1980 · Gottlieb
Torch
Known for Roto target, Grid, Upper-right gate and Left bank. Dark purple solid backdrop, large painted globe, border of national flags and four wooden-framed score reel windows.
- Year
- 1980
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Roto target
- inserts
Grid
- gate
Upper-right gate
- Drop target
Left bank
On the playfield
Drop targets 2
- Left bank
- Right bank
Targets 3
- Roto target
- Bullseye standup target
- Upper right standup standup target
Lane 1
- Lower side lanes
Posts and gates 2
- Upper-right gate gate
- Post post
Lights 1
- Grid inserts
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Young blonde woman, magenta singlet with yellow trim, blue shorts, white ankle boots, running left with long hair streaming and mouth open
- man Dark-haired man in pink sleeveless vest and blue shorts, leaping with one arm raised and a blue discus-like object above
- man Muscular black-haired man, bare torso, blue briefs, arm cocked back holding a discus, looking left
- man Figure in orange top and dark shorts, tumbling horizontally head-down across the centre
- woman Black-haired woman in red top with yellow stripes and dark shorts, lunging to the right with one arm extended
- man Mustachioed swimmer in white swim cap, bare shoulders, breaststroking through blue water at bottom right
Setting
- Dark purple solid backdrop
- Large painted globe
- Border of national flags
- Four wooden-framed score reel windows
Text on it
- TORCH
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 8888 8888
Made by
- Design & Software
- John Buras
- Art
- Gordon Morison
Reference
Linked terms
- Grid also called roto grid also called tic-tac-toe grid
- Upper-right gate also called upper gate
- Left bank also called drop banks
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- magenta
- green
- orange
Fingerprint: Torch, blonde woman in magenta singlet bursting out of center-left with hair streaming, huge green globe with runner sprinting across top with burst of orange flame erupting from right side, four separate mechanical score reels set into fake wood-grain cabinets in each corner, border packed edge-to-edge with small national flags, athletic figures in action poses
A blonde woman in a magenta singlet bursting out of the centre-left with her hair streaming, beside the largest script-and-block title on the glass. A huge green globe with a runner sprinting across the top of it, with a burst of orange flame erupting from its right side. Four separate mechanical score reels set into fake wood-grain cabinets, one in each corner, rather than a single dot-matrix display. A border packed edge to edge with small national flags, with two tiny competing runners pictured mid-stride at the bottom left.
Setting
- Dark purple solid backdrop
- Large painted globe
- Border of national flags
- Four wooden-framed score reel windows
Symbols
- National flags
- Globe with meridians
- Mechanical score reels
- Flame burst
- White star
- Water waves
- Numbers 1 2 3 4
Lettering
- Large italic yellow script word above a heavy white block word with black drop shadow and orange outline, all centred
Themes
- Athletics
- Sports
- International competition
- Running
- Swimming
- Throwing events
Title on it
- Torch
Text on it
- TORCH
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 8888 8888
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman, magenta singlet with yellow trim, blue shorts, white ankle boots, running left with long hair streaming and mouth open |
| Man | Dark-haired man in pink sleeveless vest and blue shorts, leaping with one arm raised and a blue discus-like object above |
| Man | Muscular black-haired man, bare torso, blue briefs, arm cocked back holding a discus, looking left |
| Man | Figure in orange top and dark shorts, tumbling horizontally head-down across the centre |
| Woman | Black-haired woman in red top with yellow stripes and dark shorts, lunging to the right with one arm extended |
| Man | Mustachioed swimmer in white swim cap, bare shoulders, breaststroking through blue water at bottom right |
| Man | Small yellow-and-red clad runner sprinting over the top of the globe at upper left |
| Woman | Tiny runner in blue top and shorts sprinting at bottom left beside the yellow-clad runner |
A rectangular backglass with a mauve-purple border, densely filled with a sports-international theme on a dark purple ground. A big green-and-blue globe with white meridians sits top centre-left, a runner in a yellow-and-red singlet sprinting over the top of it. Twenty-odd national flags ring the whole border in stacked pairs: Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Korea, Turkey, Finland, Cuba, Ireland, British, Chile, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Poland, Austria, Italy, Argentina. Four wooden-framed white mechanical score reels, numbered 1 to 4 in large yellow digits, occupy the corners. Six athletic figures dominate: a blonde woman in a magenta singlet and blue shorts sprinting left with arms flung out; a shirtless dark-haired man in a pink vest and blue shorts leaping; a muscular black-haired man with a discus at upper right; an orange-clad runner tumbling sideways; a woman in a red-and-yellow top lunging; and a mustachioed swimmer in a white cap breaststroking bottom right.