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1974 · Playmatic

Joker

Pale powder-blue sky, terracotta-orange castle wall with crenellated battlements, arched stone windows with pink interiors and red kite-shaped sails on strings.

Year
1974
Maker
Playmatic
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Joker backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • orange
  • green
  • pink

Fingerprint: Joker, giant smiling female jester with green fool's cap fanning hand of playing cards beside enormous blue-and-white horizontally striped serif capitals on red oval banner, six to eight tiny yellow-clad jesters perch on castle battlements flying red kites, tiny castle on terracotta-orange wall with crenellated battlements, card suits as number markers, pink ruff and black club pip

Distinctive

A giant smiling female jester with a green fool's cap fanning a hand of playing cards, with the word Joker in enormous blue-and-white horizontally striped serif capitals on a red oval banner beside her. Around the castle battlements, tiny yellow-clad jesters fly red kite-shaped sails on strings and one wears magenta roller skates. Unusual slogans read A GAME OF SKILL and ITS MORE FUN TO COMPETE rather than the usual pinball copy, with PLAYERS printed twice and card suits used as number markers. The brand badge is a small yellow rectangle reading playmatic in black lowercase.

Setting

  • Pale powder-blue sky
  • Terracotta-orange castle wall with crenellated battlements
  • Arched stone windows with pink interiors
  • Red kite-shaped sails on strings

Symbols

  • Hand of playing cards including a joker face card
  • Red diamond pip
  • Black spade pip
  • Black club pip
  • Red heart pip
  • Red kite-shaped sails
  • Cast crenellated battlements
  • Pink ruff collar
  • Grapes
  • Violin and bow
  • Roller skates

Lettering

  • Large serif capitals filled with alternating blue and white horizontal stripes, heavy white outline and dark keyline; smaller white sans-serif block capitals on red ribbons; striped serif numerals 1-4

Themes

  • Jester
  • Castle
  • Playing cards
  • Skill game
  • Medieval

Title on it

  • Joker

Text on it

  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • PLAYERS
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • Joker
  • CAN PLAY
  • ITS MORE FUN TO COMPETE
  • 3
  • 4 PLAYERS
  • 4 UP
  • playmatic
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Central jester, pale face, dark arched brows, pink lips, sly smile, green-and-white fool's cap with pink pom-poms, bare shoulders, pink ruff at the waist, fanning a hand of playing cards
Other Small jester in yellow motley leaning from an arched window top-left, holding a red kite
Other Small jester in yellow standing on a battlement top-centre-left, pink shoes, beside a red kite
Other Small jester in yellow flying horizontally on a string beneath a red kite top-right, magenta roller skates
Other Small jester in yellow in a left arch window, holding purple grapes
Other Small jester in yellow at lower left, playing a small instrument
Other Small jester in yellow at lower centre-right, playing a violin with bow
Creature Black cat silhouette sitting in a right arched window
Full description

A cartoon backglass with a pale powder-blue sky behind a terracotta-orange castle wall with crenellated battlements and arched windows. Dominating the centre is a smiling jester woman with a pale face, arched dark brows, pink lips and a green-and-white fool's cap with pink pom-poms; she fans a hand of playing cards (a joker face card and a heart card are readable). The huge title Joker is lettered right of centre in tall striped blue-and-white serif capitals with a white outline, on a red oval banner. Two other banners read A GAME OF SKILL (upper right) and ITS MORE FUN TO COMPETE (lower left, on a pink honeycomb-backed arch). The word PLAYERS appears twice: once in striped serif letters at upper left and once at lower right. Six to eight tiny jesters in yellow motley with caps and bells perch on the battlements, fly red kites, juggle grapes, lean out of windows and play a violin. A pink ruff and black club pip decorate the lower centre, with card suits used as number markers.