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1973 · Playmatic

Play Time

Psychedelic swirling ray and spiral backdrop and no depicted setting beyond abstract colour swirls.

Year
1973
Maker
Playmatic
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Play Time backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • yellow
  • teal
  • blue

Fingerprint: play time title in fat orange-yellow lowercase script filling upper right quadrant stacked on two lines; huge grinning white roulette-style spinner wheel with gold-blue hub in lower centre ringed by green numbered plaques; three enormous blonde women's faces with hair streaming dramatically across whole backglass; white five-window reel score display at upper left showing digits; long red-blue sports car drawn above reels

Distinctive

The single most memorable element is the huge grinning white roulette-style spinner wheel with a gold-and-blue hub in the lower centre, ringed by green number plaques. Close behind is the stacked lowercase title 'play time' in fat orange-and-yellow script filling the upper right quadrant. Three enormous blonde woman's faces with hair streaming across the whole backglass, one in blue sunglasses, dominate the middle band. A white five-window reel score display sits at the upper left showing 1 8 2 6 0, with a long red-and-blue sports car drawn just above it.

Setting

  • Psychedelic swirling ray and spiral backdrop
  • No depicted setting beyond abstract colour swirls

Symbols

  • White roulette wheel with gold-and-blue hub
  • Green numbered number plaques (60, 40, 30, 20, 10)
  • Four round red-glowing indicator lamps
  • Small yellow rectangular maker's plaque at top with arrow
  • Black radial tick marks around the wheel

Lettering

  • Large rounded lowercase script title in orange with yellow highlights, red outline and white drop shadow; small white sans-serif capitals inside boxed instruction panels

Themes

  • Play time
  • Roulette wheel
  • Spinner
  • Cars
  • Psychedelic pop
  • Women
  • Reel score display

Title on it

  • Play time

Text on it

  • play time
  • LAST BALL
  • GAME OVER
  • Playmatic
  • 1 8 2 6 0
  • 60
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Central woman, front-facing, long flowing blonde-yellow hair fanning out both sides, pale skin, heavy blue eye shadow, red lips, white top, looking straight ahead
Woman Right-hand woman in three-quarter view, blonde hair, wearing blue-framed sunglasses, red lips, pale skin
Woman Lower-left woman, blonde hair, red lips, a green oval hair ornament or goggles on her forehead
Vehicle Long red-and-blue open-top sports car at upper left, side view, drawn in motion
Vehicle Red and cream chunky saloon car at lower right, angled front view
Full description

A brightly coloured late-1960s/1970s style painted backglass with a psychedelic swirled background of orange, yellow, teal, blue and green rays and spirals. Dominating the upper right is the title 'play time' in large rounded orange-and-yellow lowercase script with a red outline and white drop shadow, stacked on two lines. Across the upper left runs a white rectangular score window with five mechanical reels showing the digits 1 8 2 6 0. Below and around it three women's faces with long flowing blonde-yellow hair stream across the art: a central woman in a white top looking forward with heavy blue eye shadow, a second woman's face at the right wearing blue-framed sunglasses, and a third at lower left with a red lip and a green hair ornament. Two drawn automobiles appear: a long red-and-blue open-top sports car at upper left, and a chunky red and cream saloon at lower right. Centre bottom is a large white roulette-style spinner wheel with a gold-and-blue hub, ringed by green number plaques reading 60, 40, 30, 20, 10 and 40. Four round red-glowing lamps sit in a row beneath it. Two small white instruction panels at bottom left read 'LAST BALL' and 'GAME OVER'.