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Average Fun Rating: | 7.8/10 (114 ratings/77 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company (1977-1983) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | October, 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 668 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Abbreviations: | BH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPU: | Gottlieb System 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Solid State Electronic (SS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 8,774 units (confirmed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Outer Space | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty: | Widebody Mechanical Backbox Animation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (6), Pop bumpers (6), Slingshots (3), 5-bank drop targets (1), 4-bank drop targets (2), 3-bank drop targets (1), Kick-out holes (2), Kick target (1), Horseshoe lane (1), Spinning target (1), Rollunder (1), Cellar hole (1), Right outlane ball detour gate. Score display in playfield. Backglass animation (rotating disc, non-export only). First machine to offer a lower playfield sloped away from the player with the flippers at the backbox end. Multiball and speech (non-export only). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | John Buras, Shing Lam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Terry Doerzaph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | 'Black Hole' was considered a high-maintenance game when released and wasn't popular with operators as a result. The multiball is one of the hardest around to get but rewarding when you do as it is possible to have 3 balls going in total on two different levels. Speech generated by a Votrax SC-01. A Hollywood movie "The Black Hole" came out in 1979. Click here for an interesting article with photographs about the origins and prototypes for Black Hole. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
The Complete Pinball Book, pages 225-226 The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981, page 201 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F Arcade Treasures, page 115 Pinball (Ciuffo), pages 196-197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owners List URL: | http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/307 (External site) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROMs: | 12 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Availability limited by copyright) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (Rev. 2) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 KB | ZIP | PinMAME Romset (sound only) (Availability limited by copyright) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 KB | ZIP | ROMs (Availability limited by copyright) | [D. Gottlieb & Co.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Documentation: | 16 MB | English Manual (Availability limited by copyright) | [Gottlieb Amusement Games] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multimedia Files: | 343 KB | MPG | Backbox Animation Movie (Availability limited by copyright) | [Craig Hassell] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
344 KB | MPG | Vortex Movie (Availability limited by copyright) | [Craig Hassell] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Files: | 343 KB | MPG | Entering the Black Hole (Availability limited by copyright) | [Craig Hassell] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 MB | JPG | Scan of Spinning Disc (200dpi) (Availability limited by copyright) | [Kevin Wayte] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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