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1966 · Bally

Gold Rush

Known for White mushroom bumper, Mushroom bumpers and Bagatelle game. Deep blue night sky with small stars, magenta and purple rock face, ochre desert plain, green rolling hills, white-capped blue mountains and distant ox-drawn covered-wagon train.

Year
1966
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Known for

  • Bumper

    White mushroom bumper

  • Bumper

    Mushroom bumpers

  • Toy

    Bagatelle game

On the playfield

  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
  • pale blue
Gold Rush playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toy 1

  • Bagatelle game

Bumpers 2

  • White mushroom bumper
  • Mushroom bumpers

Lanes 3

  • Middle side lanes
  • Star rollovers rollover
  • Left out lane

Posts and gates 2

  • Gate gate
  • Large round rubber rubber

On the backglass

  • red
  • blue
  • yellow
  • orange
Gold Rush backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Small cowboy in a magenta hat riding a rearing tan horse on the upper-left ridge
  • man Cowboy beside the mine headframe in magenta hat, striped shirt, purple waistcoat, blue trousers and neckerchief, holding a lantern in one hand and a rifle in the other, grinning
  • woman Blonde cowgirl in pink hat and pink spotted blouse with blue jeans, leaning on a long-handled shovel
  • woman Redhead cowgirl in blue hat and blue shirt with a yellow neckerchief
  • woman Blonde cowgirl in blue shirt, pink trousers and pink hat, holding a pickaxe over one shoulder
  • man Prospector in a magenta hat, white shirt and red waistcoat at centre

Setting

  • Deep blue night sky with small stars
  • Magenta and purple rock face
  • Ochre desert plain
  • Green rolling hills
  • White-capped blue mountains
  • Distant ox-drawn covered-wagon train

Text on it

  • Bally
  • GOLD RUSH
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • BONUS MINE
  • MYSTERY BONUS
  • 10
  • 100
  • PLAY SKILL GAMES FOR FUN AND RECREATION
  • GAME OVER
  • 0
  • 9
  • 7
  • 6

Made by

Design
Ted Zale

Reference

Linked terms
  • Middle side lanes also called Side lanes
  • Star rollovers also called Blue star rollover also called Red star rollover
  • Bagatelle game also called Mini-ball
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Gold Rush playfield

Playfield

  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
  • pale blue

Fingerprint: Chi-Chi's Place electro-mechanical, cluster round pop-bumper caps reading special and ten points, wide red central bonus lane with cream lettering, four-figure cartoon group in wide-brimmed hats, pale blue apron with red arrow banner, candy-colored starburst design throughout

Distinctive

A cluster of round pop-bumper caps whose faces read SPECIAL WHEN LIT and 10 POINTS, ringed by red starbursts. A wide red central BONUS lane running from mid-playfield to the drain with cream block letters and stacked value discs down its length. A four-figure cartoon group in wide-brimmed hats and blue trousers painted into the middle of the playfield, split either side of the BONUS lane. A pale blue apron carrying a red arrow banner that reads FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET, plus a Bally script logo and a PENALTY TILT / TILT ENDS GAME nameplate on the right. A 5 BALLS 10c coin-op instruction block in the lower right.

Setting

  • Tan rock canyon and desert bluff scenery
  • Western telegraph-office interior suggested behind the painted figures
  • Cream and pale blue apron field with red and blue scrollwork
  • Plain black background around the cabinet

Symbols

  • Five-pointed star outlines
  • Red arrow banner
  • Sunburst star shapes
  • Circular numbered inserts
  • Coin slot and lock on cabinet front

Notable shapes

  • Wide red bonus lane running the full height of the centre with cream block lettering
  • Cluster of four round starburst pop-bumper caps
  • Curved inlane and outlane sweeps on both shoulders
  • Triangular slingshot paddles
  • Arched yellow starburst behind the top value plate

Art motifs

  • Comic-strip line art with flat colour fills
  • Red and blue ribbon scrollwork on the apron
  • Starburst motifs behind value readouts
  • Outlined cartoon figures in period dress

Themes

  • Western
  • Cowboy
  • Telegraph
  • Novelty bar theme
  • Electromechanical

Title on it

  • Chi-chi's place

Text on it

  • 100
  • WHEN LIT
  • SPECIAL
  • 10 POINTS
  • 200
  • 50
  • FREE BALL GATE OPEN WHEN LIT
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • BONUS
  • FLIPPER
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
  • 5 BALLS
  • 10¢
  • TILT
  • ENDS GAME
  • Bellows
  • 100 POINTS
  • when lit
  • Added Ball for each score of 3000
  • Added Ball for each score of 4000
  • Added Ball for each score of 5000
  • Added Ball for each score of 7000
  • CHI-CHI'S PLACE
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Pop bumpers
A tight cluster of four round pop-bumper caps in the upper third, each with a white starburst face, plus a fifth smaller bumper cap and two clear/yellow cylindrical bumpers lower down
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots with printed faces flanking the flippers
Upper playfield
Packed upper third with the pop-bumper cluster, curved lanes on both left and right shoulders, and a pair of red starburst value plates
Apron and lower playfield
Pale blue-grey metal apron with red and blue s-scrollwork, outlined stars, a red arrow legend reading flipper buttons on sides of cabinet, a script manufacturer logo and place name on the left, rules/special-award text block, a 5 balls 10c panel and a penalty tilt / tilt ends game plate on the right
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Painted cartoon man in a wide-brimmed hat, pale shirt and blue trousers, standing left of the red bonus lane
Man Painted cartoon man in a yellow shirt and blue trousers, standing in the centre group
Man Painted cartoon man in a dark hat and blue clothing, right of the centre group
Man Further painted male figure in a hat at the right of the group, partly hidden by hardware
Full description

Photograph of a full electro-mechanical playfield with wooden-looking side rails and a metal ball-return apron, photographed in a black cabinet with the front cabinet door and coin door visible below. Art is flat comic-strip cartoon line art in orange, red, yellow, cream and pale blue. The upper third is dominated by a cluster of round pop-bumper caps with white starburst faces and red rays, each ringed with metal posts and small cylindrical plastic bumpers in red, yellow and clear. A yellow starburst reads '100 WHEN LIT'. Down the centre runs a wide red vertical lane labelled BONUS in big cream letters, carrying stacked round value discs. Flanking it are four painted human figures in mid-playfield, in flat comic style, wearing wide-brimmed hats, shirts and blue trousers, posed against tan rock/canyon scenery. Left and right edges carry curved inlanes and outlanes with round plastic lane guides. The lower apron is pale blue-grey with red-and-blue swoosh scrollwork, five-pointed star outlines and a red arrow banner reading 'FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET'. Two white flippers with FLIPPER printed on them sit above a black ball drain.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Gold Rush backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • blue
  • yellow
  • orange

Fingerprint: gold rush, gigantic glowing gold nugget inside timber mine headframe lit from behind, yellow BONUS MINE arrow banner above it, eight brightly dressed cartoon prospectors and cowgirls crowded around rock face, wooden MYSTERY BONUS sign with red arrows, comic-style Western palette of gold and earth tones

Distinctive

A gigantic glowing gold nugget set inside a timber mine headframe, lit from behind like a lamp, is the single most memorable element, framed by a yellow 'BONUS MINE' arrow banner above it. A bank of four mechanical reel windows in a wooden frame sits high on the right. The right half is packed with eight brightly dressed cartoon prospectors and cowgirls in pink, blue and red hats crowded around a rock face, one blonde woman planting a shovel. A wooden 'MYSTERY BONUS' sign with three upward red arrows over circled values 10, 100, 10 sits low centre-left, and a white plaque reading 'PLAY SKILL GAMES FOR FUN AND RECREATION' fills the bottom-left corner.

Setting

  • Deep blue night sky with small stars
  • Magenta and purple rock face
  • Ochre desert plain
  • Green rolling hills
  • White-capped blue mountains
  • Distant ox-drawn covered-wagon train

Symbols

  • Gold nugget
  • Mine headframe timbers
  • Lantern
  • Rifle
  • Shovel
  • Pickaxe
  • Covered wagon
  • Stars
  • Wooden signposts
  • Upward arrows

Lettering

  • Large red slab-serif block capitals with gold inline and pale sparkle highlights for the title; yellow sans-serif capitals on red and yellow sign boards; white capitals for the lamp legend; red capitals on a white plaque

Themes

  • Gold rush
  • Western
  • Mining
  • Cowboys
  • Prospectors
  • Canyon

Title on it

  • Gold rush

Text on it

  • Bally
  • GOLD RUSH
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • BONUS MINE
  • MYSTERY BONUS
  • 10
  • 100
  • PLAY SKILL GAMES FOR FUN AND RECREATION
  • GAME OVER
  • 0
  • 9
  • 7
  • 6
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Small cowboy in a magenta hat riding a rearing tan horse on the upper-left ridge
Man Cowboy beside the mine headframe in magenta hat, striped shirt, purple waistcoat, blue trousers and neckerchief, holding a lantern in one hand and a rifle in the other, grinning
Woman Blonde cowgirl in pink hat and pink spotted blouse with blue jeans, leaning on a long-handled shovel
Woman Redhead cowgirl in blue hat and blue shirt with a yellow neckerchief
Woman Blonde cowgirl in blue shirt, pink trousers and pink hat, holding a pickaxe over one shoulder
Man Prospector in a magenta hat, white shirt and red waistcoat at centre
Woman Dark-haired woman in a pink top standing among the prospectors at centre
Man Prospector in a pink hat, striped shirt and blue neckerchief
Man Prospector in a pink hat and white shirt bending over the rock
Man Grinning cowboy at bottom right in a bright pink hat, blue shirt, olive-green spotted waistcoat and red neckerchief
Full description

A painted comic-style Western backglass set into a cream crackle-glaze cabinet surround with a red arrow wedge along the bottom. Upper half is a deep blue sky with small white stars; the right side is a magenta and purple rock face. Across the top, 'Bally' in red cursive script sits above the huge title 'GOLD RUSH' in tall red block letters with gold outlines and pale bulb sparkles inside each letter. At upper left, white caps read 'BALL IN PLAY' above a small cowboy on a rearing tan horse on a brown ridge. Left of centre, a yellow arrow banner with forked tail reads 'BONUS MINE' in red, mounted on a timber mine headframe framing an enormous backlit golden nugget with three blue drips at its base; a smiling cowboy in a magenta hat, striped shirt, purple waistcoat, blue trousers and neckerchief stands beside it holding a lantern and a rifle. Right of centre is a wooden-framed bank of four yellow reel windows reading 0 9 7 6. Below, eight prospectors and cowgirls crowd around a rock: three women in bright hats with a shovel and a pickaxe, four men in waistcoats and neckerchiefs, and a grinning cowboy in a pink hat and green vest at bottom right beside 'GAME OVER'. Ochre ground, green hills, white-capped blue mountains and a distant ox-drawn covered-wagon train fill the background.