1977 · Zaccaria
Nautilus
Known for Top buttons, Upper left saucer, Upper right kicker lane and Nautilus drop targets. Underwater sea scene, open ocean with rising bubble columns and dark blue-green water.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Zaccaria
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- button
Top buttons
- saucer
Upper left saucer
- Lane
Upper right kicker lane
- Target
Nautilus drop targets
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Upper left saucer saucer
Targets 2
- Nautilus drop targets
- Red standup target
Lanes 2
- Upper right kicker lane
- In lane gap
Control 1
- Top buttons button
On the backglass
Who and what
- vehicle Olive-yellow submarine at upper left with conning tower, periscope mast and rows of small square portholes
- man Upside-down diver at upper right, magenta-purple wetsuit, yellow air tank, red swim fins, head pointed downwards, trailing white bubbles
- man Lower centre diver in bright yellow-orange suit, round silver-grey diving helmet with barred faceplate, white circular chest porthole, green-and-white ribbed air hose, facing forward
- man Lower right diver in red-orange suit with yellow helmet and green-and-white striped hose, aiming a silver spear-gun down and to the left
- animal Small brown shark swimming left-to-right right of the title
- creature Pale green-white jellyfish with trailing tentacles at mid-left
Setting
- Underwater sea scene
- Open ocean with rising bubble columns
- Dark blue-green water
Text on it
- SCORE
- 0,5 1 6,1 0 0
- NAUTILUS
- BONUS
- BALL
How it plays
-
Modes 1
- Flash Score
Made by
- Art
- Lorenzo Rimondini
Reference
Linked terms
- Upper left saucer also called top left saucer also called hole
- Upper right kicker lane also called upper right kicker
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- orange
- purple
Fingerprint: NAUTILUS title in massive jagged yellow letters across dark underwater setting, flanked by olive submarine and inverted magenta diver, yellow-suited central figure with silver diving helmet and porthole, red-suited diver with spear-gun over coral bank, treasure chest, jellyfish and shark, airbrush flat colours on deep blue, SCORE banner with reel window
The most memorable feature is the huge jagged yellow NAUTILUS lettering slanting across the middle of a dark blue underwater scene, flanked by an olive submarine on the left and an upside-down magenta-suited diver on the right. Second, the yellow-suited diver with a big silver barred diving helmet and a white chest porthole, standing dead centre. Third, the red-suited diver bottom right brandishing a silver spear-gun over a tan coral bank, with a treasure chest in the opposite corner. Fourth, the painted SCORE band and white reel window with red digits along the top.
Setting
- Underwater sea scene
- Open ocean with rising bubble columns
- Dark blue-green water
Symbols
- Submarine
- Jellyfish
- Shark
- Spear-gun
- Treasure chest
- Bubbles
- Air hoses
- Porthole
- Fish
Lettering
- Hand-painted, rough-edged block letters with heavy dark keylines; title in jagged tapered yellow capitals, score in red capitals with yellow shadow on a black spray-painted band, bonus ball in white capitals on a magenta box
Themes
- Underwater
- Submarine
- Deep sea diving
- Adventure
- Treasure
Title on it
- Nautilus
Text on it
- SCORE
- 0,5 1 6,1 0 0
- NAUTILUS
- BONUS
- BALL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Olive-yellow submarine at upper left with conning tower, periscope mast and rows of small square portholes |
| Man | Upside-down diver at upper right, magenta-purple wetsuit, yellow air tank, red swim fins, head pointed downwards, trailing white bubbles |
| Man | Lower centre diver in bright yellow-orange suit, round silver-grey diving helmet with barred faceplate, white circular chest porthole, green-and-white ribbed air hose, facing forward |
| Man | Lower right diver in red-orange suit with yellow helmet and green-and-white striped hose, aiming a silver spear-gun down and to the left |
| Animal | Small brown shark swimming left-to-right right of the title |
| Creature | Pale green-white jellyfish with trailing tentacles at mid-left |
| Other | Tan coral and rock bank with curling tentacle-like arms across the lower right corner |
| Other | Open treasure chest with red, gold and blue striped bands at lower left |
A wood-framed backglass with a plain orange-brown timber moulding and a deep blue-green underwater scene filling the panel. At the top, the word SCORE in chunky red letters with yellow shadow sits on a ragged black spray-painted band, above a white rectangular window containing red mechanical reel digits reading 0,5 1 6,1 0 0. A dull olive-yellow submarine with a conning tower, periscope and lined portholes runs in from the upper left. Upper right, an upside-down diver in a magenta-purple wetsuit, yellow air tank and red swim fins plunges head-first down the right edge trailing white bubbles. Across the middle, NAUTILUS is painted in large, ragged, jagged-edged yellow letters outlined dark, arcing slightly to the right. A pale green-white jellyfish floats left of centre and a small brown shark swims right of centre. The lower half holds a diver in a bright yellow-orange suit with a silver-grey round helmet and barred faceplate, a white circular porthole on the chest and a green-and-white ribbed air hose; right of him a second diver in a red-orange suit with a yellow helmet and striped hose aims a silver spear-gun down-left over a tan coral and rock mass. A magenta BONUS BALL panel sits lower left beside an open treasure chest banded red, gold and blue. Art style is flat, saturated, hand-painted airbrush with hard black keylines.