Black Hole (pinball game)

Infobox Pinball | title = Black Hole


manufacturer = Gottlieb
Model = 668
Players = 1-4
system = Gottlieb System 80
designer = Designers: John Buras, Adolf Seitz Jr.
Artwork: Terry Doerzaph
release = October 1981
production = 8,774

"Black Hole" is a pinball game released in 1981 by Gottlieb. It is notable for having two playfields: one on top with a conventional slope, and one mounted underneath, sloping away from the player.

Description

"Black Hole" was the first machine to feature a lower playfield viewed through a window in the upper playfield. It was touted as the highest-grossing pinball game of all time shortly after its release, partly due to (or despite) the fact that it was the first pinball game which cost 50 cents to play. [ [http://www.geocities.com/system80pins/Blackhole-intro4.html Black Hole by Gottlieb ] ]

It features as one of the playable pinball machines in the video game Gottlieb Pinball Classics, released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii.

Features

2 Playfieldscite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
6 Flipperscite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
6 Pop Bumperscite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
3 Drop Target Bankscite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
1 Spinnercite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
Rotating disc animated backglasscite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
Infinity Backglass Lighting
Multiballcite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]
Speachcite web |url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 |title=The Internet Pinball Database: Gottlieb "Black Hole" |accessdate=2008-06-25 ]

Sound

Black Hole's robotic speech is generated by a Votrax SC-01.cite web |url=http://www.pinrepair.com/sys80/s80sound.htm |title=Gottlieb System 80 Pinball Speech and Sound Repair |accessdate=2008-07-07 ]

Appearances in pop culture

Black Hole can be seen in the background of the 1983 movie "Les Compères" [http://www.geocities.com/system80pins/Blackhole-moviestar.html Black Hole by Gottlieb ] ]
Black Hole can be seen in the background of the 1983 movie "Strange Brew" [http://www.geocities.com/system80pins/Blackhole-moviestar.html Black Hole by Gottlieb ] ]
Black Hole can be seen in the background of the 1989 movie ""Next Of Kin" [http://www.geocities.com/system80pins/Blackhole-moviestar.html Black Hole by Gottlieb ] ]
The Phrase "Do You Dare To Enter The Black Hole?" which the machine says durring attract mode was etched in the vinyl runout grooves on LP versions of the band Hovercraft's 1997 album, "Akathisia".

References

External links

* [http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=307 Internet Pinball Database entry]
* [http://www.geocities.com/system80pins/Blackhole.html Stork's Nest entry]

See also

Arcade game
List of pinball machines
Haunted House (pinball)