Bonus collect could be for minimum value (1k), even variable jackpots start out at some not-insignificant base value.
Bonus also, as noted, can still be collected via drain if not collected on PF during play.
In many older games the bonus collect was the biggest shot on the playfield, and could be considered a 'jackpot' per se when you collect it.
Many newer games feature both one or more jackpots (usually although not always in MB) as well as a bonus collect:
- JM has bonus collect via keypad, and jackpots in MB
- DM has bonus collect via Computer award, jackpots during MB, and a demolition jackpot collected in single ball play
- TZ had a bonus collect via Camera, a regular jackpot in MB, and a jackpot in Powerball Mania that goes to bonus, and can then be collected via bonus collect!
'Jackpot' as a term wasn't used until High Speed I think, though many games before that had large shots you could collect (Mega score on Road Kings for instance)
Quoted from mof:To you, what is the difference between building up a bonus and collecting it MANUALLY with a shot (not end of ball), and building up (or not) a jackpot and collecting it?
I would think that if the game doesn't say "jackpot" in some form then it's not technically a jackpot...