Wizard Mode: Multiball is considered this since it's really hard to achieve. note It actually is possible to orbit a black hole without falling in. Unrealistic Black Hole: The nature of the spinning black hole on the backglass means the trapped astronauts are moving with it.Title Drop: Done by the game's dialog during the Attract Mode.Unfortunately, this feature was excluded from the export release, along with the mirrors. Since most customers ask when ordering plastics sets what other parts do you have for this game, we have put up a webpage to answer that question. Swirly Energy Thingy: The black hole shown on the backglass spins. The Pinball Resource has recently reproduced the Upper Black Hole plastic set.Sucking-In Lines: Shown on the black hole on the side of the cabinet and backbox.Spelling Bonus: The B-L-A-C-K-H-O-L-E drop targets light g-force accelerators to increase score values on the lower level.One-Way Visor: Shown on all the astronauts.Nintendo Hard: This game is a notorious drain monster, particularly if you don’t score enough points on the lower play field, since the ball will go right down the outlane.Machine Monotone: Unlike Williams' machines at the time which used human voices, the above quote (and all other dialogue) is said by a Vortrax SC-01 voice synthesis chip.Interface Screw: The lower playfield, which is slanted away from the player so pinballs fall "up" the table.This pinball machine provides examples of: Even today, it remains an interesting piece of pinball history for its design and art.ĭigital versions of the game are available for Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection and The Pinball Arcade. Getting multiball is difficult and considered an incredible achievement, which explains why its highly regarded by players looking for a challenge. Gottlieb, already under pressure for innovative table designs from the success of Williams' Black Knight, quickly agreed to purchase the rights.īlack Hole isn't for the timid – many players were turned off by the table's difficulty, and the reversed lower playfield is guaranteed to disorient new players. After watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, he and his friends were inspired to build a prototype game when the actual game proved fun to play, they decided to present it to Gottlieb, who were making games with large playfields. The original concept came from Joe Cicak, a pinball player from Pennsylvania who was curious on how to use the empty space inside a conventional pinball table. The game cost 50 cents to play, which was fairly extravagant at the time, but played up in marketing to promote the game's earning potential. Both features were taken out of the export version. Finally, it featured an eye-catching mirrored backglass with a rotating black hole. It also featured speech, something of a novelty at the time, with the game memorably taunting prospective players by saying "Do you dare to enter the Black Hole?" during Attract Mode. It had a number of features going for it, the most striking of which were the dual playfields: a normal playfield, and the "Black Hole", a reversed playfield embedded underneath, visible through a transparent hole in the table. It was originally conceived by Joe Cicak, designed by John Buras and Adolf Seitz Jr., and released in October 1981. Please ask any questions.Black Hole is a widebody pinball machine by Gottlieb. Low profile blinking LEDs behind spinning disk to prevent the possibility of rubbing.Ĭomes with spare reproduction upper and lower drop targets, spare reproduction pop bumper caps, spare posts, spare interconnect harness, Gottlieb coin box with plastic trays (rare) in excellent condition, pristine original manual and another for the workshop, covers with embroidered glow-in-the-dark logos, hand-made key fobs.įully working. All recommended ground mods done, all connectors repinned.Ĭoin door fully restored with Australian coin windows and working Australian coin mechs.įitted with low heat incandescent globes. Cabinet thoroughly cleaned.Īll boards reconditioned by Ken Shipley. Original plastics in excellent condition, no cracks, also full spare upper and lower PBR reproduction plastic set included.Īll topside playfield parts cleaned and polished. Excellent original playfields with only the slightest wear around the pop-bumpers, no mylar, no touch-ups, playfield protector fitted.Ĭabinet in excellent original condition, some minor cosmetic flaws on back of lower cabinet, see pics.īackglasses are original in excellent condition.
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