1977–1980 · Gottlieb & Fliperbol
Bronco / Mustang
Known for Top saucers, Center drop targets, Spot arrows and ABC lanes. Frontier town main street, red brick building with pale blue window frames, bright cyan sky with white and grey clouds, tan dirt ground with dust puffs and shadowed doorway at far left.
- Years
- 1977–1980
- Maker
- Gottlieb & Fliperbol
Known for
- saucers
Top saucers
- Target
Center drop targets
- insert
Spot arrows
- Lane
ABC lanes
3 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Young blonde woman with shoulder-length hair, red short-sleeved top, blue jeans, tan wide-brim hat flying off her head; seated on a rearing horse, torso leaning back, left arm flung out, gripping with her legs
- animal Large golden-brown horse rearing on its hind legs, black mane and black tail with a white tip, white socks on the hind legs, dust puffs bursting around its hooves, head thrown down with a dark bridle
- man Cowboy running to the right in an orange hat, green shirt, yellow vest, tan trousers and brown boots, grinning, swinging a coiled lasso in his right hand, a pistol in his belt
- man Standing cowboy sheriff at right, white wide-brim hat with black band, green neckerchief, dark star badge on a tan shirt, cream trousers, holstered gun at the hip, holding a revolver upright in his right hand, looking left
- man Shadowed grinning man in a dark hat and green shirt leaning out of a dark doorway at the far left edge, only head and shoulders visible
Setting
- Frontier town main street
- Red brick building with pale blue window frames
- Bright cyan sky with white and grey clouds
- Tan dirt ground with dust puffs
- Shadowed doorway at far left
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- same time!
- 6,600
- 0,000
- Gottlieb
- BRONCO
- BALL IN PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO
- ILL.
- COPYRIGHT
- 1977
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- WANTED
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Gordon Morison
The cast
- Old west
Reference
Linked terms
- Center drop targets also called Center targets
- Spot arrows also called Spot
- Side chutes also called Kickers
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Bronco
- cream
- red
- yellow
- sky-blue
Fingerprint: Bronco horse racing with symmetric score ladder down center printing numerals 9000-to-1000 left and 10000-to-2000 right, two tiny jockeys in yellow-and-green racing silks at top corners, three round white pop-bumper caps marked 100 WHEN LIT and SPECIAL WHEN LIT, red galloping horses in lower corners
A horse-racing carnival field with a symmetric score ladder — 9,000 down to 1,000 on the left and 10,000 down to 2,000 on the right — printed in black numerals on white ribbon bands down the centre of the playfield. Two tiny painted jockeys in yellow-and-green racing silks crouch in the top corners, one blowing a bugle, flanking three round white pop-bumper caps that read 100 WHEN LIT and SPECIAL WHEN LIT. Red galloping horses are painted in both lower corners, and a blue-haired cartoon woman's face peers out of the top of the left return lane with a blonde counterpart on the right. The pale cream wood-grain ground with red, yellow, sky-blue and green stripework is unusually light and pastel for the era.
Setting
- Cream and tan wood-grain playfield ground
- Carnival and horse-racing theme
- Painted red-and-yellow starburst panels behind the bumpers
- Pale blue triangular light panels on the mid field
Symbols
- Yellow five-pointed stars
- Red star-speckled bumper rings
- Round white lane guides
- Lettered a b c rollover buttons
- Blue arrow pointing left and right around the flipper-button legend
- Qr code in the bottom right corner
- Diamond-shouldered arch motifs
Notable shapes
- Arched upper playfield with a semicircular cut-out and a wire ramp guard
- Two side ball-return troughs with printed a b c rollovers
- Central diamond-shaped score ladder
- Triangular extra ball when lit light panels
- Circular when lit / shoots again medallion between the flippers
- Octagonal replay card with qr code
- Rectangular instruction card with clipped corners
Art motifs
- Red-and-yellow sunburst
- Pennant stripes
- Wood-grain ground
- Vintage airbrushed gradients
- Outlined cartoon heads
Themes
- Horse racing
- Carnival
- Bonus ladder
- Vintage electro-mechanical
Title on it
- Bronco
Text on it
- BRONCO
- INSTRUCTIONS
- ONE, TWO, THREE or FOUR PLAYERS ... 3 BALLS PER PLAYER
- INSERT COIN AND/OR PRESS CREDIT BUTTON TO RESET MACHINE
- REPLAY FOR ADDITIONAL PLAYERS
- COMPLETING A-B-C ROLLOVERS DOUBLES BONUS VALUE
- COMPLETING DROP TARGETS LIGHTS EXTRA BALL LIGHT OCCASIONALLY. COMPLETING DROP TARGETS AND A-B-C ROLLOVERS LIGHTS TOP "A" ROLLOVER FOR "SPECIAL"
- CENTER POP BUMPER SCORES 1000.
- BONUS IS SCORED AND FEATURES RESET AFTER EACH BALL IN PLAY.
- BONUS VALUE DOUBLES ON LAST BALL
- MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES 1 REPLAY.
- 1 QUARTER-1 PLAY
- 2ND QUARTER-2 ADDITIONAL PLAYS
- DEPOSIT ALL COINS BEFORE RESETTING GAME
- FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
- INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS "IT"
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- WHEN LIT
- SHOOTS AGAIN
- GAME PLAYED
- 300
- ADD BONUS
- A
- B
- C
- 100
- SPECIAL
- 3,000
- & ADD BONUS
- FOR EACH LIT SPOT
- EXTRA
- BALL
- WHEN
- LIT
- LIGHTS SPOT
- BONUS
- MULTIPLIER
- 2X
- 4X
- 300 & ADD BONUS
- 9,000
- 10,000
- 7,000
- 8,000
- 5,000
- 6,000
- 4,000
- 1,000
- 2,000
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 80,0
- 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 92,0
- Repair Request/Game Info
- 7777 Gottlieb-Bronco
- 376
- B-16904-2
- A-1743
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Jockey in the top left corner, crouched, yellow and green racing silks, dark cap, holding a brass bugle to his mouth |
| Man | Jockey in the top right corner, mirrored, yellow and green silks, dark cap, leaning forward with a raised arm |
| Woman | Cartoon woman's head with short dark blue hair and wide eyes peeking over the top of the left ball-return lane |
| Woman | Cartoon woman's head with blonde hair and a bare shoulder at the top of the right ball-return lane |
| Animal | Red galloping racehorse painted in the bottom left corner, head turned inwards, dark mane and tail |
| Animal | Red galloping racehorse painted in the bottom right corner, mirroring the left horse |
Vintage playfield on a cream wood-grain ground in red, yellow, sky-blue and green. A raised top arch carries three red-gold drop-target posts lettered A, B and C beneath a red 300 ADD BONUS banner. Two jockeys in yellow and green silks crouch in the top corners, one blowing a brass bugle. Below sit two round white pop-bumper caps reading 100 WHEN LIT over red star-speckled rings, plus a third with a yellow star ringed by SPECIAL WHEN LIT. Sloped three-bumper banks flank the middle on white 3,000 & ADD BONUS FOR EACH LIT SPOT cartouches; pale blue triangles read EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT. Below, a blue ladder of white lane guides sits beside a symmetric score ladder, 9,000 down to 1,000 left and 10,000 down to 2,000 right, under a pink BONUS MULTIPLIER panel with 2X and 4X roundels. Each side has a yellow-green return lane with A, B, C rollovers, a blue-haired cartoon woman's head left, a blonde one right, and a red galloping horse in each bottom corner. Two white flippers sit below a round WHEN LIT medallion.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Bronco
- red
- blue
- tan
- black
Fingerprint: Gottlieb Bronco, blonde cowgirl thrown backward off rearing golden horse with black mane, three cowboys in action poses including one with lasso and one with revolver and star badge, four cream score-reel windows in orange frames floating over the scene, small red-and-yellow painted sign at building corner, flat comic-book western style
A blonde cowgirl in blue jeans is thrown backwards off a rearing, black-maned golden horse that rears on its hind legs, dust puffs bursting from its hooves. Three cowboys surround her in a chase: one swinging a lasso on the run, one standing cool with a revolver and a star badge, and a grinning man lurking in a shadowed doorway. Four large cream score-reel windows in orange frames float over the scene, each pair numbered by a yellow ringed disc with a red digit. Below them the title appears twice over: a small white cursive word over enormous red slab-serif capitals with a gold keyline. A small red-and-yellow painted sign reading a maker's name sits on a building corner at the bottom left, and a large black horseshoe sits on an orange arrow panel below the glass.
Setting
- Frontier town main street
- Red brick building with pale blue window frames
- Bright cyan sky with white and grey clouds
- Tan dirt ground with dust puffs
- Shadowed doorway at far left
Symbols
- Four yellow ringed discs with red numerals 1 to 4
- Star sheriff badge
- Revolver
- Coiled lasso
- Wanted poster on the wall at right
- Black horseshoe on an orange arrow panel below the glass
- Red and yellow painted shop sign at bottom left
- Partial black wagon wheel at lower right
Lettering
- Small white cursive script with black outline above very large red slab-serif block capitals with a cream and gold keyline; plain block sans-serif capitals in cream and yellow for the player instructions and ball in play
Themes
- Wild west
- Cowboys
- Horse
- Lasso
- Frontier town
- Sheriff
- Wanted poster
- Chase
Title on it
- Gottlieb bronco
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- same time!
- 6,600
- 0,000
- Gottlieb
- BRONCO
- BALL IN PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO
- ILL.
- COPYRIGHT
- 1977
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- WANTED
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman with shoulder-length hair, red short-sleeved top, blue jeans, tan wide-brim hat flying off her head; seated on a rearing horse, torso leaning back, left arm flung out, gripping with her legs |
| Animal | Large golden-brown horse rearing on its hind legs, black mane and black tail with a white tip, white socks on the hind legs, dust puffs bursting around its hooves, head thrown down with a dark bridle |
| Man | Cowboy running to the right in an orange hat, green shirt, yellow vest, tan trousers and brown boots, grinning, swinging a coiled lasso in his right hand, a pistol in his belt |
| Man | Standing cowboy sheriff at right, white wide-brim hat with black band, green neckerchief, dark star badge on a tan shirt, cream trousers, holstered gun at the hip, holding a revolver upright in his right hand, looking left |
| Man | Shadowed grinning man in a dark hat and green shirt leaning out of a dark doorway at the far left edge, only head and shoulders visible |
A western-themed backglass set in a dusty frontier street, painted in flat comic-book cartoon style with heavy black outlines. Four illuminated mechanical score reels in cream windows with orange-brown frames dominate the upper half, arranged in two columns of two, each pair headed by a yellow ringed disc carrying a red numeral 1, 2, 3 or 4. Behind them is a red-brick building with pale blue-grey window frames and a bright cyan sky with fluffy white and grey clouds. Across the centre sits the logo: white cursive script outlined in black over huge red block capitals with a cream and gold keyline. Five figures: at left a blonde woman in a red top, blue jeans and a tan wide-brim hat rides a rearing golden-brown horse with a black mane and tail, thrown backwards with one arm out; beside the horse a grinning cowboy in an orange hat, green shirt, yellow vest and tan trousers runs while swinging a lasso; at right a tall sheriff in a white hat, green neckerchief, star badge, tan shirt and cream trousers holds a revolver; in a shadowed doorway at far left a grinning man in a dark hat and green shirt leans out. Foreground is tan dirt with dust puffs, a red-brown building corner carrying a yellow and red sign, and part of a black wagon wheel at lower right.
Backglass Mustang
- red
- yellow
- pale blue
- cream
Fingerprint: MUSTANG title arched in yellow-orange, rearing yellow bucking horse with black stockings, blonde cowgirl firing revolver backward, red saloon street facade.
The most memorable element is the rearing yellow bucking horse with black stockings, ridden by a blonde cowgirl in an orange shirt who fires a revolver backwards, the horse's head-down pose and flying white dust puffs filling the centre of the glass. Second is the front-on street facade of a red-brick Wild-West saloon with pale blue trim, porches and multi-pane windows, against which all four characters are staged. Third, the enormous mustard-yellow MUSTANG lettering arching across the top with a small cursive word above it. Fourth, the two split-flap style score windows stacked at the upper right with a circled 1 and circled 2 above them.
Setting
- Wild-west town street
- Two-storey red-brick building with pale blue window frames
- Covered wooden porch with turned posts
- Pale blue sky with flat white clouds
- Hitching rail and hitching post
- Cream painted cabinet apron with red arrow and black horseshoe
Symbols
- Black horseshoe on the lower apron
- Red arrow on the lower apron
- Circled numerals 1 and 2 above the score windows
- Star sheriff badge
- Revolver
- Coiled rope
- Hitching post
- Small white notice poster on the right wall
Lettering
- Large condensed yellow block serif capitals with orange shading and dark outline, arched across the top; small white text above the title in a thin cursive script; compact white-and-yellow sans-serif instruction block at top left; red block capitals at bottom centre; yellow cursive artist signature on an orange plaque at bottom left
Themes
- Wild west
- Cowboy
- Bucking horse
- Sheriff
- Saloon street
- Showdown
Title on it
- Mustang
Text on it
- PLAYERS
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY AT THE
- same time!
- MUSTANG
- BALL IN PLAY
- D. Gaskill
- 5 0,2 4 0
- 0 0,0 0 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde cowgirl, orange shirt, pale blue jeans, dark boots, wide-brimmed cream hat, firing a revolver backwards over her shoulder while seated on the horse |
| Animal | Yellow bucking horse with black stockings, mane and tail, rearing with head down, front legs in the air, white dust puffs around its hooves |
| Man | Grinning cowboy in a green shirt and black hat leaning out of an upper left window with both arms thrown up in alarm |
| Man | Lanky man in a green shirt, tan trousers and a white apron lunging forward at the horse's head, holding a rope or rein |
| Man | Sheriff in a brown jacket with a star badge, black hat and holster, standing upright at the right with a smug expression |
A painted, cartoon-style backglass of a Wild-West street scene framed by a cream/off-white wooden cabinet edge with a large red arrow and a black horseshoe on the lower apron. The setting is a two-storey red-brick building with pale blue window frames, a porch with turned posts, a hitching rail and a pale blue sky with flat white clouds. Across the top runs a huge yellow block-serif title reading MUSTANG, letters shaded orange with dark outlines, with a small yellow cursive word above it. Two mechanical score windows with white number wheels and black surrounds sit at the upper right, each topped by a circled numeral in a yellow-and-red disc. Four figures: a blonde cowgirl in an orange shirt and pale blue jeans firing a revolver from the saddle of a rearing yellow-and-black bucking horse; a grinning cowboy in a green shirt and black hat at the left window waving both arms; a lanky man in a green shirt, tan trousers and a white apron lunging at the horse's head holding a rope; and a sheriff in a brown jacket, star badge and black hat standing at the right with a hand near his holster. Bottom centre, BALL IN PLAY is printed in red.