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1978 · Allied Leisure

Hearts Spades

Solid sky-blue playfield surface, wooden cabinet side rails, pale blue apron below the playfield and wooden cabinet front panel with two chrome locks.

Year
1978
Maker
Allied Leisure
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
2

Made by

Design
Bob Betor
Art
R. Michael Torrey

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Hearts Spades playfield

Playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • white
  • wood-brown

Fingerprint: Three oversized pop-bumper caps in row: red, cream, blue, each with cream cap and white numerals, red-and-white striped ball-guide rails curving top and sides, two white rectangular playing-card targets with red circular pips in lower center, white oval targets flanked by starburst crown shapes, large red circular disc on left with red script word, bright sky-blue field, mid-century cartoon style

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the row of three oversized pop-bumper caps in different colours - red, cream and blue - marching across the upper playfield. Second is the pair of white playing-card-shaped targets with red pips sitting together in the lower centre, each backed by a white oval with a black-and-white starburst crown. Third, a red script word with a heavy dark outline sits over a big red disc on the left-hand side. The overall brilliant sky-blue field with red-and-white striped guide rails frames everything.

Setting

  • Solid sky-blue playfield surface
  • Wooden cabinet side rails
  • Pale blue apron below the playfield
  • Wooden cabinet front panel with two chrome locks

Symbols

  • Playing cards with red pips
  • Three pop bumper caps
  • Red-and-white striped guide rails
  • Red disc target
  • Starburst crowns
  • Round inserts
  • Score windows

Lettering

  • Red cursive script with a heavy dark outline on the left disc; small condensed white and red sans-serif capitals on target inserts; plain white capitals on the apron labels

Themes

  • Automotive-style racing motif
  • Playing cards
  • Target bumper field
  • Mid-century cartoon pinball

Text on it

  • STUDS
  • PLAYER 1
  • PLAYER 2
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Three large pop-bumper caps in a row across the upper playfield - left one red body with cream cap printed with white numerals, centre one cream body with cream cap, right one blue body with cream cap
Other Two white playing-card-shaped rectangular targets side by side in the lower centre, each printed with small red circular pips
Other Two white oval targets flanking the playing cards, each topped with a black-and-white radiating starburst crown shape
Other Large red circular disc target on the left half of the playfield carrying a red script word with a dark outline
Other Red-and-white striped ball-guide rails curving across the top and down both sides, plus chrome wire ball guides
Other Numerous round white rubber-ringed inserts and white post caps scattered across the field
Other Bank of red and blue score windows across the apron below the playfield
Full description

Photograph of a whole pinball cabinet shot from above: the blue playfield fills the frame, with wooden side rails and the wooden front of the cabinet plus two chrome coin-door locks visible below the playfield's pale-blue apron. The layout is dominated by three large pop-bumper caps across the upper half - one red with a cream cap, one cream/white with a cream cap, and one blue with a cream cap, each printed with small white target-value numerals. Curving red-and-white striped ball-guide rails and chrome wire guides arc round the top and right edges. On the left sits a large red circular target area carrying a red script word with a dark outline. Two white rectangular playing-card-shaped targets with red circular pips are set side by side in the lower centre, flanked by two white oval targets each topped with a black-and-white radiating starburst crown. Dozens of round white rubber-ringed inserts and post caps dot the field, and a bank of red-and-blue score windows spans the apron above two small oval instruction labels. The style is flat, glossy, hand-painted mid-century cartoon illustration in a limited palette.