1978 · Sonic
Jai Alai
Dark green netting/grid across the entire background, green playing-field surface with white boundary lines, large orange and yellow flame or explosion shape behind the title and red-orange horizontal striped panel at the right edge.
- Year
- 1978
- Maker
- Sonic
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- orange
- red
- white
Fingerprint: jai-alai in red block letters on orange-yellow flame burst, four diagonal score reels with arrow banners numbered 1-4 UP, helmeted athletes lunging with rackets, blonde woman with pennant, bespectacled man in overalls, large black grid netting background, flat comic colours, sports action
The most memorable element is the enormous orange-and-yellow flame burst with the title JAI-ALAI in heavy red block letters slanting across it. Four black-tipped white arrow banners labelled 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP stair-step diagonally down the glass from top left to bottom right, each with seven dark red digit windows. Comic-book athletes in helmets crash through the centre in a tangle of limbs, one raising a racket overhead, another in yellow trousers lunging almost horizontally. At the right edge a blonde woman brandishes a tiny black pennant on a white pole beside a grinning bespectacled man in blue overalls. A very large black grid of netting fills the whole background behind everything.
Setting
- Dark green netting/grid across the entire background
- Green playing-field surface with white boundary lines
- Large orange and yellow flame or explosion shape behind the title
- Red-orange horizontal striped panel at the right edge
Symbols
- Four white scoring ovals with numbers 30, 40, 10 and 6
- Stacked white circles numbered 1 to 4 on the red-orange right panel
- Arrow-ended score banners
- Orange flame burst
- Black grid netting
- Yellow-and-black horn/racket shapes
- White boundary lines on green field
Lettering
- Heavy condensed sans-serif block capitals in red with a cream drop shadow for the title; small yellow and white condensed capitals for the top-right notice; tiny dark red block capitals on white arrow panels for the player numbers; a small red-on-white plate for the ball-in-play line
Themes
- Team sport
- Multiplayer
- Athletic competition
- Cartoon action
- Racket and ball sport
- Score windows
Title on it
- Jai-alai
Text on it
- JAI-ALAI
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- 30
- 40
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Top left, cropped at the edge, in a white short-sleeved shirt and a red-and-white striped helmet, one arm raised overhead gripping a racket, tan skin, only upper body visible |
| Man | Left centre, blue helmet with a white star, blue-and-white shirt, bright yellow trousers, dark hair and a moustache, arm outstretched, dynamic running pose |
| Man | Centre, blue helmet, blue-and-white shirt, yellow trousers with a black side stripe, one arm extended, legs split in a leap |
| Man | Centre bottom, red helmet, white shirt with red trim, orange trousers, lunging almost horizontally to the left with both arms forward and long red hair |
| Woman | Right side, blonde bobbed hair, white top, smiling, holding a small black pennant on a white pole aloft in her right hand |
| Man | Far right, curly blond hair, large square glasses, blue cap, blue overalls over a white shirt, grinning |
| Woman | Bottom right, red hair, orange visor cap, red-and-yellow striped top, facing left in profile |
| Child | Bottom right beside her, small, blonde, orange cap, mouth wide open in a delighted laugh |
| Other | A large black curved horn or wicker racket shape with yellow lacing at top left, and a second yellow-and-black horn shape at centre left |
Bright cartoon-style backglass laid out as a sports/games collage. A huge orange-and-yellow flame/explosion shape dominates the upper middle, carrying the title JAI-ALAI in large red block capitals with a cream drop shadow; behind it a dark green grid of netting. Four player score windows run diagonally across the glass: a black '1 UP' banner at top left, then '2 UP', '3 UP' and '4 UP' banners stepping down to the right, each a white arrow-ended panel with seven dark red digit boxes. Figures are painted in flat comic colours: helmeted sportsmen in blue, red and white shirts with yellow or orange trousers lunging and swinging across the centre, a blonde woman in a white top at right holding up a small black pennant, a bespectacled curly-haired man in blue overalls beside her, a red-haired woman in an orange visor and red-and-yellow striped top at bottom right, and a small blonde child in an orange cap with a wide open laughing mouth. White scoring ovals numbered 30, 40, 10 and 6 float among them, and a red-orange striped panel at the right edge carries four white circles numbered 1 to 4. '1 TO 4 CAN PLAY' sits at top right in yellow and white; a small red-on-white 'BALL IN PLAY' plate sits at bottom centre.