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1972 · Allied Leisure

Sea Hunt

Underwater scene, deep blue-green water, kelp fronds, orange coral formations and dark rock ledges.

Year
1972
Maker
Allied Leisure
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Made by

Design
Ron Halliburton
Art
Roland Berrios

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Sea Hunt playfield

Playfield

  • green
  • pink
  • blue
  • cream

Fingerprint: Shaker Rail electro-mechanical, huge magenta shaker rail logo stamped bottom center, pale mint-green field with large white-blue triangular ramp center, four round bumper caps with red-white sunburst rims, yellow flag shoot the shark with cartoon swimmer yellow helmet

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the huge magenta SHAKER RAIL logo stamped across the bottom centre of the playfield, flanked by two small ALL starburst badges - a mechanical rail mechanism named as the game's feature. Second is the pale mint-green playfield crossed by a large white-and-blue triangular ramp with a pink-and-green striped insert dead centre. Third, four big round bumper caps with red-and-white sunburst rims all printed 100 are clustered around that triangle. Fourth, a yellow flag reading SHOOT THE SHARK and a smiling cartoon swimmer in a yellow diving helmet occupy the upper left. Small print in the lower corners reads PATENT APPLIED FOR IN U.S.A. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES on the left and COPYRIGHT 1972 ALLIED LEISURE INDUSTRIES, INC. on the right.

Setting

  • Underwater cartoon sea scene
  • Plain mint-green playfield base
  • Coral and seaweed at lower centre
  • Plain white and cream header panel at top

Symbols

  • Black and white vertical striped object (snorkel or life-ring style)
  • Coral fronds
  • Seaweed fronds
  • All starburst badges
  • Shooting star swooshes on header
  • Sunburst rings around bumper caps
  • Scattered 10 and 100 numerals
  • Lightbulb insert lamps

Notable shapes

  • Large central triangle ramp; four-lobed pink petal fan across the top; mirrored special when lit arrow panels; top header swoosh bands; circular bumper caps with sunburst rims; fan-shaped chevron inserts in all four lower corners

Art motifs

  • Thin pink outline borders following every playfield lane
  • Large concentric swoosh bands in the header
  • Op-art concentric stripes in corner fan panels
  • Sunburst rings
  • Cartoon ink outlines with flat fills

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Shark hunting
  • Diving
  • Sea life

Title on it

  • Shaker rail

Text on it

  • PRESS FLIPPER BUTTONS TO SHOOT BALL
  • SHOOT THE SHARK
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 100
  • ON YELLOW BUMPER
  • ON RED BUMPER
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 7
  • 8
  • 500 WHEN LIT
  • 10
  • PATENT APPLIED FOR IN U.S.A. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
  • COPYRIGHT 1972 ALLIED LEISURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
  • ALL
  • SHAKER RAIL
Pop bumpers
Four large round sunburst-rimmed caps printed 100 around the centre triangle; top bank of five yellow-glowing lamps above the numbered 1-2-3-4 fan
Drop targets
Top fan of four teardrop lanes each printed 100 beneath numbered circles 1 2 3 4
Ramps
Large white-and-blue triangular centre ramp with pink and green striped insert
Slingshots
Simple pink-outlined triangular slingshots flanking the lower centre, with chevron-striped fan art in the lower corners
Upper playfield
White header panel with press flipper buttons to shoot ball and a black rubber-topped ball-return lane, plus the pink petal fan and numbered target bank
Apron and lower playfield
Two large cream and yellow translucent lower-deck aprons left and right of the shaker rail logo, each bordered in pink
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Smiling cartoon swimmer at upper left, round yellow diving helmet over a magenta hood, holding a black-and-white striped snorkel or object, drawn in flat bold outline cartoon style
Other Dark silhouetted human diver figure in the lower-centre underwater panel, small, arms out, surrounded by coral fronds and seaweed
Full description

Upright rectangular pinball playfield, pale mint-green base with a deep-sea cartoon illustration. Across the very top a white header panel with orange, magenta and blue swirl swooshes carries the black instruction text PRESS FLIPPER BUTTONS TO SHOOT BALL above a black rubber-topped lane. Upper left a yellow flag-shaped sign reads SHOOT THE SHARK in black capitals, beside a smiling cartoon swimmer in a magenta hood and yellow diving helmet holding a black-and-white striped object. The top-centre area is a fan of pink petal shapes carrying numbered circles 1 2 3 4 over four yellow-glowing lamps and four teardrop target lanes each marked 100. Mid-playfield four large round bumper caps with white centres and red-and-white sunburst rims are each printed 100. Left of them reads ON YELLOW BUMPER and right ON RED BUMPER. Centre is a big white-and-blue triangular ramp with a pink and green striped insert. Flanking lower left and right are matching pink/magenta arrow panels reading SPECIAL WHEN LIT, flanking 7 and 8 in circles and a central yellow wedge marked 500 WHEN LIT. Lower centre shows coral, seaweed and a diver silhouette in a dark underwater panel. Bottom centre a large magenta SHAKER RAIL logo sits between two ALL starburst badges, flanked by two yellow-tinted lower-deck aprons. Two flippers point inward.

Sea Hunt playfield

Playfield

  • green
  • purple
  • cream
  • yellow

Fingerprint: shaker rambler: Grinning shark head with red-cream interior mouth on yellow flag upper left, huge faceted diamond-arrow target dead centre with pink-green-blue-cream stripes, 500 WHEN LIT triangle below, purple seaweed fronds and striped swimmer diving lower centre, cream SPECIAL WHEN LIT shields mirrored

Distinctive

A grinning shark head with a wide red-and-cream interior mouth on a yellow flag at upper left, reading SHOOT THE SHARK. A huge faceted diamond-arrow target at dead centre, striped pink, green, blue and cream, with a small 500 WHEN LIT triangle below it. Purple and magenta seaweed fronds and a black-and-white striped swimmer diving across a dark pool area in the lower centre. Cream SPECIAL WHEN LIT shields mirrored left and right, and orange SHAKER RAMBLER block lettering along the bottom apron.

Setting

  • Underwater sea scene with coral and seaweed
  • Abstract geometric rays of cream and tan radiating from the centre
  • Flat mid-green playfield ground

Symbols

  • Five mushroom pop bumpers
  • Two segmented reel score displays
  • Number discs 1 2 3 4 above the top bumpers
  • Round target holes labelled 7 and 8
  • Red and yellow standup bumpers
  • Diamond arrowhead target
  • Cream shields
  • All arrow badges
  • Yellow swallowtail flag
  • Red plunge-lane ball guide with chrome wire rails

Notable shapes

  • The large faceted diamond arrowhead at centre
  • Five scalloped pop bumper wells across the top
  • The pointed cream and tan corner aprons
  • Shark-mouth ramp openings at upper left and mid-right
  • The narrow red plunge lane up the right edge

Art motifs

  • Airbrushed 1970s cartoon sea life
  • Geometrical starburst rays
  • Scalloped bumper well
  • Shark silhouettes
  • Seaweed and coral
  • Screen-printed high-contrast black sans-serif captions

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Sharks
  • Swimming
  • Scuba-diving
  • Single-player
  • Seventies solid-state

Title on it

  • Shaker rambler

Text on it

  • PRESS FLIPPER BUTTON TO SHOOT BALL
  • SHOOT THE SHARK
  • ON YELLOW BUMPER
  • ON RED BUMPER
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 500 WHEN LIT
  • SHAKER RAMBLER
  • ALL
  • PATENT APPLIED FOR IN U.S.A. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
  • COPYRIGHT 1972 ALLIED LEISURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
  • 100
  • 1000
  • 10
Pop bumpers
Five mushroom pop bumpers in a row across the top, plus one red bumper at upper right and one yellow bumper at upper left
Slingshots
Two standard triangular slingshots at the lower left and lower right, outlined in cream and tan, set inside the large lower corner triangles
Upper playfield
A separate elevated backbox area above the playfield behind the yellow press flipper button apron, containing additional coloured lamps and a metal rail
Apron and lower playfield
Two large cream and tan triangular lower corner aprons with printed patent and copyright text, a stainless apron strip with the orange shaker rambler lettering, and two chrome inlane guides feeding a pair of bottom flippers
Who and what
Kind Description
Animal Large cartoon shark head at upper left on a yellow flag, grey-blue snout with a black eye, red and cream interior mouth, purple and cream top fin
Animal A blue-grey shark silhouette with pointed dorsal fin and forked tail swimming leftwards across the centre-left of the field
Animal A second small dark shark silhouette below the first, angled down-left near the left edge
Man A bare-armed swimmer or diver in the lower centre, black and white striped trunks, dark hair, one arm extended, shown from above against a dark purple pool area
Vehicle No vehicles; the diamond target and bumper wells form the large geometric objects
Other Tall magenta and purple seaweed fronds rising in the lower centre, plus yellow-tan fan coral shapes at the lower left and lower right corners
Full description

A photographed solid-top electro-mechanical playfield in a chrome-railed cabinet, shot from above through the glass so the whole field is visible. The dominant ground colour is mid grass-green, broken up by large cream and tan triangular areas radiating from the centre and by purple-magenta and crimson arrowhead and wing-shaped banners. At the top a pale yellow metal apron reads PRESS FLIPPER BUTTON TO SHOOT BALL, with a purple and gold arrow graphic to its right. Upper left a yellow swallowtail flag on a pole carries the black stacked words SHOOT THE SHARK, beside a painted grinning shark head with a red and cream interior mouth, a purple top fin and a blue eye. A row of five mushroom pop bumpers in a pink scalloped well across the top each show 100 beneath and the first four carry black round number discs 1 2 3 4. Two segmented reel windows reading 100 sit below them, flanked by a yellow bumper labelled ON YELLOW BUMPER on the left and a red bumper labelled ON RED BUMPER on the right. The centre is dominated by a large multi-coloured diamond arrowhead target split into pink, green, blue and cream facets, with three small round lamps below and a black-on-yellow triangle reading 500 WHEN LIT. Blue-grey shark silhouettes, purple and magenta seaweed fronds and a bare-armed swimmer figure with black-and-white striped trunks and outstretched legs fill the lower centre. Cream shields on both sides carry curved SPECIAL WHEN LIT lettering. The bottom shows SHAKER RAMBLER in large orange block letters between two ALL arrow badges, with patent and copyright small print in the lower corners.

On the backglass

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

Sea Hunt backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • orange
  • pink
  • green

Fingerprint: Huge fat bubble letters "Sea Hunt" in orange-yellow gradient shaped like inflated tubing, red-haired woman in bright pink swimsuit swimming horizontally holding short harpoon spear, second woman in pink diving downward head-first with extended arm, purple tentacled creatures and shark-like fish surrounding, yellow score panel with "1" and white "0" square

Distinctive

The two enormous fat orange-and-yellow bubble-letter words 'Sea Hunt' filling the top half, with the letters shaped like rounded inflated tubing. Beside them, a woman in a hot-pink swimsuit swimming horizontally across the upper right with a small harpoon in her outstretched hand. A second woman in pink diving head-first downward in the lower centre, framed by purple tentacled sea monsters. A yellow oval instruction card on the left showing a large '1' next to a white '0' square, with 'PLAY' in red beneath.

Setting

  • Underwater scene
  • Deep blue-green water
  • Kelp fronds
  • Orange coral formations
  • Dark rock ledges

Symbols

  • Harpoon spear
  • Air bubbles
  • Seaweed fronds
  • Tentacles
  • Digit windows

Lettering

  • Very large fat rounded bubble letters with orange-to-yellow vertical gradient, dark red-brown drop outline and thin black keyline; small plain black sans-serif capitals for the maker mark and score label

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Sea life
  • Tentacles
  • Harpoon
  • Sharks

Title on it

  • Sea hunt

Text on it

  • ALLIED'S
  • Sea
  • Hunt
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • SCORE
  • 1
  • 0
  • PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Upper right, red-haired, hot pink one-piece swimsuit, blue flippers, swimming horizontally to the right, right arm stretched forward with open hand, left hand holding a short harpoon spear with an orange shaft
Woman Lower centre, orange-blonde hair, pink top and pale blue tights, diving head-first downwards, one arm extended holding a red-and-white object, bubbles rising above her
Creature Large purple tentacled sea monster on the left side, dark purple suction-cupped arms curling over the red and green background shapes
Creature Purple tentacle arching down from the top right over the green water
Animal Dark green shark-like fish silhouette swimming left in the mid-right background
Full description

A wide, landscape-format painted backglass showing an underwater scene. Across the upper centre-left, in huge fat bubble letters, is the title 'Sea Hunt' in orange-to-yellow gradient letters with a dark red-brown outline and a thin black keyline, set on a deep blue-green water background. At the top left is the word 'ALLIED'S' in small black capitals, and to the right of the title runs a faint white row of numbers 10 20 30 40 50 60. Two female divers are painted among kelp and rocks. Upper right, a red-haired woman in a bright pink swimsuit and blue flippers swims horizontally to the right, right arm outstretched and left arm holding a short harpoon spear. Lower centre, a second orange-haired woman in a pink top and pale blue tights dives downward head-first, one arm reaching out holding a red-and-white object. Around them are purple tentacled sea creatures, a dark green shark-like fish, and orange coral. At the left is a yellow oval card reading '1' with a separate white square '0' beside it, and 'PLAY' in red below. At the right, a tan and gold panel labelled 'SCORE' holds six white digit windows.