1962–1974 · Gottlieb & Playmatic
Olympics
Known for City lanes, Passive bumpers, On rollover button and Off rollover button. Open-air swimming stadium, diving board and pool, green infield field, blue running track, packed tiered spectator stands and pennant flags on poles.
- Years
- 1962–1974
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Playmatic
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Lane
City lanes
- Bumper
Passive bumpers
- button
On rollover button
- button
Off rollover button
- Flipper
Mini-flippers
2 games under this title
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Standard 1962 - Robin Hood 1974
On the playfield
Bumper 1
- Passive bumpers
Lanes 2
- City lanes
- Upper side lanes
Flipper 1
- Mini-flippers
Controls 2
- On rollover button button
- Off rollover button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Large central painted female diver, fair skin, short curly red hair, bright red one-piece swimsuit, body stretched flat and horizontal mid-dive, arms reaching forward, legs extended behind, bare feet
- woman Small figure at right of centre on the green, in a pale blue one-piece swimsuit with arms raised to her head
- man Small figure beside her in dark swim trunks, arms bent, standing on the green
- other Multiple tiny swimmers depicted head-up in the pale blue pool water at lower right
- other Dense speckled crowd figures filling the tiered stands in the background
- other Ten small athletes depicted inside the shield vignettes, including a wrestler, a hurdler, a diver, a swimmer, a high-jumper, a kayaker and a canoeist
Setting
- Open-air swimming stadium
- Diving board and pool
- Green infield field
- Blue running track
- Packed tiered spectator stands
- Pennant flags on poles
Text on it
- OLYMPICS
- IRELAND
- STOCKHOLM
- HAMBURG
- PARIS
- LOS ANGELES
- HIGH DIVE
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Linked terms
- City lanes also called Cities
- On rollover button also called On button
- Off rollover button also called Off button
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- blue
- red
- white
- cream
Fingerprint: Olympics, giant painted red-haired woman in red swimsuit diving horizontally across center foreground, ten shield-shaped vignette panels hung from red-white-blue ribbons with white star at top down both edges, scalloped white cloud shape housing four mechanical reels with red-and-cream sunburst fan beneath, ring of alternating red and cream bulbs around torch medallion
A giant painted red-haired woman in a red swimsuit diving horizontally across the middle of the glass, her outstretched arms crossing in front of the score reels. Ten small shield-shaped vignette panels in two vertical columns down both edges, each hung from a red-white-blue ribbon topped with a white star and captioned with a place name on a gold banner. The score reels are housed in a scalloped white cloud shape with a red-and-cream sunburst fan beneath and a ring of round red and cream bulbs around a torch medallion. Stadium crowd, pennant flags and a diving-board pool scene fill the background in flat mid-century airbrushed colour.
Setting
- Open-air swimming stadium
- Diving board and pool
- Green infield field
- Blue running track
- Packed tiered spectator stands
- Pennant flags on poles
Symbols
- White five-pointed star atop each ribbon column
- Red-white-blue vertical striped ribbons
- Winged torch inside a red circular medallion
- Ring of alternating red and cream round bulbs
- Red-and-cream sunburst rays beneath the score panel
- Gold banner nameplates
- Shield-shaped picture frames
- Pennant flags
- Red-white-blue striped awning or bleacher at left
Lettering
- Large red slab-serif capitals with white and dark-blue outline, slightly arched across the top; small gold banner labels in dark condensed serif capitals
Themes
- Sport
- Athletics
- Swimming
- Diving
- Stadium
- Multi-sport competition
- Medals
Title on it
- Olympics
Text on it
- OLYMPICS
- IRELAND
- STOCKHOLM
- HAMBURG
- PARIS
- LOS ANGELES
- HIGH DIVE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large central painted female diver, fair skin, short curly red hair, bright red one-piece swimsuit, body stretched flat and horizontal mid-dive, arms reaching forward, legs extended behind, bare feet |
| Woman | Small figure at right of centre on the green, in a pale blue one-piece swimsuit with arms raised to her head |
| Man | Small figure beside her in dark swim trunks, arms bent, standing on the green |
| Other | Multiple tiny swimmers depicted head-up in the pale blue pool water at lower right |
| Other | Dense speckled crowd figures filling the tiered stands in the background |
| Other | Ten small athletes depicted inside the shield vignettes, including a wrestler, a hurdler, a diver, a swimmer, a high-jumper, a kayaker and a canoeist |
Illuminated rectangular backglass bordered by a thick royal-blue frame with a white inner keyline. Across the cream-yellow top panel the word OLYMPICS is lettered in large red slab-serif capitals with white and dark-blue outline shading. Dominating the centre-left is a painted near-nude fair-skinned woman with short curly red hair, wearing a bright red one-piece swimsuit, captured mid-dive in a stretched horizontal pose, arms extended forward and legs trailing back over pale blue water. Behind her is a stadium scene: green infield, blue running track and packed stands of speckled crowd figures, with small green and red pennant flags on poles. Running down both left and right edges are vertical columns of five small shield-shaped picture panels each, mounted on red-white-blue striped ribbons with a white star at the top of each column, each panel capped by a gold banner bearing a place or event name. Lower centre sits a white cloud-shaped score panel with four mechanical reels showing 0 0 0, backed by red-and-cream sunburst rays and a ring of alternating red and cream bulbs around a red medallion with a winged torch. Dominant colours are royal blue, red, cream white and pale sky blue.