Spirit of 76 / Pioneer / New York

A patriotic red, white and blue playfield painted as a symmetrical fan of curving lanes. Two red-and-white striped rockets with gold noses climb the left and right edges, past raised gold 3D letterforms carrying eagle-and-stars shields, towards three round pop-bumper caps with gold star decals set in a triangle at the top. A small red, white and blue jet points straight up the centre above a yellow teardrop reading 1000 PLUS. Flanking it, two large gold stars read TARGETS SCORE 500 and ADD BONUS. A gold diamond lattice of bonus numbers, 1000 to 10,000, runs down a dark blue wedge; above it a red kite reads DOUBLE BONUS with a round WHEN LIT hole, and below a green WHEN LIT disc sits over a red SHOOTS AGAIN disc. Lettered lanes A and B left, D and E right, each under a 100 marker, flanked by 500 and ADD BONUS panels. The lower third is a plain cream apron with a blue-bordered SPIRIT OF 76 instruction card, a red FLIPPER-BUTTONS ON SIDE-OF-CABINET arrow, a blue D. Gottlieb Co. signature and a QR code.

Full-length electro-mechanical playfield photographed in a wooden cabinet, shot slightly from the front-left with the whole machine in frame. The surface is dominated by a red, white and blue patriotic star-and-stripe motif: a big red central wedge carries a scattered fan of yellow value panels (1000, 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 9000 and a vertical column of round green-yellow inserts reading 1000, 2000, 4000, 6000, 7000, 5000, 9000), flanked by two sloping banks of narrow lanes. Two large white curved cards read 1975 on the left and 1976 on the right, each with a fan of blue-and-red stripes, and beneath them two yellow oval instruction plates read 'YEAR'S SCORE' and 'ADD BONUS'. Three round mushroom-capped pop bumpers with cream skirts and star-and-burst graphics sit across the top arc, above a painted red rocket or plunger assembly with a black ball gate marked 'BOTTOM GATE'. Slingshots are white posts with red-and-white star decals; the flippers are bright yellow. The lower apron area is white and carries a red 'FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET' legend between two blue arrows, a NEW YORK instruction card, a replay card, and a blue 'D. Gottlieb Co.' signature.

Full-length playfield of an electro-mechanical four-player game, dominated by a royal-blue field with a huge cream-outlined red-and-white starburst target filling the lower two thirds. A pyramid of yellow value banners runs up the centre starburst, reading 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 10000, with 10000 and 8000 down the right arm and 7000, 5000, 3000, 1000 down the left, and a round BONUS VALUE disc at the apex. At the top centre sits a small rocket-ship motif above a 1000 PLUS insert in a red oval, flanked by two yellow star-filled ovals reading TARGETS SCORE 500 & ADD BONUS, and a DOUBLE BONUS diamond below it. The upper playfield carries three round yellow pop-bumper caps printed with red-outlined stars, a fan of five yellow vertical target banks, and tall cream star-bordered side rails decorated with American-flag stars-and-stripes shields and crescent-moon-and-star motifs. Scattered insert windows read A, B, C, D and E in orange circles, plus 100 score inserts. The lower deck is white/cream with a large blue-outlined PIONEER instruction card, an orange arrow reading FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET, and blue script maker lettering. Two white flipper bats sit mid-low field above a red SHOOTS AGAIN insert.

A landscape-format 1970s electro-mechanical backglass in a red, white and blue American-flag motif. Four white score reels with red numerals sit in two ribbon-framed boxes across the top half, each box headed by a small yellow shield carrying a red numeral: 1 and 2 on the top row, 3 and 4 below; the upper-left reel reads 19,760. On the left, two full-height figures stand side by side: a Native American man with long black hair, a headband with feather and a tan fringed buckskin tunic, one arm raised, and beside him a white-suited astronaut in a gold-rimmed round bubble helmet with a chest control panel and backpack. Lower centre is a small black horse rearing, with two miniature astronauts tumbling above it against a black star field. Centre-right lettering reads A GAME OF SKILL above a yellow ribbon bearing the title, and below it an enormous '76 in red-outlined block numerals, the 7 filled with blue stars on white and the 6 striped vertically red and white. At the bottom, PLAYERS over four blue circles numbered 1 to 4. A red and white ribbon of stars sweeps across the lower half. Condition: worn and chipped paint along the edges, some small cracks and scuffs on the wood.

A patriotic space-race score panel set inside a white wooden backbox frame. The left third shows a blue field of white stars behind two figures: a khaki-uniformed soldier with a brown sidecap and long rifle slung over his shoulder, and, in front, an astronaut in a white ribbed spacesuit with an orange-tinted helmet visor, chest control panel, life-support pack and ribbed boots, standing calmly with one hand at his side. Centre-right, a white-and-red rocket marked 6060 climbs diagonally upward trailing red, orange and white flame exhaust, against a black star field. Two cream mechanical score reels sit in blue-and-red striped windows on the right, showing 20,920 and 00,000, each beneath a small yellow-and-red numbered shield (1 and 2). Below centre-right, white italic text reads A GAME OF SKILL above a script logo, over a yellow-bordered NEW YORK banner filled with blue stars. Red, white and blue ribbon stripes, swooshes and scattered five-pointed stars fill the lower half, ending in a 1 OR 2 PLAYERS medallion. A small blue bell and a yellow manufacturer plaque sit low left.

A backlit backglass in a cream-painted wooden frame, its art split by a torn-edge black diagonal banner. Left of centre stand two large figures: a frontiersman in a fur cap and fringed buckskin shirt, grinning, raising one hand and holding a long rifle upright, and in front of him a bulky astronaut in a white ribbed pressure suit with a clear domed helmet marked USA on the brow, standing rigidly with gloved hands at his sides. Above them a white rocket with a pointed nose climbs through a spray of white stars, belching two orange-and-yellow flame plumes downward. Right of the rocket a green and blue lunar module sits on a dark cratered surface near a small grey satellite dish. On the right half two horizontal cream score windows, each outlined in blue and red and each topped by a yellow shield tab, show five black score reels reading 0,0,000 and 0,0,000, with a red 2 in the second shield. Below sits the title, a large orange-and-yellow gradient block word with a white star motif above each letter, a horseshoe and a plough. Four grey-blue pioneers carrying a barrel and a long gun walk along a red star-spangled band. Dominant colours are red, orange, blue, cream and black, in flat comic-print style with heavy black outlines and a limited palette.