1975 · Bally
Bow and Arrow
Known for Center standup target, Bonus saucer, ABCD standups and Double Bonus. Open green prairie with scattered grass tufts and small shrubs, distant blue snow-capped mountain range across the horizon, pale blue sky with large cream and tan billowing clouds and small herd and mounted figures sketched tiny on the far-left horizon.
- Year
- 1975
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Target
Center standup target
- saucer
Bonus saucer
- Target
ABCD standups
- Award
Double Bonus
On the playfield
- green
- cream
- yellow
- blue
- 2 flippers
- 4 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Holes 2
- Top saucer saucer
- Bonus saucer saucer
Bumper 1
- ABCD bumpers
Targets 3
- Center standup target
- ABCD standups
- No-man's-land standup
On the backglass
Who and what
- animal Large shaggy black buffalo at centre, head lowered, curved pale horn, mid-charge, kicking up dust.
- man Left foreground rider, bare-chested, long black hair with headband, red-and-white striped loin cloth and red fringed sleeve, drawing a bow, on a yellow horse with white blazes and blue markings.
- man Right foreground rider, bare-chested with long black hair and feathers, red loin cloth, swinging a long lance, on a dapple yellow horse with a white-blazed face and red saddle blanket.
- man Mid-left background rider on a white horse, holding a long lance upright.
- man Mid-centre background rider, bare-chested, holding a lance, on a yellow horse.
- man Mid-right background rider on a blue-grey horse, bare-chested with feathered headband, holding a lance.
Setting
- Open green prairie with scattered grass tufts and small shrubs
- Distant blue snow-capped mountain range across the horizon
- Pale blue sky with large cream and tan billowing clouds
- Small herd and mounted figures sketched tiny on the far-left horizon
Text on it
- Bally
- BOW AND ARROW
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- ALLIANCE CITY
- PERMIT NO.
- 0
- 6
- 8
- 9
How it plays
-
Awards 1
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Greg Kmiec
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucer also called Top-center saucer
- Bonus saucer also called Upper-left saucer also called Left collect bonus lane
- ABCD standups also called ABCD
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- green
- cream
- yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: Bally Native American theme with enormous painted Indian chief head at center in yellow headdress carrying scoring numbers 1000-5000, four white pop-bumper caps lettered A-B-C-D in blue surrounded by spiky blue-and-white sunbursts, vertical ladder of nine cream COLLECT BONUS ovals on left side
The dominant feature is an enormous painted Indian chief head in profile at the centre of the playfield, its yellow headdress carrying the scoring numbers 1000 to 5000 like a crown. The four white pop-bumper caps lettered A, B, C and D in blue capitals, each ringed by a spiky blue-and-white sunburst, form a tight diamond cluster above it. A vertical ladder of nine cream 'COLLECT BONUS' oval windows runs down the entire left side, a layout cue unusual and instantly recognisable. The overall playfield outline is a tall diamond set in wood grain, and a bright blue 'Bally' script logo sits on a yellow rounded rectangle at bottom centre.
Setting
- Wood-grain tan playfield surround
- Pale blue lower deck
- Yellow corner panels
- Painted bronze-mounted arrow and star motifs
- Teal and light-blue band running up both side edges
Symbols
- Bow and arrow
- Arrow fletching
- Eagle feathers
- Starburst rings around pop bumpers
- Red circular target discs
- Triangular ramp outlines
- Playing-card-suit-like arrow icons on the lower yellow panels
- Round pop-bumper letters a b c d
- Black oval light inserts
- Coloured plastic star and sun inserts at the top arch
Notable shapes
- A tall diamond-shaped green playing field inset in a wood-grain border, an arched top with star cutouts, a full-height vertical column of nine oval 'collect bonus' light windows on the left edge, four round sunburst pop-bumper caps in a diamond arrangement, two triangular painted lane guides in the lower mid-field, and a matching triangular lane on the right leading to the bow-and-arrow gate
Art motifs
- Feathered war bonnet
- Profile portrait with headdress
- Arched top arch with star cutouts
- Symmetric diamond layout
- Cream shield-shaped lower apron
- Painted wood-grain border
Themes
- Bow and arrow
- Native american
- Trophy and target hunting
- Bonus scoring
- Electromechanical
Title on it
- Bally
Text on it
- Bally
- MANUFACTURING CORP., CHICAGO, ILL. 60618
- A
- B
- C
- D
- COLLECT BONUS
- OPEN GATE
- BONUS GATE
- SHOOT AGAIN GATE
- BOW AND ARROW GATE
- TARGET SCORES EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- LITE BUMPER 3000
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- ADVANCE
- BONUS
- SAME PLAYER
- SHOOTS AGAIN
- OUT HOLE SCORES DOUBLE BONUS
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- 5 BALLS PER GAME
- INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- INSERT COIN AND WAIT FOR MACHINE TO RESET BEFORE INSERTING COIN FOR PLAYER ONE
- OUTLANES ALTERNATELY LIGHT TO SCORE SPECIAL WHEN BONUS REACHES 2500
- CENTER TARGET ALTERNATELY LIT TO SCORE EXTRA BALL WHEN BONUS REACHES 7500
- MAXIMUM 2 EXTRA BALL PER BALL IN PLAY
- SHOOT 6 TO 7 BONUS OUT HOLE BONUS SCORE
- WHEN LITE IS LIT FOR CORNERING LIT TARGET SANES TO SCORE 500 POINTS
- HIT PENALTY-BALL IN PLAY
- REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 55000 POINTS
- REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 40000 POINTS
- REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 35000 POINTS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Large stylised native american chief head in right-facing profile at the exact centre, cream and olive-green skin tones, black hair and moustache, a red feather dropping from the headdress, wearing a yellow-green feathered headdress decorated with black numerals 1000-5000 and small arrow symbols |
| Man | Bow-and-arrow hunter painted in orange-brown and cream in the upper-left border art, wearing a feathered headdress, holding a bow, facing inward |
| Man | Bow-and-arrow hunter in the upper-right border art, orange-brown skin, red and blue loincloth, headdress, drawing a bow toward the centre |
| Man | Headdressed figure in the mid-left border art, in profile facing right, holding a bow upright |
| Man | Headdressed figure in the mid-right border art, in profile facing left, arm raised with a bow |
| Man | Small kneeling hunter in the lower-left border panel, white and blue body paint, red loincloth, drawing a bow |
| Man | Small kneeling hunter in the lower-right border panel, orange-brown, headdress, drawing a bow, next to a triangular red target |
A 1970s electro-mechanical playfield shot at a slight angle in its wooden cabinet, with chrome lockdown bar and legs visible at the bottom. Layout is a tall, roughly diamond-shaped green playing field framed by a wood-grain tan border, with pale blue and yellow lower-deck corners. The centre is a huge stylised Indian head in profile facing right, painted in cream, olive green, red and black, wearing a yellow-green headdress of eagle feathers tipped with numbers 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and arrow motifs. Above it sit four white pop-bumper caps lettered A, B, C and D, each ringed by a blue-and-white sunburst of triangular rays. Down the left runs a vertical 'COLLECT BONUS' lane of nine black ovals against cream. At the bottom centre a cream shield reads 'COLLECT BONUS' between two red oval flippers, with a large blue 'Bally' script logo on a yellow field below. Painted side art of bow-and-arrow hunters in feathered headdresses and loincloth runs up both edges. Two cream instruction cards with dense black print sit on the lower blue deck.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- green
- red
Fingerprint: Bow and Arrow title enormous red block capitals pierced horizontal green-fletched arrow full width; charging shaggy black buffalo center flanked mounted bare-chested warriors on yellow white-blazed horses drawing bow and swinging lance; additional riders chasing across green prairie toward blue snow-capped mountains; cream clouds upper half; arrow-shaped score panels with red-blue feathered tails; cream permit label top-left
A charging shaggy black buffalo at the exact centre, flanked by two mounted bare-chested warriors on yellow, white-blazed horses swinging a bow and a lance. The title BOW AND ARROW is rendered as enormous red block capitals pierced by a horizontal green-fletched arrow running the full width of the backglass. Four small red-white-blue feathered pennant panels reading 1 UP to 4 UP hang between the two rows of five score windows. A snow-capped blue mountain range and cream clouds fill the upper half, with a small paper permit label stuck to the top-left corner.
Setting
- Open green prairie with scattered grass tufts and small shrubs
- Distant blue snow-capped mountain range across the horizon
- Pale blue sky with large cream and tan billowing clouds
- Small herd and mounted figures sketched tiny on the far-left horizon
Symbols
- Green-fletched arrow spanning the title
- Green arrowhead at the right of the title
- Score window panels shaped like arrow shafts with red and blue feather tails
- White painted feather motifs beneath each up pennant
- Black buffalo
- Bows and long lances
- Horse saddle blankets
- Circled player numbers 1 2 3 4
- Cream paper permit label at top left
Lettering
- Main title in very large red slab-serif block capitals with dark blue drop shadow and yellow highlight, small and tucked between the two words; company mark in green cursive signature script; up panels in white and orange sans-serif capitals; bottom instruction text in red outlined capitals
Themes
- American indian hunting
- Buffalo hunt
- Plains riders
- Bows and lances
- Western
Title on it
- Bow and arrow
Text on it
- Bally
- BOW AND ARROW
- 1 UP
- 2 UP
- 3 UP
- 4 UP
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- BALL IN PLAY
- ALLIANCE CITY
- PERMIT NO.
- 0
- 6
- 8
- 9
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | Large shaggy black buffalo at centre, head lowered, curved pale horn, mid-charge, kicking up dust. |
| Man | Left foreground rider, bare-chested, long black hair with headband, red-and-white striped loin cloth and red fringed sleeve, drawing a bow, on a yellow horse with white blazes and blue markings. |
| Man | Right foreground rider, bare-chested with long black hair and feathers, red loin cloth, swinging a long lance, on a dapple yellow horse with a white-blazed face and red saddle blanket. |
| Man | Mid-left background rider on a white horse, holding a long lance upright. |
| Man | Mid-centre background rider, bare-chested, holding a lance, on a yellow horse. |
| Man | Mid-right background rider on a blue-grey horse, bare-chested with feathered headband, holding a lance. |
| Man | Far-right partially visible rider on a blue-grey horse. |
| Animal | Additional horses behind the foreground pair: a white, a blue-grey and two yellow mounts. |
Painted American-Indian buffalo-hunt backglass in a cream/tan wooden outer frame, hand-painted cartoon realism under a pale blue sky with large billowing cream and tan clouds. Across the top a green cursive signature-style company logo sits above a huge title in red block capitals with dark blue drop shadow and yellow outline, BOW AND ARROW, flanked by a green-fletched arrow running in from the left edge and a green arrowhead on the right. Two horizontal rows of cream score windows with black numerals are held in white arrow-shaped panels with red and blue feathered tails; each row is split by small pennant-shaped inlay panels reading 1 UP, 2 UP, 3 UP and 4 UP with tiny white painted feather motifs beneath. The centre panel is a buffalo hunt: at left a bare-chested, black-haired warrior in a red-and-white striped loin cloth rides a yellow horse with white blazes and blue markings, bow raised; at right another bare-chested warrior in a red loin cloth rides a dapple yellow horse and swings a long lance at a charging shaggy black buffalo. Between and behind them three smaller mounted riders on white, blue-grey and yellow horses chase across a green prairie toward a low blue snow-capped mountain range. Bottom left reads 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY above four numbered circles, bottom right BALL IN PLAY. A small cream permit label is stuck to the top-left corner.