Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- red
- blue
- black
Fingerprint: Painted circus pin-up woman in bare-shouldered dress wearing cat-lion head headdress, left ramp edge as enormous cream-yellow staircase of numbered steps 1–2–4–8, black four-bladed wheel with red hub dead center under BONUS 1000, Spanish language text at bottom
The single most memorable element is a painted circus-ring pin-up woman in a bare-shouldered flesh-pink dress wearing a cat/lion head headdress, with a large red title word laid across her forehead. Second, the left ramp edge is a huge cream-yellow staircase of numbered steps (1, 2, 4, 8) that reads as a giant ladder climbing the whole left side of the playfield. Third, a black four-bladed wheel with a red hub sits dead centre under the words BONUS * 1000. Fourth, the whole playfield is packed with Spanish text at the very bottom - a POLE POSITION plaque, an INSTRUCCIONES rules card, and the EL FLIPPER / S-sonic logos. Fifth, a rainbow-lit circus tent and a painted clown fill the top, with a striped bank of round SPECIAL buttons on the upper right.
Setting
- Painted circus tent canopy with red and white stripes across the top
- Painted grandstand crowd and fairground midway in the upper left and right
- Painted green trees and shrubbery down both side lanes
- Black lacquered lower playfield background with yellow lane lines
- Silver metal apron plate across the very bottom with printed instruction text
Symbols
- Four-bladed black wheel with red hub
- Red circles numbered 1, 2, 4, 8
- Red and white striped ramp walls
- Yellow numbered staircase on the left lane
- Red star shapes on the lit bumper caps
- Yellow five-pointed star on the left lane
- Row of small red rectangles along the upper left
- Green triangular playfield guides
Notable shapes
- Twin chrome ball-guide wire arcs spanning the full width at the top of the playfield
- A large yellow staircase-shaped ramp down the entire left lane
- A red-and-white striped v-shaped ramp pair forming a funnel above the flippers
- A black four-bladed wheel at dead centre
- Triangular apron cut-outs at lower left and lower right each carrying a coloured triangular insert, pin-ball on the right
Art motifs
- Striped big-top canvas
- Rainbow-lit arcades
- Spotlit fairground
- Painted foliage and trees
- Confetti speckles
Themes
- Circus
- Carnival
- Pin-up woman
- Spanish text
- Racing theme
Text on it
- BONUS
- * 1000
- SPECIAL
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- DRIVE AGAIN
- PIN-BALL
- POLE POSITION
- EL FLIPPER
- S-sonic
- MADRID - SPAIN
- INSTRUCCIONES
- PARTIDAS:
- GAME OVER
- TUMBA
- R x M
- x3
- x6
- 2x
- 3x
- 1000
- 25.000
- 5000
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 1996
- 2x25
- 1GO
- 2 x 25 PESETAS UNA PARTIDA
- 100 PESETAS 5 PARTIDAS
- 3 BOLAS POR PARTIDA
- A 1.500.000 DE 2.000.000 PUNTOS POR LOTERIA, DOS AL BATIR EL RECORD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Painted pin-up figure in the upper centre, bare shoulder and arm, flesh-pink dress, dark hair, wearing a cat or lion head headdress with round ears and blue eyes, holding a small object (a bat or club) raised in one hand; a large red title word crosses her forehead |
| Other | Small painted clown at upper left, blue cap, white ruff collar and pale face, standing beside the striped tent |
| Creature | Painted animal figures down the left and right side lanes - a greenish creature at lower left and small red and white figures near the right ramp |
| Other | Painted crowd of spectators in the grandstand artwork at top right, rendered as rows of tiny coloured heads and bodies |
A full-length pinball playfield photographed under glass, Spanish-language, shot from above with the ball guide wires and chrome rails catching reflections. The upper third is a rainbow-lit circus/carnival landscape: a striped red-and-white tent canopy across the top, a small clown figure in a blue cap and white ruff at upper left, painted trees and a painted grandstand crowd in saturated greens, blues and pinks, and a bank of round lit target buttons on the upper right reading SPECIAL. Two brightly lit round pop-bumper caps with orange and white starburst faces sit in the upper centre. Dominating the centre is a painted pin-up woman in a flesh-pink dress with a bare shoulder, dark hair, and an animal-head headdress (cat or lion) with round ears and blue eyes; a large red title word with a yellow outline is painted across the top of her head but I cannot resolve every letter. Below and left of her is a four-target drop-target bank of red circles numbered 1, 2, 4, 8, and a black four-segment wheel with a red hub beneath the yellow-and-red text BONUS * 1000. Two long ramps and their chrome wire guides descend left and right, and two flippers sit at the bottom centre above a red DRIVE AGAIN panel. The lower deck is crowded with instruction text in Spanish, a POLE POSITION card, the EL FLIPPER logo and a S-sonic maker mark.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- white
- red
Fingerprint: pole position: yellow-blue open-wheel race car thrust straight viewer pointed yellow nose stacked white front-wing slats, helmeted driver white helmet red Marlboro chevron dark blue brow band, four more open-wheel cars fanning behind across blue tyre wall, POLE POSITION split green red heavy slanted block capitals
A yellow-and-blue open-wheel race car thrust straight at the viewer, its pointed yellow nose and stacked white front-wing slats filling the lower centre, with a helmeted driver whose white helmet carries a red Marlboro chevron roof and a dark blue band across the brow. Four more open-wheel cars fan out behind it across a blue wall of stacked tyres. The title POLE POSITION is split into two colours, green above red, in heavy slanted block capitals with thick white outlines. The whole upper background is a screaming grandstand rendered as dabs of pink, lilac and white, giving a grainy, stippled look against the flat deep blue. Small sponsor decals pepper the bodywork, including a red-bordered 28 on the right-hand car.
Setting
- Pit lane
- Packed grandstand crowd
- Tyre walls
- Pit gantries
- Pit building
Symbols
- Black and white diamond emblem on the yellow nose
- Red chevron on the front wing
- Marlboro red roof chevron on helmets
- Large white racing number 28
- Stacked tyre walls
- Checkered-looking crowd pattern
Lettering
- Heavy slanted sans-serif block capitals, pole in green and position in red, each with a thick white keyline and dark drop shadow
Themes
- Formula racing
- Pit lane
- Motorsport
- Grandstand crowd
Title on it
- Pole position
Text on it
- POLE
- POSITION
- RENAULT
- elf
- RMO
- Marlboro
- Sonic
- MAGNETI MARELLI
- MICHELIN
- CITANES
- 28
- GO
- ben
- LONGRIVES
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Helmeted driver in the central yellow car, white helmet with dark blue brow band and red marlboro roof chevron, gloved hands on the wheel, only head and shoulders above the cockpit |
| Other | Helmeted driver in the pale green car behind, helmet with blue and white striping, head just visible above the cockpit rim |
| Other | Helmeted driver in the blue and white car at upper right of centre, helmet with a dark visor and red trim |
| Other | Helmeted driver in the red car at right, helmet with a dark visor, above a flank bearing a white 28 |
| Vehicle | Central yellow and blue open-wheel car, head-on, pointed yellow nose with a black and white diamond emblem, white stacked front-wing slats, red chevron on the wing |
| Vehicle | White open-wheel car at far left, angled slightly, dark blue tyres in front |
| Vehicle | Pale green open-wheel car left of centre with a darker green nose |
| Vehicle | Blue and white open-wheel car right of centre behind the green car |
| Vehicle | Red open-wheel car at right with a large white 28, sponsor decals and a small marlboro badge on the flank |
A Formula One pit-lane scene painted in loose, heavy-brush airbrush style, dominated by saturated blue. Centre-lower is the nose and front wing of a yellow-and-blue single-seater race car seen head-on, its driver in a white helmet with a dark blue brow band, red Marlboro roof panel and elf lettering, hands in the cockpit. Behind it four more cars are staggered across the width: a white car at far left, a pale green car, a blue-and-white car, and a red car at right carrying a large white 28 on its flank. Each car is flanked by stacks of dark blue tyres forming pit-wall barriers. The upper third shows a grandstand packed with a mottled pink, white and lilac crowd, plus pink and purple pit gantry structures and a pale blue pit building. Big block lettering POLE in green with a white outline sits above POSITION in red with a white outline, slanting slightly. Sponsor marks are scattered over nose, wings and sidepods.