1978 · Cisco
Star Battle
Abstract painted collage of bright colour fields rather than any depicted scene, gold and cream sunburst radiating from the lower centre and grey cabinet surround with silver trim rails visible at left and right.
- Year
- 1978
- Maker
- Cisco
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 2
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- gold
- blue
- red
Fingerprint: Vast yellow looping ramp arc dominating playfield, orange circular emblem inside mottled pink-red field, blue-red tartan slab mid-right, green house-shaped sign above flippers, no visible title, metal wireform arch with chrome posts, sunburst lower artwork
A vast yellow looping ramp arc dominates the whole playfield, curling from the lower left corner right up and over to the upper right. Second most memorable is a bright orange circular emblem on the left-centre of the art, sitting inside a mottled pink-and-red circular field. A blue-and-red tartan slab in the middle-right and a green house-shaped sign just above the flippers stand out as the other anchors of the layout. There is no visible game title anywhere on the playfield.
Setting
- Abstract painted collage of bright colour fields rather than any depicted scene
- Gold and cream sunburst radiating from the lower centre
- Grey cabinet surround with silver trim rails visible at left and right
Symbols
- Orange circular emblem or disc on the left-centre
- Pink-and-red mottled circular fan filling the upper left
- Blue-and-red tartan/plaid rectangular slab
- Green house-shaped sign graphic above the flippers
- Yellow rule-outlane and star shapes
- White plastic ramp caps on chrome posts
- Two white flipper bats and chrome ball guides
- Metal wireform arch across the top
- Yellow apron cards with small black print at the bottom
Lettering
- No large lettering visible; only small black print on the yellow apron cards at the bottom and a blue printed marking above bottom centre, neither legible
Themes
- No readable title
- Yellow looping ramp
- Tartan and plaid colour blocks
- Sunburst art
- Abstract collage artwork
- Chrome wireforms
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | No human or animal figures can be confidently resolved; the artwork reads as abstract shapes, colour fields and mechanical hardware at this resolution |
Photograph of a glass-covered playfield set into a grey cabinet, shot straight down and lit by coloured general illumination. Silver-trimmed side rails flank the glass, and three round buttons or lamps run down each side (yellow, red, yellow on the left; yellow, red, yellow on the right). The playfield is dominated by a huge bright yellow looping ramp arc curving from the lower left up and over to the upper right, enclosing most of the play. At the top centre sits a metal wireform arch with chrome posts and white plastic ramp caps. The printed art beneath is extremely busy and saturated: a large mottled pink-and-red circular fan fills the upper left, an orange round emblem sits left of centre, a blue-and-red tartan slab crosses the middle-right, and the lower half is a gold and cream sunburst with scattered small round inserts. Chrome ball guides and two white flipper bats sit at the bottom above a yellow apron strip carrying small black printed cards. A green house-shaped sign graphic sits just above bottom centre. No title logo is resolvable.