1962 · Gottlieb
Sunset
Pink and yellow sunset sky with horizontal streaks, pale lavender and white rounded rock formations and bluffs, dark green conifer/pine trees at upper left, green cactus at upper right and grass and scrub along the bottom edge.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- magenta
- yellow
- blue
- orange-brown
Fingerprint: SUNSET in tall white letters on orange-brown disc, two symmetrical yellow score-reel panels with red-arrow-topped numerals 1-2, dense Western crowd dancing couples cowboy on horse bucking bronco stagecoach, pink-lavender rocks
A huge rust-orange sun disc filling the centre, with the tall white shadowed title SUNSET across it, flanked by two symmetrical yellow score-reel panels each topped by a red 1 or 2 on a white arrow. Around it, a dense Western cartoon crowd - dancing couples in pink and yellow gowns, a rust-shirted cowboy on a white-and-spotted horse, a bucking bronco, a covered stagecoach and hounds - set among pale lavender rock blobs. The two contrasting slogans at the bottom corners, IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL in orange italics and 1 or 2 PLAYERS CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME in orange caps. A small yellow credit box printed at the top centre between the two score panels.
Setting
- Pink and yellow sunset sky with horizontal streaks
- Pale lavender and white rounded rock formations and bluffs
- Dark green conifer/pine trees at upper left
- Green cactus at upper right
- Grass and scrub along the bottom edge
Symbols
- Two four-window mechanical score reels
- White arrow banners with red numerals 1 and 2
- Large orange sun disc
- Cactus
- Pine trees
- Rocks and canyons
- Covered stagecoach
- Horses and hounds
- Spectular glass reflection near the top centre
Lettering
- Title in very tall condensed white block capitals with blue and orange drop shading and a black outline; slogans in bold orange-red capitals and orange italics; player labels in white slab-serif capitals on brown arrows.
Themes
- Western
- Cowboys
- Sunset
- Horse riding
- Outdoors
- Frontier
Title on it
- Sunset
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- Gottlieb's
- SUNSET
- 2 PLAYER
- A GAME
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde woman in a floor-length pink gown with puffed sleeves, standing in profile beside a round brown shield-like disc and a large white hat on the ground |
| Man | Cowboy in a wide dark hat, orange-brown jacket and white neckerchief, facing right in the left-centre group |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a bright yellow gown being held by a dark-haired man in a blue waistcoat, forming a dancing couple |
| Man | Dark-haired man in a blue waistcoat and white shirt partnering the woman in the yellow gown |
| Woman | Woman in a pink-and-white top with a full green skirt, arms raised, dancing at centre |
| Man | Man in a dark hat and green shirt with arm outstretched near the centre dancers |
| Man | Cowboy in a rust-red shirt, yellow neckerchief and blue trousers, riding a white horse with dark brown patches, right arm raised |
| Animal | White-and-brown spotted/appaloosa-patterned horse in full gallop on the right side |
| Animal | Brown bucking bronco at upper left of the scene, rear legs down, head lowered |
| Animal | Tan horse standing on a ridge at upper centre-left, riderless or with a tiny distant rider |
| Animal | White hound running at lower centre with a brown hound beside it |
| Animal | Yellow dog or hound at lower right with blue harness markings |
| Vehicle | Covered stagecoach with a pale canopy and dark body among the centre-right rocks |
| Vehicle | Yellow and blue wagon or cart with a large spoked wheel at lower centre-right |
Rectangular backglass on a magenta-purple ground, split into two mirrored yellow score panels at the top, each with a red-outlined number 1 or 2 on a white arrow and four mechanical score reels behind glass, captioned 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER in bold white serif capitals on brown arrow banners. Centre is a large orange-brown disc carrying the title SUNSET in tall white block letters with blue and orange inline shading, a cursive signature above it and 2 PLAYER below. Behind the disc is a cartoon Western range scene: a pink-and-yellow sunset sky, pale lavender and white rounded rock formations, dark green pines at the upper left and a cactus at the upper right. The lower half is packed with figures - cowboys in wide-bron hats, a woman in a full-length pink gown, a woman in a yellow gown, a rider in a rust-red shirt on a white-and-brown spotted horse, dancing couples, a bucking horse, a stagecoach, and running hounds. Bottom left carries a white panel reading IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL above a brown GAME OVER bar and a lilac BALL IN PLAY flag; bottom right a white panel reading 1 or 2 PLAYERS CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME. The artwork is flat cartoon airbrush with heavy black outlines, and the glass shows a bright specular reflection near the top centre.