Williams
Black Knight Pinside Rating
This game received 329 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.700 /10
Black Knight
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.868
Artwork: 8.044
Sounds/Music: 6.732
Other Aspects: 7.798
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This title is part of group: "Black Knight"
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5.983/10
6 years ago
Nashville, TN
I realize this game is from 1980 and was probably quite unique for it's time but the two level playfield is not my cup of tea. It's either up or down and never really gets in a groove. Too easy to trigger multi ball. Not really a fan and just traded mine for something I actually enjoy playing.
9.108/10
7 years ago
Cutting edge for it's age. 2 level, voice, magna-save. Much quicker than I expected. Best looking game out there...mine sits between twilight zone and Creature and I think the graphics are incredible ( convert it to LEDs to make it come alive).
8.653/10
7 years ago
Interesting machine that will keep you on your toes. First game I ever played with the two-level playfield, and the first game I ever played with the magna-save. It takes awhile to get a feel for the shots, and to get used to properly using the magna-save.
Played a lot of games on this back in the early 90's when my boss bought one and put it in his basement. Was thrilled to find one this past summer that was in fantastic condition. I never get tired of playing this machine and am always up to 'challenge the Black Knight again!'
Played a lot of games on this back in the early 90's when my boss bought one and put it in his basement. Was thrilled to find one this past summer that was in fantastic condition. I never get tired of playing this machine and am always up to 'challenge the Black Knight again!'
6.878/10
8 years ago
Black Knight is one of the great WMS Sys 7 games (Solar Fire, Jungle Lord, and Pharaoh being the other three) that just feels like a machine made for pinball fans. I can't say I use the Magna save very often, but there is something satisfying about racking up a huge bonus on a 3-ball multiball.
6.017/10
8 years ago
Is it just me or is this game kind of boring? It's cool that it talks, but I never understood the hype. Maybe I just don't get it but definitely not one of my favorites.
4.232/10
8 years ago
The "Music" In this game is 3 sounds at different tones that repeat infinitely and it gets annoying very fast, the game field is interesting with 2 levels but I always forget there are flippers at the top since they are a bit hard to see. The audio of the knight talking is rather hard to under stand some times and just doesn't add anything to the game.
there is little space to use on either play field and feels very cramped, especially on the lower level. the sounds are not very good either and way to repetitive for my liking. I just feel this is an ok game but I just can't really get to liking it.
there is little space to use on either play field and feels very cramped, especially on the lower level. the sounds are not very good either and way to repetitive for my liking. I just feel this is an ok game but I just can't really get to liking it.
7.544/10
8 years ago
one of my early 80's favorites, my go to pin till late 80's nice flow ,two levels,multi ball ,not much sound but recalled hearing im black knight duting multi ball that seemed so big back then,i would like to try one again to bring back them early memories of pinball...fun days, steve richey classic
8.543/10
8 years ago
Absolutely love this game. My favorite early solid state. Has many advanced features for its release. One I could play over and over. The only machine I regret getting rid of. Will have to have one again.
7.362/10
8 years ago
What can I say? I spent many many hours and allowance quarters playing this in my youth. An evolution in pinball when it was released, Black Knight helped to solidify Steve Ritchie's place as the number 1 pinball designer of all time.
Almere
8.526/10
8 years ago
Great game that I just added to my collection.
the lighting and sound effects are very cool, especially during multiball.
the lighting and sound effects are very cool, especially during multiball.
6.698/10
8 years ago
My dear Lord, Black Knight. I don't know what it is, and I don't know if I'm the only one, but this table is wickedly difficult to try and get a feel for. My advice for this table is... well, I don't have any good advice. The two keys for this table, as with most, is to get the multiplier as high as possible, and activate multi-ball. The thing about the multiplier on this table is that it's pretty difficult to hit at first. It took a number of plays on this table before I got a feel for how to hit it, and even still I can't get them consistently. Another thing that makes this table difficult is that it's hard to gauge where the ball's coming down to the bottom flippers when coming from the top -- it happens so fast, it's really hard to tell where the ball's going. It took me several games (albeit with a bunch of restarts) to even score a million on this table, though my last was roughly 2.3 million. Of all the tables in Pinball Arcade Season 1, this is one that will take me some of the most time to feel comfortable with. As for the other aspects of the table, it's not all that impressive, though it was responsible for a lot of "firsts" for pinball. The sounds are droning and repetitive, and the table itself doesn't look very spectacular. It's a decent table, but it's mostly only memorable -- for me at least -- because it's unrelenting. I've left the sound scores out of this review, as it dragged the rating way down.
8.514/10
8 years ago
I still remember spotting this game in the dark corner of Aladdin’s Castle. Never seen anything like it and it floored me.
I’m pretty sure I gave ¾ of my evening’s tokens to the Black Knight challenging him again and again.
Holds up very well and I play it every time I make a trip over to FunSpot.
Would love to own one.
I’m pretty sure I gave ¾ of my evening’s tokens to the Black Knight challenging him again and again.
Holds up very well and I play it every time I make a trip over to FunSpot.
Would love to own one.
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