Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- teal
- mustard yellow
- orange
- red
Fingerprint: Grinning orange-red haired woman above jagged gold-cream wordform logo, three cream starburst bumper caps in triangle, one with blue ring, tall vertical clear ramp on right side, two glowing orange-red domes flanking flippers, teal-mustard-orange-lime swirling palette
The most memorable element is the huge central painted logo of a grinning woman with orange-red hair and a jagged gold rock-like word shape beneath her face, dominating the lower middle of the playfield. Three cream starburst pop-bumper caps in a triangle, two ringed in red and reading 100 WHEN LIT with a blue-ringed 10c WHEN LIT below, form a distinctive cluster up top. A long, tall clear plastic ramp and chute structure runs down the entire right-hand side, unusually vertical for this era of game. Two large glowing orange-red domes flank the lower flippers, just inside the slings. The whole board is framed by bright yellow-orange cabinet trim and covered by reflective glass with visible glare streaks.
Setting
- Psychedelic radiating rays from top centre
- Abstract swirling colour fields
- Large daisy/sun flower motif upper left
- Radiating cream sunburst behind pop bumpers
Symbols
- Daisy/sun flower
- Radiating cream sun rays
- Red starburst rings around bumper caps
- Blue starburst ring
- Round cream insert lamps
- Red triangular plastic ramp
- Chrome ball-guides and rails
Notable shapes
- Tall vertical clear ramp structure on the right
- Triangular pop-bumper cluster with starburst rings
- Two glowing orange-red domes flanking the lower flippers
- Wide yellow-orange cabinet trim framing the playfield
- Arrowhead-shaped lower playfield colour fields
Art motifs
- Swirling liquid colour fields
- Radiating light rays
- Flower petals
- Angular lightning-like logo strokes
- Airbrushed gradients
Themes
- Psychedelic
- Pop-art flowers
- Surf
- Starburst
- Abstract rays
Title on it
- Sega
Text on it
- 100 WHEN LIT
- 10c WHEN LIT
- 500
- 3000
- 2000
- 500 WHEN LIT
- 3000 WHEN LIT
- GATE OPEN WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- SEGA
- enterprises ltd.
- Surfin
- ¥30
- ¥50
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Painted head and upper hair only; adult; large heavily lasched eyes, arched brows, red lips, open-mouthed smile; voluminous orange-red wavy hair flowing left and down; centre of lower playfield above the jagged logo |
| Other | Jagged angular gold-and-cream rock or starburst shape forming a stylised wordmark directly beneath the woman's face, with dark blue interior shading |
A brightly coloured electro-mechanical playfield seen through reflective glass. The lower centre carries a large painted logo: a smiling woman's face with heavily lashed eyes, red lipstick and voluminous orange-red hair, set above a jagged gold-and-cream rock or explosion shape whose angular strokes read like a stylised word. Around her the background swirls in teal, mustard yellow, orange and lime green, with cream rays radiating from the top centre and a yellow-orange daisy motif in the upper left corner. Three round pop-bumper caps sit in the upper third: two cream caps printed '100 WHEN LIT' inside red starburst rings, and one lower cap printed '10c WHEN LIT' inside a blue starburst. Above them four red-orange lit lanes are marked 500, 3000, 500 and 2000. The right side carries a tall clear-plastic ramp with chrome rails beside a green lane and cream insert lamps; lower left has a red triangular plastic ramp and cream inserts reading 500 WHEN LIT and 3000 WHEN LIT. Two yellow-bordered flippers and two red-glowing slings sit above a black apron flanked by pink 'FLIPPER BUTTON' legends, with a pink SEGA logo centred and a white instruction card at lower left.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- turquoise blue
- orange
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: SURFING title in orange-gold letters, enormous close-up blonde woman's head filling right half, surfer riding wave on long board, guitarist in colored triangle crown, striped swim ring with leg, turquoise-blue sea scene
A giant close-up of a smiling blonde woman's face, her yellow hair streaming out from under the enormous orange title lettering. The sheer scale contrast is the memorable bit: her head fills the right half of the glass while a full-body surfer crouches on a long board below her. A grinning guitarist in a crown of coloured triangles plays an orange guitar at the left. A bare leg and foot stick out of a striped swim ring in the lower left corner. The score reels read 19720, set in a black window under a row of pale palm trees.
Setting
- Turquoise sky and sea
- Green headland with palm trees
- Two pale grey rock sea stacks
- Stylised foaming wave
Symbols
- Playful-haired figure
- Surfboard
- Surfing wave
- Palm trees
- Rock sea stacks
- Guitar
- Crown of coloured triangles
- Striped swim ring
- Lizard
- Five number score reels
Lettering
- Very large, wide-tracked, italic-leaning sans-serif block capitals in a gold-to-orange vertical gradient with a black outline and a long swash flourish curling off the final g; the maker mark above is smaller red-orange capitals with a dark outline
Themes
- Surfing
- Beach
- California
- Sea
- Holiday
- Tropical
- Sport
Title on it
- Surfing
Text on it
- SEGA
- SURFING
- 1970
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Enormous close-up head and shoulders, tanned skin, yellow-blonde hair with orange highlights, heavy blue eyeshadow, orange lipstick, smiling; hair streams right and merges with the title flourish |
| Man | Surfer with short dark hair, open-mouthed shout, bare chest, blue swim trunks, crouched on a long cream board with an orange stripe, arm reaching down into the wave |
| Man | Grinning guitarist at left, black-and-white striped costume, tall striped cap, crown of multicoloured triangles on his head, playing an orange guitar |
| Other | Bare leg and foot protruding from a yellow-and-pink striped swim ring at lower left |
| Creature | Small yellow-green lizard near the woman's shoulder, plus a small grinning male head with dark hair beside it |
| Vehicle | Long cream-coloured surfboard with orange centre stripe, nose pointed left |
A backglass translight in a flat, brightly coloured comic-book cartoon style, dominated by a turquoise-blue sea and sky. A huge, wide-set title SURFING in chunky orange-to-gold block letters with a black outline and a sweeping flourish sits across the upper third, and the woman's flowing hair curls out beneath the letters. Below the title, five cream score reels in a black window read 1 7 9 2 0. The centre-right is filled by an enormous close-up of a tanned woman's head and shoulders: yellow-blonde hair with orange highlights, heavy blue eyeshadow, orange lipstick, a slight smile. Below her, a man in blue swim trunks rides a long cream-and-orange surfboard through a big curling blue-and-green wave with white foam; his mouth is open in a shout and one arm reaches forward. At left, a grinning man in a crown of multicoloured triangles plays an orange guitar, wearing a black-and-white striped costume and a tall striped cap. Two pale grey rocky sea stacks and three palm trees rise from a green headland at upper left. Lower left is a yellow-and-pink striped swim ring with a bare leg and foot sticking out. Near the woman's shoulder a smaller grinning head and a yellow-green lizard appear. Bottom left reads BALL IN PLAY in yellow, bottom right GAME OVER in pale blue.