1968 · Playmatic
Racers
Motor-racing circuit with tarmac track and red-and-white kerbs, distant grandstand and crowd hatching, white van and pit buildings near the horizon and beige sky wash filling the upper background.
- Year
- 1968
- 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.
Backglass
- red
- white
- beige
- blue
Fingerprint: Huge white circular window ringed like speedometer with blue-white panels showing 50/100/150/200, grinning man in green overalls leaning from red car with red flag, staggered grid of open-wheel cars in varied colours on beige track, black-white chequered number window with yellow playomatic plaque framed by two blonde women and oversized red glove, red Racers logo with chequered flag, racing illustration
The most memorable element is the huge white circular window in the upper right, ringed like a speedometer face with alternating blue and white panels carrying the values 50, 100, 150 and 200, headed by a SPECIAL banner. Inside it a grinning man in green overalls and a white shirt leans from a red car holding a red flag straight up. Second is the wall of staggered open-wheel racing cars, each drawn in a different colour scheme and tilted at a slightly different angle, packed across a beige track. Third, the bottom-centre black-and-white chequered number window with a yellow playomatic plaque below it, framed by two blonde women and an oversized red glove. Fourth, the fat red Racers logo with its chequered flag backing at top left.
Setting
- Motor-racing circuit with tarmac track and red-and-white kerbs
- Distant grandstand and crowd hatching
- White van and pit buildings near the horizon
- Beige sky wash filling the upper background
Symbols
- Red-and-white chequered flag
- Black-and-white chequered border
- Speed-value ring 50/100/150/200
- Red hand-held flag
- Red-and-white kerb stripes
- Large red glove
Lettering
- Fat rounded red title letters with white inline highlight and heavy black drop shadow, slanted forward; score numerals in clean white sans-serif on blue blocks; small black lowercase on the yellow plaque
Themes
- Motor racing
- Formula cars
- Chequered flag
- Pit lane
- Checkered number window
Title on it
- Racers
Text on it
- Racers
- SPECIAL
- 50
- 100
- 150
- 200
- playomatic
- 3
- 2
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Inside the upper-right circular window: dark-haired, light-skinned, grinning, white shirt with bright green overalls, leaning out of a red open-wheel car and holding a small red flag straight up in one hand |
| Woman | Lower left corner: blonde, light-skinned, shoulder-length hair, wearing a pink-red top, chin resting on her hand with elbow propped, looking upward toward the racing cars |
| Woman | Lower right corner: blonde, light-skinned, long hair, one arm raised with a huge bright-red gloved hand beside her cheek, a dark helmet- or goggle-shaped object near her other arm |
| Vehicle | Roughly a dozen open-wheel formula racing cars in a staggered grid, in red, white, black, yellow, green and blue liveries, each with fat black tyres, black exhaust pipes and round air intakes |
| Vehicle | A white delivery van or truck near the left horizon, and a transporter or trailer with red-and-yellow branding behind the circular window |
Translucent backglass with a racing-motorsport layout. Upper left is a large red logo reading Racers, letters tilted forward with white highlight and heavy black drop shadow, backed by a red-and-white chequered flag panel, with a small white van and grandstand scene along the horizon. The left and centre of the glass is filled with a staggered grid of open-wheel racing cars in red, white, black, yellow and green liveries, drawn on a beige tarmac track with red-and-white kerb stripes and distant crowd hatching. Upper right is a large white circular window: its rim is ringed with score values 50, 100, 150 and 200 in alternating blue and white panels, and a white banner at the top of the ring reads SPECIAL. Inside the circle a dark-haired man in a white shirt and green overalls leans out of a red car holding a red flag aloft. Lower left a blonde woman in a pink-red top rests her chin on her hand, looking up towards the cars; lower right a second blonde woman lifts a large red-gloved hand beside her face. Between them sits a white rectangular number window with a black-and-white chequered border showing four digits 3 2 2 2, and beneath it a small yellow plaque reading playomatic. Dominant colours: red, white, beige, blue.