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1959 · Williams

Sea Wolf

Flat mid-blue painted field, underwater turquoise sea seen through a porthole, seabed with treasure and coral and orange-brown varnished wooden frame.

Year
1959
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Mabs
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the playfield

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

Sea Wolf playfield

Playfield

  • navy blue
  • white
  • red
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Underwater scene with flesh-toned swimmer figure upper center, flanked by gold domed pop bumpers and red-cream striped target ring. Three pointed shield drop-target banks reading 7, 3, 7 in various colors. Open treasure chests flank targets. Dark navy side aprons display tropical fish: orange angelfish, striped butterflyfish. White apron features blue line-art bathing beauties, QR code.

Distinctive

The playfield is an underwater scene with a flesh-toned swimmer figure in the upper centre, flanked by two big gold domed pop bumpers and a red-and-cream striped target ring around a white SPECIAL WHEN LIT bumper. Three pointed shield drop-target banks in the middle read 7, 3 and 7 in red, blue and purple over narrow black slots, flanked by open treasure chests. Dark navy side aprons packed with tropical fish (orange angelfish, yellow-and-black striped butterflyfish) frame a bright white lower apron printed with blue line-art bathing beauties and a modern QR code stuck beside the original score card.

Setting

  • Underwater seabed scene with deep blue-green water gradient
  • White branching coral and orange/pink seaweed banks
  • A grey submarine silhouette crossing the middle-left
  • Dark navy side aprons filled with tropical reef fish
  • White lower apron with blue stars and line-art figures

Symbols

  • Starfish
  • Treasure chests
  • Pearl shells
  • Coral branches
  • Seaweed
  • Pointed shield-shaped drop targets
  • Numbered lane circles (2, 3, 4, 6)
  • Arrow banners
  • Stars
  • Qr code

Notable shapes

  • Red-and-cream concentric striped target ring in the upper centre
  • Three tall narrow shield/teardrop drop targets with black vertical slots
  • Two large gold mushroom-shaped dome bumpers
  • Raised wooden ball-guide lane hugging the right side
  • Cutout shooter-lane area at the upper right behind the glass

Art motifs

  • Airbrushed seascape gradient
  • Silkscreen line-art pin-ups
  • Yellow arrow callouts
  • Value discs reading 100,000

Themes

  • Underwater
  • Ocean
  • Diving
  • Treasure
  • Submarine
  • Tropical fish
  • Pin-up

Text on it

  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • ACTIVATE BUMPER
  • 100,000
  • 100.000
  • 10,000
  • 500 000
  • 3000 SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
  • NO PRIZES
  • NO WAGERING
  • For Amusement Only
  • 5 BALLS 5 CENTS
  • Some Void is In Effect
  • HAI WOLF
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7
  • 10¢
Pop bumpers
Three in total - two large gold/yellow domed bumpers left and right of the upper field, plus a central white bumper inside the red-and-cream striped target ring
Drop targets
One bank of three pointed shield targets marked 7, 3 and 7 across the middle of the playfield
Slingshots
Two straight triangular slingshots flanking the mid-lower playfield
Upper playfield
Occupied by the two gold bumpers, the central striped target ring and special when lit dome, with numbered rollovers 2-3-4-6 on the sloped side rails
Apron and lower playfield
White silkscreened lower apron with blue stars, blue line-art bathing beauties, a printed instruction/score card at left, a for amusement only / no prizes / no wagering notice box, a modern qr code sticker and a wooden apron rail carrying a metal 10-cent coin slot plate
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blue line-art pin-up girl in a strapless one-piece swimsuit on the bottom apron, arms raised, one hand pointing, drawn in blue ink on white
Woman Second blue line-art girl in a short flared skirt/swimsuit at the lower right apron, hand to hair, also blue ink on white
Other A flesh-toned human swimmer/diver figure in the upper centre of the playfield, arms outstretched, rising vertically from the water, partly overlapping the striped target ring
Animal Orange-and-white striped angelfish on the left apron
Animal Two yellow-and-black striped butterflyfish on the right apron
Animal A red fish and several small blue/yellow fish scattered on both side aprons
Vehicle Grey submarine silhouette cruising left-to-right across the centre of the field
Other Three open treasure chests with red interiors flanking the drop-target banks
Full description

Full-length underwater-themed electro-mechanical playfield photographed in its wooden cabinet, glass lit by blue LEDs, cabinet sides painted blue with red legs. The art is silkscreen/airbrushed in deep navy-teal water filled with white branching coral, orange and pink seaweed, an orange starfish and a bottomless blue gradient. Centre-top sits a human swimmer figure in flesh tones, arms out, half-length, beside a red-and-cream striped target ring holding a white dome bumper lettered SPECIAL WHEN LIT, flanked by two large gold/yellow domed bumpers. Yellow arrow banners reading ACTIVATE BUMPER point inward, with 100,000 and 500 000 value discs. Down the middle are three shield-shaped drop-target banks reading 7 (red), 3 (blue), 7 (purple) over black slots, flanked by open treasure chests with red interiors and white pearl-shell bumpers. The lower side aprons are dark blue studded with tropical fish: an orange striped angelfish, two yellow-and-black striped butterflyfish, a red fish and tiny blue fish. The white bottom apron carries blue line-art pin-up girls in swimsuits, a star field, a score card and a modern QR code sticker.

On the backglass

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

Sea Wolf backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • white

Fingerprint: SEA WOLF arched yellow title, enormous metal-rimmed porthole framing undersea panorama: prowling sharks, schooling fish in reds and yellows, yellow submarine with periscope, treasure chest with scattered coins on sandy floor, branching coral formations, yellow diagonal rope crossing the composition, numbered oval bands left and right edge, mid-blue water tones with pale turquoise illumination

Distinctive

The enormous riveted porthole ring framing an entire underwater scene of sharks, fish, a yellow submarine and a treasure chest, with a yellow rope slung diagonally across the glass. Beside it, the arched yellow SEA WOLF title with a red script 'Williams' tucked above it. The two-row 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 digit banner in red and blue at the top right is an unusual, instantly recognisable graphic. A vertical ladder of coloured ovals down the left margin answers a matching numbered 100-900 oval column on the right.

Setting

  • Flat mid-blue painted field
  • Underwater turquoise sea seen through a porthole
  • Seabed with treasure and coral
  • Orange-brown varnished wooden frame

Symbols

  • Riveted porthole ring with latch plate
  • Yellow rope slung diagonally
  • Vertical stack of coloured ovals on the left
  • Vertical column of numbered ovals 100-900 on the right
  • Yellow fan of radiating stripes along the bottom
  • White slanted instruction panel

Lettering

  • Hand-lettered cartoon capitals with heavy black outline and white inner highlight for the title; small red cursive script for the maker's name; plain white sans-serif digits on a red banner and pale blue outlined digits on a blue strip

Themes

  • Undersea
  • Submarine
  • Pirate treasure
  • Porthole
  • Sharks

Title on it

  • Sea wolf

Text on it

  • Williams
  • SEA WOLF
  • 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
  • MILLIONS
  • THOUSANDS
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500
  • 600
  • 700
  • 800
  • 900
  • 00
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
Who and what
Kind Description
Creature A blue shark swimming left in the middle of the porthole, with a smaller red shark below and to its left
Creature A school of many small red and yellow fish scattered across the upper water
Vehicle A yellow submarine with a conning tower and periscope, mid-left inside the porthole
Other An open treasure chest with gold coins and a small chest on the seabed at lower centre-left
Other Red, orange, yellow and green coral clumps with tall seaweed fronds at the lower right of the porthole
Full description

A landscape-format backglass set in a chunky varnished orange-brown wooden frame, its painted field a flat, saturated mid-blue. Top left carries a small red cursive 'Williams' above a large two-word title, SEA WOLF, in yellow block capitals with a heavy black outline and a white inner highlight, the letters arched slightly upward. A rope-hung signboard shape spans the upper right: a red banner with the digits 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 in white with black shadow, and beneath it a blue strip repeating 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 in pale blue outlined digits. The centre is dominated by a huge circular porthole, its rim drawn in pale blue-grey with round rivet studs and a metal latch/hinge plate at the upper left, a thin yellow rope crossing diagonally over it from top to lower left. Inside the porthole is an underwater scene: pale turquoise water with horizontal wave lines, a school of small red and yellow fish, a blue shark and a smaller red shark, a yellow submarine with a periscope at mid-left, a treasure chest and gold coins on the seabed, and red, orange and green coral with tall seaweed fronds at the lower right. A vertical stack of coloured ovals runs down the left margin, and a matching column of numbered ovals (100 through 900) runs down the right. Along the bottom, 'BALL IN PLAY' sits above a white slanted panel, over a yellow fan of stripes labelled 00 to 90 and the word THOUSANDS.