1962 · Williams
Trade Winds
Known for Center saucer, Advances and Tahiti. Open sea, pale blue sky with birds and rocky green headland.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- saucer
Center saucer
- Goal
Advances
- Place
Tahiti
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Center saucer saucer
Bumper 1
- Passive bumpers
Lanes 5
- North rollover lane
- Top center lane
- Out lanes
- Upper side lanes
- Rollover buttons rollover buttons
On the backglass
Who and what
- man One sailor, seated at lower right, white peaked cap, blue-and-white horizontal striped jersey, smiling, one arm raised gripping the rope, other hand held out in front of him
- vehicle One square-rigged sailing ship, three masts with large cream and yellow sails, red-brown hull, on turquoise water
Setting
- Open sea
- Pale blue sky with birds
- Rocky green headland
Text on it
- TRADE WINDS
- TILT
- ENDS GAME
- N
- E
- S
- W
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Advances
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
The cast
- San Francisco
- Hawaii
- Wake
- Fiji
- Samoa
- Tahiti
Reference
Linked terms
- North rollover lane also called North
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- orange
- cream
- green
- red
Fingerprint: Oversized translucent amber dome enclosing two mushroom bumpers, seven-bumper fan triangle with red-purple-blue-yellow caps, white ship figureheads flanking lower field, carved tribal tiki mask between flippers, twisting arrow trails studded with tokens, orange-cream-green palette, portrait format
The single most memorable element is the huge translucent amber plastic dome arching over the top third of the playfield, enclosing two mushroom pop bumpers with pink and purple caps. Second is the fan of seven '10 WHEN LIT' mushroom bumpers in red, purple, blue and yellow forming a triangle across the middle. Third, the two black flippers sit below a carved tribal tiki mask painted in red, cream and black. Fourth, the twisting red-and-yellow arrow trails that lace the whole lower green field, studded with small yellow arrow tokens.
Setting
- Tropical pacific island map with green sea and named islands
- Outrigger canoe with a square tan sail
- Wooden flipper batons crossed at centre bottom
- Amber-tinted plastic upper dome
Symbols
- Black downward arrow
- Red and yellow twisting arrow trails
- Light bulb icons
- Yellow arrow tokens
- Trading-in score tokens
- Red star logo on the apron
- W-in-a-circle logo
Notable shapes
- Huge translucent amber dome arching over the top third
- Triangular fan of seven mushroom bumpers in the mid-field
- Curving wireform ball guide arcs down the right side of the upper playfield
- Red-and-yellow arrow trail looping symmetrically around the lower green field
- Crescent-shaped wooden batons flanking the centre tiki mask
Art motifs
- Named islands as green landmasses on turquoise sea
- Cartoon directional arrows
- Period comic-style spot colour and heavy black outlines
Themes
- Hawaii
- Tropical islands
- South seas
- Outrigger canoe
- Tiki
Title on it
- Hawaii
Text on it
- ALMANCE
- Special
- WHEN LIT
- 10 POINTS
- ON
- 30 POINTS
- 10 WHEN LIT
- THREE ADVANCES 30 POINTS
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- SAN FRANCISCO
- HAWAII
- SAMOA
- OFF
- YELLOW BUMPER
- RED BUMPER
- ADVANCE TO POINTS
- FIJI
- TAHITI
- 100 POINTS
- South West
- South East
- FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
- 5 BALLS
- 10. PER PLAY
- 3 PLAYS 25.
- BALLS PLAYED
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- Williams
- ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CORP.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
- TILT
- ENDS GAME
- TRADEWINS
- Ticker Required For High Score
- 1000 REPLAY
- 1300 REPLAY
- 1600 REPLAY
- 2 REPLAYS
- 3 REPLAYS
- 4 REPLAYS
- 5 REPLAYS
- When ball passes special when lit, Running Score is lit is 25
- When lit special lanes are high, Running Score is lit to 1000
- Score advances lanes lit to advance, top special when lit, Running Score lit to 1000, 2 replays
- Special for advancing half 2 ways or 3 ways to 3rd Special when lit, Running Score lit to 1000, 3 replays
- Lane lit advances special when lit Running Score is lit to 1000, 4 replays
- Special when lit is lit advance to 2nd lane lit to third Special when lit, Running Score lit to 1000, 5 replays
- Designs and Patents Protected
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Carved tribal tiki mask at centre bottom between the flippers, painted red, cream, black and yellow with a grimacing mouth and a headdress |
| Other | Left lower playfield painted white ship figurehead / prow with a red-and-yellow striped sail and a small male figure, facing right |
| Other | Right lower playfield matching white ship prow with red-and-yellow sail and a small male figure in a yellow shirt, facing left |
| Man | Small painted figurehead man at left in a red cap, above the boat prow |
| Man | Small painted figurehead man at right in a yellow shirt and dark hair, above the boat prow |
| Vehicle | Painted outrigger canoe with a square tan sail in the upper right blue field |
A tall, portrait-format 1950s-style electro-mechanical playfield, dominated by a warm orange, cream and green palette with a red-and-gold twisting arrow motif. At the top a large translucent amber plastic dome/cowl arches over the upper playfield; inside it sit two mushroom-capped pop bumpers, one with a hot-pink cap ringed white and one with a purple cap, both on green bases, flanked by two yellow-and-orange cylindrical targets printed '10 POINTS' and black arrow shapes. A cream arrow banner between them reads 'Special WHEN LIT' above a black downward arrow, with a small red 'HAWAII' shield below. Two slingshot kickers labelled 'ON' and '30 POINTS' sit left and right, one with a yellow light bulb graphic, one with a red light bulb. Mid-field is a fan of seven mushroom pop bumpers with coloured caps - red, purple, red, yellow, blue, yellow, red - each printed '10 WHEN LIT' on a white top disc, arranged in a rough triangle. A round medallion reads 'S WITHIN BALL' with red arrows. Lower field is green with crossed red-and-yellow arrow trails, 'THREE ADVANCES 30 POINTS' and 'SPECIAL WHEN LIT' panels, 'HAWAII' and 'SAMOA' island labels, 'OFF' / 'YELLOW BUMPER' and 'OFF' / 'RED BUMPER' targets, an 'ADVANCE TO POINTS' disc, and 'FIJI' and 'TAHITI' nameplates. Two large white-and-red painted ship figureheads flank the lower playfield, a stylised tribal mask sits at centre-bottom between two black flippers, and the cream apron carries red blocks reading '100 POINTS', 'South West', 'South East', 'FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET', '5 BALLS 10. PER PLAY 3 PLAYS 25.', and a star logo.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- blue
- red
- white
Fingerprint: TRADE WINDS: Three-masted sailing ship with cream and yellow billowing sails on turquoise water, wooden ship's wheel at upper left, compass rose with N/E/S/W letters, sailor in white peaked cap and horizontal striped jersey gripping enormous rope loop, maritime comic style, pale blue sky with birds.
The single most memorable feature is the enormous rope loop that sweeps across the upper half of the art and is held by the sailor figure at lower right. Second, a three-masted ship with billowing cream-and-yellow sails on bright turquoise water, framed by a dark wooden ship's wheel at upper left. Third, the bright compass rose ringed with the letters N, E, S and W on the right side. Fourth, the yellow header band with big red block capitals and a small cursive signature at the far left.
Setting
- Open sea
- Pale blue sky with birds
- Rocky green headland
Symbols
- Ship's wheel
- Compass rose with n/e/s/w
- Thick twisted rope border
- Sailing ship
- Flock of gulls
Lettering
- Very large red serif capitals with dark drop shadow on a yellow band, plus a small red cursive script signature
Themes
- Sailing
- Seafaring
- Trade winds
- Maritime
- Nautical
Title on it
- Trade winds
Text on it
- TRADE WINDS
- TILT
- ENDS GAME
- N
- E
- S
- W
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | One sailor, seated at lower right, white peaked cap, blue-and-white horizontal striped jersey, smiling, one arm raised gripping the rope, other hand held out in front of him |
| Vehicle | One square-rigged sailing ship, three masts with large cream and yellow sails, red-brown hull, on turquoise water |
Tall portrait-format painted backglass. A wide golden-yellow band across the top carries the machine name in huge red serif capitals with a dark drop shadow, with a red cursive maker signature and a circled letter logo at the far upper left. Below, a flat comic-style seascape: a square-rigged sailing ship with three big cream and yellow sails and a red-brown hull sits on choppy turquoise and deep-blue water, with a low green-brown rocky headland behind it and a flock of small black-and-white birds scattered across a pale blue sky. A thick twisted rope loops across the upper part of the picture and frames the scene, and a large dark wooden ship's wheel is mounted at upper left on the blue field. At the right is a compass rose: concentric green, yellow and cream rings around a many-pointed blue and red star, with the letters N, E, S and W set in the outer ring. A seated sailor in a white peaked cap and a blue-and-white horizontal striped jersey leans into the lower right, one arm raised holding the rope. A small white '9' is printed near him. At the bottom right, two tilted white instruction cards read TILT and ENDS GAME.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: Trade Winds, young sailor in red-and-white striped jersey and white cap whistling while hauling rope at bottom right, huge eight-spoked wooden ship's wheel filling upper left, large mariner's compass rose with red N-S-E-W letters and blue-white star at mid-right, green-white-red horizontal tricolour flag, mid-century storybook cartoon style
A cheerful young sailor in a red-and-white striped jersey, white cap, whistling with two fingers at his mouth while hauling a rope in the bottom right corner. A huge eight-spoked wooden ship's wheel fills the upper left. A large mariner's compass rose with red N, S, E and W letters and a blue-and-white eight-pointed star sits mid-right, next to a green-white-red horizontal tricolour flag. The main title is in fat red serif capitals on a yellow banner across the top.
Setting
- Open sea
- Pale blue sky with seagulls
- Green rocky island and grey hills
- Yellow top banner
Symbols
- Eight-spoked wooden ship's wheel
- Mariner's compass rose
- Green-white-red tricolour flag
- White seagulls
- Ship's rigging ropes
- Rolling waves
Lettering
- Large red serif capitals with dark outline on a yellow banner; red cursive script wordmark at far left
Themes
- Sailing ships
- Merchant marine
- Trading
- Seafarer
- Compass
- Harbour scene
Title on it
- Trade winds
Text on it
- TRADE WINDS
- Williams
- N
- S
- E
- W
- 0
- 3
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young sailor in the bottom right corner, white flat-topped cap with dark band, red-and-white horizontally striped shirt, light skin, smiling, whistling with two fingers of one hand at his mouth while the other arm reaches up gripping a thick rope, half-length visible from the chest up |
| Vehicle | Large two-masted sailing ship with full white and yellow sails, cream hull with a dark red stripe, seen side-on on the left |
| Vehicle | Smaller single-masted boat to the right with a green sheer stripe and white sail |
Painted backglass in a flat, mid-century storybook cartoon style. A broad yellow banner spans the top edge, carrying the main title in large red serif capitals outlined dark, with a red script maker's wordmark and a small circled emblem at the far left. Below, a pale blue sky with scattered white seagulls. Upper left is a brown wooden ship's wheel with eight spokes and a white hub. Upper centre is an oval rope-framed score window with rope swags inside, showing four reels with digits. Upper right flies a horizontal green-white-red tricolour flag. Mid-right is a large mariner's compass: red letters N, S, E and W around a yellow ring enclosing a blue-and-white eight-pointed star. The lower half shows a green-and-blue choppy sea with a green rocky island and grey hills behind, a large two-masted sailing ship with white and yellow sails, and a smaller boat with a green sheer stripe. Bottom right, a young sailor in a white cap and a red-and-white striped shirt grips a rope, one hand raised to his mouth, whistling.