Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- teal
- orange
- cream
- red
Fingerprint: Enormous grinning skull in sickly green-grey filling center with nasal cavity and yellowed teeth, three large translucent red pop-bumper caps marked TO WIN BALL clustering upper left, pale blue bonus panel and pale grey rail snaking top corners
The single most memorable element is an enormous photorealistic decaying skull with a fixed toothy grin filling the whole centre of the playfield, painted in sickly green-grey washes. Second, three giant domed red pop-bumper caps lettered 'TO WIN BALL' crowd the upper-left. Third, the bottom apron is a plain pale-blue panel stating 'COLLECT BONUS X1000' above a black nameplate with a tiny flaming red emblem. Fourth, a pale grey rail snakes around both upper corners past a ring of small round inserts.
Setting
- Smoky swirling vortex of teal and cream cloud
- Orange and rust flame-licked corners at top left and top right
- Green mist around the lower skull
- Pale blue flat panel across the bottom apron
Symbols
- Playing-card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) on the starburst inserts
- Flaming red crown/spade emblem above the nameplate
- Circular starburst inserts
- Arrows pointing up the outlane and orbit rails
- Coins and coin slot graphics at the lower right
Notable shapes
- Giant central skull dominating the mid-field, circular cutout eye sockets, three large round red domes upper left, arc of small round inserts framing the skull, and a wide rectangular blue apron spanning the bottom
Art motifs
- Swirling smoke and cloud banks
- Flame licks in the corners
- Aged parchment and verdigris texture
- Aged/worn paint with scuffs and a large cloudy reflection down the centre
Themes
- Occult
- Supernatural
- Horror skull
- Gambling feature lanes
- Electro-mechanical scoring
Title on it
- Sportmatic
Text on it
- TO WIN BALL
- SHOOT AGAIN
- 10 TWO BALL
- ON SLAMMER $000
- EXTRA BALL
- SCORE / SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- EXTRA BALL WHEN ALTERNATE ALTERNATING
- ADD BONUS
- SHOOT AGAIN AT STANLEY
- X2
- X3
- 50,000 WHEN LIT
- ADD POINTS
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL
- COLLECT BONUS
- X1000
- Sportmatic
- TEMPORARY TRANSFER LANE
- FANTASY
- X BALL PLAY FOR FEATURE
- © 1979 Premier Mfg Co.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | One enormous weathered human skull, front-on, grey-green with dark empty eye sockets, nasal cavity and full bared yellow teeth, floating in the centre-lower playfield |
| Creature | A coiled green snake with a raised head at the upper left, plus another green serpent shape near the right upper quadrant |
| Other | Small roaring lion or dragon head printed in the top-left corner panel, and a matching fanged beast head in the top-right corner |
A long, narrow electro-mechanical playfield dominated by a huge grinning human skull in the lower middle, painted in mottled green and grey with black hollow eye sockets and bared yellowed teeth, floating over a smoky teal-and-cream vortex. Three large translucent red pop-bumper caps (each lettered 'TO WIN BALL') cluster in the upper-left quadrant beside a lit blue starburst insert. A pale grey metal ramp/track runs along both upper corners, and a thin wire orbit rail arcs across the top. The lower playfield is ringed by roughly eighteen small round scoring inserts in amber, orange and brown, arranged in arcs, with X2 and X3 multiplier inserts near the centre. Slingshots with red rubber flank the skull. Two flippers with white-and-green striped faces sit at the bottom above a pale blue apron panel reading 'COLLECT BONUS X1000', and a black title panel carrying a small red flaming emblem and the word 'Sportmatic' in cream serif lettering. Left and right lower edges show orange and green mechanical rails and boxed lane guides.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- green
- black
- orange
Fingerprint: TERROR LAKE topless blonde woman sitting cross-legged on mossy log arms crossed, lit orange against cold sickly green-white glow; vertical gallery six stacked grotesque monster faces down far left edge with bulging white eyes; green clawed monster hands breaking murky water surface at both bottom corners; crimson red and mossy green palette
A topless blonde woman sitting cross-legged on a log in the centre of a swamp, arms crossed over her chest, lit orange against a sickly green backlit forest of bare black trunks. A vertical gallery of six stacked grotesque monster faces runs down the far left edge, some with white bulging eyes and wide fanged mouths. Three large dark red translucent score windows are stacked on the left with a fourth on the right, framing her. Big clawed green monster hands break the surface of the murky water at both bottom corners. The title is rendered as dripping, jagged blood-red letters with a blue-purple drop shadow in the top right.
Setting
- Drowned swamp or marsh with murky water
- Forest of bare black tree trunks
- Backlit pale green-white glow
- Mossy log ledge
Symbols
- Skull
- Clawed hands
- Bare tree silhouettes
- Stone idol head
- Red translucent score windows
Lettering
- Jagged irregular horror display lettering, blood-red fill with dark blue-purple offset shadow, elongated dripping descenders
Themes
- Horror
- Swamp monster
- Creature feature
- Lake
- B-movie monsters
- Glamour pin-up
Title on it
- Terror lake
Text on it
- TERROR LAKE
- BALL IN PLAY
- CREDIT
- EXTRA BALL
- MATCH FEATURE
- GAME OVER
- HIGH SCORE TO DATE
- SPOREMATIC
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Adult blonde woman, long loose hair, topless, only torn green-blue cloth strips at shoulders and hips, sitting cross-legged on a mossy log, arms crossed over chest, wary expression, warm orange-lit skin |
| Monster | Stack of about six grotesque grey-green faces down the left edge, bulging white eyes, gaping fanged mouths, snarling or grinning |
| Monster | Green clawed hand with long talons rising from the water at lower left, with a fanged open mouth beneath it |
| Monster | Green clawed hand reaching up from the water at lower right |
| Creature | Bulbous green-blue rounded body with a leaf or fin on top, protruding from the water at bottom centre |
| Other | Grey carved stone idol head with hollow eyes at mid-left |
| Creature | Large pale skull-like rock formation with dark eye sockets at right edge |
A rectangular backglass photographed behind its dark red-brown wooden cabinet frame with rounded trim, showing a horror swamp scene in airbrushed fantasy illustration style. The centre is dominated by a topless blonde woman with long loose hair, sitting cross-legged on a mossy brown log ledge, arms crossed over her chest in a self-protective pose, wearing only scraps of torn green-blue cloth; her skin is lit warm orange-gold against a cold background. Behind her a pale sickly green-white glow floods a forest of black bare tree trunks. Down the left edge runs a vertical stack of roughly six grotesque grey-green monster faces, some with bulging white eyes and gaping fanged mouths, plus a stone idol head. Four dark red translucent rectangular windows (three stacked on the left, one on the right) are cut into the art as score windows. Green clawed monster hands rise out of the murky water at lower left and lower right, and a bulbous green-blue creature body with a leaf or fin protrudes from the bottom centre. The title lettering is jagged and dripping red with a dark blue-purple shadow, in the top right corner. Dominant colours: crimson red, mossy green, black, orange-gold.