1978 · Playmatic
Last Lap
Flat hot pink sky filling the upper third, blue banked racing circuit with white dashed lane markings sweeping in an s-curve from the left edge to the lower right, grey tarmac infield with kerbs and pale green trackside verge and pit area.
- Year
- 1978
- Maker
- Playmatic
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pink
- blue
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: Huge LAST LAP logo in three-dimensional slab letters shaded red top to yellow bottom floating over bubblegum-pink sky, smiling blonde woman in red-white spotted swimsuit top sitting on white racing tyre just below, four separate small score windows cascade down left side, giant red-haired woman with headset waving chequered flag at bottom-right
The single most memorable element is the huge 'LAST LAP' logo, drawn as fat three-dimensional slab letters shaded from red at the top through orange to yellow, floating over a flat bubblegum-pink sky. A smiling blonde woman in a red-and-white spotted swimsuit top sitting on a white racing tyre is the other unmistakable feature, placed just below the logo. The layout is unusual: four separate small numeric score windows cascade down the left side rather than one display, each paired with a numbered circular player badge. A giant red-haired woman with a black headset and a chequered flag fills the bottom-right corner, her head far larger than the figures elsewhere.
Setting
- Flat hot pink sky filling the upper third
- Blue banked racing circuit with white dashed lane markings sweeping in an s-curve from the left edge to the lower right
- Grey tarmac infield with kerbs
- Pale green trackside verge and pit area
Symbols
- Chequered racing flag
- Numbered circular player badges 1, 2, 3, 4
- Seven-segment red led digits
- Stack of racing tyres
- White dashed track markings
Lettering
- Chunky three-dimensional slab block capitals with a red-to-yellow vertical gradient, white keyline and dark blue drop shadow for the title; smaller yellow sans-serif capitals for the supporting phrases
Themes
- Motor racing
- Formula style circuit
- Leisure driving
- Pinball score panels
- Chequered flag
Title on it
- Last lap
Text on it
- 4 PLAYERS
- LAST LAP
- 822400
- 600000
- 040000
- 00 00
- MATCH FEATURE
- START
- A GAME OF SKILL
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- PLAYERS SELECT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman, long straight hair, smiling with red lipstick, wearing a red swimsuit top with white polka dots, seated astride a large white racing tyre at centre-right, bare shoulders and arms visible |
| Woman | Large head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman with bright red/auburn hair and a side-swept fringe, head tilted down and to the left, wearing a green top and a black over-ear headset with a microphone boom, holding a chequered flag; occupies the entire bottom-right corner |
| Woman | Standing attendant at the far top-left edge, pale skin, blonde hair, wearing a white open jacket over a pale green top and green trousers, hands together at her waist, partly cropped by the frame |
| Man | Male racing driver at the top-right edge, cropped at the shoulder, short dark hair, wearing a green and blue racing suit with a high collar, looking left towards the track |
| Vehicle | Yellow and white open-wheel formula-style race car with a red seat, large black tyres and a chequered flag detail, banked steeply on the blue circuit at centre-left |
| Vehicle | Red racing car with a white roundel and dark tyres, lower centre-right, driving along the track beneath the red-haired woman's face |
A wide, landscape-format backglass printed in a bright airbrushed cartoon style, dominated by a hot pink sky behind a blue banked motor-racing circuit. Upper right carries the main title: a small yellow '4 PLAYERS' line above the huge word 'LAST LAP', whose chunky block letters are shaded red-orange at the top to yellow at the base, outlined in white with a dark blue drop shadow. Four separate score windows are stacked down the left half, each set in a cream-and-yellow angular frame with a small coloured circular badge to its right carrying a number, and each showing red seven-segment digits: 822400, 600000, 040000, and 00 00 on the lowest one. A blonde woman in a red polka-dot swimsuit top sits on a white racing tyre at centre-right, smiling out at the viewer. A yellow-and-white open-wheel race car and a red car bank along the blue track, which sweeps from the left edge across the middle in a broad S-curve with white dashed markings. The lower right is dominated by a large red-haired woman's head in three-quarter view, wearing a green top and a black headset, holding a chequered flag. Green lettering reads 'A GAME OF SKILL' and 'PLAYERS SELECT', with a red 'MATCH FEATURE' box and a small green 'START' panel at the right.