Strike Zone

A full-view photograph of an electro-mechanical playfield inside its wooden cabinet, tilted away from the camera so the whole board is visible. The playfield art is a cream and tan field with a broad dark-green teal band down each side and large brown geometric chevrons radiating from the lower centre to the top. Four white pop-bumper caps sit in a diamond, printed with big blue letters A, B, C and D, each cap ringed by a red-and-white sunburst pattern. Down the middle sits a downward-pointing triangle of nine white drop targets numbered 1 to 9 on angled cream bodies, above a yellow chevron carrying three black circle-and-cross symbols and the text EACH STRIKE SCORES 300 BONUS POINTS, with NEXT STRIKE SCORES MATCH below. Curved top arch plastics at the upper left and upper right carry stylised pastel turquoise, pink and orange figures and harlequin-diamond motifs. On-screen white instruction cards flank a black apron panel with a script logo. Condition: heavy scuffing, scratched and worn varnish, clouding of the plastics, and a light haze of reflections across the upper playfield.

Printed backglass in a black rectangular frame. Top half: cream field with a large hot-pink and magenta hand-lettered logotype reading STRIKE ZONE in wavy capitals with black outline. Flanking it are two black arched score housings, each capped by a white ball shape with a magenta zigzag base reading 1Up (cyan) left and 2Up (orange) right. Each holds four square reels; the left shows 3, 3, 3, 2 and the right 0, 0, 0, 0. The left window is labelled 1st Player in chunky mint capitals, the right 2nd Player in orange. Middle band: four cartoon figures on a green and mustard pinball lane. Left, a black-bobbed woman in a teal mini-dress and white shoes cradles a red ball beside a fair-haired man in a yellow open shirt and dark shorts holding a cue. Centre, a red-haired man in a green top and orange trousers leaps with arms flung wide; a platinum-blonde woman in a white cap, pink halter top and striped pink trousers leans forward with fingers splayed. Right, a blonde woman in a yellow top, black shorts and red shoes points up, beside a blue stem plate reading BALL PLAY. Foreground: white and teal lumps with magenta arrowheads numbered 1 to 10, and a large maroon-and-black ball. Bottom print reads . Play flipper skill games for fun and relaxation.

A bowling-themed backglass on a cream and pale-yellow field with a wide white border. Top left sits a green emblem of two numbered circles reading '1' and '2' over the words 'CAN PLAY'. Left of centre is a red cursive manufacturer signature reading 'Williams'. The centre top is dominated by a huge glossy red bowling ball printed with the title in two arched lines of white-outlined lettering, 'STRIKE' over 'ZONE'. Flanking it are two black rounded rectangular score windows framed in orange, each reading '0000'; the left window is captioned '1 Player' in pale script, the right '2 Player' in orange script. Behind each window is a white crown/bowling-pin shape marked '1/4' (left, teal) and '24' (right, orange). Four cartoon figures of bowlers in mid-action across the middle: at far left a slim woman in a teal dress holding a red ball beside a blond man in a mustard-yellow jacket and dark trousers; centre a white-haired woman in pink lunging forward as if releasing a ball, arms flung wide; behind her a grinning man in a green shirt and tan trousers with both arms spread in a bowling follow-through; at right a woman in a lime-green top and pink skirt bent forward reaching down. The lower half is a bowling lane with a large red ball, a teal-and-white ball and about ten white pins with red neck stripes and gold numbers. A 'BALL PLAY' arrow sign stands at the right. Fine print along the bottom reads 'Play flipper skill games for fun and recreation'.