Banzai Run / IPD No. 175 / May, 1988 / 4 Players
Manufacturer: Williams Electronic Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]
Model Number: 566
Common Abbreviations: BR
MPU: Williams System 11B
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)
Production: 1,750 units (approximate)
Theme: Sports - Motorcycles/Motocross
Specialty: Mechanical Backbox Animation
Notable Features:
Flippers (3 horizontal, 3 vertical), Pop bumpers (3), Ramp (1), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning targets (2), Left outlane kickback, Captive balls (1 horizontal, 2 vertical), Up-post (between bottom flippers on the vertical playfield), Ball kickernext to the left slingshot, 2-ball Multiball. A magnet on a moving vertical track lifts the ball in play to the vertical playfield in the backbox. When this ball drains between the bottom flippers of the vertical playfield, it returns to play in the lower horizontal playfield.
Concept by: Pat Lawlor
Design by: Pat Lawlor, Larry DeMar
Art by: Mark Sprenger
Mechanics by: John Krutsch
Music by: Brian Schmidt
Sound by: Brian Schmidt
Software by: Larry DeMar, Ed Boon
Notes:
An earlier example of a game with a vertical scoring playfield in the backbox is Genco's 1951 'Double Action'.
The prototype name of this game was "Wreck'n Ball".
Marketing Slogans:
"Once again, Williams takes you where no one else has ever gone before!"
"The pinball machine with one continuous playfield on two different planes!"
"We're changing the way the world looks at pinball."
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