Also known as M86
1986 · Zaccaria
Mexico 86
Known for Attack Zone, Moving defenders, Goal target and Cross Shot. Orange sunset horizon with distant mountains, grey stone castle keep and turret on the right, green plain and painted desert foreground and blue neon tube reflections across the glass.
- Year
- 1986
- Maker
- Zaccaria
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- zone
Attack Zone
- Target
Moving defenders
- Target
Goal target
- Shot
Cross Shot
- Goal
MEXICO
On the playfield
Shot 1
- Cross Shot
Targets 4
- Moving defenders
- Goal target
- Drop banks
- Fixed multiplier targets
Lane 1
- Upper lanes
Other 1
- Attack Zone zone
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Smiling brunette with long wavy hair and jewelled headband, lying inside the giant silver clam shell, wearing a green and gold corset bodice with red roses at the waist
- man Grinning cowboy in black wide-brim hat, white shirt and long black coat, arms flung wide, laughing, at centre-left
- woman Dark-haired woman in a leopard-print outfit at far left, one arm raised holding a triangular pennant banner
- man Kneeling man in yellow shirt and orange shorts with boots, firing a rifle with a white muzzle flash starburst
- man White-hatted lasso-wielding cowboy riding at upper centre above the logo, one arm raised holding a coiled lasso
- monster Green, orange and yellow jester or gargoyle mask with pointed hat, thick moustache and wide open mouth at bottom centre
Setting
- Orange sunset horizon with distant mountains
- Grey stone castle keep and turret on the right
- Green plain and painted desert foreground
- Blue neon tube reflections across the glass
Text on it
- TEXAS
- 86
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- DENNIS ROBERTS
- COP PRODUCTS 1988
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AG
- GAME OVER
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- MEXICO
-
Awards 3
- Red Special special
- Orange Special special
- Time Special special
The cast
- Mexico 86
Reference
Linked terms
- Goal target also called Goal
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- green
- yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: Circo/Mexico, grinning calavera skull wearing enormous sombrero upper-right, red-white striped circus tent at top left, giant wrapped burrito-serpent figure, mariachi in straw hat playing guitar at center, woman in wide-brimmed hat dancing left, broad red block circus lettering across top
The single most memorable element is a huge grinning calavera skull wearing an enormous sombrero, painted across the upper-right playfield, sitting next to a bulb-studded circular medallion. A second strong cue is the whole Mexican Day of the Dead / circus-poster theme: a red-and-white striped circus tent at top left, a giant wrapped burrito- or serpent-like figure, a mariachi in a straw sombrero playing a guitar in the centre, and a woman in a wide-brimmed hat dancing at the left. A broad band of red block circus lettering with white and yellow keylines runs across the top of the field, and the apron is printed with the word MEXICO in large serif capitals.
Setting
- Circus tent interior
- Mexican fiesta street scene
- Day of the dead calavera imagery
- Wooden pinball cabinet with chrome coin door and score reels
Symbols
- Marigold flowers
- Papel picado bunting
- Playing-card suits
- Numbered scoring circles
- Stars
- Red and white circus tent
- Sombrero
- Wire ball guides
- Pop bumper caps
Notable shapes
- Two cream flippers flanking a centre drain
- Curved wire ball guides running the length of the right edge
- Circular bulb-studded medallion in the upper right
- A circular medallion-like disc near the centre right
- Keyhole-shaped shooter button cutout in the left apron
Art motifs
- Poster-style flat colour blocking
- Black keyline outlines
- Floral and folk-pattern ornament
- Scalloped decorative borders
- Blue-and-white geometric tile panels
Themes
- Mexico
- Circus
- Day of the dead
- Calavera
- Fiesta
- Somersault lanes
- Bullfight
Title on it
- Circo / mexico
Text on it
- CIRCO
- MEXICO
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 7
- 10
- 20
- 40
- 60
- POINTS WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL ORANGE
- SPECIAL RED
- SUPER BONUS RECORD
- 1 REPLAY
- 6 EXTRA BALL
- 3 EXTRA BALL
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- FREE PLAY
- 27
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | A grinning calavera skull with hollow black eye sockets and a wide toothy grin, wearing an oversized decorated sombrero, upper right of the playfield |
| Man | A standing mariachi figure in a wide straw sombrero and white shirt, centre-right, facing the viewer |
| Woman | A woman in a large wide-brimmed hat and blue/white striped garment at mid-left, in a dancing pose |
| Man | A male figure in a yellow-and-white striped serape and sombrero near the upper middle, partly under the tent canopy |
| Other | A large green-and-yellow wrapped serpent or burrito-like creature winding across the centre of the playfield |
| Monster | A bright pink and orange devil-mask or dragon-face graphic with a yellow star on the left lower playfield |
Electro-mechanical playfield seen from above through wooden-framed glass, with the cabinet front, chrome coin door and two red-lit score reels (27 and 20) below. The art is a busy Mexican circus and fiesta scene in saturated red, green, yellow and blue. Large red block circus lettering with white and yellow keylines runs across the top, beside a red-and-white striped tent canopy on the left and a grinning calavera skull in a sombrero on the right. Three round pop-bumper caps with yellow flower decals sit in a triangle at upper left. The middle is crowded with a large sombrero, a serape-draped figure, a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, and a mariachi in a straw hat and white shirt at centre-right, plus lanes of white numbered circles (3, 2, 1 and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and red-bordered ovals reading 20, 40, 60, 60 and 10, 10. Wire ball guides and a steel ramp line the right edge. At the bottom two cream flippers flank a centre drain, with white instruction cards in the apron and a red keyhole shooter button on the left.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- green
- silver
- blue
Fingerprint: Enormous faceted silver clam shell holding smiling corseted brunette wreathed in red roses on right half, slanted TEXAS 86 logo in orange-to-yellow with teal-green inner shading, wild west carnival group on left with grinning cowboy and rifleman, jewelled black cowboy hat with card suits, stone castle turret with skull-lit window
The most memorable element is the enormous faceted silver clam shell holding a smiling corseted brunette wreathed in red roses, which fills the entire right half of the glass. Second, the slanted TEXAS 86 logo in orange-to-yellow with teal-green inner shading, sweeping from lower left to upper right across the middle. Third, the wild west carnival group on the left: a grinning black-hatted cowboy with arms spread, a leopard-print woman waving a pennant, and a kneeling rifleman with a muzzle flash. Fourth, a jewelled black cowboy hat decorated with card suits on the left edge, and a stone castle turret with a small skull-lit window on the right.
Setting
- Orange sunset horizon with distant mountains
- Grey stone castle keep and turret on the right
- Green plain and painted desert foreground
- Blue neon tube reflections across the glass
Symbols
- Playing-card suits set in jewels on a black cowboy hat
- Black cowboy hat
- Lasso rope
- Rifle with muzzle flash
- Giant open clam shell
- Cactus
- Pennant banner
- Red roses
- Four red 7-segment score displays
- Sparkle starbursts on the woman's skin
Lettering
- Large slanted three-dimensional block letters, orange-to-yellow gradient faces with teal-green inner faces and cream outline, plus small plain white and red sans-serif instruction print in the lower corners
Themes
- Wild west
- Cowboys
- Carnival
- Southwest
- Texas
- Bullfighting
- Castle
- Four player
Title on it
- Texas 86
Text on it
- TEXAS
- 86
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- DENNIS ROBERTS
- COP PRODUCTS 1988
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AG
- GAME OVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Smiling brunette with long wavy hair and jewelled headband, lying inside the giant silver clam shell, wearing a green and gold corset bodice with red roses at the waist |
| Man | Grinning cowboy in black wide-brim hat, white shirt and long black coat, arms flung wide, laughing, at centre-left |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a leopard-print outfit at far left, one arm raised holding a triangular pennant banner |
| Man | Kneeling man in yellow shirt and orange shorts with boots, firing a rifle with a white muzzle flash starburst |
| Man | White-hatted lasso-wielding cowboy riding at upper centre above the logo, one arm raised holding a coiled lasso |
| Monster | Green, orange and yellow jester or gargoyle mask with pointed hat, thick moustache and wide open mouth at bottom centre |
A four-player backglass in a chrome blue metal frame, dominated by a huge diagonal logo reading TEXAS 86 in chunky three-dimensional orange-to-yellow gradient block letters with teal-green inner faces and cream outline. Four red-on-black 7-segment score panels sit round the logo (two upper, marked with big yellow-black numerals 1 and 2, two lower marked 3 and 4). Lower centre-right is a huge open clam shell rendered like polished silver-grey metal segments, containing a smiling brunette woman in a green and gold corset with red roses at her waist. Left side shows a carny tableau: a grinning cowboy in black hat, white shirt and black coat, arms flung wide; a woman in a leopard-print outfit holding up a pennant; a kneeling man in a yellow shirt and orange shorts firing a rifle with a muzzle flash; and a black cowboy hat decorated with jewelled playing-card suits. Upper centre a white-hatted lasso-wielding cowboy rides over the logo against an orange sunset horizon. Right background is a grey stone castle keep with a small skull figure in a window. Bottom centre shows a grotesque green and orange jester or gargoyle mask with a moustache and open mouth. Small print: DENNIS ROBERTS, COP PRODUCTS 1988, and SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AG. GAME OVER in red at lower right.