1961 · Williams
Reserve
Known for Passive bumpers, Rollover lanes, Gobble hole and Reserve. Open sea with pale blue and white horizontal cloud/light bands, pink and magenta rock outcrops, pale green cliff face at right, clouded sky with gulls and seabirds and small boats and a sail marker in the middle distance.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Bumper
Passive bumpers
- Lane
Rollover lanes
- Hole
Gobble hole
- Goal
Reserve
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Gobble hole
Bumpers 3
- Passive bumpers
- Jet bumper
- Red pop bumpers
Targets 2
- Yellow standup targets
- Green standup targets
Lanes 2
- Rollover lanes
- Out lanes
Controls 2
- On Bumpers buttons buttons
- Off Bumpers button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Centre, blonde bobbed hair, red wetsuit with black panels and dark collar, standing upright, holding a long yellow-green diving spear vertically in her right hand and a small silver fish in her left, calm neutral expression, facing viewer
- woman Right side, blonde shoulder-length hair, plain red wetsuit, seated on the pink rock ledge with knees drawn up and arms folded across her shins, chin turned left, looking out over the water
- woman Left foreground, blonde swept-back hair, bright yellow one-piece suit with a red chest stripe, standing full-length with left arm extended outwards and right arm down, facing right towards the others
- man Far left, orange one-piece suit, red diving helmet/mask and yellow air tank on his back, walking left along the rock edge, head down
- man Left of centre behind the crouching diver, green suit with white cap and white trim, holding a long thin rod or spear diagonally, facing right
- woman Centre-left, magenta/pink wetsuit with a white hood or helmet, crouching and leaning forward over a black circular diving reel or coiled hose, facing right
Setting
- Open sea with pale blue and white horizontal cloud/light bands
- Pink and magenta rock outcrops
- Pale green cliff face at right
- Clouded sky with gulls and seabirds
- Small boats and a sail marker in the middle distance
Text on it
- Williams
- RESERVE
- SCORE
- 0
- 5
- 1
- 46
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Reserve
-
Awards 1
- Bonus Points
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- George Molentin
Reference
Linked terms
- Passive bumpers also called Rs
- Rollover lanes also called Es
- Yellow standup targets also called S and V
- Reserve also called Goal #1
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: RESERVE arcs across pale blue-white banded sea in yellow block capitals, two blonde women in wetsuits—one standing with raised yellow-green spear and silver fish, seated on rock with folded arms—flanked by five divers in colored suits, white boat-hull score panel dividing lower third, mid-century cartoon flat style
The single most memorable element is the white, boat-hull-shaped score panel filling the lower third, with four separate rectangular digit windows and the word SCORE in widely spaced red capitals directly beneath them. Second, the curved arc of enormous yellow RESERVE lettering sweeping across a pale blue-and-white banded sea. Third, the party of five divers and two blonde women in bright one-piece wetsuits - one standing with a raised spear, one sitting folded up on the right-hand rock. Fourth, the row of nine brightly coloured scuba tanks along the very bottom edge beneath a pair of green fins.
Setting
- Open sea with pale blue and white horizontal cloud/light bands
- Pink and magenta rock outcrops
- Pale green cliff face at right
- Clouded sky with gulls and seabirds
- Small boats and a sail marker in the middle distance
Symbols
- Four rectangular mechanical score windows
- Seven elongated scuba tanks in red, blue, magenta, yellow, orange, pale blue and green lined along the bottom
- A pair of green swim fins with a red stripe
- A white starfish on the sand at bottom right
- A coiled blue diving hose and round pressure gauge at bottom left
- Pink-and-white seabirds and dark gulls in flight
- A yellow buoy and a red channel marker in the water
- Spearfishing guns at bottom right
Lettering
- Main title in huge slanted yellow block capitals with heavy black outline and a slight white highlight, arched across the top; score label in widely letter-spaced red sans-serif capitals; small red cursive script wordmark in the top-left corner; plain sans-serif numerals on the sail marker
Themes
- Underwater diving
- Skin diving
- Spearfishing
- Fishing party
- Seaside
- Mid-century sport illustration
- Spear fishing resort
Title on it
- Reserve
Text on it
- Williams
- RESERVE
- SCORE
- 0
- 5
- 1
- 46
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Centre, blonde bobbed hair, red wetsuit with black panels and dark collar, standing upright, holding a long yellow-green diving spear vertically in her right hand and a small silver fish in her left, calm neutral expression, facing viewer |
| Woman | Right side, blonde shoulder-length hair, plain red wetsuit, seated on the pink rock ledge with knees drawn up and arms folded across her shins, chin turned left, looking out over the water |
| Woman | Left foreground, blonde swept-back hair, bright yellow one-piece suit with a red chest stripe, standing full-length with left arm extended outwards and right arm down, facing right towards the others |
| Man | Far left, orange one-piece suit, red diving helmet/mask and yellow air tank on his back, walking left along the rock edge, head down |
| Man | Left of centre behind the crouching diver, green suit with white cap and white trim, holding a long thin rod or spear diagonally, facing right |
| Woman | Centre-left, magenta/pink wetsuit with a white hood or helmet, crouching and leaning forward over a black circular diving reel or coiled hose, facing right |
| Man | Centre-right in the water, yellow suit with yellow hood and blue-trimmed mask, seen from behind, kneeling or swimming away from the viewer |
Painted underwater-sports backglass in a flat mid-century cartoon/illustration style. A wide sky-blue and white banded sea fills the upper half, with pink/magenta rocks and pale green cliffs at the right and left edges, and dark gulls and pink-and-white seabirds scattered across the sky. A curved arc of huge yellow block capitals with black outline spells RESERVE across the top; a red cursive script wordmark sits in the top-left corner. The middle band shows a fishing and skin-diving party: at far left an orange-suited diver with a yellow oxygen tank and mask walks along the rock; a green-suited man with a white cap and a rod stands behind him; a magenta-suited diver with a white hood crouches over a black underwater reel or hose; a blonde woman in a red-and-black wetsuit stands centre holding a long yellow-green spear upright and a small silver fish; a yellow-suited diver with a yellow hood and blue-trimmed mask kneels in the water; at right a second blonde woman in a red wetsuit sits on the rock shelf, arms folded over her knees, looking out to sea. Behind them float a white motor launch and a small white cabin boat with a mast, a yellow buoy, and a white square sail marker reading 46. The lower third is a white boat-hull-shaped score panel with four rectangular windows (blank, 0, 5, 1) above the word SCORE in red block capitals, with SCORE letters spaced widely.