Black Belt (Bally 1986)

Black Belt / IPD No. 303 / June, 1986 / 4 Players

Manufacturer: Bally Midway Manufacturing Company (1983-1988) [Trade Name: Bally]

Model Number: 0E52

MPU: Bally MPU A084-91786-AH06 (6803)

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production: 600 units (confirmed)

Theme: Martial Arts

Notable Features:

Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (2), Mushroom bumper (1), 3-bank standup targets (4), 3-bank drop targets (2), Rollunders(3), Kick-out holes (2), Spinning target (1), Ball kicker (1), Right outlane detour gate. The drop targets havestandup targets behind them.

Design by: Dan Langlois

Art by: Greg Freres

Sound by: Michael Bartlow

Software by: Howard Shere

Notes:

This game was also produced as Bally Midway's 1986 'Karate Fight'. Artist Greg Freres had to change the name on the backglass from Black Belt to Karate Fight at the request of a European distributor. We do not know if this became a permanent change in the production run, or was only a backglass substitution occurring before games designated for export went out the door. Freres does not recall the distributor's specific reason for the name change or how it actually affected the Black Belt production run, and offers the possibility that all games shipped as Black Belt and then Bally shipped the new glasses later.