1986 · Videodens
Papillon
Deep black outer border framing the whole glass, black outer space scattered with small white star points, grey-brown cratered asteroids at the left edge and upper right, glowing yellow-white sunburst with vertical light rays behind the wings and blue-and-white curved planetary horizon across the bottom third.
- Year
- 1986
- Maker
- Videodens
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- gold
- red
- blue
Fingerprint: Papillon, huge three-dimensional gold block capitals across top edge, two enormous butterfly wings meeting at point, left wing glowing warm red-orange with pale veined fringe, right wing glowing cool blue with same fringe, yellow-white sunburst behind wings with radiating rays, red and pink swept-wing rocket flying over blue curved planetary limb
The single most memorable element is the pair of enormous luminous butterfly wings filling the centre of the glass, one fiery red-orange and one electric blue, meeting tip to tip in front of a black starfield. A blown-out yellow sunburst flares directly above where the wings join. Below, a pink and red rocket with swept wings flies over the blue curved horizon of a planet. The huge gold-and-red 3D title PAPILLON runs across the full width of the top edge.
Setting
- Deep black outer border framing the whole glass
- Black outer space scattered with small white star points
- Grey-brown cratered asteroids at the left edge and upper right
- Glowing yellow-white sunburst with vertical light rays behind the wings
- Blue-and-white curved planetary horizon across the bottom third
Symbols
- Two glowing butterfly wings
- Sunburst or eclipse flare
- Cratered asteroids
- Star field
- Curved planetary limb
- Swept-wing rocket
- Four rectangular score display windows
Lettering
- Very large gold block capitals with red-orange extruded sides and white highlight lines across the top; small plain yellow sans-serif text at centre; large yellow serif letters with heavy black outline at bottom right; white cursive signature at bottom left
Themes
- Butterfly
- Space flight
- Rocket
- Planet
- Asteroid
- Eclipse
- Astro-fantasy
Title on it
- Papillon
Text on it
- PAPILLON
- Credit
- Extra Ball
- Match
- Ball in Play
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | A single butterfly whose wings are drawn as two huge panels: the left wing glowing warm red-orange with a pale cream veined fringe along its outer edge, the right wing glowing cool blue with the same pale veined fringe; the wings meet at a point at centre and no body is clearly visible |
| Vehicle | A red and pink rocket with swept triangular wings, a pointed white nose cone, and two white bands on each wing, flying up and to the right over the planet |
Square backglass with a black outer border. Across the entire top, in huge three-dimensional gold block capitals with red-orange shaded sides and white highlight lines, is the word PAPILLON. The centre is dominated by two enormous butterfly wings, one glowing warm red-orange and the other glowing cool blue, meeting at a central point with a pale veined, scale-like fringe along the outer edges. Below that point, in small yellow lettering, are the words Credit, Extra Ball and Match. A glowing yellow-white sunburst sits behind the top of the wings with vertical light rays radiating down. The background is deep black space scattered with small white stars and grey-brown asteroid rocks, a large cratered asteroid at the left edge and others at upper right. The lower third shows the blue-and-white curved limb of a planet, over which a red and pink swept-wing rocket with a pointed white nose points up and to the right. Bottom right, in large yellow serif letters with black outline, reads Ball in Play. Four empty dark-red score windows sit in the glass: two long ones under the title and two shorter ones low left and low right. A white cursive artist signature with a copyright line sits in the bottom-left corner.