Sources
Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature), Flipcommons Catalog.
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)Holes in the playfield that swallow the ball and end it — no eject, no return. The ball drops through and is gone, awarding its score but costing the player that ball of play. Gobble holes were a defining feature of pre-[[gameplay-feature:flippers]] and early flipper-era machines, where the entire playfield was a landscape of risk: every hole was a potential ending. As [[gameplay-feature:flippers]] gave players more control and game designs shifted toward keeping the ball in play longer, gobble holes largely disappeared from mainstream pinball, surviving primarily in novelty games and as historical curiosities.
- gameplay_feature_alias
- Gobble holeFlipcommons Catalog
- name
- Gobble HolesFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- gobble-holesFlipcommons Catalog