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1977 · Recel

Icarus

Known for Captive ball on drop targets and Drop target bank. Radiating starburst rays, jagged rocky cliff face and sea or water band along the bottom.

Year
1977
Maker
Recel
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Known for

  • Captive ball

    Captive ball on drop targets

    A captive ball played through the drop targets

  • Drop target

    Drop target bank

    Within flipper shot; the banks keep resetting

On the playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • blue
  • green
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Captive ball 1

  • Captive ball on drop targets A captive ball played through the drop targets

Drop target 1

  • Drop target bank Within flipper shot; the banks keep resetting

Lane 1

  • Three rollover passages In a line

On the backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • red
  • cream
Icarus backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Dark-haired adult woman in a fitted bright red costume with a yellow sash, bare arms, one arm raised and the other outstretched, posed leaping or flying upward across brown rock; painted in flat outlined comic style

Setting

  • Radiating starburst rays
  • Jagged rocky cliff face
  • Sea or water band along the bottom

Text on it

  • ICARUS
  • BANG
  • BONUS LETTER
  • PLAYER 1 2 3 4
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

The cast

  • Parasailing Behind a speedboat

Reference

Linked terms
  • Drop target bank also called Target banks
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • blue
  • green

Fingerprint: painted dark-haired woman with arms raised holding a bar on a blue panel at centre, BONUS SCORE label, column of white lamps down lower centre over green and red diamonds, two white-capped bumpers with red rings at top, row of white targets in a red panel, red and yellow striped tower at left, white apron with sail triangle

Distinctive

A painted woman with both arms raised holding a bar, in the middle of the playfield on a blue panel. A column of white lamps down the lower centre over green and red diamonds. Two white-capped bumpers with red rings at the top and a row of white targets in a red panel at the right. A red and yellow striped tower at the left. The photo is very small, so lettering cannot be read.

Setting

  • Blue panel behind the central figure
  • Red, yellow and green geometric panels
  • Pattern of diamonds in the lower centre

Symbols

  • Column of white round lamps
  • Diamond pattern
  • Striped tower like a lighthouse
  • Sail-shaped triangle on the apron

Notable shapes

  • Column of lamps down the lower centre
  • Triangular slingshots
  • Curved white lane guides

Art motifs

  • Geometric colour panels
  • Diamonds
  • Seaside figures

Themes

  • Parasailing
  • Seaside
  • Water sports

Text on it

  • BONUS SCORE
Pop bumpers
Two round bumpers with white caps and red rings at the top of the playfield
Drop targets
A row of white targets in a red panel at the right of centre, and a second row at the left; too small to count
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with painted figures above the flippers
Apron and bottom of playfield
White apron with red and blue line markings, a card area at the left and a dark blue triangle like a sail at the right
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Dark-haired woman standing in the centre with both arms raised holding a bar above her head, lightly dressed
Other Small painted figures on the two slingshot plastics, too small to describe
Full description

A playfield seen small and at an angle on a printed flyer, so only the broad layout can be made out. Two round bumpers with white caps and red rings stand at the top, with a row of small white round parts between and above them. In the centre a painted dark-haired woman stands with both arms raised holding a bar, against a blue panel, above a small label that seems to read BONUS SCORE. To her right a red panel holds a row of white targets, and at the left a red and yellow striped tower like a lighthouse stands on blue. A column of white round lamps runs down the lower centre over a pattern of green, red and pink diamonds. Two triangular slingshots with painted figures sit above the flippers. The apron is white with red and blue markings and a dark blue triangle like a sail. Colours are red, yellow, blue and green on a pale ground.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Icarus backglass

Backglass

  • orange
  • blue
  • red
  • cream

Fingerprint: ICARUS: leaping dark-haired woman in bright red costume with yellow sash launching upward across jagged brown rock face; huge orange-yellow starburst with dark blue-green rays; four stacked mechanical reel windows occupying entire left half; red ribbon banner and striped band crossing top

Distinctive

The most memorable element is a leaping dark-haired woman in a bright red costume with a yellow sash, arms flung out, launching upward across a jagged brown rock face. Around her is a huge orange-and-yellow starburst with dark blue-green rays fanning out to the frame edges, and the tall white-and-red title ICARUS sits across the upper right of that burst. Four stacked mechanical score-reel windows, each preceded by a small yellow numbered badge, occupy the whole left half of the glass. A red ribbon banner and a yellow-and-black striped band sweep across the top left corner.

Setting

  • Radiating starburst rays
  • Jagged rocky cliff face
  • Sea or water band along the bottom

Symbols

  • Orange starburst with radiating rays
  • Red ribbon banner
  • Yellow-and-black diagonal striped band
  • Small yellow numbered squares 1-4
  • Reel digit windows
  • Rocky outcrop

Lettering

  • Tall condensed all-capital serif letters, white fill with thick red outline and dark drop shadow, slightly slanted, positioned upper right over the starburst

Themes

  • Sunburst
  • Flying figure
  • Cliff
  • Sea
  • Score reels
  • Orange and blue

Title on it

  • Icarus

Text on it

  • ICARUS
  • BANG
  • BONUS LETTER
  • PLAYER 1 2 3 4
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Dark-haired adult woman in a fitted bright red costume with a yellow sash, bare arms, one arm raised and the other outstretched, posed leaping or flying upward across brown rock; painted in flat outlined comic style
Full description

A rectangular backglass mounted in a pale cream/white plastic frame, the painted field radiating dark blue-green rays from a large orange-and-yellow starburst that fills the upper right. Over the starburst sits the word ICARUS in tall, slightly slanted, all-capital serif letters, white-filled with a heavy red outline and a dark drop shadow. The entire left half is taken up by four stacked horizontal mechanical score-reel windows, each a white rectangle showing black digits, with a small yellow numbered square (1, 2, 3, 4) at the left end of each row. Above the reels a red swooping ribbon banner and a yellow-and-black diagonal striped band cross the top left corner, with a small yellow sunburst wedge behind them. Lower centre is a painted woman: dark hair, a fitted bright red costume with a yellow sash, bare arms, one arm raised and the other flung out, posed leaping or flying upward across a jagged brown-and-ochre rocky cliff. A pale blue-grey band of water and darker blue sea run along the bottom edge, with white lettering on the lower band. The style is flat, hard-outlined printed illustration in a limited palette of orange, red, blue and cream.

Backglass

  • purple
  • red
  • blue
  • yellow

Fingerprint: ICARUS in tall yellow capitals, muscular man in pink trunks hanging from a huge faceted purple red and blue kite wing on two long red water skis, blonde in bikini and driver in pink cap in a pink speedboat, orange cliffs, dark blue sea, distant kite flyers, EURO FLIP label, four numbered score windows down the left, comic style

Distinctive

A muscular man in pink trunks hanging from a giant faceted kite wing, riding two long red water skis behind a speedboat. The title ICARUS in tall yellow capitals at the upper right. A blonde woman in a bikini and a man in a pink cap in a pink and red speedboat at the bottom right, with orange cliffs behind. Four score windows stacked down the left edge, numbered 1 to 4.

Setting

  • Dark blue sea
  • Orange and brown cliffs along the shore
  • Pale blue-white sky

Symbols

  • Faceted kite wing
  • Long red water skis
  • Numbered yellow discs 1 to 4
  • Score reel windows

Lettering

  • Title in tall condensed yellow block capitals with a dark outline, the first letter larger; small yellow serif capitals for ball in play and players

Themes

  • Parasailing
  • Kite flying behind a boat
  • Water skiing
  • Speedboat
  • Seaside

Title on it

  • ICARUS

Text on it

  • ICARUS
  • EURO
  • FLIP
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • PLAYERS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Muscular, dark hair, bare chest, pink trunks, arms stretched up gripping the bar of a kite wing, standing on two long red water skis, in the centre right
Woman Blonde, in a bikini, standing in the speedboat at the bottom right, looking up
Man Driver of the speedboat in a pink cap, leaning on the windscreen
Vehicle Pink and red speedboat with a windscreen, throwing white spray, at the bottom right
Other Two small figures hanging under kites in the distance, one at the left and one at the right, and a small yellow boat on the water at the left
Full description

A backglass shown small on a printed flyer, in a white backbox. The title ICARUS stands in tall yellow block capitals at the upper right. Beneath it a muscular dark-haired man in pink trunks hangs by both arms from the bar of a huge faceted kite wing in purple, red, blue and green, his feet on two long red water skis that slant down to the right. At the bottom right a pink and red speedboat cuts through dark blue water, carrying a blonde woman in a bikini and a driver in a pink cap. Orange cliffs line the far shore under a pale sky, and two more kite flyers hang in the distance at the left and right. Four score reel windows are stacked down the left side, each beside a yellow disc numbered 1 to 4. A small label at the top reads EURO FLIP. BALL IN PLAY appears at the lower left and PLAYERS with four numbered discs at the lower right.