1987 · Juegos Populares
Lortium
Known for Drop banks, Lower captive ball, Upper captive ball and Route 1. Vast lemon-yellow cloudy sky filling the upper two thirds, dark maroon-purple starfield with pale blue sweeping light beams across the lower third, small scattered white star-like dots and pale blue and green smoke swirls.
- Year
- 1987
- Maker
- Juegos Populares
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Drop target
Drop banks
- Captive ball
Lower captive ball
- Captive ball
Upper captive ball
- Goal
Route 1
- Goal
LORTIUM
On the playfield
- magenta
- yellow
- black
- red
- 2 flippers
- 2 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Captive balls 2
- Lower captive ball
- Upper captive ball
Drop target 1
- Drop banks
Targets 2
- Center standups
- Top-left targets
Lanes 2
- Upper-left lane
- Upper rollovers rollovers
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster A colossal dark maroon-brown tentacled creature occupying the centre and lower right. its long curling arms, legs and trunk are studded all over with round pale-rimmed suction cups, and bright yellow flame-like filaments and tendrils whip around every limb. one tentacle rears up at the left of centre with a raised stalk; the head region sits to the right of centre among the coils.
- man One winged humanoid figure in the upper right quadrant, flying diagonally down-left. blue-grey skin, short dark hair, no beard. a huge rust-red and maroon feathered cape spread out behind the shoulders like wings, a red sash at the waist, teal-green segmented armour on the arms and legs, grey boots. arms outstretched wide, knees bent, mouth open.
- vehicle A small pale blue-white spacecraft at the lower left, nose pointed right, with rows of small dark windows and a raised superstructure; a thin yellow streak extends from its rear.
Setting
- Vast lemon-yellow cloudy sky filling the upper two thirds
- Dark maroon-purple starfield with pale blue sweeping light beams across the lower third
- Small scattered white star-like dots
- Pale blue and green smoke swirls
Text on it
- LORTIUM
- MADE IN FRANCE
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 2190400
- 0000000
- 98
- CREDIT
- FREE PLAYS
- EXTRA BALLS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 50
- 60
- 40
- 70
- 30
- 80
- 20
- 90
- 10
- 00
How it plays
-
Goals 3
- Route 1
- Route 2
- LORTIUM
Reference
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- magenta
- yellow
- black
- red
Fingerprint: Twenty numbered target rings 1-20 circling red BONUS word in loose constellation. Fan of oversized playing cards, red-haired showgirl and blonde woman flanking playfield. Two lit insert bars and round pop-bumper caps bearing red interlocking S-P monogram. Carnival cards motif, black ground with magenta swirls.
The strongest identifying feature is the playing-card motif that invades the machine's hardware: two of the four card-suit shield logos printed on the lower apron have been converted into company monogram emblems, with an interlocking lettered monogram substituted for the classic pip figure inside a red diamond. Second, the lower apron carries two named red-boxed rectangular instruction panels reading EXTRA BALL and PINBALL flanking the central logo. Third, twenty individually numbered target rings from 1 to 20 form a constellation around a red BONUS caption rather than the usual three-line bonus ladder. Fourth, a fan of oversized patterned playing cards sweeps across the lower right of the playfield behind a large green-and-white ball, with a bank of small triangular arrow lamps reading LIT stepping up the left and right of the centre.
Setting
- Carnival midway
- Casino card game motif
- Abstract cloudy vortex swirls
Symbols
- Diamond card suit
- Club card suit
- Spade card suit
- Heart card suit
- Playing-card fan
- Billiard ball
- Red interlocking s-p monogram
- Black eight-ball
- Numbered target rings
- Triangular arrow lamps
Notable shapes
- Fanned playing cards
- Numbered circular target rings 1-20
- Concentric arched ball guides
- Pointed triangular lit arrow inserts
Art motifs
- Swirling plasma clouds
- Starbursts
- Pointed art deco ornament
- Sweeping concentric arcs
- Fanned card backs
Themes
- Playing cards
- Card suits
- Casino
- Carnival
- Billiards ball
Text on it
- EXTRA BALL
- PINBALL
- BONUS
- LIT
- 50,000
- SP
- CP
- 20
- 10
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Red-haired showgirl at left of centre, wearing a feathered or plumed headdress and a red costume, shown from the waist up in three-quarter view, facing right |
| Woman | Blonde woman at right of centre in a pale cream draped or topless costume with bare arms, dark eye makeup, shown from the shoulders up, facing left towards the centre |
| Creature | Dark shadowy beast or mask-like face in the central purple vortex between the two women, only outlines discernible |
A wide pinball playfield photographed flat, its lower apron included. The art is a carnival playing-card theme on a black ground overlaid with magenta, plum and violet cloudy swirls, with cream, gold and lemon-yellow sweeping arcs. Across the middle sits a fan of large playing cards in green, yellow and red patterned backs, a glossy green-and-white ball, and white triangular arrow lamps marked with numbers and the word LIT. Twenty small red-rimmed circular target rings are scattered in a loose ring around a red BONUS word, numbered 1 to 20. Two lit insert bars and two round pop-bumper caps at the top carry a red interlocking monogram of the letters S and P inside a diamond. A large curved metal ball guide runs down the right side, mirroring a second rail on the left. Painted figures include a red-haired showgirl in a feathered headdress at left of centre and a blonde woman in a pale draped costume at right of centre, plus a blue-clad figure high on the right shoulder. The lower apron is black with red-outlined rectangular panels reading EXTRA BALL on the left and PINBALL on the right, and carries a red diamond emblem with an interlocking monogram on a cream card-suit shield.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- maroon
- teal
- black
Fingerprint: LORTIUM title in yellow-ochre with white and teal 3D shadow arcing across top, colossal maroon-brown tentacled monster bristling with suction cups, limbs wreathed in bright yellow flame-like filaments, single winged humanoid figure with rust-red feathered cape flying beside, green-teal faceted crystal shards radiating behind letters, four cream arrow-shaped player badges numbered 1-4, maroon starfield with blue sweeping beams.
A colossal maroon tentacled monster bristling with round suction cups, its limbs wreathed in bright yellow flame-like filaments, curling up through a lemon-yellow sky. Beside it a lone winged figure with a huge rust-red feathered cape flying with arms outstretched, tiny against the creature. The title is enormous slab-serif block capitals, LORTIUM, in yellow-ochre with a teal 3D shadow, arcing across the top. Green-teal faceted crystal shards form a starburst behind the lettering. The bottom third is a black-framed score panel of four red LED readouts with cream arrow-shaped player badges and a numbered bonus wheel.
Setting
- Vast lemon-yellow cloudy sky filling the upper two thirds
- Dark maroon-purple starfield with pale blue sweeping light beams across the lower third
- Small scattered white star-like dots
- Pale blue and green smoke swirls
Symbols
- Green-teal faceted triangular crystal shards
- Round suction cups on the creature's limbs
- Yellow flame-like tendrils
- Four cream arrow-shaped player badges numbered 1 to 4
- Black-rimmed circular bonus wheel numbered 00 to 90
- Four red led seven-segment score windows
- Four-pointed star sparkle
- Pale blue sweeping light beams
- Small diamond-shaped company badge at the top right corner
Lettering
- Huge slab-serif block capitals in yellow-ochre with a white face highlight, hard dark-teal 3d drop shadow and black outline, arranged in a gentle upward arc across the upper third; small cream sans-serif caption plates with black borders on the score panel
Themes
- Giant monster
- Tentacles
- Winged hero
- Outer space
- Starfield
- Crystal shards
- Scifi space battle
Title on it
- Lortium
Text on it
- LORTIUM
- MADE IN FRANCE
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 2190400
- 0000000
- 98
- CREDIT
- FREE PLAYS
- EXTRA BALLS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 50
- 60
- 40
- 70
- 30
- 80
- 20
- 90
- 10
- 00
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | A colossal dark maroon-brown tentacled creature occupying the centre and lower right. its long curling arms, legs and trunk are studded all over with round pale-rimmed suction cups, and bright yellow flame-like filaments and tendrils whip around every limb. one tentacle rears up at the left of centre with a raised stalk; the head region sits to the right of centre among the coils. |
| Man | One winged humanoid figure in the upper right quadrant, flying diagonally down-left. blue-grey skin, short dark hair, no beard. a huge rust-red and maroon feathered cape spread out behind the shoulders like wings, a red sash at the waist, teal-green segmented armour on the arms and legs, grey boots. arms outstretched wide, knees bent, mouth open. |
| Vehicle | A small pale blue-white spacecraft at the lower left, nose pointed right, with rows of small dark windows and a raised superstructure; a thin yellow streak extends from its rear. |
A tall rectangular backglass in a black wooden frame, dominated by a vast lemon-yellow sky. Across the upper third sit huge blocky capital letters spelling LORTIUM in yellow-ochre with white and dark-teal 3D drop shadow, the word arcing slightly and partly overlapped by the artwork. Small green-teal faceted triangular shards are scattered behind and around the letters like a crystal starburst. A large dark-maroon and brown tentacled creature, its arms and body studded with round suction cups and its limbs wreathed in bright yellow flame-like filaments, curls in from the lower right and rears up through the centre of the backglass, one tentacle raised high at the left of centre. Near the upper right a single winged humanoid figure flies diagonally: blue-grey skin, a large rust-red and maroon feathered cape spread behind like wings, arms outstretched, knees bent. The lower band is a dark maroon-purple starfield with pale blue sweeping beams and small glowing white dots, holding four red LED score windows in black bezels with cream arrow-shaped player badges 1, 2, 3 and 4, plus a black-rimmed numbered bonus wheel, small credit windows and cream caption plates.