Hit the Deck / Neptune

A single-level electro-mechanical playfield shot from above, its lower third still covered by a pale blue-and-white plastic apron. The artwork is a flat, brightly coloured cartoon seascape: turquoise water background, a cream/tan shoreline band running down both side lanes, and a large black triangular wedge in the centre scattered with white starburst sparkle shapes and tumbling playing-card faces (aces, tens, fours and face cards). Centre stage is a blonde woman in a red bikini top and red high heels, one arm flung up, seated side-saddle on the tail of a giant pink-and-yellow fish with a huge round eye, red fins and yellow tail. On the right edge a grinning red-haired clown or jester head with white face paint peers inward. Three yellow-topped pop bumpers with white star decals sit in a triangle across the upper middle. Lettering is red-on-white comic script: 'WOW WHEN LIT' beside each of the ten drop targets, '5000 OR WOW WHEN LIT' on a white cloud, and round orange lamps lettered 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. A yellow card in the centre reads SPOTS BLACK, red SPOTS RED, and black SPOTS SPOTS. Below the woodgrain apron, a white instruction card carries a cream rules panel headed NEPTUNE, and a red arrow banner reads FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET.

Vertically oriented illustrated backglass with a chunky black outer border. The field is a bright lemon-yellow sky with a white cumulus cloud at upper left, behind the stern and white sails of a sailing ship. At upper right a black rectangular score window holds four red seven-segment-style digit shapes reading all zeroes, with a small plain white rectangular plate beneath its left half, and to the right of it an orange-and-yellow stacked caption reading BALL IN PLAY. Dominating the left side is a scarlet lobster or crab wearing a gold crown with red jewels, brandishing a long dark trident upright in its right claw; white sea-foam plumes break around it. On the right, a tanned woman with shoulder-length blue-black hair and a red headband reclines on a white slatted deck chair, wearing a red-and-white spotted two-piece swimsuit, one arm propped behind her head and a green-rimmed drink glass in the other hand. Between them the main title is stacked in three lines, HIT / the / DECK, in fat red bubble capitals outlined white with a small black-and-white lowercase 'the'. Playing-card spades and a fanned card group float at mid-right. Along the bottom, curling blue-and-white waves and a small figure near the lower left complete the nautical scene. Art style is flat, brightly saturated comic-cartoon line art with heavy black outlines.

A painted backglass set inside a pale blue outer frame decorated with scattered red and yellow dots and three broad wavy stripes (yellow, orange, red) along the bottom. The inner picture field is bright yellow sky over a churning green-and-white ocean. At upper left a huge muscular green-skinned merman with a long flowing crimson beard, a spiky gold crown and a red fin rises from the waves, raising a three-pronged orange trident; water drips off his arm. At centre a white shield-shaped plaque carries the tall red block letters NEPTUNE with a white drop shadow, and above it a red cursive script word reading Gottlieb's. To the right of the shield a tanned woman with long pale blonde hair, green eyeshadow and a red bikini reclines on the bow of a yellow speedboat labelled BERMUDA in white capitals; she holds playing cards aloft in her raised right hand and touches her lips with the other. At lower left a young man in an orange shirt, red trousers and a yellow-brimmed cap sits in the boat holding a fanned hand of cards and one extra card showing a red crab. Yellow tennis-ball-sized spheres and white-capped splashes dot the water. Across the top right runs a black scalloped panel with five red digit windows, above which five grinning one-eyed playing-card faces (spade, heart, club, diamond and a partly hidden one) lean in. Bottom right carries a small cream PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE card and a brass maker's plaque.

Bright, saturated comic-book backglass with a flat lemon-yellow background and a horizontal band of playing-card art across the top. A teal-skinned, red-bearded merman king stands at upper left wearing a spiky brown crown, mouth open in a grin, raising a long orange-red trident vertically. Below him, a small red-bearded figure in a floppy yellow-and-red cap and red robe sits on the left edge holding a fan of playing cards. Centre-right, a tanned blonde woman in a red bikini reclines sideways on a pale blue surfboard, elbow propped, one arm up behind her head, long hair streaming, smiling. Teal-blue foamy waves fill the lower third, with scattered lemon-yellow bubbles and green seaweed. Across the top right sit four large stylised card suits in coloured shells (hearts, clubs, spades, diamonds) with small eyes, above a black band of six rectangular score windows showing red digits; 'BALLS TO PLAY' in small red capitals to the right. Fanned playing cards tumble down the right side beside a large ace of diamonds. The title is a stacked logo of red script over white block capitals with a red outline, set on a white shield cartouche.

Illuminated backglass on a rounded-rectangle panel with a chrome trim edge, dominated by a flat acid-yellow/chartreuse background. Across the upper right sits a black plastic score-reel housing holding a row of six mechanical number reels, the visible digits reading roughly 4, 9, 0, 9 with blank reels to the right; black block lettering BALL-PLAY sits just below and right of the reels. Above the reel housing is a row of four large playing-card suit symbols (spade, heart, club, diamond) in orange-red with heavy black outlines, and a golden trophy or urn shape sits at top centre. The title NEPTUNE is lettered in tall orange-red block capitals with a hard black drop shadow, centred on a white shield-shaped cartouche. Left of centre is a green-faced, magenta-bearded merman rising from foaming teal waves. On the right a nude woman with long red hair reclines with a bright red parrot beside her. A green surfboard shape with white lettering lies in the surf at the bottom, and a woman in a scarlet dress stands in the water at lower left. Playing cards are fanned at the lower right beside a white instruction panel and a small orange label.