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1984 · Playmatic

Nautilus

Underwater scene inside an oval brass porthole and red cabinet panel with gold filigree surround.

Year
1984
Maker
Playmatic
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Made by

Art
Blas Gallego

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Nautilus backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • gold
  • blue
  • turquoise

Fingerprint: 'NAUTILUS' in cream serif on gold scroll cartouche, oval porthole with brass rim, dark-skinned mermaid with gold armband and pale mermaid swimming, huge pink tentacled sea monster with gaping red mouth looming behind, turquoise water with fish and bubbles, deep crimson surround with gold filigree, red seven-segment score windows bottom with scallop shell and pearl, airbrushed underwater ornate style.

Distinctive

A giant pink tentacled octopus or sea monster with a wide-open red mouth looming behind two mermaids inside a brass-rimmed oval porthole. The title NAUTILUS in white serif capitals sits on an ornate gold scroll banner at the top. A dark-skinned mermaid with long black hair and a gold armband faces out towards the viewer at the centre. Four banks of red seven-segment score windows (2400000) fill the lower section under a scallop shell with a pearl, all framed by deep red and gold filigree.

Setting

  • Underwater scene inside an oval brass porthole
  • Red cabinet panel with gold filigree surround

Symbols

  • Scallop shell with pearl
  • Gold filigree scrollwork
  • Coloured roundels along the oval rim
  • Pearls and bubbles
  • Seven-segment score windows

Lettering

  • Serif capitals, cream-white fill with black outline and gold highlight, arced across a gold scroll cartouche

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Ocean
  • Mermaid
  • Sea monster
  • Submarine

Title on it

  • Nautilus

Text on it

  • NAUTILUS
  • 2400000
  • 0000
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Mermaid, dark-skinned, long black hair, gold armband on upper arm, wearing a green scaled bikini top, facing forward and looking out at the viewer, arms raised, positioned centre of the oval
Other Mermaid, pale skin with light blonde or white hair, seen in profile from the left, arms extended swimming to the right, lower body hidden
Creature Huge sea monster or octopus, pink and cream mottled skin, gaping red mouth, tentacles curling, filling the upper left and background of the oval
Animal Small fish swimming near the upper right of the oval in the blue water
Full description

Ornate red-and-gold backglass. A carved gold scroll cartouche across the top carries the title NAUTILUS in large cream-white serif capitals with black shadowing and gold highlights, flanked by symmetrical gold scrollwork and a crest of curling acanthus. Below sits a large oval porthole-like window with a rivetted brass rim, ringed by small coloured roundels (red, yellow, blue, green). Inside the oval is an airbrushed underwater scene in blue, turquoise and green: two mermaids, one dark-skinned with long black hair and a gold armband facing the viewer, the other pale with light hair swimming in from the left, plus a huge pink-and-cream tentacled sea monster with a gaping red mouth rising behind them, along with a fish, drifting bubbles and shafts of light. The cabinet surround is deep crimson red with heavy gold filigree scrolls at the corners. Along the bottom is a gold-framed bank of red seven-segment score windows showing 2400000, 2400000, 2400000 and 2400000, with a 0000 panel in the centre and an open scallop shell with a pearl above them.