1968 · Bally
Dogies
Deep blue night sky with pale lilac and grey clouds, two flat-roofed adobe mission buildings at the upper left and upper right corners, burnt orange desert floor with scattered rocks, agave spikes and prickly pear cactus and pale blue-grey smoke and dust clouds around the horses.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Jerry Kelley
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- orange
- yellow
- purple
Fingerprint: Full-length cowgirl heroine in blue leaping across red desert canyon playfield center. Three green triangular drop-target banks numbered 1-2-3 arrayed diagonally down middle, yellow-tipped plastics flaring left and right. Prospectors scattered throughout. Hot red and orange desert landscape, sunburst-patterned bumper skirts.
The single most memorable feature is the full-length painted cowgirl-style heroine in blue, mid-leap across the centre of a red desert canyon playfield, one arm thrown up. Second is the sheer density of plastic: two yellow-tipped triangular plastics splaying outward at the lower left and right plus yellow-topped posts and sunburst skirts up top. Third, the three green triangular drop-target banks numbered 1, 2 and 3 arranged in a diagonal line down the middle-left. Fourth, a dense diagonal trail of small round white mushroom targets running from the upper left down to the lower left, printed with scores of 100, 200, 300 and 50.
Setting
- Desert canyon with layered red rock cliffs
- Sparse spiky desert plants and small boulders
- Sunlit orange sky fading to yellow at the top of the playfield
- Dark purple-black lower apron deck
Symbols
- Agave/spiky desert plants
- Rock outcrops
- Green triangular drop-target banks numbered 1, 2, 3
- White-capped round mushroom targets
- Sunburst-patterned bumper skirts
- Playing-card suits (red heart and red diamond) on the lower-right plastics
- Spinning yellow star decals on the upper plastics
- Qr code on the instruction card
- Printed score numerals 50, 100, 200, 300
Notable shapes
- Large triangular yellow-tipped plastics flaring out on both lower corners
- Green triangular drop-target banks stepping diagonally down the centre
- Wire ball-guide arch across the top
- Tall narrow wire-guarded lane down the right edge
- Long metal return lane running down the upper-left edge
- V-shaped red apron cutout at the bottom centre
- Hexagonal/octagonal white instruction cards on the lower deck
Art motifs
- Painted rock strata bands
- Curving chains of white circular markers snaking across the field
- Diagonal target ladders
- White-outlined hand-lettered captions
Themes
- Wild west
- Gold prospecting
- Desert canyon
- Cowgirl heroine
Text on it
- 1, 2, 3 OR 4 CAN PLAY
- * Deposit one coin, then WAIT until Totalizer reset to zero before depositing coins for other players
- 1 Replay for each score of _____ Points
- Register Manufacturer/Game Info
- Flock Bully Graphics
- MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- CHICAGO, 60618 ILLINOIS
- 3 BALLS
- 1 PLAY 5c
- 5 PLAYS 25c
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- FLIPPERS
- DEVIL'S CANYON
- OPEN WHEN LIT
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN
- WHEN LIT
- CACTUS JUICE
- BALANCE
- TUNNEL LOOP
- GAME OVER
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 50
- 1
- 2
- 3
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One full-height painted heroine at the centre of the playfield: adult, blue long-sleeved shirt with a dark collar, dark blue trousers tucked into boots, a red scarf at the neck. she is drawn mid-leap or running, right arm thrown up and back, left arm out, one leg kicked forward and the other trailing, head turned with an open-mouthed expression. she is the largest painted figure on the playfield, roughly one third of its length. |
| Man | Painted prospector figure at the upper centre-right, to the right of the central sunburst skirt: white wide-brimmed hat, tan shirt, holding a lamp or tool, standing facing left. |
| Man | Second smaller painted prospector at the upper centre-left, below the left sunburst skirt: light hat and pack, bent slightly forward as if climbing. |
| Man | Small painted figure at the far upper left near the top lane, partially obscured by the wire return lane and plastics. |
Photograph of a complete electro-mechanical playfield seen flat-on through the glass of its cabinet, the surrounding cabinet rails and the illuminated lower apron visible at the edges. The playfield is a red-to-orange desert-canyon scene: a hot red central horseshoe of painted rock fading to orange and yellow at the top, with yellow-tan plastic ramps and lanes mounted over it. At the centre stands a full-height painted figure of a woman in a blue shirt, dark blue trousers and boots, one arm flung upward, legs splayed in a running or leaping pose. Around her are small painted prospectors with white hats and packs, one holding a lamp. Three white-capped posts and two white bumper caps with yellow-and-red sunburst skirts sit in the upper third, behind a bank of yellow-topped plungers and a wire-frame return lane on the left. Green triangular drop-target banks numbered 1, 2 and 3 stand mid-field, each with a round white reset button. Two large triangular yellow-tipped plastics fan out at the lower left and right. Two red-tipped flippers with FLIPPERS printed on them sit in the lower centre over a red V-shaped apron. The lower deck is dark purple-black and carries white instruction cards, a purple cursive script logo, FLIPPER BUTTON labels and 3 BALLS / 1 PLAY 5c / 5 PLAYS 25c. Blue and magenta cabinet lighting washes the outer edges.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- burnt orange
- bright yellow
- blue
- pale grey-blue
Fingerprint: DAGIES title in huge yellow-orange western letters with D containing desert scene, four separate player score panels stacked at edges, tangled four-horse pile-up with sombreros and fallen rider sprawling centre, enormous pale blue-grey horse head with yellow bridle, four striped barrel cacti serving as bonus counter lower left, flat cartoon airbrush style
The title DAGIES is set in huge yellow-orange western letters whose first letter D is filled with a desert scene. Four separate player score panels are stacked around the edges rather than the usual two, matching the FOUR PLAYER legend under the logo. A tangled four-horse pile-up with sombreros, reins and a fallen rider sprawls across the centre in front of an enormous pale blue-grey horse head. Four tall striped barrel cacti serve as the bonus counter at bottom left. A scripted brand wordmark in black sits to the left of the logo, directly above the red desert band.
Setting
- Deep blue night sky with pale lilac and grey clouds
- Two flat-roofed adobe mission buildings at the upper left and upper right corners
- Burnt orange desert floor with scattered rocks, agave spikes and prickly pear cactus
- Pale blue-grey smoke and dust clouds around the horses
Symbols
- Playing-card-style numeral 2 above the title in the sky
- Four green barrel cacti with vertical stripes used as score reels
- Agave and prickly pear plants
- Sombrero hats
- Reins and lasso
- Mechanical cream score digit windows
- Small artist signature mark near the lower centre horse's neck
Lettering
- Tall flared western sans display lettering with heavy black outlines and yellow-to-orange gradient fill; secondary text in white outlined capitals; brand wordmark in black cursive script
Themes
- Horse racing
- Wild west
- Desert
- Mexican
- Cowboys
- Ranch
Title on it
- Dagies
Text on it
- DAGIES
- Bally
- FOUR PLAYER
- 1UP
- 1169
- 2UP
- 0000
- 3UP
- 4UP
- CACTUS JUICE SCORE
- TO CAN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Enormous pale blue-grey horse head in the lower centre facing left, yellow bridle and reins, white eye, open mouth detail, red and green glinting reflection spots in the eye |
| Other | Brown and tan horse rearing at lower centre-right with a sweeping white tail, yellow-trimmed tack |
| Other | Fallen rider face-down across the horses at centre, black hair, wide-brimmed sombrero, tan shirt and blue trousers, one arm dangling with spread fingers |
| Other | Rider in a blue poncho and pale wide-brimmed sombrero at upper centre, holding reins and a lasso line |
| Other | Second sombrero-wearing rider in blue at centre-right, arm raised, tangled in reins |
| Other | Tan horse at mid-left galloping through dust with a rider's leg and saddle visible |
| Other | Small yellow horse with a rider in blue at mid-right, leaping past an agave plant |
Illuminated backglass for a four-player electro-mechanical horse-racing game, rendered in flat cartoon airbrush with heavy black outlines. A deep blue night sky with pale lilac clouds fills the top third, framed by two flat-roofed adobe mission buildings in dusty rose and tan at the upper corners. Across the centre a huge yellow-to-orange gradient word DAGIES in tall flared western display letters, the D oversized and containing a desert landscape inside its counter. Three mounted riders in wide-brimmed sombreros and blue ponchos collide in a dust-filled pile-up at mid-height, one horse rearing with a white mane while a pale blue-grey horse head with a yellow bridle fills the lower centre. The ground is burnt orange desert with scattered rocks, agave spikes and prickly pear. Four black score panels read 1UP, 2UP, 3UP and 4UP with cream mechanical digit windows. Bottom left has four striped green cacti labelled CACTUS JUICE SCORE above TO CAN PLAY and the numbers 1 2 3 4.
Backglass
- orange-red
- pale blue
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: DAGIS title arched in pale-yellow with black outline, cowboy rearing on leaping black horse with outstretched whip, stampede of brown and white cattle across vivid orange ground, prominent pinto horse head at lower center, four green cacti with mechanical digit score reels bottom left, flat cartoon style
The single most memorable element is the huge pale-yellow black-outlined 'DAGIS' title arching over a rearing cowboy on a leaping horse. Behind the cowboy a stampede of cattle and two hounds runs across a vivid orange-red desert, with a large brown-and-white pinto horse head filling the lower centre foreground. Four black trapezoid player panels (1UP/2UP top, 3UP/4UP below) flank the title symmetrically. Four green cacti at bottom left double as score reels, each stamped with the numeral 2. The manufacturer name is printed in red cursive at left of centre, with 'FOUR PLAYER' in small white capitals at right of centre.
Setting
- Desert plain
- Open sky with flat clouds
- Red earth
- Mesa/butte silhouettes at upper left and upper right
Symbols
- Four green cacti used as score reels
- Green barrel
- Spiky agave plants
- Lariat rope
- Mechanical digit windows
- Animal paw print marks
Lettering
- Very large pale-yellow sans-serif capitals with thick black outline and slight lean for the title; black trapezoid panels with yellow-outlined 'up' labels; white block capitals for four player and ball in play; red cursive script for the manufacturer name
Themes
- Western
- Cowboy
- Horses
- Cattle stampede
- Desert
- Hunting hounds
- Horse racing
Title on it
- Dagis
Text on it
- DAGIS
- Bally
- FOUR PLAYER
- 1UP
- 2UP
- 3UP
- 4UP
- 1930
- 0000
- CACTUS JUICE SCORE
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cowboy in a wide-brimmed black hat, blue long-sleeved shirt, dark trousers, bright yellow neckerchief, one arm outstretched, riding the rearing horse at centre |
| Animal | Dark brown/black horse rearing up on its hind legs beneath the cowboy, yellow saddle blanket |
| Animal | Large brown-and-white pinto horse head in the lower centre-right foreground, red-and-white blaze, dark eye, open pink mouth |
| Animal | White, brown and black cattle running in a stampede across the red plain in the mid-background |
| Animal | Two brown-and-white hounds running at the right side of the stampede |
| Other | A coiled rope/lasso whips through the right foreground |
| Other | Green cactus plants and a green barrel scattered across the red ground |
Landscape-format backglass in a flat cartoon style, dominated by a bright orange-red desert ground with pale blue sky and flat white clouds at the top. The huge title 'DAGIS' sits centre-top in tall, slightly leaning, pale-yellow letters with a heavy black outline. Below it, a cowboy on horseback rears up in the centre: a man in a wide-brimmed black hat, blue shirt, dark trousers and a bright yellow neckerchief, arm flung out holding a whip or rein, horse mid-leap. In the foreground, lower centre-right, a large brown-and-white pinto horse head with a red-and-white blaze, dark eye and open pink mouth. Behind, running cattle (white, brown and black) and two brown-and-white hounds race across the red plain, with spiky green desert plants and a green barrel. Four black trapezoid score panels are stacked two per side: 1UP and 2UP across the top, 3UP and 4UP lower down, each with four mechanical digit windows, all reading 0000 except 1UP which reads 1930. Bottom left, four ribbed green cacti printed with the number 2 and the word CACTUS JUICE SCORE, and the numbers 1 2 3 4 beneath them. The name 'Bally' in red script appears left of centre, 'FOUR PLAYER' in white to the right. The glossy surface shows scratches, chipping and lifted varnish along the top edge.