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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (Title), Flipcommons Catalog.
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (Title)Derby Day's gambling theme extends to its gameplay—there is far less control than in more modern pinball machines. The [[gameplay-feature:flippers]] are spaced far apart, the player is at the mercy of a [[gameplay-feature:pop-bumpers]] beneath them, and a "[[gameplay-feature:gobble-holes]]" in the middle of the board will quickly end a ball, though it rewards some points in the process as compensation. The gobble hole in this machine echoes the "Bally Hole" in [[title:ballyhoo]], which doubles a player's entire score. However, as flippers and their placement made pinball games longer, a bundle of points began to pale in comparison to keeping the ball in play. Gobble holes became extremely rare after the early 1960s.
- name
- Derby DayFlipcommons Catalog
- opdb_id
- G5vyYFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- derby-day-2Flipcommons Catalog