1977 · Williams
Rancho
Known for Red drop bank, Green saucer, Left spinner lane and Upper-right chute. Sun-bleached cracked adobe wall, western desert yard, telegraph pole with wires, cacti, wooden fence and wagon wheel, plank shack with crooked door, notice board and tumbleweed.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Target
Red drop bank
- Hole
Green saucer
- Lane
Left spinner lane
- Lane
Upper-right chute
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Green saucer
- Yellow saucer
Targets 2
- Red drop bank
- Left standup
Lanes 3
- Left spinner lane
- Upper-right chute
- Center top lane
Controls 2
- Rollover button button
- Lower center red button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman On the right, standing in profile facing left, medium skin, dark hair under a wide brimmed hat with a red band, green lace-trimmed bodice over an orange skirt with a wide green ruffled hem, white ruffled collar, holding a small white paper in one hand
- woman Far right, facing left toward the other woman, fair skin, dark hair under a pale wide brimmed hat, purple jacket and skirt over a red bodice, wide lace collar and wide red-and-yellow ruffled skirt, one hand raised in a talking gesture
- other Tiny painted figures at a notice board on the wall behind the women, one in blue one in orange, too small for detail
Setting
- Sun-bleached cracked adobe wall
- Western desert yard
- Telegraph pole with wires
- Cacti
- Wooden fence and wagon wheel
- Plank shack with crooked door
- Notice board
- Tumbleweed
Text on it
- ALL GAMES DISPLAY ON TOKENS ONLY
- NO QUARTERS
- Williams
- RANCHO
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1ST UP
- 2ND UP
- CASH PLAY
How it plays
-
Goals 2
- RAN
- RANCHO
-
Awards 1
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Design
- Chris Otis
Reference
Linked terms
- Red drop bank also called Red RANCHO drop bank
- Green saucer also called Green upper saucer
- Yellow saucer also called Left saucer
- Left spinner lane also called Left spinner
- Upper-right chute also called Right kicker lane also called Upper-right Bonus chute
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- red
- white
- green
Fingerprint: rancho on weathered adobe wall, two women in enormous ruffled peasant dresses (green-orange and purple-red), western landscape with telegraph poles and cacti, mechanical score windows with labeled player boxes, flat painted style with sun-bleached tones, cash-play emblem, desert and distant hills
The two women on the right in huge bell-shaped, heavily ruffled peasant dresses, one in green and orange holding a white paper note, the other in purple and red with an outstretched hand. Behind them a slanted scarlet banner carrying the giant white block-letter title. The left half is dominated by two stacked mechanical score windows with white reels on black, each paired with a red 1ST UP / 2ND UP box. The whole artwork is painted to look like a sun-bleached, cracked adobe wall with telegraph poles and cacti.
Setting
- Sun-bleached cracked adobe wall
- Western desert yard
- Telegraph pole with wires
- Cacti
- Wooden fence and wagon wheel
- Plank shack with crooked door
- Notice board
- Tumbleweed
Symbols
- Cacti
- Telegraph pole and wires
- Wooden fence
- Tumbleweed
- Saddle
- Wagon wheel
- Plank shack
- Hills and rocks
- Clouds
Lettering
- Giant white block capitals with a black drop shadow on a slanted red banner; small white cursive script above; white arced sans-serif captions on painted scrolls; tiny black sans-serif print on a white board
Themes
- Western
- Mexican
- Rancho
- Cowgirl
- Cactus
- Peasant dresses
- Telegraph pole
Title on it
- Rancho
Text on it
- ALL GAMES DISPLAY ON TOKENS ONLY
- NO QUARTERS
- Williams
- RANCHO
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 1ST UP
- 2ND UP
- CASH PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | On the right, standing in profile facing left, medium skin, dark hair under a wide brimmed hat with a red band, green lace-trimmed bodice over an orange skirt with a wide green ruffled hem, white ruffled collar, holding a small white paper in one hand |
| Woman | Far right, facing left toward the other woman, fair skin, dark hair under a pale wide brimmed hat, purple jacket and skirt over a red bodice, wide lace collar and wide red-and-yellow ruffled skirt, one hand raised in a talking gesture |
| Other | Tiny painted figures at a notice board on the wall behind the women, one in blue one in orange, too small for detail |
Flat painted backglass with a cartoon Western-Mexican borderland scene on a cracked, sun-bleached yellow and cream plaster wall. A huge red banner panel slanted across the upper right carries the title in chunky white block capitals with a black shadow: a small cursive red-and-white script word above it, framed by rough vertical timber posts. The left half is dominated by two horizontal mechanical score windows set into the wall, one above the other, each with white reel digits on black, flanked by white arced captions reading 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER; small red rectangular boxes to the right of each window read 1ST UP and 2ND UP. A white sign in the top-left corner carries tiny black print. Painted props fill the scene: a leaning telegraph pole with wires, cacti, a wagon-wheel fence, tumbleweed, a wooden shack at mid-right, a small notice board with two tiny figures, and a saddle. On the right stand two full-length women in wide ruffled Mexican peasant dresses with lace collars and wide brimmed hats: one in a green bodice and orange skirt holding a white paper, the other in purple and red gesturing toward her. Bottom centre print reads CASH PLAY beneath a small red emblem.