Made by
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- yellow
- black
- blue
Fingerprint: Jester figure ruffled collar upper center beside woman in red dress, enormous grinning sun face with orange rays left of center, massive yellow five-pointed star beneath, magenta diagonal target lane with numbered values, cherries and apple icons climbing right side
The whole lower playfield is a red-and-yellow lightning bolt zig-zag that carries the ball guides and slingshots, with a large yellow star and a sunburst labelled SUN IS BELOW filling the left-centre. A black starfield scattered with red, blue and yellow five-pointed stars and red card-suit hearts runs the length of the centre, pierced by a long magenta diagonal strip of round targets numbered 2000 up to 10000. Hearts, cherries and apples stack down the right flank beside a small yellow FRUIT banner, and the apron carries a khaki SAME PLAYER SHOOT AGAIN panel with a globe logo ringed THE WORLD. A jester in a ruff collar and a woman in a red dress share the upper centre, with a yellow sunburst behind them.
Setting
- Black starfield scattered with red, blue and yellow five-pointed stars
- Yellow sunburst panel left of centre
- Orange and yellow value panel in the centre
- Green scalloped arch around the centre bumpers
- Wooden side rails with metal ball guides
Symbols
- Red heart card suits
- Cherries
- Apples
- Playing dice
- Five-pointed stars in red, blue and yellow
- Yellow lightning bolt zig-zag
- Globe logo
- Round white target buttons
- Red triangular target faces
Notable shapes
- Large yellow lightning bolt zig-zag framing the lower playfield
- Big yellow five-pointed star at left of centre
- Circular sunburst with a grinning face
- Green scalloped arch around the centre bumpers
- Long straight magenta diagonal target lane
Art motifs
- Black starry sky
- Yellow sunburst rays
- Carnival and funfair bunting
- Magician and illusionist imagery
Themes
- Card suits
- Fruit machine
- Carnival
- Jester
- Cherries
- Hearts
- Dice
- Magic lantern
Text on it
- SAME PLAYER SHOOT AGAIN
- SPECIAL REPLAY
- SPECIAL
- REPLAY
- CREDIT
- FRUIT
- MIKE
- THE WORLD
- SUN IS BELOW
- 10
- 20
- 40
- 2000
- 4000
- 6000
- 8000
- 10000
- 20000
- 30000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Jester or clown near the upper centre, pale face with dark eyes and a wide grin, wearing a white ruffled collar and a bright cone hat, framed by a yellow sunburst |
| Woman | Figure in a red dress with dark hair, posed above and right of the jester in the upper centre |
| Other | Large anthropomorphic grinning sun face with radiating yellow and orange rays at left of centre |
| Other | Pair of red cherries with green stems and leaves, repeated as a motif up the right side |
| Other | Red and green apples with leaves, stacked up the right side |
Full-length electro-mechanical playfield seen through glass, framed by wooden side rails and a black lower apron. The artwork is a bright carnival and fruit-machine collage: a black starfield scattered with red, blue and yellow stars, red heart card suits, cherries, apples, dice, a grinning jester in a ruff collar and cone hat near the upper centre, and a woman in a red dress posed above him. A yellow sunburst panel left of centre carries the words SUN IS BELOW, and a large yellow star sits below it. Down the middle runs a long magenta diagonal lane printed with round white target buttons and the values 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 10000, then 20000 and 30000 on an orange panel above. Hearts, cherries and apple icons climb the right side beside a yellow FRUIT banner, a chrome wire-form ramp, red triangular target faces and a plunging steel lane. Along the bottom are two cream-coloured flippers, a khaki SAME PLAYER SHOOT AGAIN panel, a yellow CREDIT label, a globe logo ringed with THE WORLD, and a small MIKE signature.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- orange
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: PAPILLON spanning top in red-yellow gradient, mirrored pair of giant puckered female profiles nearly kissing at centre, left face warm orange, right face icy blue, each enclosed in butterfly-wing eye-spotted shape, receding motorway vanishing to horizon at bottom, guitarist and finned concept car, road-trip cosmic theme
The single most memorable feature is the mirrored pair of giant puckered female profiles, one burning orange and one icy blue, nearly kissing at the centre of the glass. Each profile is enclosed in an eye-spotted wing or wing-helmet shape, giving the faces a butterfly-moth appearance. Above them the red-and-yellow PAPILLON title runs edge to edge, with the O drawn as a pinwheel. At the bottom, a receding motorway with a guitarist and a finned concept car grounds the cosmic scene in a road-trip image.
Setting
- Yellow-to-blue gradient sky with scattered stars
- Painted planet earth centre-top
- Receding motorway and bridge at the bottom
- Dark star-speckled blue space on the right
Symbols
- Butterfly wing eye-spots
- Eye-like pinwheel inside the letter o
- Stars
- Planet earth
- Motorway converging lines
Lettering
- Large geometric sans-serif block capitals in red with gold-yellow gradient fill and white drop shadow
Themes
- Butterfly
- Kiss
- Space
- Planet earth
- Road trip
- Motorway
- Motorcycle guitar
Title on it
- Papillon
Text on it
- PAPILLON
- 3662970
- GAME OVER
- BALL
- PLAY
- MATCH
- Bally
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left profile, warm orange skin, eyes closed, red lips puckered, framed by a large wing shape with three red-and-blue concentric eye-spots |
| Woman | Right profile, pale blue skin, short hair, eyes closed, lips puckered, framed by a large wing shape with three yellow-and-black eye-spots |
| Other | Long-haired guitarist at lower left-centre, cream jacket, holding an electric guitar, standing on the road |
| Vehicle | Dark streamlined finned concept car at bottom right, chrome trim |
Landscape-format backglass under a black and stainless cabinet rail. The word PAPILLON spans the whole top in very large block capitals, lettered in red with a thick yellow-gold gradient and white drop shadow; the O contains a stylised red-and-yellow pinwheel or eye motif. Below the title, a painted planet Earth with orange, brown and blue cloud swirls sits centre-top on a yellow-to-blue sky. The centre of the glass is dominated by two enormous mirror-image female profiles facing each other, both with lips puckered almost touching: the left face is warm orange, yellow and red, the right face is pale blue, teal and violet. Each face is framed by a huge stylised butterfly wing or wing-shaped helmet structure decorated with three eye-spots (red-and-blue concentric rings on the left, yellow-and-black rings on the right). Four red seven-segment windows sit around the artwork (score at upper left showing 3662970, plus three blank red windows lower left, upper right and lower right), with a small two-digit red credit display at centre right. The lower third shows a receding grey motorway and bridge vanishing to a horizon, a long-haired guitarist in a cream jacket with an electric guitar at lower left-centre, and a dark streamlined finned car at lower right. A small oval script maker's badge sits in the bottom-left corner.
Backglass
- blue
- orange
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: PAPILLON: mirror-image pair of female profile faces kissing, one burning orange one icy blue; each with huge eye-spotted butterfly wing growing from back of head; nine large green-white eyes scattered across white-black veined wings; cratered planet floating behind title
The single most memorable feature is the mirror-image pair of female profile faces kissing, one burning orange and one icy blue, each growing a huge eye-spotted butterfly wing from the back of the head. Nine or more large green-and-white eyes are scattered across the white-and-black veined wings, like the ocelli of a moth. Behind the title floats a mottled brown cratered planet. A tiny harlequin-clad figure playing a stringed instrument sits at the bottom left beneath a small blue-green maker's logo. Four black score windows are arranged as two symmetric pairs rather than in a single row.
Setting
- Gradient sky of yellow, orange, cream and cyan
- Large cratered planet or moon in the upper centre
- Painted city skyline along the bottom edge
- A wide road or track receding to a vanishing point
- Domed building with arches at the lower right
- Scattered dark speckles like distant birds or stars
Symbols
- Large cratered planet
- Butterfly wings with ocelli (eye spots)
- City skyline
- Domed building with arches
- Blue-green rounded maker's logo
- Four black rectangular score windows
Lettering
- Very large squared-off red-orange sans-serif capitals with a white keyline and dark drop shadow, spanning the full width of the glass; tiny white text labels beside the lower score windows
Themes
- Butterfly
- Moth
- Kiss
- Moon
- City skyline
- Romance
- Insect eyes
Title on it
- Papillon
Text on it
- PAPILLON
- Credits
- MATCH
- BALL
- PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left-hand profile facing right, painted in fiery orange and yellow tones, eye closed, full red lips, nose nearly touching the other face; a white-and-black veined butterfly wing with green eyes sprouts behind her head |
| Woman | Right-hand profile facing left, painted in cool cyan and blue tones, pale skin, one visible pale eye, pink lips; a matching white-and-black veined butterfly wing with green eyes behind her head |
| Other | Small painted figure at the bottom left, human-sized relative to the skyline, in a patterned or harlequin-style costume, appearing to hold a small stringed instrument |
Illuminated rectangular backglass, aspect roughly 4:3, with a black outer border. The word PAPILLON spans the entire top in large red-orange block capitals with a white keyline and dark shadow, set on a wash that runs from hot yellow and orange on the left through pale cream to deep cyan-blue on the right. Behind the title sits a large cratered sphere, a moon or planet, rendered in rusty brown, grey and white, occupying the upper centre. The centre of the glass is dominated by two large profile faces turned towards each other, noses almost touching. The left face is painted in fiery orange and yellow with a closed eye and red lips; the right face is a cool cyan-blue with a pale eye and pink lips. Each face is framed by a raised wing like a butterfly or moth wing outlined in white and black, studded with large round eyes with green irises and pale pupils. Black rectangular cut-out windows sit in pairs at the top left and top right and again lower down at mid-left and mid-right. Along the bottom is a painted city skyline in grey-blue with a wide road or track receding into the distance, and at the lower right a domed building with arched openings. A small blue-green rounded logo and a tiny painted figure in patterned costume appear at the lower left. Art style is airbrushed fantasy illustration with soft airbrush gradients.