1970 · Bally
Trail Drive
Known for Increase Value, Top saucer, Left saucer and Trail Drive letters. Clear cyan sky, layered desert rock buttes and mesas, dark cave mouth with orange glowing interior, spiky agave and grass along the bottom edge and white smoke bank on the right.
- Year
- 1970
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- button
Increase Value
- Hole
Top saucer
- Hole
Left saucer
- Goal
Trail Drive letters
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Top saucer
- Left saucer
Bumper 1
- Mushroom bumpers
Target 1
- Top rollover buttons
Lane 1
- Out lanes
Posts and gates 2
- Right out lane gate gate
- One-way gate gate
Control 1
- Increase Value button
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Foreground right, side profile facing left, bright blue hair, pale blue long-sleeve shirt, green neckerchief, yellow trousers, holding a long rifle diagonally across his body with the barrel pointing up-left, striding with one leg raised
- man Small figure inside the cave at lower left, wide-brimmed hat, crouched and leaning forward, lit orange by the cave glow
- other Second small figure inside the cave beside the hatted one, bare head, arms raised or gesturing, also lit orange
- man Upper right on a ridge, white wide-brimmed hat and yellow shirt, riding a rearing pale tan horse
- animal Rearing pale tan horse with a dark mane and tail, front legs raised, on the upper right ridge
- animal Small brown horned bull-like animal standing on the ridge to the right of the horse
Setting
- Clear cyan sky
- Layered desert rock buttes and mesas
- Dark cave mouth with orange glowing interior
- Spiky agave and grass along the bottom edge
- White smoke bank on the right
Text on it
- Bally
- TRAIL
- DRIVE
- 40
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 0
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- Another
- BGR
- Restoration
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Trail Drive letters
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Top saucer also called Top center saucer also called Top center hole
- Left saucer also called Middle-left saucer
- Trail Drive letters also called Spelling Trail Drive
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- brown
- teal
- white
Fingerprint: Enormous brown longhorn steer head front-on with long white horns, yellow letter discs spelling TRAMPOLINE along each horn, cowgirl on bucking bronco above steer forehead, brown cowboy hat, teal shirt, white-brown horse, three round pop bumper caps upper third, spinner disc, green-orange top arch, yellow-teal-orange-brown scheme, mustard background.
The single enormous flat-painted longhorn steer head filling the whole centre of the playfield, its two long white horns acting as ramps carrying yellow letter discs that spell TRAMPOLINE. A cowgirl on a bucking bronco overlaps the steer's forehead as the second memorable figure. The words SHOOT the GATE on a rainbow-textured top arch, flanked by two lit Litter Scratch targets, are the third most recognisable element.
Setting
- Flat cream/tan wood-grain playfield background
- Painted western desert mesas and bucking horse vignettes at the left and right lower corners
- Green and orange top arch with rainbow airbrushed texture
- Teal triangular inlane areas
Symbols
- Circular bullseye target caps with 100 and points
- Yellow ring letter discs spelling trampoline along both horns
- Spinning starburst cap inserts
- Red star with white rays
- Slingshot plunger wireform
- Rainbow arch graphic
Notable shapes
- Giant steer head with horn ramps
- Rainbow-textured top arch cutout
- Triangular teal inlanes left and right
- Chevron black flipper-button arrow panels
Art motifs
- Western desert scenery
- Bucking horse
- Longhorn cattle
- Airbrushed rainbow arch
- Flat cartoon animal portraits
Themes
- Western
- Rodeo
- Cattle
- Cowboy
- Trampoline
- Bullseye
- Litter scratch
Text on it
- INCREASE VALUE
- SHOOT the GATE
- LITTER SCRATCHES 100
- BALLS GATE
- POINTS 100
- SPINNER WHEN LIT
- 100
- SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- GATE SPECIAL WHEN LIT
- OPEN WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- Insert coin and WAIT for machine to reset.
- Shoot ball to light name TRAIL Drive in center of playfield.
- Completed name lights special.
- Ball through special lighted lane scores 1 Replay.
- Matching first number of score with 1st back glass at end of game scores 1 R.
- 1 Replay for each score of 1000 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 2500 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 5000 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 7000 Points
- Repair Request/Game Info
- 1919 Bally Trail Drive
- Bally MANUFACTURING CORP.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60618
- PATENT NOTICE IN CANOPY BACK
- If Coin rejected it, see back of card
- THIS MACHINE FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- AUTO-MATIC AMUSEMENT CO.
- BINGHAMTON N.Y.
- THIS CARD MUST REMAIN WITH UNIT
- (092) 425-3300
- 3 BALLS
- 1 PLAY 10c DEPOSIT 2 NICKELS
- 3 PLAYS 25c
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | One enormous flat stylised brown longhorn steer head, front-facing, long white horns spreading across the playfield, white grinning muzzle, dark nostrils, shaggy brown forelock |
| Woman | Cowgirl in brown cowboy hat, teal long-sleeve shirt, white trousers and boots, riding a white-and-brown bucking horse with arms raised, painted above the steer's forehead |
| Animal | White and brown bucking bronco with flying tail and dark hooves |
| Animal | Yellow spotted leopard/cheetah crouching left of centre mid playfield |
| Animal | Red-orange fox or cat painted on the upper right yellow panel |
| Animal | Orange rock/horse figures painted on the right-hand side panels |
| Creature | Black scorpion drawn on the yellow apron card area |
A single-level wood-grain playfield dominated by one huge stylised brown longhorn steer head painted flat, front-on, with long white horns spreading to the left and right, yellow ring-lettered target discs strung along each horn (T R A M P O L I N E), a grinning white muzzle and dark nostrils at centre bottom. Above the steer sits a central cowgirl figure in a brown cowboy hat, teal shirt and boots, riding a white-and-brown bucking horse. Three round pop-bumper style caps and a spinner disc occupy the upper third, framed by a green-and-orange top arch reading INCREASE VALUE and SHOOT the GATE, with two slingshot-plunger lanes left and right. Colour scheme is mustard yellow, teal green, orange, brown and white, with red starburst-capped inserts. Lower left and right are triangular inlanes with SPECIAL and GATE SPECIAL WHEN LIT, and a yellow apron carries red flipper-button arrows, a black instruction card, a QR code sticker and a small warranty card. Two pink-tipped white flippers and a black rubber visible at the bottom edge. The cabinet front is brushed aluminium with chrome coin-door hardware.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- tan
- yellow
Fingerprint: TRAIL DRIVE: blue-haired rifleman in yellow trousers striding right with rifle; glowing orange cave mouth with crouching silhouettes; brown horned cow bursting from smoke on right; five-window reel score strip upper right; wild west landscape with rock buttes
The huge slanted red two-line title in block capitals with a thick black drop shadow, filling the upper left of a clear cyan sky. Second, the glowing orange cave mouth in the left-centre rock with two tiny crouching figures silhouetted inside. Third, the blue-haired rifleman in yellow trousers striding across the lower right in profile. Fourth, a brown horned cow bursting out of a thick white smoke bank on the right, under stacked red lettering. Fifth, the white reel window strip at upper right with five separate number cards.
Setting
- Clear cyan sky
- Layered desert rock buttes and mesas
- Dark cave mouth with orange glowing interior
- Spiky agave and grass along the bottom edge
- White smoke bank on the right
Symbols
- Agave plants
- Grass tufts
- Rock spires
- Rifle
- Five-window reel score strip
- White restoration-company roundel in the bottom right corner
Lettering
- Large slanted red block capitals with a heavy black drop shadow for the title; red cursive script maker's signature at top left; hand-lettered red stacked capitals for the in-play message; black numerals on separate white cards in the reel windows
Themes
- Wild west
- Cowboys
- Desert canyon
- Cave
- Rifleman
- Cattle
- Comic book art
Title on it
- Trail drive
Text on it
- Bally
- TRAIL
- DRIVE
- 40
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 0
- BALL
- IN
- PLAY
- Another
- BGR
- Restoration
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Foreground right, side profile facing left, bright blue hair, pale blue long-sleeve shirt, green neckerchief, yellow trousers, holding a long rifle diagonally across his body with the barrel pointing up-left, striding with one leg raised |
| Man | Small figure inside the cave at lower left, wide-brimmed hat, crouched and leaning forward, lit orange by the cave glow |
| Other | Second small figure inside the cave beside the hatted one, bare head, arms raised or gesturing, also lit orange |
| Man | Upper right on a ridge, white wide-brimmed hat and yellow shirt, riding a rearing pale tan horse |
| Animal | Rearing pale tan horse with a dark mane and tail, front legs raised, on the upper right ridge |
| Animal | Small brown horned bull-like animal standing on the ridge to the right of the horse |
| Animal | Lower right, a brown cow with white curved horns and a white muzzle pushing through a thick bank of white smoke |
A square, brightly coloured cartoon backglass in a heavy black-outlined comic style. The upper half is a clear cyan-blue sky with a small orange numeral 40 at top centre and a red cursive maker's signature at top left. The main title is stacked in two lines of large slanted red block capitals with a heavy black drop shadow. Below is a Wild West landscape of layered tan, olive and rust-red rock buttes and mesas, spiky green agave and grass along the bottom edge, and a large dark cave mouth cut into the left-centre rock whose interior glows orange and yellow. Inside the cave two small figures crouch, one wearing a wide-brimmed hat. In the right foreground a young man with bright blue hair, a pale blue shirt, a green neckerchief and yellow trousers strides left holding a long rifle across his body. On an upper right ridge a cowboy in a white hat rides a rearing pale horse beside a small brown horned animal. Lower right a brown cow with white horns pushes through a bank of white smoke. Red hand-lettered text stacked in three lines sits above the smoke, and a white five-window reel score strip spans the upper right.