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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

  • red
  • blue
  • green
  • yellow
Gaucho backglass

Full vision analysis

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

  1. 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.

Gaucho backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.