1980 · Bell Games & Bell Coin Matic
White Shark
Futuristic space-station control room, curved raked consoles with yellow and blue panels, grey metal gantry trusses and window frames and cloudy blue-and-white sky through windows.
- Year
- 1980
- Maker
- Bell Games & Bell Coin Matic
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
2 games under this title
-
Cosmodrome 1980 -
Standard 1980
Made by
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
- Art
- B. Kobra
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Cosmodrome
- blue
- white
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: COSMODROME in arched red gradient letters filling top third, grinning astronaut in white spacesuit at centre with blonde woman in white leotard leaning on arm, four red countdown numerals 1-2-3-4 beside blank white score windows, three additional blonde leotard figures repeated background.
A grinning astronaut in a white spacesuit striding forward at the exact centre, with a blonde woman in a white leotard leaning on his arm and legs crossed against him. Four red numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 scattered down the middle like a countdown beside four blank white score windows. The enormous arched COSMODROME title in red gradient lettering filling the entire top third. Three additional identical blonde leotard figures repeated in the background at the right and far left, giving the glass a tripled-figure look.
Setting
- Futuristic space-station control room
- Curved raked consoles with yellow and blue panels
- Grey metal gantry trusses and window frames
- Cloudy blue-and-white sky through windows
Symbols
- Red countdown numerals 1 2 3 4
- Four blank white rectangular score windows
- Grey gantry trusswork
- Console control panels
- Starburst sparkle at left
Lettering
- Large arched rounded sans-serif block capitals, red/orange gradient fill, white keyline, black drop shadow
Themes
- Spaceflight
- Futuristic control room
- Countdown numbers
- Pinup figures in white leotards
Title on it
- Cosmodrome
Text on it
- COSMODROME
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Male astronaut, short dark hair, broad grin, white bulky spacesuit with blue and red trim, blue gloves, chest control panel, gold badge, striding forward centre |
| Woman | Blonde, white sleeveless leotard with pale blue sash, leaning on the astronaut's left arm at centre-left, one leg crossed over the other |
| Woman | Blonde, white leotard, standing at right behind a console, one arm raised |
| Woman | Brunette, white leotard, seated at a console on the right |
| Woman | Blonde, white leotard, small figure at far left rear |
A wide painted backglass dominated by huge arched lettering COSMODROME across the whole top, set in rounded red block capitals with orange-to-yellow gradient interiors, thick white keyline and black drop shadow, on a mottled blue-and-white cloudy sky. Four red numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 are scattered diagonally down the centre as a countdown, each with black outline, positioned beside four empty white rectangular score windows. In the centre foreground a grinning male astronaut in a bulky white spacesuit with blue and red trim, blue gloves, a chest control panel and a gold badge stands striding forward, one leg lifted. A blonde woman in a white sleeveless leotard with a pale blue sash leans on his left arm, legs crossed. Three more blonde women in matching white leotards pose further back at the right and far left. The setting is a curved futuristic control room with raked consoles, yellow and blue panelling, grey gantry trusses, windows showing cloudy sky, and a large dark circular structure behind the astronaut.
Backglass Standard
- red
- blue
- green
- yellow
Fingerprint: "WHITE" over "SHARK": giant blue-grey shark bursting from teal wave, white belly and jaws, red-haired woman in red swimsuit, snorkeller, comic-book painting, flat colours, black outlines
A giant blue-grey shark bursting head-first out of the wave on the left, its open toothed jaws level with the title. The two-line title WHITE over SHARK sits on the crest of the breaking sea, with WHITE in white and SHARK in larger red letters. Four identical arched-topped black windows numbered 1 UP to 4 UP are spaced around the art. A red-haired woman in a red swimsuit reaches out from the right-hand side toward a masked snorkeller in a yellow-and-red striped suit.
Setting
- Tropical sea surface
- Open ocean with breaking wave
- Yellow sunburst sky panel
Symbols
- Shark
- Sun disc
- Sunburst
- Breaking wave
- Diving masks
- Swim trunks
Lettering
- Bold condensed sans-serif capitals, two stacked lines, white fill with blue outline above larger red fill with white and blue outline
Themes
- Shark
- Sea
- Swimming
- Sunburst
Title on it
- White shark
Text on it
- WHITE
- SHARK
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Very large blue-grey shark with white belly, black-outlined jaws full of triangular teeth, round eye, breaching head-first out of the water on the left |
| Woman | Red-haired woman in a red two-piece swimsuit on the right, arms outstretched, one arm extended left across the water |
| Man | Man in red swim trunks wearing a diving or snorkel mask, arms and legs splayed as he swims in the centre-right |
| Child | Smaller swimmer in a yellow-and-red striped swimsuit with a snorkel mask, head down near the bottom centre |
A painted backglass with a stepped, notched red border framing a tropical sea scene. The top panel is a flat red field carrying a large ragged-edged yellow sunburst and a solid red sun disc; below it a flat mid-green field meets a broad band of white and pale-blue breaking sea. On the left a huge blue-grey shark with a white belly bursts head-first out of the water, jaws wide with rows of triangular teeth and one round eye visible. Across the centre the title is lettered over the wave crest: WHITE in white capitals with a blue outline above SHARK in larger red capitals with a white and blue outline. Four black rectangular windows with arched tops are cut into the art, each paired with a small red-and-yellow numbered panel reading 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP. Lower right shows a red-haired woman in a red two-piece swimsuit with arms outstretched, a man in red trunks and a diving mask, and a smaller figure in a yellow-and-red striped swimsuit with a snorkel mask. Red numerals run along a pale band at the bottom edge. Style is flat comic-book painting with heavy black outlines.