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  1. By OPDB
    abbreviation
    BH
    display_type
    alphanumeric
    month
    10 → 1
    name
    Black Hole
    opdb.features
    ["Widebody"]
    opdb_id
    G41yq-MQP65
    opdb.images
    [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/8476a3fd-2d83-4177-955a-31f81802715b-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/8476a3fd-2d83-4177-955a-31f81802715b-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/8476a3fd-2d83-4177-955a-31f81802715b-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":833,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":180},"medium":{"width":640,"height":461}},"title":"Backglass","primary":false},{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/056362e4-3cc5-4c48-abb0-973cb4fc5c3a-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/056362e4-3cc5-4c48-abb0-973cb4fc5c3a-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/056362e4-3cc5-4c48-abb0-973cb4fc5c3a-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":864,"height":788},"small":{"width":250,"height":228},"medium":{"width":640,"height":584}},"title":null,"primary":true},{"type":"playfield","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/eb8c12a3-fb9a-45ea-813f-148bec11dae3-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/eb8c12a3-fb9a-45ea-813f-148bec11dae3-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/eb8c12a3-fb9a-45ea-813f-148bec11dae3-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":792,"height":874},"small":{"width":226,"height":250},"medium":{"width":580,"height":640}},"title":null,"primary":true}]
    player_count
    4
    tag
    Widebody
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    year
    1981
  2. By IPDB
    abbreviation
    BH
    credit
    John Buras — Design
    credit
    Terry Doerzaph — Art
    credit
    Shing Lam — Design
    gameplay_feature
    Kick-Out Holes ×2
    gameplay_feature
    Multiball
    gameplay_feature
    Cellar Holes
    gameplay_feature
    Rollunders
    gameplay_feature
    Spinning Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Horseshoe Lanes
    gameplay_feature
    Flippers ×6
    gameplay_feature
    Pop Bumpers ×6
    gameplay_feature
    Slingshots ×3
    gameplay_feature
    5-Bank Drop Targets
    gameplay_feature
    4-Bank Drop Targets ×2
    gameplay_feature
    3-Bank Drop Targets
    gameplay_feature
    Kicking Targets
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    D. Gottlieb & Company, a Columbia Pictures Industries Company
    ipdb_id
    307
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/307f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/307f2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-A13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/307/image-25.jpg"]
    ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
    Gottlieb
    ipdb.model_number
    668
    ipdb.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).
    ipdb.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.
    ipdb_rating
    7.8
    month
    10
    player_count
    4
    production_quantity
    8774
    system
    gottlieb-system-80
    technology_generation
    solid-state
    theme
    Outer Space
    year
    1981