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1977 · Playmatic

Rio

Night sky with stars, bay with sailboat masts and rigging, white colonnaded terrace, palm trees, dark green hill and sandy gold ground.

Year
1977
Maker
Playmatic
Type
Solid state
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Rio backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • gold
  • red
  • green

Fingerprint: RIO chunky red block-letters gold cross-bar through O top-right, dark-skinned woman bottom-right green scale-bodice gold necklace red-gold feathered crown blue-plumes, woman cream dress red-blue patterned shawl holding tall red flag center, seated woman green-dress golden fan-sunburst frame right, carnival folkloric dancers festive sandy-ground, bay sailboat-masts night-sky backdrop, feathered headdresses festival costumes tropical celebration

Distinctive

A cluster of carnival dancers in enormous feathered headdresses, dominated by a dark-skinned woman bottom right in a green scale bodice, a red-and-gold feathered crown and blue plumes. A woman in a cream dress plants a tall red patterned flag at the centre of the composition. A large golden fan or sunburst arch at right frames a seated woman in a green dress. The oversized RIO title uses red letters with a gold cross-bar through the O. Four white score-reel windows in green frames stack down the entire left side.

Setting

  • Night sky with stars
  • Bay with sailboat masts and rigging
  • White colonnaded terrace
  • Palm trees
  • Dark green hill
  • Sandy gold ground

Symbols

  • Diamond kite shape
  • Red flag
  • Golden fan sunburst
  • Feathered headdresses
  • Palm trees
  • Star field
  • Red numbered circles 1-4

Lettering

  • Large red sans-serif block capitals with thick gold and black outline for the title; smaller condensed yellow-outlined capitals for slogans; red with yellow outline for status text

Themes

  • Carnival
  • Carnival dancers
  • Feathered headdresses
  • Bay at night
  • Palm trees
  • Sailboat
  • Festival

Title on it

  • Rio

Text on it

  • 4 PLAYERS
  • playmatic
  • RIO
  • MATCH FEATURE
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • CAN PLAY
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
  • A TIME OF SPIRIT
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Dark-skinned, bottom right, green scale-pattern bodice with fringed hem, gold necklace and armlets, large red-and-gold feathered headdress with blue plumes, smiling at viewer
Woman Fair-skinned centre-right, broad red, white and green feathered headdress, red top, facing right
Woman Centre, cream dress with red-and-blue patterned shawl, holding a tall red patterned flag on a pole
Woman Seated at right within a golden fan arch, green dress
Woman Left of centre, bare-chested, red and white skirt with green sandals, holding a long pole
Man Left, white shirt, dark hair, in profile
Woman Far left, dark-skinned, in red costume, arm raised
Other Striped red-and-white snake or caterpillar curving in an arc below the hill
Full description

Painted, airbrushed carnival-and-bay backglass. A large stylised title RIO sits top right: chunky red block letters with heavy gold and black outline, the O containing a gold cross-bar. Behind it a deep blue star-flecked night sky over a bay, with a dark green hill, a white colonnaded terrace, sailboat masts and rigging, and two leaning palm trees at upper left. Across the lower two-thirds a sandy gold ground is crowded with folkloric carnival figures: a dark-skinned woman bottom right in a green scale-pattern bodice, gold necklace and armlets, wearing a huge red-and-gold feathered headdress with blue plumes; beside her a fair-skinned woman in a broad red, white and green feathered headdress and red top; centre a woman in a cream dress with a red-and-blue patterned shawl gripping a tall red flag; and at left a small group of figures including a bare-chested figure in a red and white skirt holding a pole, a man in a white shirt, and a dark-skinned woman in red. A large golden fan or sunburst arch frames a seated woman in a green dress at right. Four mechanical score reels run down the left in white windows with green borders, numbered 1 to 4 in red circles.