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1978 · Hankin

Orbit 1

Deep blue and black space field scattered with coloured planets and small moons, central circular porthole-like ring framing a moon surface, jagged red and magenta mountain range below the ring and red wooden cabinet frame with yellow pinstripe border around the artwork.

Year
1978
Maker
Hankin
Type
Solid state
Display
Alphanumeric
Players
4

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Orbit 1 playfield

Playfield

  • red
  • blue
  • gold
  • cream

Fingerprint: Space astronomy with large golden sunburst radiating from dark blue-black planet disc encircled by cream ring, huge grey cratered moon ringed by sweeping gold orbit band, two cream pop-bumper caps with red-and-gold star emblems, crescent-shaped gold swoosh across field, cream plastic rails

Distinctive

The centre of the playfield is dominated by a large golden sunburst of rays radiating from a dark blue-black planet disc encircled by a cream ring, overlaid with a five-lamp rectangular insert panel. Below it a huge grey cratered moon is ringed by a sweeping gold orbit band. The two big pop-bumper caps are cream with red-and-gold star emblems, and the whole field is crossed by a distinctive crescent-shaped gold swoosh and cream plastic rails rather than plain flat wood.

Setting

  • Outer space with star field and green planetary blobs at the top corners
  • Large golden sunburst of rays fanning from the centre
  • Grey cratered moon surface across the lower half
  • Dark ringed planet at centre

Symbols

  • Starbursts
  • Orange numbered discs (5p, 7, 1)
  • Playing-card-suit style inserts
  • Sun with radiating rays
  • Ringed planet
  • Cratered moon surface
  • Gold orbital swoosh
  • Drop-target lamp bank

Notable shapes

  • A large central sunburst of gold rays
  • A grey cratered moon disc
  • A gold ringed planet logo with a five-lamp insert bar across it
  • Triangular blue lane guides
  • Arched metal ball guides around the upper playfield
  • Scalloped red-and-gold cabinet trim

Art motifs

  • Radiating sun rays
  • Orbital rings
  • Stars
  • Airbrushed gradients
  • Chrome rails over dark blue field

Themes

  • Space
  • Astronomy
  • Planets
  • Moon
  • Sunburst
  • Retro-futurism

Text on it

  • ORBIT PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS
  • SPECIAL AWARDS ONE PER PLAY
  • RANGING OR 0-8 + 1/2 SCORES 50,000 POINTS
  • IF THE LIGHTS SPIN TARGET AND LOWER BALL LANE
  • 2 THE LIGHTS SPECIAL LANE
  • TRY PENALTY 1 BALL IN PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • 7
  • 500
  • 1
  • HANKIN
  • L BONUS 200,000
  • 5P
  • Game only 79P
  • Lead Designer: David Hankin
  • Artwork: Max Edgerton
  • Manufactured date: 2011
  • Total Production: 200
  • INTERNET BONUS
Drop targets
A curved bank of eight small round drop targets in the lower centre, lit by a pink led
Ramps
A single looping metal wire ramp arcing across the left side; a second thin wire lane guide on the right
Slingshots
Two triangular blue-and-cream slingshots either side of the moon area
Upper playfield
Cream and orange plastics with cutout windows, two star-capped bumpers, triangular blue lane inserts and ball guides framing the top arch
Apron and lower playfield
Flat cobalt-blue apron with printed white instruction card, printed specification card and a small internet-bonus qr label; two red seven-segment coin displays in a stainless panel
Who and what
Kind Description
Other No human figures; imagery is astronomical
Vehicle Blue and chrome ball-return plunger/knob on the right cabinet edge, and a chrome pinball plunger rod on the right of the playfield
Other Two white mushroom-shaped rubber posts on the blue apron flanking the coin door
Monster Small painted monster or creature figure near the upper-right playfield behind the metal rails, dark colours, not clearly resolvable
Full description

Full-cabinet view looking down onto a space/astronomy-themed playfield set in a red-rimmed cabinet with a blue apron. The upper two-thirds is a busy playfield of cream, gold and orange plastics, two white starburst pop-bumper caps with red star-and-gold coin motifs, curved metal ball guides, a looped wire ramp on the left and a chrome pinball plunger on the right. A tan cratered moon-like disc fills the mid-lower field, ringed by a golden orbital swoosh, and a large dark planet with a cream ringed disc logo sits above it. Lettered targets are orange discs marked 5P, 7 and 1 beside blue triangular lane guides. The bottom apron is flat blue and carries printed instruction and specification cards, two illuminated coin-door displays, two white mushroom bumpers and a chrome-and-blue ball-return knob. Lighting is dim and warm with a pink LED glow near the drop targets.

On the backglass

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

Orbit 1 backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • black
  • yellow

Fingerprint: ORBIT in chrome-red slanted block capitals on plinth, white astronaut glove reaching from moon-dome inside rainbow-banded ring, red-yellow comet streak with orange-yellow rocket, four score windows with player numerals, glowing planets scattered, deep blue starfield with orange-amber asteroid belt

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the enormous italic word ORBIT at the bottom, chrome-and-red on a red plinth, with a small blue maker's logo tucked into the bottom right corner just above the frame. Second is the central circular motif: a white-gloved hand reaching out of a grey cratered moon-dome inside a rainbow-banded ring, with a red-and-yellow comet streak whipping across it and a rocket riding the streak at the upper right. Third, the four player score windows arranged symmetrically in the corners with gold numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and cyan digital readouts. Fourth, the scatter of brightly coloured planets, one with black spotting and one with turquoise craters, floating over a dark blue starfield.

Setting

  • Deep blue and black space field scattered with coloured planets and small moons
  • Central circular porthole-like ring framing a moon surface
  • Jagged red and magenta mountain range below the ring
  • Red wooden cabinet frame with yellow pinstripe border around the artwork

Symbols

  • Multi-banded circular ring
  • Planets including a yellow sphere with black spotting and a turquoise cratered sphere
  • Red-to-yellow comet streak
  • Starburst flash
  • Triangular mountain peaks
  • Seven-segment score digits
  • Player numerals 1 2 3 4

Lettering

  • Huge slanted italic block capitals for the title, chrome-grey with red interior faces and a dark outline on a red plinth; small gold squared-off sans-serif capitals for the instruction text; blue rounded block logo lettering in the bottom right

Themes

  • Space
  • Orbital flight
  • Moon landing
  • Rockets
  • Planets
  • Comet

Title on it

  • Orbit

Text on it

  • MATCH N°
  • CREDIT
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • HIGHEST SCORE TO DATE
  • ORBIT
  • game over
  • ORBIT - 1978
  • LIMITED EDITION - 200
Who and what
Kind Description
Other A white astronaut glove and part of a forearm reaching upward from a grey cratered moon-like dome inside the central ring, fingers splayed, a yellow starburst flash at the fingertips
Vehicle A sleek orange and yellow rocket or spacecraft at the upper right of the ring, angled up and to the right, with a red exhaust flame trailing behind it
Full description

A rectangular, glossy backglass in a red wooden-looking cabinet frame, dominated by a deep blue and black outer field speckled with yellow, orange, red and white planets, dots and small moons. A thick multi-coloured ring (turquoise, yellow, orange, red bands) sits centrally, enclosing a hand in a white astronaut glove emerging from a grey-blue cratered, moon-like dome, with a bright yellow starburst flash beside it. A long, tapering red-and-yellow streak, like a comet trail or flame, sweeps in from the left, curls up and to the right across the ring and past a metallic orange-and-yellow rocket or spacecraft at the upper right of the ring, with red exhaust flame. Below the dome a jagged range of sharp red, magenta and orange triangular mountains rises. The word ORBIT spans the bottom in huge slanted block capitals, chrome-grey upper halves with red inner faces, sitting on a red angular plinth. Player score windows are set in black panels: two upper (players 1 and 2) and two lower (3 and 4), with cyan seven-segment digit displays, gold player numerals, and gold lettering reading MATCH No, CREDIT, BALL IN PLAY and HIGHEST SCORE TO DATE. A small blue blocky maker's logo sits in the bottom right corner.

Orbit 1 backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • black
  • silver

Fingerprint: orbit title in chrome-silver letters on blue wireframe grid; enormous upright elliptical ring in concentric light-blue, yellow, orange and red bands; domed grey-blue capsule with white starburst glint centred in ring; red-yellow exhaust flame sweeping from left, grey multi-finned rocket nose angled at the ring; magenta flame tongues rising over grid, planets scattered, deep midnight-blue starfield

Distinctive

The centrepiece is an enormous upright oval ring in concentric light-blue, yellow, orange and red bands, with a tapering red-and-yellow exhaust flame streaking in from the left and crossing in front of it. A grey multi-finned rocket nose enters from the upper right, aimed down the ring's axis at a domed blue-grey capsule with a white starburst glint. The bottom is dominated by a huge chrome-and-silver block-letter logo with dark red inline shading on a blue wireframe grid. Small yellow score captions sit above four numbered reel windows.

Setting

  • Outer space / starfield
  • Blue wireframe grid plane

Symbols

  • Starburst glint
  • Wireframe grid
  • Cratered planets
  • Planetary ring around the green moon
  • Pointed yellow player numerals 1-4
  • Score reels

Lettering

  • Huge chrome-and-silver italic block capitals with dark red inline shading and thin black outline, sitting on a red trapezoid banner over a blue wireframe grid; small score captions in plain narrow yellow sans-serif capitals

Themes

  • Spaceflight
  • Rocket launch
  • Orbit
  • Planets
  • Exhaust flame

Title on it

  • Orbit

Text on it

  • MATCH
  • CREDITS
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • HIGHEST SCORE TO DATE
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • ORBIT
Who and what
Kind Description
Vehicle Grey multi-finned rocket or spacecraft nose at upper right, angled down-left into the ring, with a thin red exhaust line
Other Grey-and-blue domed capsule or planet with a pale segmented shell at the centre of the ring, with a white starburst flare
Other Large concentric-banded upright elliptical ring, light blue outer, then yellow, orange and red, standing like a gantry
Full description

A square painted backglass in a bright red cabinet frame, on a deep midnight-blue and black outer space background. A huge upright elliptical ring, banded light blue, yellow, orange and red, stands at the centre like a launch gantry; inside it sits a grey-and-blue domed capsule with a white starburst flare at its lower right. A tapering red, orange and yellow exhaust flame sweeps in from the left, passing behind the ring and narrowing to a point at the upper right, where a grey multi-finned rocket nose points leftward into the ring. Below the ring, jagged magenta and orange flame tongues rise over a blue wireframe grid. Small planets dot the field: a lime-green cratered world with ringed moons at upper left, a pink-and-blue cratered world at right, and green and orange spheres at lower right. The bottom third carries a large chrome-and-silver block-letter logo with dark red inline shading on a red trapezoid banner over a blue grid. Across the top run score reels with yellow numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4, small yellow captions, and pale translucent plastic windows. Daylight and brick-wall reflections streak the glass.