This Black Hole pinball machine is well worth having!
It is the only game, ever, to have an extra playfield built inside of it.

There are 6 flippers, 6 pop bumpers, and 3 balls all playing at once. Blistering speed!

This commercial machine can accept coins.

When it first came out in 1984, it was one of the earliest electronic games, and kind of unreliable. Over the years, hundreds of fixes were proposed. My tech repair guy, John, who worked for Intel Computer Corporation's repair department, analyzed ALL the proposed fixes, and implemented the ones that worked. There's even a book out now just for Black Hole upgrades. We have full sets of the circuit diagrams, of course, blown-up to blue-print size so they are very readable. John and I restored 3 Black Hole machines over a period of 10 years. I did all the mechanical repairs; he did all the electronic repairs.

This is one fast game! We went back and upgraded the playing coils to the original powerful specifications. Gottlieb, the manufacturer, had to dumb down the consumer version release, because it was so hot, things kept breaking. We also modified the lower play-field with a sheet of plexiglass covering it. Otherwise, the super-fast balls would shoot up into the bottom of the top play-field and lodge in the game mechanisms! In 3-ball play, with 2 play-fields going, it is heart-racing action, and never failed to get my adrenaline up.

The game has been in storage for several years, as my new apartment does not have room for it. I have sold my 2 other Black Hole machines to friends in the San Francisco area for $2500 each, and they are very happy with them. I lowered the price to $2000 on this one because I knew some shipping charges might be involved. Free delivery in the San Francisco Bay Area!

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to see some fast action!

This is the prettiest of my 3 Black Hole machines, in great original condition. My partners and I have restored over 50 pinball machines through the years, and this one was always my favorite. The machine comes with the original service manual, and 2 full sets of circuit diagrams.

Bill is the first person to offer a course in pinball playing and repair at a major American University in 1972. Course enrollment closed out in 16 minutes, a new record!