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1971 · Sega Enterprises

Sapporo

Alpine snow slope, jagged mountain range, pink sky with a flat spoked sun and diagonal speed streaks suggesting motion.

Year
1971
Maker
Sega Enterprises
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.

Sapporo backglass

Backglass

  • pink
  • light blue
  • white
  • yellow

Fingerprint: sappro, huge laughing woman's face fills bottom-right corner in pink-lilac hood with blue-white striped headband mouth open in broad toothy grin raising red-yellow pennant on pole, sweeping diagonal pink-blue-white speed streaks cut across panel making every skier appear racing sideways, row of five black score windows embedded in jagged mountain range beneath spoked yellow sun, yellow-suited skier at center-left in dark sunglasses crouched on long orange-red skis, alpine racing style

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the huge laughing woman's face filling the bottom-right corner, in a pink and lilac hood with a blue-and-white striped headband, mouth open in a broad toothy grin, raising a red-and-yellow pennant on a pole. Second, the sweeping diagonal pink/blue/white speed streaks that cut across the entire panel and make every skier look like it is racing sideways. Third, the row of five black score windows embedded in a jagged mountain range directly under a spoked yellow sun. Fourth, the yellow-suited skier at centre-left in dark sunglasses crouched low on long orange-red skis. Fifth, a small red box on the snow marked with a 7.

Setting

  • Alpine snow slope
  • Jagged mountain range
  • Pink sky with a flat spoked sun
  • Diagonal speed streaks suggesting motion

Symbols

  • Flat yellow sun with radiating spokes
  • Five black score windows
  • Jagged mountain peaks
  • Skis
  • Small red flag on a pole
  • Red box marked 7
  • Red-and-yellow striped bowl
  • Snow spray puffs
  • Contour lines

Lettering

  • Heavy rounded sans-serif block letters in bright red with a thin white inner highlight and dark outline, slightly arched; the corner wordmark is a lighter upright red letterform with a small registered-trademark symbol

Themes

  • Winter sports
  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Alpine
  • Racing
  • Speed lines

Title on it

  • Sappro

Text on it

  • SEGA
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • SAPPRO
  • 7
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Top centre, blue one-piece ski suit and blue cap, bent forward in a racing tuck on two long brown skis, arms forward
Other Upper middle, figure in blue and yellow suit diving head-first downwards through the streaks, legs splayed in the air
Man Far upper right, red ski suit with white trim and red cap, upright on skis, small in scale
Man Right of centre, bulky yellow suit with pointed yellow-and-blue hat, round face, white bib on chest printed with 7, on pale wooden-looking skis
Man Centre, slim pink/magenta suit with darker pink shoulders and a pink cap, white bib panel, arms out, upright
Man Centre-left, yellow suit with orange shading, blue-lensed sunglasses, white bib, grinning, crouched on long orange-red skis that cross behind him
Woman Bottom right, large head and shoulders, tan skin, pink and lilac hooded cap with blue-and-white striped headband, open-mouthed laugh showing teeth, holding a pole topped with a red-and-yellow pennant
Full description

A painted cartoon-style winter-sports scene: broad diagonal bands of pale blue, sky blue, pink and white sweep across the whole panel like speed lines over a pink sky. Top left is a flat yellow sun with radiating spokes, beside a red wordmark reading SEGA. Below the sun, five black rectangular score windows in a row, each set into a jagged range of brown, grey and white mountain peaks. Across the panel seven drawn human figures ski, snowboard or fall: a blue-suited skier leaning forward on two brown skis at the top, a blue-and-yellow figure diving head-first, a red-suited skier at the far upper right, a bulky yellow-suited male skier in a pointed hat with a white bib, a slim figure in a pink suit and cap, a grinning yellow-suited skier in sunglasses on long orange-red skis at centre-left, and a large woman's face in a pink hood at bottom right holding a red-and-yellow pennant on a pole. A white curved banner at bottom left reads BALL IN PLAY above a red-and-yellow striped bowl.