1973 · Bally
Hi-Lo Ace
Known for Center standups, Middle gate lanes, Ace lane and Playing cards. Green and black vertical striped border, scrolling yellow card-suit border, red stage curtain and fanned playing cards as the main background.
- Year
- 1973
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Target
Center standups
- Lane
Middle gate lanes
- Lane
Ace lane
- Goal
Playing cards
On the playfield
Bumpers 2
- Yellow bumpers
- Blue bumpers
Targets 3
- Center standups
- Upper left standups
- Upper right standups
Lanes 4
- Middle gate lanes
- Ace lane
- Side lanes
- Out lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Cartoon cowboy, light-skinned, large black moustache and goatee, wide dark hat with a red hatband, red coat over a white shirt and yellow neckerchief, grinning broadly, one hand raised with open palm toward the viewer, leaning out of a red curtain at the left of the artwork
- animal Small plump brown-and-white bird wearing a black top hat and a blue jacket with white collar, standing near the cowboy's shoulder, upper left
- animal Red-brown hawk or eagle with spread wings, yellow beak and white eye, swooping down from the top right corner
- animal Small red-brown furry animal with a pale muzzle wearing a blue waistcoat, grinning, at the bottom right corner beside the ace of spades
Setting
- Green and black vertical striped border
- Scrolling yellow card-suit border
- Red stage curtain
- Fanned playing cards as the main background
Text on it
- Bally
- BINGO
- ACE
- 5 3 5 0 0
- PLAY THIS TODAY!
How it plays
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Goals 3
- Playing cards
- Ace through 7
- 8 through Ace
Made by
- Design
- Jim Patla
- Art
- Dick White
Reference
Linked terms
- Center standups also called Middle standup targets
- Middle gate lanes also called Middle gate
- Side lanes also called Upper side lanes also called Return lanes
- Out lanes also called Outlanes
- Playing cards also called Cards
- Ace through 7 also called Ace-2-3-4-5-6-7
- 8 through Ace also called 8-9-10-Jack-Queen-King-Ace
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Grinning black-moustached cowboy leaning from red curtain with palm raised, fanned playing cards cascading, huge yellow BINGO and red ACE capitals, red-brown eagle swoops top right, small plump bird in top hat and blue jacket, three court cards grouped center bottom
A grinning cartoon cowboy with a black moustache and goatee, red coat and wide hat leans out of a red stage curtain with one palm raised, while fanned playing cards cascade over him. The title reads 'BINGO ACE', with 'BINGO' in enormous yellow block letters and 'ACE' in red serif capitals. Four reel-style score windows showing 5 3 5 0 0 sit directly above the title, and a red-brown eagle with spread wings swoops in at the top right. A plump little bird in a top hat and blue jacket stands beside the cowboy, and a small furry animal in a blue waistcoat grins at the bottom right corner. Three face-up royal court cards (jack, queen, king) fan out at the bottom centre beside a large ace of spades.
Setting
- Green and black vertical striped border
- Scrolling yellow card-suit border
- Red stage curtain
- Fanned playing cards as the main background
Symbols
- Rows of yellow card-suit symbols (diamonds, hearts, clubs, spades) scrolling round the border
- Large maroon ace-of-diamonds lozenge at the top centre
- Fanned playing cards including a large ace of spades at lower right
- Face-up jack, queen and king court cards at the bottom centre
- Yellow arrow pointing right at the bottom left
- Four-window mechanical reel-style score display
Lettering
- Small white cursive script maker's name; enormous yellow block capitals with red outline and black drop shadow for the first title word; large red-orange serif capitals with yellow inline highlight for the second word; small orange capitals on a green field at bottom left
Themes
- Playing cards
- Bingo
- Poker
- Western
- Cowboy
- Showman
- Gambling
Title on it
- Bingo ace
Text on it
- Bally
- BINGO
- ACE
- 5 3 5 0 0
- PLAY THIS TODAY!
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cartoon cowboy, light-skinned, large black moustache and goatee, wide dark hat with a red hatband, red coat over a white shirt and yellow neckerchief, grinning broadly, one hand raised with open palm toward the viewer, leaning out of a red curtain at the left of the artwork |
| Animal | Small plump brown-and-white bird wearing a black top hat and a blue jacket with white collar, standing near the cowboy's shoulder, upper left |
| Animal | Red-brown hawk or eagle with spread wings, yellow beak and white eye, swooping down from the top right corner |
| Animal | Small red-brown furry animal with a pale muzzle wearing a blue waistcoat, grinning, at the bottom right corner beside the ace of spades |
A tall illustrated backglass with a dark green and black striped border overlaid by a scrolling band of yellow card-suit symbols. A large maroon ace-of-diamonds lozenge sits at top centre, flanked by repeated yellow diamonds and hearts; a red-brown eagle with spread wings swoops in at top right. Below, a white four-window reel-style display shows 5 3 5 0 0. The centre-right carries a maker's name in small white script above a huge two-line title: 'BINGO' in enormous yellow block capitals with red outline and black shadow, and 'ACE' beneath in large red-orange serif capitals. Fanned playing cards cascade diagonally across the field, with three face-up court cards (jack, queen, king) grouped at the bottom centre and a large ace of spades at lower right. At left a grinning cartoon cowboy with a big black moustache and goatee, wide dark hat, red coat and white shirt leans out of a red curtain, one hand raised palm-out. A plump brown-and-white bird in a top hat and blue jacket stands beside him. Bottom left, orange text on the green border reads 'PLAY THIS TODAY!'. At bottom right a small red-brown furry animal in a blue waistcoat grins out.