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File Name: Texas Ranger (Gottlieb-1972)

File Submitter: Popotte

File Submitted: 24 Aug 2026

File Category: Future Pinball

Author(s): Popotte
Manufacturer: Gottlieb
Year: 1972
Permission to MOD?: Yes, with approval

Texas Ranger (Gottlieb - 1972)
IPDB No. 2527​

 

NOTES:​

 

MOD UNAUTHORIZED WITHOUT EXPLICIT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR

You can access to the menu with the Special2Key.

You can toggle (by the toggle HUD key) the HUD reel.

If you use arrows for plunger (optional), you have to use arrow down and arrow up (customisable) in order to pull or push the plunger.

 

RULES:​

 

INSERT ONE COIN AND WAIT FOR MACHINE TO RESET BEFORE INSERTING COINS FOR ADDITIONAL PLAYERS.

PLAYERS TAKE TURNS SHOOTING AS SHOWN ON BACK GLASS.

POINTS ARE SCORED AS INDICATED.

ALL UNLIT ROLLOVERS AND DROP TARGETS SCORE 500 POINTS.

EACH 100 POINTS ADVANCES HORSESHOE LITE.

10 ADVANCES OF HORSESHOE LITE ADDS ONE BONUS.

BONUS IS SCORED UPON COMPLETION OF BALL IN PLAY.

A TILT DOES NOT DISQUALIFY A PLAYER.

MATCHING LAST TWO NUMBERS IN SCORE TO NUMBER THAT APPEARS ON BACK GLASS AFTER GAME IS OVER SCORES REPLAY.

 

 

IPDB HIGHLIGHTS:​

 

Date Of Manufacture: January, 1972

Production: 1,950 units (confirmed)

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Drop targets (10), Standup targets (3), Return ball gate. Right side of playfield has parallel lanes of serial rollovers. Open-elbow inlane allows ball to pass from inlane to outlane and vice-versa. End-of-ball bonus.

Design by: Ed Krynski

Art by: Gordon Morison

 

Notes:

Italian export version of the 2-player Gottlieb's 1971 'Lawman' and the 4-player Gottlieb's 1971 'Sheriff'. A single-player Spanish version is Maresa's 1972 'Dakota'.

 

 

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