![]() There are quite a few gouges but the head is in worse shape than the cabinet. The cabinet actually looks a lot nicer in the pictures So we picked it up and brought it home, and no we didn't get lucky, the machine was truly broken.īelow are a few pictures of the machine taken in early March 2010 when I first got the machine (including the two above).Īs you can see from the pictures above, this machine was in fair shape despite having been stored for half its life, non-functional. When I found out that it was a Black Knight I was very excited. He mentioned that his parents had one that had been sitting in the basement for years because it had broken shortly after they got it (I estimate sometime in the early-to-mid 90's). My mom, a hostess for Red Lobster, was talking to a co-worker about my brother's pinball collection as well as our family history with pinball machines. Playing it because it was and still is a very difficult machine to play at any age.įast forward to March of 2010. So to say the least, this was one pinball machine that I had fond memories of. Would realize how advanced the Black Knight was compared to what was around prior. If you were a kid and/or were into pinball at this time you Syracuse in December of 1980 and recall seeing/playing Black Knight at a local arcade (Play Palace in the old Penn Can Mall). Keep in mind that prior to 1976, all pinball machines were based on EM (Electro-Mechanical) circuitry and it wasn't until aroundġ977 that SS (Solid-State) pinball machines took over (the primary difference betweenĮM and SS machines is that SS machines have a CPU and are computer controlled while EM machines use switches, wheels, motors, relays and solenoid to performe these tasks). ![]() Pinball design was very revolutionary for its time for it was the first pinball machine to have two levels of play as well as timed drop targets, Magna-Save and many other features. Second run of a few thousand Limited Edition models which were basically a re-release of the original with micro-switch ball trough upgrades). ![]() The Black Knight Pinball machine was designed by Steve Ritchie for William's and was released in December 1980 with a total production run of just over 13,000 units (along with a ![]()
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