Strikes and Spares

Full electro-mechanical playfield shot from above through glass, yellow-gold sunburst background with a big orange fan of rays radiating from a black round hub in the centre. Curved red script title logo reading Strike sits in a cream shield above the hub, flanked by two sunburst pop-bumper caps marked 100 and a third below marked 1000 SPECIAL. Five red pop bumpers in a row across the top arch, with two small blue flying winged figures painted in the upper left and upper right corners. Down each side runs a red panel carrying the vertical lettering ADVANCE BONUS, 5 SCORES STRIKE VALUE and BONUS. A bank of seven rectangular drop targets with X markings spans the middle, flanked by yellow starbursts reading STRIKE and VALUE. Two orange/red human figures stand inside mirrored wire ball-return chutes at lower left and lower right. The lower triangle is filled with white oval score values from 1,000 to 20,000, above two red-rubber flippers and a yellow apron carrying a large script logo. Condition: heavy glass glare across the upper half, dust and worn paint.

Full-length pinball playfield photographed from above under glass, with the wooden cabinet rails and a sliver of the backbox visible at the edges. The artwork is a busy hand-drawn fantasy-horror composition in a comic-book line style: three circular bumpers run down the centre (two with white caps reading 100 and one lower cap also 100), a tall wire-form ramp hugs the right side, and a second metal lane runs up the left. Painted figures include a bearded man in a green shirt at top left, a dark-haired woman below him, a blond man in a yellow jacket at lower left, a blonde woman in a bikini at centre right, and a large snarling fox or wolf head rising through the middle of the lower playfield. Round targets and inserts marked 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 20 and 2 x 5 scatter across the mid and lower areas. Two yellow flippers, two slingshots, and a red apron with a yellow nameplate occupy the bottom.

A rectangular electro-mechanical game backglass with a gold/ochre sunburst background of radiating orange and yellow wedges inside a yellow-gold border. Across the top, curved red script with white drop shadow reads 'Bally Strikes and Spares', with 'HIGH GAME TO DATE' in small yellow capitals above the word 'and'. Four orange-red bowling balls with white 'up' badges form the centre motif, and a full-length pin-up woman stands astride the middle two: long red hair, white halter crop top, orange drawstring shorts, white trainers, one arm raised holding a black bowling ball with 'Bally' in red script. Two seven-digit mechanical score reels sit in ornate grey arrow-shaped panels either side of her hips, and two more reels sit higher at shoulder level beside two red disc badges reading '1 up' and '2 up'. Below the woman a grey-blue bowling lane recedes towards small pin-setting figures, flanked by seated and standing onlookers. A teal panel at the base carries '1 to 4 can play', with 'SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN' and 'GAME OVER' in yellow along the bottom edge.

Translucent backglass in a gold-brown wooden frame with a wide painted hunting scene, flat airbrushed silkscreen colour with black outlines. Across the top, the title Wild Life in huge red letters with white and black outline and ornate serif flourishes, split by dark pine trees. Centre: a standing bearded hunter in a cream shirt, brown leather trousers, yellow suspenders and boots, one hand on a long rifle propped at his side, looking to the right. To his left a blonde woman in a red dress patterned with white daisies kneels on a grassy bank, hand raised to her brow, one arm resting on an elk head. Left hillside: three sheep or ram and deer figures among dark evergreens. Right: autumn hills, a lake, a log cabin with a red roof, a birch tree with red leaves. Along the bottom right is a huge brown elk head with sprawling antlers and a lolling tongue. Four black rectangular windows with red seven-segment numerals are inset: two upper ones flanking the figures and two lower ones; small red player numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and matching red 1 2 3 4 at lower left.

Translucent backglass with a hand-inked, cartoon-comic kung-fu brawl painted in saturated greens, yellows, reds and blues. Across the top, in large red brush-script capitals with white outlines and yellow-green shadowing, the two-word title BLOOD CHINA, set over a leafy green bamboo-forest background with a pale grey rocky peak at upper left. A pale yellow wooden fighting scaffold of horizontal rails and upright posts occupies the centre. Two bare-chested martial artists dominate: at left a tanned man in magenta-striped briefs and an open grey-blue overshirt, black hair tied back, both arms raised, one knee lifted as if leaping; at right a muscular black-haired man in red trousers, barefoot, hair whipping, drawing back a long silver blade held horizontally across his chest while his right leg delivers a high kick. A cartoon masked head with a red eye-mask and black cap sits at far left edge; a small woman in a blue-and-pink outfit stands behind the right-hand fighter; a green-trousered man lies slumped at bottom left. Six blank red rectangular score windows are set into the glass. A black spiked wheel at lower centre carries yellow 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP markings, and the bottom edge reads 1st 2nd 3rd 4th.

Landscape-format backglass inside a light wooden cabinet frame, with the top and bottom edges of the translight glowing warm amber. Across the upper third is a large two-word title in tall, slightly arched red-orange serif script letters with a pale cream drop shadow, set against a red-to-yellow sunset sky. Two rectangular black score windows with white digits sit left and right just below the title, flanked by small dark numeral boxes. The centre of the artwork is dominated by a single standing male frontiersman figure facing the viewer: light-skinned, clean-shaven, in a white open-neck shirt, brown/tan leather vest and dark trousers, posed upright with arms down. Left of him is a green pine hillside with a covered wagon and small distant prospector figures; right, snowy mountains and a small log cabin. The bottom strip is golden-brown firelit ground with a bright orange campfire at bottom centre, surrounded by small seated figures. Tiny white lettering on a dark lower-left band is not resolvable. Style is hand-painted mid-century cartoon illustration.