1996 · Spinball
Verne's World
Erupting volcano, star-speckled night-to-day sky, stone arched viaduct over water, ocean waves and ringed planet.
- Year
- 1996
- Maker
- Spinball
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- black
- orange
- cream
Fingerprint: Verne's title in cream gothic capitals over second word in large blackletter, giant erupting volcano with bright orange fireball and black smoke column behind, blue star-speckled sky with orange ringed planet at far left, three Victorian men in top hat-bowler-bare head standing with dark-haired woman beside black steam locomotive, hot-air balloon with skull-crossbones motif floating upper-right
The most memorable element is a giant erupting volcano whose orange fireball explodes directly behind the blackletter title. A riveted black submarine nose with a glowing white porthole, encircled by a red tentacle and a spiked chain, fills the lower centre. A group of three Victorian men in top hat, bowler hat and bare head stand shoulder to shoulder with a wide-eyed dark-haired woman beside a black steam locomotive. A hot-air balloon patterned with a skull-and-crossbones hangs in the upper right sky, and an orange ringed planet peeks out at the far left.
Setting
- Erupting volcano
- Star-speckled night-to-day sky
- Stone arched viaduct over water
- Ocean waves
- Ringed planet
Symbols
- Skull-and-crossbones on the balloon
- Small white skull on the submarine hull
- Orange four-point starburst at bottom left
- Rivets and portholes
- Arched bridge
- Waves
Lettering
- Large cream blackletter/gothic capitals with a red outline and drop shadow; verne's set in slanted cream gothic script-like capitals
Themes
- Volcano eruption
- Submarine adventure
- Steam locomotive
- Victorian expedition
- Sea monsters
- Underwater
- Expedition fiction
Title on it
- Verne's
Text on it
- Verne's
- 1,840
- CREDIT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Victorian gentleman in a tall black top hat and dark coat, moustache, facing forward, right of the locomotive |
| Man | Man in a black bowler hat and dark jacket, pale face, standing slightly behind |
| Man | Bare-headed pale man with a high forehead and an orange scarf at his collar, mouth open |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman with very large eyes, red lips and hoop earrings, wearing a red garment, at far right |
| Vehicle | Black steam locomotive with tall chimney belching dark smoke, red buffer beam |
| Vehicle | Hot-air balloon with skull-and-crossbones markings on its envelope |
| Vehicle | Large dark riveted submarine nose with glowing white porthole and a small white skull emblem, wrapped by a red tentacle and a spiked chain |
| Creature | Long-necked plesiosaur-like sea reptile with a small head rising from blue water at left |
| Other | Stone viaduct of repeated pale arches spanning the water at left |
| Other | Small green-and-blue fish beneath the submarine |
| Other | Grey cloud bank, star specks and an orange ringed planet at far left |
Photographed at an angle inside a home, a backglass shows an adventure-explosion scene in painted airbrushed style, with a huge erupting volcano at centre whose bright orange fireball and black smoke column rise behind the title. The title lettering sits upper left: cream gothic capitals spelling Verne's, over a second word in large blackletter capitals, cream with a red outline. Behind it a blue star-speckled sky, an orange planet with rings at far left, and an erupting volcano. Right of centre a black steam locomotive with a smoking chimney rolls forward beside a group of four figures: three men in Victorian dress - one in a tall black top hat and dark coat, one in a black bowler hat, one bare-headed with a pale face and an orange scarf - and a woman with dark hair, large eyes and hoop earrings. A hot-air balloon with a skull-and-crossbones motif floats upper right. Left of centre, above choppy blue water, a viaduct of pale stone arches stands near a long-necked plesiosaur-like creature. Centre-bottom is a large dark riveted metal submarine nose with a glowing porthole, wrapped in a red tentacle, with a spiked chain curling around it, a small white skull emblem on its side and a green-blue fish beneath. Bottom left an orange starburst. Below the glass is a blue-and-black striped score panel with round blue medallions of a lighthouse, a red score display reading 1,840 and a small CREDIT legend.