1963 · Gottlieb
Gaucho
Known for Roto-target, Spin bumpers, Upper playfield and Roto-Star. Open blue sky with lighter horizon band, yellow-cream strip of open fields, green rolling hills along the bottom and cream outer border framing the whole glass.
- Year
- 1963
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- rotating target
Roto-target
- Bumper
Spin bumpers
- upper playfield
Upper playfield
- Goal
Roto-Star
On the playfield
Extra level 1
- Upper playfield upper playfield
Bumpers 3
- Spin bumpers
- Red bumpers
- Yellow bumpers
Target 1
- Roto-target rotating target
Post or gate 1
- Small posts posts
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Single cartoon cowboy, young adult male, tanned skin, wide open-mouthed grin, wide-brimmed bright red hat with white trim and red band, yellow-and-blue neckerchief, white shirt with blue patterned yoke, black studded belt, tight bright red trousers, pointed red boots, right arm raised holding a coiled whip or lasso, left hand at his waist; stands centred over the score windows
Setting
- Open blue sky with lighter horizon band
- Yellow-cream strip of open fields
- Green rolling hills along the bottom
- Cream outer border framing the whole glass
Text on it
- GAUCHO
- Gaucho's
- PLAYER
- 1- PLAYER
- 2-PLAYER
- 3-PLAYER
- 4-PLAYER
- TILT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- CHOOSE PARTNERS FOR TEAM PLAY
- GAME OVER
- 4 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- A GAME OF SKILL
- Ball in Play
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Roto-Star
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Linked terms
- Roto-target also called Roto
- Spin bumpers also called Spin
- Upper playfield also called up top also called UTAD
- Roto-Star also called Roto-Star collect
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- green
- yellow
Fingerprint: Grinning cartoon gaucho in red hat, yellow neckerchief, bright red trousers standing centre, whip raised, straddling four red-framed score windows (2x2 arrangement with 1-4 numerals), pale-green block letters "GAUCHO" lower centre, instruction panels flanking, red five-pointed star top-right, simple landscape with blue sky and green hills, red banner strips under windows, flat cartoon painted style, wild west competition theme
A grinning cartoon gaucho cowboy in a bright red wide-brimmed hat, yellow neckerchief and tight red trousers stands dead centre of the glass, whip raised in one hand, straddling and overlapping four separate red-framed score windows arranged two above and two below him. Four cream reel windows with red rounded frames and blue numbered pennants reading 1, 2, 3 and 4 make it a four-player game. The title is set in big pale-green slab capitals with white highlights across the lower centre, flanked by instruction panels printed on coloured stripes. A red five-pointed star sits alone in the top-right sky.
Setting
- Open blue sky with lighter horizon band
- Yellow-cream strip of open fields
- Green rolling hills along the bottom
- Cream outer border framing the whole glass
Symbols
- Red five-pointed star in the top-right sky
- Starburst flash in the top-left corner
- Scroll/ribbon motif near the upper left
- Blue triangular pennants carrying the numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 above each score window
- Three white roller-coaster-like rails behind the top-left window
Lettering
- Large pale-green sans-serif slab capitals with white highlight and dark outline for the title; mixed-case and condensed block capitals on coloured banner strips for player labels and instructions; a small script/serif 'gaucho's' above the title
Themes
- Wild west
- Cowboy
- Gaucho
- Ranch
- Painted landscape
- Multi-player team play
Title on it
- Gaucho
Text on it
- GAUCHO
- Gaucho's
- PLAYER
- 1- PLAYER
- 2-PLAYER
- 3-PLAYER
- 4-PLAYER
- TILT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- CHOOSE PARTNERS FOR TEAM PLAY
- GAME OVER
- 4 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- A GAME OF SKILL
- Ball in Play
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Single cartoon cowboy, young adult male, tanned skin, wide open-mouthed grin, wide-brimmed bright red hat with white trim and red band, yellow-and-blue neckerchief, white shirt with blue patterned yoke, black studded belt, tight bright red trousers, pointed red boots, right arm raised holding a coiled whip or lasso, left hand at his waist; stands centred over the score windows |
Rectangular illustrated backglass, cream outer border, painted in flat cartoon style. Four rectangular score windows sit in a 2x2 arrangement, two upper and two lower, each with a cream/white reel window showing blank reel strips, framed by a thick rounded red border with black outline. Above the top-left window is a blue pennant with the numeral 1; the top-right window has a matching blue pennant with the numeral 2; the two lower windows carry the numerals 3 and 4 on small blue tabs. Under each window runs a red banner strip reading PLAYER, prefixed by 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-, and the words TILT appear in small red-outlined boxes at the lower left of the 3-PLAYER and 4-PLAYER windows. A single cartoon male figure stands dead centre, between and slightly over the four windows: a smiling, tanned young cowboy in a wide-brimmed bright red hat with white trim and a red band, a yellow-and-blue neckerchief, a white shirt with blue patterned yoke, a black studded belt, tight bright red trousers and pointed red boots, one arm raised holding a coiled whip or lasso. Behind him is a simple landscape: blue sky with a lighter horizon band, a yellow-cream strip of fields, and green rolling hills along the bottom. Small decorative marks include a starburst in the top-left corner, a red five-pointed star top right, and a scroll motif around the upper left. Large pale-green block letters with white highlights spell GAUCHO across the lower centre, above which sit the smaller script words Gaucho's and PLAYER. Red-outlined boxes of instructions fill the bottom corners.