Since this is a DE game, I'm not sure if this is correct but you will most often find the knocker in the upper left corner of the backbox. There should be a two-wire plug hanging there (rather thick wires). Also look for previous screw holes. Maybe you can find photos of a DE backbox from that time with a knocker inside on pinrepair.com ?

The only other place I have ever seen one was in the bottom of the cabinet by the speaker. But looking at pics on the IPDB it doesn't seen to be shown anywhere?

But the top half of the backbos is cut off in the pic.

Don't know if its too late to comment, but my POTO doesn't knock either. Never has. Just some groovy excited music and flashing lights etc......

Data East likes to put the knockers in the lower cabinet. Usually they are set up to knock against the wood that runs along the back of the coin box. But the Phantom could be different.

If you ask me, there couldn't be a worse place for a knocker. If the game is making a lot of noise for the replay, it is really easy to miss the knock.

I love knockers! The bigger the better.

Mine does not have a knocker as well. Bringing this thread back to see if it is possible to add one to the game? It doesnt seem right not hearing one go off when there is a match! I wonder why they left it off this title?

POTO is a Sys2 machine. The first Sys2 machine, Secret Service, had the knocker installed in the upper right corner of the backbox. Somewhere along the way, DE moved the knocker to the cabinet by the speaker. However, the DE documentation does not list the knocker in either the cabinet or backbox parts in any of the Sys2 games after Secret Service.

I know that for the game after yours, BttF, the knocker was in the cab so there's only two places to look. You need to look for two loose wires, empty screw holes and a metal strike plate. If you find those but no knocker you'll need to buy a new mech. Terry @ PBL sells them.

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There was no knocker, no strike plate, no extra holes and no spare wires anywhere on the POTO I had either.

I can confirm that there's no knocker on POTO. Not even mention of it in the manual or schematics. I was thinking about adding one as well. If any POTO owners have done this mod - chime in!

Does anybody know why this is the case? Cost-cutting measure?

That would be 2 knockers Sir.

Well that explains it. I used to have Secret Service and was wondering how the hell that game could have a knocker and POTO not have one!

Nice year old thread bump.