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1971–1979 · Gottlieb & Mondialmatic

Sheriff / Lawman

Known for Waterfall, Gate standups, Drop-target bank and Double Bonus. Open yellow sky, timber saloon frontage at the left with a porch and doorway, small grey western town skyline behind the figures and psychedelic swirl patterned ground in red, blue, tan and green.

Years
1971–1979
Maker
Gottlieb & Mondialmatic
Type
Electro-mechanical

Known for

  • Lane

    Waterfall

  • Target

    Gate standups

  • Drop target

    Drop-target bank

  • Award

    Double Bonus

4 games under this title

On the playfield

  • yellow
  • red
  • green
  • white
Sheriff / Lawman playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Drop target 1

  • Drop-target bank

Target 1

  • Gate standups

Lane 1

  • Waterfall

Slingshot 1

  • Left rail slingshot

Lights 1

  • Horseshoe indicator

Display 1

  • Thousands reel reel

On the backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • white
Sheriff / Lawman backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Central sheriff, wide white stetson, blue uniform jacket with brass buttons and a silver sheriff star, red neckerchief, cartridge gun belt, tan trousers, brown boots, legs braced, grinning, firing a revolver right with white smoke
  • man Second cowboy just right of centre, floppy brown hat, red-brown shirt, dark neckerchief, tan trousers, black boots, leaning back with a shocked open-mouthed expression, swinging a lasso
  • woman Far left, tall red bouffant hair, pale blue-grey corset and drawers, black fishnet stockings, red thigh boots, one hand on hip, standing in a saloon doorway
  • man On the coach roof, brown hat, tan shirt, moustache, holding reins
  • man On the coach roof, blue hat, green shirt, red neckerchief, holding a long rifle upright
  • woman Leaning out of a stagecoach window, brown hat, hand raised, grinning

Setting

  • Open yellow sky
  • Timber saloon frontage at the left with a porch and doorway
  • Small grey western town skyline behind the figures
  • Psychedelic swirl patterned ground in red, blue, tan and green

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's
  • 2 PLAYER
  • LAWMAN
  • 00
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 12 15,19 17 10
  • 0 0,000 0 0
  • PLAYERS 1 or 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • Another BGR Restoration
  • MFG. BY D. Gottlieb & Co. CHICAGO, U.S.A.

How it plays

  1. Awards 2

    • Double Bonus
    • Wow

Made by

Design
Ed Krynski
Art
Michele "Mike" Martinelli
Art
Gordon Morison

Reference

Linked terms
  • Waterfall also called Plinko lanes also called waterfall lanes
  • Gate standups also called Standup targets
  • Drop-target bank also called Left drop bank also called 10-bank
  • Thousands reel also called 1000 reel
  • Double Bonus also called Super Bonus
Playfield vision analysis

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

Sheriff / Lawman playfield

Playfield Lawman

  • yellow
  • red
  • green
  • white

Fingerprint: Pale winding river or road down center carrying ladder of numbered white oval score discs from 1000 up to 10000 terminating in red starburst BONUS medallion, two pop bumpers with white caps printed red starburst emblems, green horseshoe loop with evenly spaced yellow dots framing center, hot yellow ground with red and green blocking

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the pale winding river/road down the centre carrying a ladder of numbered white oval score discs from 1000 up to 10,000, terminating in a red starburst BONUS medallion. Two pop bumpers whose white caps are printed with red starburst emblems sit in the upper third. A green horseshoe loop with evenly spaced yellow dots frames the centre, and the whole playfield is an unusually saturated yellow with red and green blocking. Small red script reading 'Special' on a white arrow appears on the left ramp apron.

Setting

  • Open flat yellow field covering most of the playfield
  • Green horseshoe-shaped ball lane loops framing the centre
  • Red painted zone in the upper right and centre
  • Brown lower playfield wood behind the flippers
  • Pale metal apron and cabinet sides below

Symbols

  • Red starburst asterisks printed on both pop bumper caps
  • Red-and-white radiating disc symbols either side of the centre lane
  • White circles with red outline marking ball-lane studs
  • Red circular bonus medallion with jagged edge
  • Blue and red curved arrows on the apron
  • Qr code sticker on the lower right apron

Notable shapes

  • A green horseshoe or u-shaped lane enclosing the upper centre
  • A long winding pale channel down the middle
  • A large curved metal arch/ball guide at the top of the playfield
  • A big curved blue and red ramp apron on the left
  • Two triangular sling areas

Art motifs

  • Winding river or road running down the playfield centre
  • Yellow dotted green loops
  • Flower and grass tufts in the upper right red area
  • Arrow banners carrying feature text

Themes

  • Score-based arcade
  • Bonus ladder
  • Card and target clearing
  • Reward feature

Text on it

  • BALL IN PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • INSTRUCTIONS
  • ONE or TWO PLAYERS - 3 BALLS PER PLAYER
  • INSERT ONE COIN AND PLAY BEGINS - NO BALL IS SHIPPED BEFORE INSERTING COIN FOR SECOND PLAYER
  • PLAYER THAT TURNS SHIPPING AS SHOWN ON BACK GLASS
  • POINTS ARE SCORED AS INDICATED.
  • ALL UNIT ROLLOVERS AND DROP TARGETS SCORE 500 POINTS.
  • A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER
  • 10 ADVANCES OF THE BONUS LANE ADDS BONUS.
  • BONUS IS SCORED UPON COMPLETING OF BALL IN PLAY.
  • MATCHING LAST 2 DIGITS SCORES TO BONUS THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORE 1 REPLAY.
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS
  • ON SIDE OF CABINET
  • INSERT COIN ONLY WHEN COIN ENTRANCE IS LIT
  • 1 REPLAY FOR EACH SCORE OF 8000
  • D. Gottlieb & Co.
  • 165 W. LAKE ST.
  • SPECIAL
  • WHEN LIT
  • BONUS
  • 10,000
  • 9000
  • 8000
  • 7000
  • 6000
  • 5000
  • 4000
  • 3000
  • 2000
  • 1000
  • TARGETS SCORE 500 POINTS EACH
  • BONUS ADVANCE WHEN LIT
  • 6000 POINTS WHEN LIT
  • TO SERVE 500 POINTS TO SERVE A SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 100 POINTS WHEN LIT
  • 100 POINTS EARNED WHEN
  • ADD BONUS and 1000 POINTS When lit
  • ADD BONUS and 1000 POINTS
  • LIGHTER BONUS AWARDED WHEN LIT
  • 25¢
  • 1 PLAY
Drop targets
A row of drop targets on the left ramp apron labelled for 500 points each, plus a set of vertical target banks on the right side below the slingshot
Ramps
A chrome wire-form ramp with a blue and red curved apron runs down the upper left side of the playfield; a flat metal ramp/lane guides the ball on the right of centre
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots, one above each flipper, with plain light-coloured rubber
Upper playfield
No separate upper level; a curved metal ball guide arcs across the top of the playfield
Apron and lower playfield
Large bare metal apron occupying the lower third, with a ball in play window at left, a game over window, a block of printed instructions text, a blue flipper buttons / on side of cabinet banner with arrows pointing left and right, insert coin only when coin entrance is lit in red, 1 replay for each score of 8000, a cursive signature d. gottlieb & co. with 165 w. lake st. beneath, and a request-keypad qr code sticker at the right
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Small painted cartoon character figures on the upper left playfield apron, in red, green and orange, partly obscured by the chrome wire ramp and plastic posts; individual features not clearly resolvable
Other Additional painted cartoon figures in the upper right red area near the rollover lanes, small and partly hidden behind lamp housings; details not clearly resolvable
Creature A green serpentine/dragon-like painted form along the left ramp area, partly hidden by the ramp rail
Full description

A single-level electro-mechanical playfield with a hot yellow ground colour, overprinted with green horseshoe-shaped ball lanes studded with round yellow dots, a red central zone and a blue-and-red curved ramp apron at the left. A pale, wavy, river-like channel runs down the middle from the top arch to the flippers, carrying a ladder of white oval score discs reading 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 and 10,000, ending at a red jagged starburst medallion marked BONUS. Two round pop bumpers with white caps printed as red starburst/asterisk motifs sit in the upper third, flanked by rows of yellow-topped rollover lanes and round yellow insert lamps. White plastic posts with red caps and a chrome wire-form ramp run along the left side; a metal scoop sits right of centre. Cartoon painted figures decorate the left and upper areas in reds, greens and oranges. Two white flippers with red rubber face the drain at the bottom, with plain brown wooden-looking lower-deck wood and bare pale metal apron below.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Sheriff / Lawman backglass

Backglass Lawman

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • white

Fingerprint: Sheriff firing revolver with yellow tracer and smoke, second cowboy with lasso, red-and-green stagecoach with luggage, fanned playing cards spilling, "LAWMAN" red title.

Distinctive

A cowboy firing a revolver mid-duel, his yellow tracer streaks and white muzzle smoke crossing the whole backglass and lassoing a second, goofy open-mouthed cowboy in a floppy brown hat. Behind them a bright red-and-green stagecoach packed with luggage and three more riders, with a fan of oversized playing cards tumbling out of the lower right. The ground is a psychedelic swirl of red, blue, tan and green rather than a realistic street. Two white score windows labelled 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER flank the red LAWMAN title at the top.

Setting

  • Open yellow sky
  • Timber saloon frontage at the left with a porch and doorway
  • Small grey western town skyline behind the figures
  • Psychedelic swirl patterned ground in red, blue, tan and green

Symbols

  • Fanned playing cards (aces, tens, kings, jacks, sevens)
  • Revolver with muzzle smoke
  • Lasso rope
  • Long rifle
  • Cartridge gun belt
  • Stagecoach with rooftop luggage
  • Silhouetted western town
  • Saloon porch

Lettering

  • Comic-book display lettering; blue cursive script for the small top word, tall red-orange slab capitals with white and black outline for the main title, black-outlined white sans-serif capitals on dark panels for the player labels and slogan strips

Themes

  • Wild west
  • Cowboys
  • Shoot-out
  • Stagecoach
  • Saloon
  • Playing-card fan
  • Duel

Title on it

  • Lawman

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's
  • 2 PLAYER
  • LAWMAN
  • 00
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 12 15,19 17 10
  • 0 0,000 0 0
  • PLAYERS 1 or 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • Another BGR Restoration
  • MFG. BY D. Gottlieb & Co. CHICAGO, U.S.A.
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Central sheriff, wide white stetson, blue uniform jacket with brass buttons and a silver sheriff star, red neckerchief, cartridge gun belt, tan trousers, brown boots, legs braced, grinning, firing a revolver right with white smoke
Man Second cowboy just right of centre, floppy brown hat, red-brown shirt, dark neckerchief, tan trousers, black boots, leaning back with a shocked open-mouthed expression, swinging a lasso
Woman Far left, tall red bouffant hair, pale blue-grey corset and drawers, black fishnet stockings, red thigh boots, one hand on hip, standing in a saloon doorway
Man On the coach roof, brown hat, tan shirt, moustache, holding reins
Man On the coach roof, blue hat, green shirt, red neckerchief, holding a long rifle upright
Woman Leaning out of a stagecoach window, brown hat, hand raised, grinning
Man Partially visible at the left edge of the coach body, brown hat and red shirt
Full description

A varnished, wood-framed backglass painted in flat comic-book cartoon style on a bright butter-yellow ground. Two white score windows with rounded corners sit across the top: the left one headed 1ST PLAYER and showing 12 15,19 17 10, the right headed 2ND PLAYER and showing 0 0,000 0 0. Between them is the title, a blue cursive word above a red 2 PLAYER and a huge LAWMAN in tall red-orange slab capitals with white and black outline. Left of centre a grinning sheriff in a white stetson, blue uniform jacket with brass buttons and silver star, red neckerchief, gun belt and tan trousers stands legs braced firing a revolver, a puff of white smoke and yellow tracer streaks running right. A second cowboy in a floppy brown hat and red-brown shirt leans back with a wide-open mouth, swinging a lasso whose yellow rope slices across the frame. Far left a red-haired woman in a pale corset, black fishnet stockings and red boots stands in the doorway of a timber saloon. Right, a red-and-green stagecoach with luggage on top carries a brown-hatted driver, a blue-hatted man with a rifle, and a woman leaning from the window; a fanned hand of playing cards spills below it. The foreground is a swirling psychedelic red, blue, tan and green patterned ground.

Sheriff / Lawman backglass

Backglass Sheriff

  • yellow
  • red
  • green
  • purple

Fingerprint: HERO cowgirl in white hat firing rifle with yellow muzzle beam cutting through playing cards; jagged yellow starburst title with red outline; red-haired woman in green fishnet at left doorway; red saloon building right side; oversized card deck tumbling lower corner; acid yellow-green field, hard-outlined comic palette

Distinctive

The most memorable element is a grinning cowgirl in a white cowboy hat and yellow trousers firing a rifle across the glass, the barrel and its yellow muzzle beam cutting horizontally right through a fan of giant playing cards. A jagged yellow starburst title with a red outline sits at top centre, flanked by four symmetrical cream score windows labelled first through fourth player. A second woman in a green fishnet bodystocking leans out of a doorway at the far left, and a red wooden saloon-style building with a game of skill sign fills the right. Oversized playing cards including a joker tumble across the lower right corner.

Setting

  • Western desert town street
  • Wooden saloon and storefront facades
  • Open doorway on the left
  • Dirt road with a car along the bottom

Symbols

  • Playing cards: hearts, diamonds, clubs and a joker
  • Joker card
  • Cowboy hats
  • Rifle
  • Horseshoe on the belt
  • Jagged starburst title shape
  • Number 10 plaque

Lettering

  • Large yellow block capitals with red outline inside an irregular starburst for the title; white slab-serif western lettering with black outline for the player labels; red and white heavy display lettering on the signs

Themes

  • Wild west
  • Cowgirl
  • Showdown
  • Card game
  • Shooting gallery
  • Saloon

Title on it

  • Hero

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's
  • A PLAYER
  • HERO
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 3RD PLAYER
  • 4TH PLAYER
  • PLAYERS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • CAN PLAY AT THE
  • SAME TIME
  • IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • 10
  • D. Gottlieb & Co.
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Central cowgirl, young adult, white cowboy hat, pale blue and white ruffled blouse, bright yellow trousers, brown belt with holster, wide toothy grin, leaning back and firing a long rifle to the right with a yellow muzzle flash beam
Woman Left figure, young adult with tall red beehive hair, orange top and green fishnet bodystocking, leaning forward out of a dark doorway, one arm down at her side
Man Right of centre, adult in brown cowboy hat, blue shirt and tan trousers, grinning, one arm raised, standing beside the red building
Man Small head peering from a window or balcony at the top right above the game of skill sign, wearing a hat
Other Tiny figures and a purple car on the dirt road at the bottom left
Full description

A square illustrated backglass in a pale wood bezel, dominated by a flat acid-yellow-green background and four cream score windows. At top centre a jagged yellow starburst logo with a red outline carries the title in block capitals, with a purple cursive name above and small caps beneath it. Upper left and upper right each hold a black-framed cream window labelled in white western-style lettering; two matching windows sit lower left and lower right, so the four player panels form a symmetrical rectangle around the central action. Centre-left a young woman in a pale blue and white ruffled blouse, yellow trousers and a white cowboy hat grins while firing a rifle to her right; a yellow muzzle beam runs from her hands across the picture. Behind her at left a red-haired woman in a green netted bodystocking and orange top leans forward in a doorway. Right of centre a grinning man in a brown cowboy hat and blue shirt stands beside a red and green wooden building. Lower right a fan of oversized playing cards spills across the frame, showing hearts, clubs, diamonds and a joker, crossed by a yellow plank. A dirt track with a purple car and small figures curves along the bottom edge. Flat hard-outlined airbrushed comic colouring in red, yellow, green and purple.

Sheriff / Lawman backglass

Backglass Texas Ranger

  • red
  • purple
  • blue
  • yellow

Fingerprint: Gilligan's TEXAS RANGER in white slab-serif capitals with green outline on deep red and purple cloudy ground, grinning cobalt-blue face in floppy pale-blue cowboy hat poking from bottom center, laughing grey-bearded man firing revolver with orange flame streaks, tall cartoon cowboy on left in yellow tartan trousers

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the grinning blue-faced head in a floppy pale-blue cowboy hat poking up from the bottom centre, coloured a single saturated cobalt blue like a cartoon ghost. Second is the laughing grey-bearded man on the right, eyes squeezed shut and mouth gaping, firing a revolver with orange flame streaks across his striped purple and lime shirt. Third, the tall cartoon cowboy on the left in yellow tartan trousers with a sheriff star badge on his dark vest. Fourth, the two-line white slab-serif TEXAS RANGER logo with green outline on a deep red and purple cloudy ground, with the smaller cursive word Gilligan's above it.

Setting

  • Mottled red and purple cloudy ground
  • Teal and turquoise smoke-like patches
  • Lime green circular reel emblem
  • Plain pale cream cabinet border

Symbols

  • Yellow sheriff star badge
  • Grey revolver
  • Slot-machine reel wheel emblem
  • White playing-card-like rectangle
  • Round white spots

Lettering

  • Chunky white slab-serif capitals with black drop shadow and green outline for the title; small white cursive script above; small white capitals below

Themes

  • Wild west
  • Cowboy
  • Sheriff
  • Comedy caricature
  • Gunfight
  • Slot machine reel emblem

Title on it

  • Texas ranger

Text on it

  • Gilligan's
  • TEXAS
  • RANGER
  • BALLS TO PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Full-length cartoon cowboy on the left: wide-brimmed white hat, red neckerchief, dark navy shirt or vest with a yellow sheriff star badge on the chest, wide gun belt with brass buckle, bright yellow tartan trousers, one hand raised at chest height
Man Older grey-bearded man on the right in a purple, lime and yellow striped shirt, laughing with mouth wide open and eyes shut, gripping a grey revolver that emits orange muzzle-flame streaks
Creature Large grinning cobalt-blue face with a floppy pale-blue cowboy hat, only eyes, nose and hat visible at the bottom centre
Full description

A roughly rectangular printed backglass, cropped at the top and right edges against a pale cream cabinet surround. The background is a mottled wash of deep red, crimson and purple clouds with patches of teal, turquoise and lime green smoke-like shapes. Centre-right carries a two-line title in chunky white slab-serif capitals with a black drop shadow and green outline: TEXAS over RANGER, with the smaller white cursive word Gilligan's tucked above it. Below, in small white capitals, is BALLS TO PLAY. Down the left side stands a full-length cartoon cowboy in a wide-brimmed white hat, red neckerchief, dark navy vest with a yellow sheriff star badge, gun belt and bright yellow tartan trousers. Bottom centre is a grinning cobalt-blue face in a floppy pale-blue cowboy hat, eyes and hat only visible above the lower edge. At right, an older grey-bearded man in a purple, lime and yellow striped shirt laughs with his mouth wide open while firing a grey revolver with orange muzzle-flame streaks. Upper left carries a lime-green circular slot-machine reel emblem, and round white spots dot the upper background. A grey reel-window strip runs near the upper right.

Sheriff / Lawman backglass

Backglass Take A Card

  • red
  • orange
  • yellow
  • blue

Fingerprint: TAKE A CARD title simple red letters on cream window, giant orange-yellow radiating sunburst explosion upper-left with long yellow speed streaks, playing cards tumbling at angles ace of spades visible, large face cards tilted at odd angles, blonde figure at right edge in blue outfit, dark pool of cards lower right.

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the giant orange-and-yellow sunburst explosion shape filling the upper-left and centre, throwing long yellow speed streaks across the red background. Second is the wide cream instruction window in a thick rounded black bezel, sitting inside that burst like a card-reader readout, with washed-out red text and a lone 0 visible. Third, playing cards tumbling loose through the air at odd angles, with a large ace of spades at left and an oversized queen/king card tilted at bottom centre-right. Fourth, a blonde character in a blue top at the right edge in left-facing profile with an outstretched arm.

Setting

  • Radiating explosion/sunburst
  • Swirling pale blue cloud or smoke arcs
  • Dark green card field at lower right

Symbols

  • Playing cards
  • Ace of spades
  • Face cards
  • Queen card
  • Radiating sunburst
  • Speed lines

Lettering

  • Large white all-capital block letters with heavy dark outline and drop shadow, on a red banner

Themes

  • Playing cards
  • Card draw
  • Explosion
  • Race cars implied
  • Action comic

Text on it

  • TAKE A CARD
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman At the right edge, blonde bob or tied-back hair, wearing a blue top or jacket, shown in left-facing profile, one arm extended towards the centre, standing upright
Other Large orange-and-yellow radiating burst or creature-like flame form occupying the upper-left and centre, with a curved grey-blue tail-like arc sweeping down from it
Other Small dark-skinned cartoon figure with dark hair at lower centre-left, partly hidden behind swirling blue ribbon shapes
Full description

A vertically oriented backglass panel, heavily sun-faded and low-resolution, with a hot red background. Across the upper third runs a wide horizontal instruction window: a cream-white rectangular slot framed by a thick rounded black bezel, containing faint washed-out red lettering and a small dark 0 or O at centre-right. Behind and around it is a large orange-and-yellow radiating burst or explosion shape, with long thin yellow speed-line streaks shooting to the right. Pale blue-grey and white swirling ribbon shapes (cloud, smoke or water-like arcs) curve down from the top edge and reappear across the lower half. Scattered playing cards tumble at angles through the scene, including a clearly visible ace of spades at left-centre and face/queen cards near the bottom centre, one large card at bottom-centre-right tilted diagonally. A blonde figure in a blue outfit stands at the right edge, head turned in profile to the left, arm extended. A dark green pool-of-cards area fills the lower right. The overall style is flat airbrushed/comic illustration with painted speed lines and black-outlined cartoon lettering.