2 games under this title
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Standard 1972 · Electro-mechanical -
Big Dryvers 1979 · Solid state
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- yellow
- purple
- black
- orange
Fingerprint: Yellow-skinned black-haired man leaning over wide-eyed blonde woman in white-and-lime bubble helmet, huge orange-red extruded SPACE ORBIT logo pinned by diagonal grey ringed planet, yellow waveform graph panel top left, purple score window top right, dark outer space background
The dominant feature is a pair of cartoon space travellers on the right: a grinning yellow-skinned black-haired man leaning down over a wide-eyed blonde woman in a white-and-lime bubble helmet. The huge orange-red extruded SPACE ORBIT logo, pinned by a diagonal grey ringed planet, anchors the left centre. A yellow rounded waveform/graph panel at top left and a purple SCORE window with five reels at top right frame the playfield.
Setting
- Outer space starfield
- Space station girders and pipes
Symbols
- Ringed planet
- Five-pointed star behind logo
- Stars
- Circuits
- Waveform graph
- Score reels
- Coloured balls and bars
- Pipework/girders
- Control panels with round dials
Lettering
- Fat extruded orange-to-red block capitals with dark outline for the title, red capitals on a yellow banner for score, white cursive signature-style script above the title
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Orbit
- Couple of astronauts
- Retro-futurism
Title on it
- Space orbit
Text on it
- SCORE
- SPACE ORBIT
- Gottlieb
- BALLS TO PLAY
- PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Adult, yellow-skinned, thick black swept-back hair and heavy dark brow, open-mouthed grin, leaning in from upper right, facing left/down |
| Woman | Adult, yellow-skinned, blonde hair, wide eyes and open mouth, wearing white suit with lime-green trim and a bubble helmet tipped back on her head, right hand raised, facing left |
A comic-book style painted backglass in heavy black outlines and flat saturated colour. Top left is a rounded yellow rectangle containing a fine-line graph/waveform display panel; top right has a purple-framed window with the word SCORE in red block capitals on a yellow banner, above five blank mechanical score reels behind glass. The centre-left carries a huge three-dimensional logo reading SPACE ORBIT in fat orange-to-red block letters with a yellow star shape behind it and a white/grey ringed planet slicing behind, with the small white cursive word Gottlieb above. On the right half, a yellow-skinned man with black swept-back hair and heavy dark brows leans in from above, mouth open, and below him a blonde woman in a white-and-lime spacesuit with a bubble helmet tipped back, wide eyes and open mouth, hand raised. Bottom left is a purple-framed BALLS TO PLAY panel showing coloured circles above rows of coloured dots, bars and a yellow strip; beside it a PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE panel over a sketchy white crowd. Background is black outer space with a purple starfield, green and blue space-station girders and pipes crossing the top.
Backglass Big Dryvers
- blue
- yellow
- red
- orange
Fingerprint: 'BIG DAY' on curved yellow scroll banner in orange-red lettering, crowded mounted polo match with scarlet-shirted riders on overlapping horses, red-blue-white-green hanging banners and flags on poles, small white dog in foreground, hand-illustrated mid-century cartoon style.
The most memorable element is the wide yellow scroll banner carrying huge orange-red block lettering on a plain blue sky, with a big blank white display window in a black bezel immediately above it. Below, a dense freeze-frame of scarlet-shirted polo riders on horses, limbs and reins overlapping in a crowded frieze. A small white dog in the foreground centre, plus the hanging red, blue, white and green banners on poles, complete the sports-day scene.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with white clouds
- Flat orange-tan polo pitch ground
- Crowd of bunting and flags on poles
Symbols
- Yellow scroll banner
- Hanging flags and bunting on poles
- Horse tack and reins
- Mallets
- Black-bezel display window
Lettering
- Heavy orange-red block capitals with dark outline and white keyline, arched across a yellow banner
Themes
- Polo
- Horse riding
- Sport
- Rural
- Bunting
Title on it
- Big day
Text on it
- BIG DAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Mounted polo player in scarlet shirt and red cap, on a brown horse facing left, left of centre |
| Man | Mounted rider in scarlet shirt and red cap on a chestnut horse at right, reins in hand |
| Man | Central figure in dark shirt and white helmet seated between horses |
| Man | Further scarlet-shirted rider partly hidden behind the left horse |
| Animal | Small white dog standing in the lower centre foreground |
| Animal | Several brown and chestnut horses with white socks and dark manes, overlapping across the lower half |
Painted backglass with a pale blue sky and soft white clouds filling the top third. At upper right sits a large black rounded-rectangle bezel framing a blank white translucent display window; a smaller black-framed credit panel with a yellow interior strip sits just left of it. Spanning the middle is a curved yellow scroll banner with orange shading, carrying heavy block capital lettering in orange-red with a dark outline and a thin white keyline. Below the banner the scene is a crowded mounted polo match: at least five horses in profile facing left and right, ridden by men in bright scarlet shirts and red caps, one central rider in a dark shirt and white helmet. Banners and flags in red, blue, white and green hang on poles behind them. The ground is a flat orange-tan polo pitch. A small white dog stands low in the centre foreground. Art style is hand-illustrated mid-century cartoon line work with flat, poster-like colour fills.