red gill fins and white fangs swims to the right, its body overlapping a pale green scaly reptilian body and a fishing net at the lower left, where a small open boat with a figure in red sits. German instruction text runs along the bottom edge.