Red Ryder Corral

Red Ryder Corral, produced by Gotham Pressed Steel Corporation between 1936 and 1947, is a single-player bagatelle-style pinball game with an American West theme, likely inspired by the popular cowboy tales and imagery that captivated audiences of the era. As a pure mechanical (PM) machine, it relies entirely on physical mechanisms rather than any electrical components.

Gameplay on games of this type and era typically involved launching balls with a plunger onto a sloped playing field studded with pins and scoring holes or pockets — a format Gotham Pressed Steel used across many of its small, inexpensive bagatelle games sold during this period. Specific rules and scoring details for Red Ryder Corral have not been documented.

Details about the machine's art and designer are similarly scarce, which is common for many small bagatelle games from this era of low-cost, mass-produced amusements. Given its American West theme, it likely featured cowboy and Wild West-inspired artwork typical of Gotham Pressed Steel's catalog. As a surviving example of a Depression-era bagatelle game, Red Ryder Corral offers a window into the affordable, mass-market amusements that preceded the modern coin-operated pinball machine.