1979 · Zaccaria
Shooting the Rapids
White-water rapids and river, rocky canyon walls and boulders, pine forest and pale blue sky with snowy mountain.
- Year
- 1979
- Maker
- Zaccaria
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Art
- Lorenzo Rimondini
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- yellow
- red
- tan
Fingerprint: Shooting the Rapids: enormous stern indigenous chief head at center, orange-tan face, black moustache, white-and-red feathered headdress surrounded by feather sunburst, three pop bumpers with green-and-gold sunburst-eye caps, erupting volcano left and stepped temple right, mirrored red-and-orange feather medallions, sawtooth border top edge.
The dominant feature is an enormous stern indigenous chief head at the centre of the playfield, orange-tan face with black moustache and a white-and-red feathered headdress, surrounded by a sunburst of red and orange feathers. Below the face a yellow ribbon reads BONUS SCORE VALUE with round X2, X3 and X5 medallions and SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN. Three pop bumpers with green-and-gold sunburst 'eye' caps in a triangle above the face. Erupting volcano on the left and a white stepped temple on the right make it unusually geographical for a 1970s electro-mechanical game.
Setting
- Deep blue sky covering most of the playfield
- Tan desert ground in the lower third
- Erupting volcano with lava, snow and palm trees on the left
- White stepped temple and orange mountain with blue water on the right
- Red, yellow and blue zigzag sawtooth border across the top
Symbols
- Feathered headdress
- Feather sunburst
- Chequered racing flags
- Totem poles
- Green sunburst eye pop bumper caps
- Yellow starburst splats
- Black and white chevron arrows
- Qr code
- Palm trees
- Volcano with lava
Notable shapes
- Radiating feather sunburst forming the centre medallion
- Three green sunburst-eye pop bumper caps
- Two long side ramps with chequered flags
- Totem posts with yellow disc finials flanking the ramps
- Yellow award ribbon with three round multiplier medallions
Art motifs
- Radiating sunburst behind the chief's head
- Yellow award ribbon with score medallions
- Curving ribbon banners with pointed swallowtail ends
- Sawtooth border
Themes
- South american adventure
- Exploration
- Volcano
- Temple ruins
- Indigenous chief portrait
Title on it
- Shooting the rapids
Text on it
- SPECIA
- 3,000
- ADVANCE BONUS
- B BONUS
- 20,000
- C
- 2P
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- BONUS SCORE VALUE
- X2
- X3
- X5
- SAME PLAYER SHOOTS AGAIN
- POINTS 20,000
- 20,000 POINTS
- SHOOTING THE RAPIDS
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- FREE PLAY
- 1979 Zacapac Shooting the Rapids
- ROLL OVER
- 10,000
- 70,000
- 5,000
- 2,500
- 3,500
- 1,500
- SPECIAL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Giant painted indigenous chief head at centre of playfield, orange-tan face, black moustache, heavy brow, black hair, white feathered headdress tipped red and orange |
| Other | Left-hand totem pole, grey with red and black bands, small carved faces, topped by a yellow disc |
| Other | Right-hand totem pole, grey with red and black bands, small carved faces, topped by a yellow disc |
| Other | Erupting volcano with orange lava flows and snow patches, left upper playfield |
| Animal | Pair of palm trees beside the volcano, lower left |
Full-length metal playfield on a 1970s electro-mechanical game, with the cabinet and coin door photographed below. Background is a mid-blue sky over tan desert ground. Top edge carries a bold red, yellow and blue zigzag sawtooth border. Dead centre is a large stern-faced indigenous chief head in orange-tan paint, black hair, heavy brow and moustache, wearing a headdress of white feathers tipped with red and orange, ringed by radiating red-and-orange feather shapes and small green value discs. Above it sit three round pop bumper caps with green-and-gold sunburst eyes on red bases. Left playfield carries a erupting volcano with orange lava, snow patches, palm trees and blue sky; right playfield carries a white stepped temple or pyramid against an orange mountain and blue water. Two grey ramps sweep up the left and right edges, each hung with a black-and-white chequered flag, flanked by totem poles topped with yellow discs. Two cream/yellow flippers, a blue apron with black-and-white chevron arrows, an instruction card, a rules card and a QR code card sit at the bottom.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- brown
- red
Fingerprint: Shooting the Rapids with yellow-green canoe through white rapids, two paddlemen in feathered war bonnets, four buffalo-head score windows 1-4 with feather fans, frothing beer stein top centre, red-white-green feathered motifs
Two paddlemen in feathered war-bonnet headdresses riding a yellow-and-green canoe through crashing white rapids, framed by four buffalo-head score panels numbered 1 to 4. A frothing beer stein between two buffalo skulls at the top centre. The title is stacked down the left side in three jagged red bursts reading SHOOTING / THE / RAPIDS in slanted yellow block letters.
Setting
- White-water rapids and river
- Rocky canyon walls and boulders
- Pine forest
- Pale blue sky with snowy mountain
Symbols
- Four buffalo/bison skulls with horns
- Beer stein mug
- Wooden canoe with paddle
- Native american feather fans
- Sawtooth tribal border pattern
- Stylised white-water wave crests
Lettering
- Slanted italicised sans-serif block capitals in yellow with a black outline and white inner line, each word set on its own jagged red starburst shape, stacked down the left side
Themes
- White-water rafting
- Rapid river
- Western outdoors
- Native american headdress motif
- Canoe
- Beer
Title on it
- Shooting the rapids
Text on it
- SHOOTING
- THE
- RAPIDS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- NAME
- HIGHEST SCORE
- CREDIT
- 1 TO 4 CAN PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Tan-skinned adult male river guide, full feathered war-bonnet headdress with red, white and green feathers and a beaded headband, yellow shirt, gripping a wooden paddle, seated in the bow of the canoe |
| Man | Second tan-skinned adult male, also in a feathered headdress with red, white and green plumes and beading, yellow shirt, seated behind the first paddler in the canoe |
A rectangular backglass/translite-style painted panel showing a white-water river rapids scene, framed by a grey metal cabinet edge. White and blue foaming water churns diagonally across the whole lower two-thirds, with tan and grey rocky canyon walls and boulders behind, dark green conifer trees along the top and a pale blue sky with a snowy peak at upper left. In the centre-right a yellow and green canoe with a red gunwale rides the rapids, carrying two tan-skinned adult men in full feathered war-bonnet headdresses with red, white and green feathers and beaded headbands; the nearer man wears a yellow shirt and grips a wooden paddle. Four buffalo-head score windows sit in the four corners, each in a yellow-green and red sawtooth Native American style border flanked by a fan of red, white and green feathers. A frothing glass beer stein sits top centre between the upper two buffalo heads. On the right side a black panel reads NAME above a row of reels and HIGHEST SCORE on a yellow banner with a row of round yellow lamps; below it are two blank yellow instruction strips, two dark rectangular windows and a red CREDIT panel.