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1971 · Bally

Mariner / Sea Ray

Known for Center yellow mushroom bumper, Center post, Top center saucer and Right-side collect chute. Underwater scene in pale blue-green water, lavender cloud-like patches in the water, rust-brown seabed across the lower third, seaweed fronds and rising air bubbles, cream painted inner border around the glass and turquoise painted wooden cabinet frame.

Year
1971
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels

Known for

  • Bumper

    Center yellow mushroom bumper

  • post

    Center post

  • saucer

    Top center saucer

  • chute

    Right-side collect chute

  • chute

    Left award chute

2 games under this title

On the playfield

  • pink
  • blue
  • cream
  • red
Mariner / Sea Ray playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 1 ramp
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Ramps 2

  • Right-side collect chute chute
  • Left award chute chute

Hole 1

  • Top center saucer saucer

Bumpers 4

  • Center yellow mushroom bumper
  • Green mushroom bumpers
  • Blue bumpers
  • Red bumper

Target 1

  • Lower standup targets

Lanes 2

  • Top white rollover buttons rollovers
  • Down post rollovers rollovers

Post or gate 1

  • Center post post

On the backglass

  • turquoise
  • red
  • pale blue
  • cream
Mariner / Sea Ray backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man One helmeted diver at centre-left, bright red suit, round riveted facegask, short dark hair showing at the temples, grey corrugated breathing hose coiled round his shoulders, body leaning forward with legs trailing behind, thrusting a red-and-white harpoon diagonally to the right
  • animal A very large blue-and-white striped fish curving head-up down the right of centre, its body sweeping across the middle of the glass
  • animal A long serpentine striped eel looping across the upper right corner and down the right edge
  • animal A black, red and white striped fish at mid-right, facing left
  • animal A smaller striped fish at lower centre, above the bottom instruction panel
  • animal A pink squid-like creature with trailing tentacles at the upper left, below the top-left score window

Setting

  • Underwater scene in pale blue-green water
  • Lavender cloud-like patches in the water
  • Rust-brown seabed across the lower third
  • Seaweed fronds and rising air bubbles
  • Cream painted inner border around the glass
  • Turquoise painted wooden cabinet frame

Text on it

  • MARINER
  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • 3 UP
  • 4 UP
  • 1 TO 4
  • CAN PLAY
  • BALL IN PLAY

How it plays

  1. Awards 4

    • Up Post
    • Open Gate
    • Light Blue Bumpers
    • Light Extra Ball

Made by

Design
Ted Zale
Art
Christian Marche

Reference

Linked terms
  • Center yellow mushroom bumper also called Center yellow bumper also called Up post bumper
  • Top center saucer also called Top saucer
  • Right-side collect chute also called Bonus Collect kicker
  • Left award chute also called Squiggly chute
Playfield vision analysis

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

Mariner / Sea Ray playfield

Playfield Sea Ray

  • pink
  • blue
  • cream
  • red

Fingerprint: Sea Score: bright pink BONUS tower round lamps top playfield, mirrored by vertical hot-pink BONUS ladder running center past values 10,000-100,000. Collage woman's red-haired profile half-buried dark foliage beside brown-sailed sailing ship yellow sea. Two oversized red seven-barrel pop-bumper caps white tops paired domed pink shapes down right edge. White apron carries SEA SCORE 3 BALLS PER PLAY panel, instruction block.

Distinctive

A bright pink 'BONUS' tower of round lamps at the top of the playfield, mirrored by a vertical hot-pink 'BONUS' ladder running down the centre past printed values from 10,000 up to 100,000. The second most memorable element is the collage of a woman's red-haired profile half-buried in dark foliage beside a brown-sailed sailing ship on a yellow sea. Third, two oversized red seven-barrel pop-bumper caps with white tops paired with domed pink capsule shapes down the right edge. Fourth, the white lower apron carrying a 'SEA SCORE 3 BALLS PER PLAY' panel and an eight-line instructions block, framed by a blue triangle at each corner.

Setting

  • Sailing ship on open sea
  • Tropical foliage and palm fronds
  • Abstract playing-card and casino collage
  • Pale cream and light blue ground

Symbols

  • Playing-card suits
  • Blue triangular arrows
  • Red-ringed round inserts
  • Compass/star motif
  • Anchor-style badge
  • Slot-machine reels

Notable shapes

  • Large pentagon/star shaped hole in the glass over the centre
  • Arched wire ramp at top right
  • Tall vertical pink insert ladder
  • Hexagonal apron badge

Art motifs

  • Collage patchwork
  • Photographic cut-outs
  • Comic-book lettering
  • Tropical foliage

Themes

  • Nautical
  • Sea
  • Gambling
  • Bonus ladder
  • 1970s solid state

Title on it

  • Sea score

Text on it

  • BONUS
  • DOUBLE BONUS WHEN LIT BONUS
  • EXTRA BALL
  • FLIPPER BUTTON
  • SEA SCORE
  • 3 BALLS PER PLAY
  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • ADVANCE TO X BALL BONUS WHEN X IS LIT
  • 50,000 POINTS
  • 10,000 POINTS
  • 100,000 POINTS
  • FULL TILT
  • RUMBLE FEATURE
  • START
Pop bumpers
Two white-capped bumpers upper-left of centre; two large red seven-barrel bumper caps on the right
Drop targets
A blue-and-red diamond drop target left of centre
Ramps
One wire-form ramp arcing over the upper centre-right
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with red-ringed inserts at each apron corner
Upper playfield
Hot-pink bonus lamp cluster with a lamp panel above, under the top arch
Apron and lower playfield
White apron with blue corner triangles, 'flipper button' printed at both sides, central 'double bonus when lit bonus' hexagon, 'extra ball' starburst at left, 'sea score / 3 balls per play' card with an instructions block
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Profile face with orange-red hair, upper-left quadrant, partly hidden by dark green foliage
Vehicle Brown-sailed sailing ship on a yellow-and-cream painted sea, centre-left
Other Domed pink capsule/jar shapes, right side beside the bumpers
Other Playing-card suit symbols and small portrait cards in the right-hand collage
Full description

Full overhead view of a complete electro-mechanical playfield inside its cabinet, photographed through glass with a strong reflection band across the upper-middle. The art is a nautical-and-gambling collage on a pale cream and light blue ground: a big magenta/red hot-pink bonus ladder runs vertically down the centre-right, flanked by pink rectangular score panels, with a pink hexagonal 'BONUS' cluster of round lamps at the top. Upper left is a woman's face in profile with orange/red hair among dark green and black foliage; centre-left is a brown-sailed ship on a yellow-and-cream sea, next to a blue-and-red diamond target; right side is a collage of domed pink capsules, red 7-barrel pop bumpers with white caps, playing-card suits, and small portrait panels. Two large white pop bumper caps sit upper-left of centre. Blue triangular arrow motifs and red-ringed round inserts flank the slingshots. The lower apron is white and blue, printed with instruction paragraphs and two 'FLIPPER BUTTON' labels. Below it the cabinet front is sea-green crackle paint with a chrome coin door, plunger and START badge.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Mariner / Sea Ray backglass

Backglass Mariner

  • turquoise
  • red
  • pale blue
  • cream

Fingerprint: Helmeted diver in bright red suit with round riveted faceplate and grey breathing hose lunging with red-and-white harpoon. Giant blue-and-white striped fish curving down centre. Striped eel looping upper right, pink tentacled squid upper left. Red block title "MARINER". Pale blue-green water, rust-brown seabed, lavender cloud patches.

Distinctive

A single helmeted diver in a bright red suit lunging across the centre with a red harpoon, a grey corrugated breathing hose coiled round his neck and a round riveted facegask. Bold curved red block lettering sits to his right, over a giant blue-and-white striped fish that swoops head-up down the middle of the glass. A long snake-like striped eel loops across the upper right corner and a pink tentacled creature fills the upper left, making a dense, crowded reef scene. Four black oval reel windows with printed white player numerals are built into the art, and cream instruction panels run along the very bottom.

Setting

  • Underwater scene in pale blue-green water
  • Lavender cloud-like patches in the water
  • Rust-brown seabed across the lower third
  • Seaweed fronds and rising air bubbles
  • Cream painted inner border around the glass
  • Turquoise painted wooden cabinet frame

Symbols

  • Four black oval mechanical reel score windows with printed white player numerals
  • Red four-pointed star burst
  • Red arrow shapes
  • Harpoon
  • Air bubbles
  • Seaweed fronds
  • White oval reel drums on the score windows

Lettering

  • Curved bold red block capitals with heavy black outlines and thin white edging for the title, a small white cursive script signature above it, and bold black condensed sans-serif capitals for the bottom instruction text

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Scuba diving
  • Sea life
  • Spearfishing
  • Ocean adventure
  • Fishing

Title on it

  • Mariner

Text on it

  • MARINER
  • 1 UP
  • 2 UP
  • 3 UP
  • 4 UP
  • 1 TO 4
  • CAN PLAY
  • BALL IN PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Man One helmeted diver at centre-left, bright red suit, round riveted facegask, short dark hair showing at the temples, grey corrugated breathing hose coiled round his shoulders, body leaning forward with legs trailing behind, thrusting a red-and-white harpoon diagonally to the right
Animal A very large blue-and-white striped fish curving head-up down the right of centre, its body sweeping across the middle of the glass
Animal A long serpentine striped eel looping across the upper right corner and down the right edge
Animal A black, red and white striped fish at mid-right, facing left
Animal A smaller striped fish at lower centre, above the bottom instruction panel
Animal A pink squid-like creature with trailing tentacles at the upper left, below the top-left score window
Full description

A painted underwater backglass set in a turquoise-painted wooden cabinet frame, the glass surrounded by a cream inner border. Pale blue-green water with soft lavender cloud-like patches fills the background over a rust-brown seabed, with seaweed fronds and scattered air bubbles. Four black oval score windows carrying white mechanical reels and printed numerals are laid into the artwork: two across the top (1 UP on the left, 2 UP on the right) and two across the bottom (3 UP and 4 UP). At centre-left a single helmeted diver in a bright red suit leans forward, a grey corrugated breathing hose coiled round his shoulders and a round riveted facegask over his face, thrusting a red-and-white harpoon diagonally to the right. Around him the sea life is crowded: a very large blue-and-white striped fish curving head-up down the right of centre, a long snake-like striped eel looping across the upper right corner, a smaller black-and-red striped fish at mid-right, another striped fish at lower centre, and a pink tentacled squid-like creature at upper left. Bold red four-pointed star and arrow shapes burst outwards from the diver's spear. Curved red block capitals with heavy black outlines spell the title at centre right, with a small white cursive signature above it.

Mariner / Sea Ray backglass

Backglass Sea Ray

  • green
  • red
  • black
  • orange

Fingerprint: SEA RAY in huge slanted red block letters with heavy black key lines on olive-green background, colossal orange-red segmented crab claw with black spiked pincers bursting across centre clamped over large fish with gaping mouth, two female divers in red suits with silver helmets clinging to claw arms, black-and-teal air-tank score panels at top-left and lower-right, flat 1970s airbrushed cartoon style.

Distinctive

A colossal orange-red lobster or crab claw with black spiked pincers bursting across the whole panel, clamped over a gaping fish. Two female divers in red suits and silver helmets cling to the claw arms in a diagonal composition. The title SEA RAY is rendered as huge slanted red block letters with black key lines on an olive-green field. Two black-and-teal air-tank-shaped score reels, one 1P and one 2P, anchor the top-left and lower-right corners.

Setting

  • Flat olive-green field
  • Stylised undersea water suggested by kelp and weed
  • No horizon or sky

Symbols

  • Air tanks as score reels
  • Air hoses
  • Kelp and seaweed fronds
  • Bubbles
  • Directional orange arrow on the fish body
  • Small triangular fish silhouette
  • Numbered player medallions 1 and 2

Lettering

  • Huge slanted red angular block capitals with heavy black key line and thin white highlight for the title; a small red cursive script maker logo above it; condensed black sans-serif capitals for instruction text; cream stencil numerals in inset square windows

Themes

  • Undersea
  • Divers
  • Giant sea creature
  • Fishing adventure
  • Danger

Title on it

  • Sea ray

Text on it

  • SEA RAY
  • Bally
  • 1P
  • 2P
  • BALL in PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • 1 or 2 CAN PLAY
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
Who and what
Kind Description
Creature Giant segmented crustacean claw, red-orange with pale pink joints, one large black triangular pincer with serrated inner edge at centre and another upper left
Creature Large olive-brown and gold fish body behind the claw, mouth open with rows of sharp triangular teeth, round eye with white ring
Woman Blonde diver at centre-left, red suit, black-striped corrugated breathing hose, round silver-grey helmet, yellow skin tones, wide open mouth and alarmed eyes, left hand raised
Woman Red-haired diver at upper right, red suit with black-striped hose, round helmet, both arms spread, one hand reaching down, black hair visible under helmet
Animal Blue and orange tropical fish at bottom left with pointed snout and yellow-ringed eye
Other Bare human feet and lower legs in olive-green shorts at mid-right edge, upside-down, belonging to a partly cropped third figure
Other Orange and yellow gloved hand at lower centre reaching rightward, and another yellow-gloved hand at right edge
Full description

Square backglass in a grey-green painted wooden surround with a black inner border, showing a flat olive-green background. Huge angular block letters in bright red with heavy black key lines read SEA RAY across the upper half, with a smaller flowing red script logo above the S reading Bally. A giant red-orange segmented crustacean claw dominates the centre, its jagged limbs spreading to all four corners over a large olive-brown fish body with a saw-toothed black mouth. Two divers in red suits with black-striped corrugated breathing hoses and round silver-grey helmets cling to the claw arms: a blonde woman at centre-left with a startled open-mouthed expression, and a red-haired woman at upper right reaching downwards. Top left is a black-and-teal cylindrical air-tank shaped score panel with cream windows reading 2280 and a 1P plaque; a matching one at lower right reads 00000 with a 2P plaque. Along the top edge, small dark numerals 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 and the words SHOOT AGAIN. Bottom right has blue panels lettered BALL in PLAY and GAME OVER. Bottom left shows a blue-and-orange tropical fish, kelp fronds, the text 1 or 2 CAN PLAY and two numbered medallions 1 and 2. Style is flat 1970s airbrushed cartoon illustration with heavy black key lines.