Bone Busters Inc. (Gottlieb 1989)

This table will rock you to the grave! BoneBusters gets a lot of hate in the pinball community, in fact, a lot of the premier/gottlieb tables from the 80s get a lot of flack, and I personally don't get it!  

Let jump into Bone Busters.  Right off the bat, it's a noticeable Ghostbusters knockoff, but as the rumors go, it was originally supposed to be a GB table, but Gottlieb was unable to get the licensing, so they made a few changes and Bone Busters came to life. 

The table is super colorful, and really pops.  The soundtrack is great and many feel it is a knock off of the Ghostbusters theme, but I don't really hear it.  The voice call outs are fun and clear. 

  In terms of things to do, it is fairly straightforward, and basic. The big points on this table are the top spinners and multiball. Hitting the lit spinners will advance lights up the play field.  Once the goal is hit, you can hit the spinners for 20k (I believe).  When in multiball, the amount of switched you hit, will unlock new points on the board.  

Speaking of multiball, we are looking at a possible four ball multiball, but you can play 2, 3 or 4 multiball based on your gameplay.  The multiball feature in this game is extremely cool, because you have to pay attention to either the call outs or lights on the playfield.  

When you launch the ball up the multiball lane, the ball wil go to one of three place.  It will either lock at the end of the lane, or it will launch up into an upper playfield, and this is where the callouts come into play.  On this upper playfield, there is a flipper, and you guessed it, you control it!   Not hitting the flipper will let the ball roll down the Upper PF and fall into a kicker to be locked.... maybe.  Hitting the flipper, will divert the ball down the wire ramp to be captured... maybe.

See, when they ball goes in the upper pf, the call outs will quickly tell you where the ball needs to go.  If you are told to move the flipper to allow the ball to go the the wire ramp lock, and miss the shot, it will fall to the other capture hole, and be ejected, and you will have to make the shot again.  Locking a ball, you can now go for multiball by hitting the ball up the center jump.  

It's up to you to lock all the balls or just two or three.  I have yet to play with a friend, so I'm not sure if Bone Busters is a capture ball steal game, meaning you can steal your friends multiball I.E. Hollywood Heat.  

Obviously there are some other modes to play, like end game bonus timers, and jackpots to collect.  Aubrel knocked pinball out of the table on this one!   The table plays brilliant and I find myself coming back to this table again and again.  Before this release, I had never played B.B. in real life or on my cab.  I had no interest.  After playing Aubrel B.B. it has become a table found in my rotation.  

Make sure to check the script for some extra options, and to really get the most out of this table, learn all the rules to the table, because it will give you hours of enjoyment!   

Excellent table 5/5 stars. 

Great work on this. Looks and plays beautifully. Thanks a ton!!!

Merci beaucoup Aubrel, très belle mise à niveau 👍