Ouch -- looks like some serious cab fade! I love this game -- but unfortunately it's just Not worth much even with its rarity. I'd expect 900 to 1200 maybe... seen a few examples go for around that .. then again someone might really want it and pay 1600, who knows? I'd personally go 1600 obo and take the best offer, which may be much lower.

My parents bought one back in the 90s and it's been in their basement ever since -- could have sworn those sides were pretty red but I could be mis-remembering, haven't taken a good look at it in a long time.

Have countless hours on this game though -- fun family game, super clear rules and the music progression keeps it exciting as you advance

900 tops with that glass and cab. I agree it looks faded.

I'll see if they are game and post a pic if so..

Agreed about skill shot, very hard to hit that extra ball on ball 3 off the skill

Unfortunately this is prob more realistic, no way to get another backglass although you CAN still get Greg to autograph one at a show personally I'd overpay for one if I had room so there's prob a few others that would too

^^ Yes, that pic from IPDB is about accurate as to what they were from factory. I actually have a HUO Black Belt, and yours is "faded" by comparison, although I'd argue both that it's a generic cabinet, so who really cares and even the non-faded cabinet looks like a faded cabinet just because of how they made them, so...

As for a price, it all depends on what you're looking for. If I was selling yours, I would put a price of about $1500 on it and see what happens, dialing it back from there. But, if you want to sell it at the show itself, you may want to start lower (like $1000) and be willing to take even less.

Black Belt is a considerably rare game, and has some neat features - the upside down flipper isn't on any other machines that I know of. Because of that, there are a few people who it will command a premium from - I have had offers for more than $1500 on mine, and mine is a project that isn't currently working... although it is HUO as mentioned, so the condition of it is stupid good.

Good luck - it's never easy to sell a rare game like that and feel like you're pricing it just right

Seems like you get more at shows, I would price it $1300

This is one weird game.

I can't say I love it but it is fun when you nail the dude in the balls and he goes "OOOOOhhhhh!"

Fun and unique game!
I sold mine for 750 in above average condition.

I sold mine in nice condition with a perfect BG about 2 years ago for 800.
I'd have think with the upswing in price over the last year or so you could get a bit more but the BG could keep the price down a bit since its basically unobtainable.

I sold one two years ago for 850 with an extra playfield and a few other parts. My playfield was not as nice as yours the sun plastic in the middle was all messed up but the spare playfield was pretty nice. If I had room I would love to have one back. It has to be pretty rare because I have seen more parts than I have seen fully working games and from what I know half of them left the states so out of 300 how many could be left less than 150ish... I would say 1000-1100 would be a fair price for yours.
Joe

Kicking myself for passing on one in my neck of the woods a few years ago, I think it was around $900.

I'd say 1200-1300. And I am laughing at that battery bag! Stick an NVRAM in there, the RAM is already socketed and it's plug and play.

Would have been interested if on the right side of the ocean! I own a Zaccaria blackbelt (owned one, sold it, took 4 years to find another one) and a nice backglass of Bally Black belt.

Would make a nice pair and a nice complement to the four black belts in the family... the ones you get by sweating on a tatami...

Man, would have saved you all a lot of work just to have the pin!!! Lol, probably reach black belt in an hour or so, no sweat!

Regret selling mine that was in mint condition, about a year ago, for $1200. The theme hits home for me (my avatar might be a giveaway), so I'd start there and then decide if you'd be willing to accept less knowing you might not easily find another.

FYI, the cab is faded but it's not the pink, but the "brown" is supposed to be red.

I'm excited to play this at zapcon I've never even seen one before

My roommate just sold his for 1900cdn. Cointaker super brights all around and in really good condition.

wayout440
The one you passed on is probably the one I bought for $800. I love playing this pin although the ramp needs replaced. My ramp was literally melted from the huge bulb under the Karate guy (as was many of the plastics above the other huge bulbs) and the wood around that bulb's hole is actually charred black like you'd see in a burnt down house!! It was that way when I bought it but didn't realize it until I started tearing it down for restoration. Of course I haven't been able to locate a replacement ramp BUT I was able to purchase two wired and mostly populated Black Belt playfields from Steve Young at Pinball Resource.

I just went to NY last week to pick them up. Unfortunately Steve had sold the ramps off of them a long time ago. Steve told me these two PFs were never in production machines. They were in the factory for testing purposes only. One of them is in near mint shape so it will replace my charred PF.

The great thing is I just got PM'd by Freeplay40 stating he is going to reproduce the ramps in a limited run in 6-8 weeks. I will probably get two to three of them. So if anyone is needing one, now is the time to let him know you're interested. He is currently thinking around $150 but of course that depends on interest and orders. It may go up or down. Just PM him for more information.

After I use what I need from the two PF's I got from Pinball Resource, I'll probably be open to parting with some of the remaining parts to those that love this game as much as I do and may be in need of so they can bring one more back to life.

P.S. I have already had two offers over $1500 for this pin as is so I believe the interest in it is increasing. I believe it's a great pin that's under-rated and was one of the best rated during it's time period but suffered from the video craze at the time. The more people that play it the more it is appreciated so please resurrect any of them that may still exist (which is not many I'm sure!)

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If you start parting those I need a small plastic that sits by the right entrance to the ramp, mine is cracked. I’m glad to hear Mark is reproducing a few ramps — I hadn’t heard that, but I got my proto yellow ramp over to him to look at a while ago to see if it was small enough to do with his set up. I’m curious if either of your factory pfs have repairs / holes from mechs during design that got removed/changed? I have what I believe to be a dev Playfield with a large hole that was cut and repaired, and a few similar things as well as the yellow main ramp. Trying to confirm if there’s any others that had this?

Would be interesting to see this game retheme’d to a Karate Kid or Cobra Kai.

zprobowler Did you get the game near me? If I remember correctly, it was for sale in Berea at the time. I had thought about it from the pics, but had never played the game until I played it at a show later. Quite unique, and I really like the colors and art.