1985 · Gottlieb
Bounty Hunter
Known for Gun chamber, Upper left u-turn, Right saucer and Cactus Sam. Dark red brick wall, two lit windows showing blue night sky, black wrought-iron railing, wooden floor at left and yellow nailed poster.
- Year
- 1985
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Gun chamber
- u-turn
Upper left u-turn
- saucer
Right saucer
- Drop target
Cactus Sam
- Target
Hunter standup targets
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Giant cowboy, black wide-brim hat, black hair, heavy stubbled jaw, blue shirt, cigarette in mouth, tan glove, blue-tinted lighting down his left side; fills centre and left of frame from chest up
- woman Black hair in an updo with a red rose, blue eyes, red lipstick, black choker, strapless red ruched dress, hoop earring; at right, facing viewer
- man Brown-hatted, weathered face, tan coat, behind the woman at centre-right
- man Dark hat, blue shirt and blue neckerchief, grimacing, beside the brown-hatted man
- man Partially cut off at far right edge, blue coat with bright yellow scarf, dark hat, moustache
- other Blond man shown as a line-drawn portrait on the wanted poster at left
Setting
- Dark red brick wall
- Two lit windows showing blue night sky
- Black wrought-iron railing
- Wooden floor at left
- Yellow nailed poster
Text on it
- WANTED
- CACTUS SAM
- DEAD
- OR ALIVE
- $50,000
- Premier
- BOUNTY HUNTER
- TM
- PLAYER 1
- PLAYER 2
- PLAYER 3
- PLAYER 4
- BALL IN PLAY A MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- PINBALL GAME
How it plays
-
Goals 3
- Hunter
- Bullets
- Cactus Sam shootout
Made by
- Design & Software
- John Buras
- Art
- Larry Day
Reference
Linked terms
- Gun chamber also called Chamber
- Upper left u-turn also called U-turn
- Right saucer also called Upper right saucer
- Hunter standup targets also called Standup targets
- ABC top lanes also called ABC
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- red
- black
- grey
Fingerprint: Enormous revolver painted mid-field with cylinder target panel, six numbered circles around star, large black eagle with spread wings, screaming woman in red dress with raised arms, red three-window target bank marked 0-1-2, desert landscape backdrop
A gigantic revolver painted across the middle of the playfield, its cylinder converted into a target panel with six yellow numbered circles (1-6) around a star. Beside it a huge black eagle with outspread wings and beak open. A red-dressed brunette woman in a screaming pose with arms raised, next to a red three-window target bank reading 0, 1, 2. Two angled yellow banners at the lower corners both reading COLLECT BONUS.
Setting
- Sunlit desert canyon with sand-coloured rock
- Snow-capped mountains on the horizon
- Black scrub bushes and dry grass
- Painted sunset sky with clouds behind the top arch
Symbols
- Six numbered firing-chamber circles (1-6)
- Star inside the revolver cylinder
- Red oval target windows numbered 0, 1, 2
- Wanted reward poster
- Spiral evolution-of-man silhouettes
- Double-headed arrow banners
- Eagle
Notable shapes
- The enormous revolver whose cylinder doubles as a numbered target panel
- The six-pointed circle ring around the cylinder star
- Large diagonal black rifle crossing the centre
- Red three-oval drop-target bank
- The walking ape-to-man silhouette strips framing the lower playfield
Art motifs
- Six-shooter revolver as a giant hero object
- Reward/danger poster typography
- Progressing ape-to-man figures
- Comic-style speech-less action poses
- Airbrushed shading with hard black outlines
Themes
- Wild west
- Gunfight
- Shoot-out
- Evolution of man
- Desert
- Reward poster
Text on it
- BOOST BONUS
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- WANTED
- REWARD
- $20,000
- $5,000
- 20,000
- 120,000
- 100,000
- FIRING CHAMBER
- SHOOT AGAIN
- COLLECT BONUS
- WHEN LIT
- SPIN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a bright red dress, screaming with mouth open and both arms flung upward, standing left of centre behind a red target bank |
| Man | Cowboy/hunter figure in the upper left arch area, wearing a hat and holding a firearm |
| Other | An ape-like caveman figure printed on the red lower bands as part of a walking ape-to-human evolution sequence, repeated in yellow |
| Man | Cowboy figure printed inside the left lower slingshot triangle area |
| Man | Cowboy figure printed inside the right lower slingshot triangle area |
| Animal | Large black eagle with fully spread wings and open beak occupying the right-centre of the playfield |
| Creature | Row of small tumbling human-figure targets at the upper right, moulded as marching figures |
A Wild-West gunfight playfield, hand-painted in a mid-century illustrative style. The centre of the lower half is dominated by an enormous chrome-grey revolver shown side-on, its barrel pointing left and its cylinder forming a firing target panel ringed by six yellow numbered circles 6-1-2-5-4-3 under an arched FIRING CHAMBER caption. Running up the left-centre is a black rifle/musket laid diagonally over the artwork. A screaming dark-haired woman in a bright red dress stands left of centre with arms flung up, beside a red target bank of three oval windows marked 0, 1 and 2. The apron and lower side lanes carry red bands printed with a marching row of yellow ape-to-man evolution silhouettes, and yellow arrow banners reading COLLECT BONUS on both lower corners. Sand-coloured desert ground, black scrub bushes, snow-capped peaks and blue distance fill the background; a black eagle with spread wings dominates the right side. Three yellow pop bumper caps sit across the upper playfield, with clear ball guides, chrome posts, a wire ramp and a chute of tumbling human-figure targets at the top right. Palette is dominated by warm yellow, red, black, and steel grey.
Playfield
- gold
- brown
- red
- black
Fingerprint: Huge painted black revolver with barrel aimed up playfield surrounded by yellow flower-plate reading CHAMBER with 1-8 ringed around it, two triangular sight windows framing painted cowboys with guns, yellow smiley face disc at bottom center apron
The centre of the playfield is dominated by a huge painted black revolver with its barrel and trigger guard aimed up the playfield, surrounded by a yellow 'CHAMBER' flower plate with the numbers 1 to 8 ringed around a round hole. Second most memorable is the pair of triangular sight windows flanking the gun, each framing a painted Western gunslinger in a hat. A single yellow smiley-face disc sits at the very bottom centre of the apron between two red 'COLLECT BONUS' arrows. The top third is crowded with four yellow-glowing pop bumper caps and a curved clear ball guide swooping down the upper right.
Setting
- Western desert canyon landscape with rock formations and scrub
- Painted cowboy gunfighter scenes
- Starburst pattern behind the pop bumpers
- Black starry void in the lower centre behind the revolver
Symbols
- Playing-card suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades) printed down the left inboard lane
- Numbered round inserts 1 to 8
- Yellow smiley face
- Red star burst
- Black stars
- Arrows
- Six-shooter / revolver
- Spot targets
Notable shapes
- Large painted revolver barrel running up the centre
- Eight-segment numbered ring plate around a central hole
- Two triangular cut-out windows showing painted cowboys
- Curved clear plastic ball guide arcing over the upper right
- Yellow smiley-face circle on the apron
Art motifs
- Chase and showdown between cowboys
- Bullet and gun imagery
- Orange and red chevron speed stripes
- Painted rock buttes and desert brush
Themes
- Western
- Bounty hunter
- Cowboys
- Gunfight
- Chamber
- Revolver
Title on it
- Bounty hunter
Text on it
- COLLECT BONUS
- CHAMBER
- FIRING CHAMBER
- HOW TO PLAY
- BOUNTY HUNTER
- 4 BALLS PER GAME
- SPECIAL
- EXTRA BALL
- CHAMBER BONUS
- BARREL BONUS
- BONUS BALL INITIALS
- ENTERING INITIALS
- SHOOTING THE HOLE LIGHTS AN ADDITIONAL SPOT TARGET NUMBER LETTER
- SHOOTING ONE OF THE SPOT TARGETS CHANGES CHAMBER BONUS NUMBER
- SHOOTING HOLE IN SHOOTER DIRECTION WHEN LIT FLARES BULLET
- USING FRONT RIGHT CARPET BUTTONS, SELECT DESIRED LETTER, ENTER LETTER BY PRESSING CREDIT BUTTON
- TO GO BACK AND FREEZE SPACE
- Gottlieb
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 150,000 POINTS
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 1,400,000 POINTS
- 2 REPLAYS FOR BEATING HIGH SCORE TO DATE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Painted cowboy gunslinger in a wide-brimmed hat and blue shirt, left upper-mid playfield, arm raised holding a revolver |
| Man | Painted cowboy in a hat and tan duster coat standing centre-left below the bumpers, holding a rifle across his chest |
| Man | Painted cowboy in a hat firing a pistol, framed inside the left triangular window with a blue sky and orange rock behind him |
| Man | Painted cowboy in a hat and blue shirt framed inside the right triangular window, aiming a handgun |
| Other | Large painted black revolver occupying the lower centre of the playfield, barrel pointing up-field, grey metal slide and trigger guard, set against a black star field |
| Other | Yellow round smiley-face disc with dot eyes and a curved smile on the lower apron |
A late-1970s solid-state playfield shot from above through the glass, warm yellowed with age and lit by two glowing yellow pop-bumper caps near the top centre. Dominant colours are mustard gold, dark brown, black, red and grey steel. A four-lane top row with red plastic lane guides sits at the top, flanked by chrome guide rails and a curved clear plastic ball guide arcing over the upper right. Down the centre runs a long grey metal ramp/habitrail ending in a grey circular trapdoor hole surrounded by a yellow flower-shaped plate reading 'CHAMBER' with eight round numbered inserts 1-8 in a ring. Lower centre is a large painted black revolver barrel and trigger assembly pointing up-field, flanked by two triangular windows showing painted cowboys and guns, bordered by red-and-yellow chevron artwork. Two angled drop-target banks of three white rectangles each sit mid-left and mid-right, with red 'COLLECT BONUS' banners on yellow at the outlanes and a big yellow smiley-face circle on the lower apron. The apron carries a black instruction card on the left and a yellow 'Gottlieb' logo on the right.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- black
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: BOUNTY HUNTER in huge red letters on yellow band, enormous cowboy's head dominating centre with lit cigarette and pink glowing orb in smoke, yellow WANTED poster for CACTUS SAM offering fifty-thousand dollars, red-haired woman in strapless red dress beside rifle, masked gunslinger in yellow scarf, dark red brick wall.
The enormous black-hatted cowboy's head and gloved hand filling the centre, with a lit cigarette and a strange pink/magenta glowing orb hovering in the smoke above him. A yellow WANTED poster for CACTUS SAM offering $50,000 DEAD OR ALIVE hangs on the brick wall at the left. A red-haired woman in a strapless red dress stands at the right next to a long rifle, with a masked figure in a yellow scarf at the far edge. The title BOUNTY HUNTER is stamped in huge red letters across a yellow band along the bottom.
Setting
- Dark red brick wall
- Two lit windows showing blue night sky
- Black wrought-iron railing
- Wooden floor at left
- Yellow nailed poster
Symbols
- Yellow wanted poster
- Dollar figure $50,000
- Long-barrelled rifle
- Lit cigarette with smoke
- Pink glowing orb
- Brick wall
- Windowpanes
- Iron railing
- Wooden plank floor
- Red-white-blue striped score panel
- Yellow player badge boxes
- Black bird silhouette top left
- Tm trademark symbol
Lettering
- Bounty hunter in very large red slab-serif capitals with dark outline on a yellow band; wanted / cactus sam / dead or alive / $50,000 in bold condensed red and black type on yellow; player numerals in blue on yellow shield badges; small yellow script premier logo top right
Themes
- Western
- Bounty hunters
- Wanted poster
- Outlaws
- Showdown
- Saloon street
Title on it
- Bounty hunter
Text on it
- WANTED
- CACTUS SAM
- DEAD
- OR ALIVE
- $50,000
- Premier
- BOUNTY HUNTER
- TM
- PLAYER 1
- PLAYER 2
- PLAYER 3
- PLAYER 4
- BALL IN PLAY A MATCH
- CREDITS
- Gottlieb
- PINBALL GAME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Giant cowboy, black wide-brim hat, black hair, heavy stubbled jaw, blue shirt, cigarette in mouth, tan glove, blue-tinted lighting down his left side; fills centre and left of frame from chest up |
| Woman | Black hair in an updo with a red rose, blue eyes, red lipstick, black choker, strapless red ruched dress, hoop earring; at right, facing viewer |
| Man | Brown-hatted, weathered face, tan coat, behind the woman at centre-right |
| Man | Dark hat, blue shirt and blue neckerchief, grimacing, beside the brown-hatted man |
| Man | Partially cut off at far right edge, blue coat with bright yellow scarf, dark hat, moustache |
| Other | Blond man shown as a line-drawn portrait on the wanted poster at left |
A painted Western backglass. Centre-left a huge stern, square-jawed cowboy in a black hat and blue shirt, a cigarette at his lip with smoke curling up past a pink glowing orb, his gloved hand and shoulder dominating the frame. Left, a yellow nailed-to-brick-wall WANTED poster pinned at the corners shows a blond line drawing above the words CACTUS SAM / DEAD / OR ALIVE / $50,000. Right, a black-haired woman with a red rose in her hair, blue eyes, black choker and strapless red dress, standing beside a long-barrelled rifle. Behind her two grim men in hats, one blue-shirted, and at the far right edge a masked gunslinger in a blue coat and yellow scarf. Background: dark red brick wall, two lit windows with blue night sky and a black iron railing. Lower centre is a red, white and blue striped score panel with yellow PLAYER 1-4 boxes. Bottom: a yellow band with BOUNTY HUNTER in large red slab-serif letters. Colours: dark blue, black, red, yellow.
Backglass
- brown
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: BOUNTY HUNTER in big red slab-serif letters on glowing yellow banner bottom, black-hatted cowboy with cigar fur-collared coat aiming revolver beside red-haired woman scarlet strapless gown, yellow nailed-post WANTED poster left showing CACTUS SAM bald grinning portrait DEAD OR ALIVE $50,000, blue TOP GUNS score window four gold player shields, dark brick building lit windows night sky
A huge black-hatted cowboy with a cigar and a fur-collared coat dominates centre, aiming a revolver downward beside a red-haired woman in a scarlet strapless gown. A yellow nailed-to-a-post WANTED poster on the left shows a bald grinning portrait of CACTUS SAM with DEAD OR ALIVE and $50,000. The title BOUNTY HUNTER is spelled out in big red slab-serif letters on a glowing yellow banner across the very bottom. A blue TOP GUNS score window sits in a black panel with four gold player shields numbered 1 to 4. The small word Premier appears in a white script logo at the top right corner.
Setting
- Dark red-brown brick building facade with two lit multi-pane sash windows
- Deep blue night sky with dark cloud shapes
- Wooden porch post and a lantern on the right edge
- Yellow wanted poster nailed to a rough wooden post at left
Symbols
- Yellow nailed wanted poster
- Revolver handgun
- Cartridge bandolier
- Cigar with smoke
- Cowboy hats
- Brick wall
- Lit windows
- Wooden lantern
- Four numbered gold player shields
- Blue segmented score windows
Lettering
- Large red slab-serif/western display capitals with dark drop shadow on a yellow gradient banner for the title; distressed block capitals in red on the yellow wanted poster; small white serif capitals on the blue score window; small red capitals on gold plaques.
Themes
- Western
- Cowboys
- Gunfight
- Bounty
- Wanted-poster
- Old west
- Night street scene
Title on it
- Bounty hunter
Text on it
- WANTED
- CACTUS SAM
- DEAD
- OR ALIVE
- $50,000
- Premier
- TOP GUNS
- PLAYER 1
- PLAYER 2
- PLAYER 3
- PLAYER 4
- 13,999,650
- BOUNTY HUNTER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central hero, white, middle-aged, square-jawed with heavy brow; wide black cowboy hat; cigar clenched in mouth with pale smoke curling up; dark teal coat with shaggy brown fur collar; bandolier of brass cartridges across chest; one large hand gripping a revolver held low and angled to the lower right; stern, grim expression, eyes looking right. |
| Woman | Right of centre, fair skin, short curled auburn/red hair swept up, red lipstick, black choker necklace; strapless bright scarlet gown with gathered bodice and full skirt; one hand raised to the cowboy's gun arm; head turned left, looking at him. |
| Man | Background just left of the woman, brown wide-brim hat, tan/brown coat, face in shadow, peering right. |
| Man | Background centre, brown hat and dark blue scarf/cowl over a blue-grey coat, partially hidden behind the cowboy's shoulder. |
| Man | Far right background, blue hat and blue coat, shown in profile facing right, hand near his chest. |
| Other | Painted portrait inside the yellow wanted poster: bald grinning man with wide toothy smile, orange-tinted shading, the name cactus sam beneath. |
A painted, comic-book-styled backglass. Across the bottom runs a wide yellow-to-orange gradient banner carrying the title in large red slab-serif capitals with a dark drop shadow. Above it, centre-bottom, is a black rectangular score panel: four gold shield plaques numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 in red sit at the corners, a blue segmented window reads TOP GUNS in white between groups of blue lamp dots, and below it two blue alphanumeric windows show 13,999,650 and 24,050. The main figure is a stern, square-jawed white man in a wide black cowboy hat, dark teal coat with a shaggy brown fur collar, a cartridge bandolier, and a cigar with a curl of smoke; he points a revolver down and to the right. Behind him on the right stands a fair-skinned woman with short curled auburn hair, a black choker, and a strapless scarlet gown. Three more hatted men in blue and brown coats crowd the background at her shoulders. The setting is a dark brick building with lit sash windows under a deep blue night sky.