Someone can play!! Should have kept going. Great music for its time. One of the best pinball games Williams ever built! My 2nd best of all times (# 1 being "Fire Power").
Still waiting for someone to make a good adaptation of this in Future Pinball so I can play the everlovin' snot out of this again like I did way back in the day... :-)
@darkwriter77 It's already available in Visual Pinball. I wouldn't hope for a Future Pinball release because of the fact that Future Pinball doesn't use actual original game rom files. I wish it did and were as accurate to the original machines as possible but no one will do it on the official forums for FP because of copyright shit. Honestly who cares? Just host your files on file sharing networks and keep it secret and the pinball companies won't care or know.
one of the first pinball tables I ever played. Well, it is the very first that I actually remember playing. It was legendary back in the days. The owner of the nearby video store had one, as well as "fun House" and other great tables later on.
young kids today say "epic" as if they know what it means. NO! THIS game is EPIC! Having a crowd of 20 onlookers watch you kick the black nights ass to electronic chours singing in 1989 is EPIC!! "you got the power...ahhhhh...ahhhhhhhhh..aaHHHHH" YEAH! this is what life was all about!!! young kids today know nothing about this!
Jesus christ - I remember this goddam MUSIC/SINGING like it was yesterday -- kids to day SUCK, nothing like being a kid int eh 80s/90s -- it was all ab out flashing lights, louds sounds, electonic music, and digitized voices and getting that high score -- then the POP of the 'replay' which meant you didnt have to get back on the subway to go home for another hour! Kids today SUCK! if you grew up in this era cosider yourself lucky -- it wont come back .
Kids today DO suck. If I see another one saying "this is gay" to anything which is older than 2004 (as if nothing existed before they started living) I am going to smack him up the head (hey, that's what happened to kids before this insane politcal correctness gave rise to this generation of brats).
Im all about smackin down younguns and womens -- call me old school but thats how nature created it -- imagine a 2011 emo-blacknight2011 game -- it would suck -- youd hit the start button and get a 'trophy' for starting the game -- then drain saves would spring up and prevent you from losing for at least 5 minutes, then instead of a score you just get another e-trophy.. is it any wonder kids today are all faggots -- I remember beating this game back in the day and goin home..
Jesus christ - I remember this goddam MUSIC/SINGING like it was yesterday -- kids to day SUCK, nothing like being a kid int eh 80s/90s -- it was all ab out flashing lights, louds sounds, electonic music, and digitized voices and getting that high score -- then the POP of the 'replay' which meant you didnt have to get back on the subway to go home for another hour! Kids today SUCK! if you grew up in this era cosider yourself lucky -- it wont come back
Quite an epic struggle for jackpot at the end and great ball handling skills , probbly my favorate pin game of all time, Truly miss Williams and all the great orignal games they created, its lucky if you can even find a playable table in our area only private colectors have access anymore.
Dude, you're waaaay too polite with this machine. You need to bump it around a little to get play off the WAR light bumpers--passing that ball to the upper flipper is KEY.
Also, you should be able to play for a LONG time with just your right hand.
On your pinball, I mean. :)
During RANSOM, don't be afraid to lose balls to get them up to the upper playfield for the jackpot. Also, losing a ball and keeping it in the plunger trough gives you a spare ball.
@niceguytim : Maybe! I own one of these, and I'll tell you what, I'm a lot more rough with it than I would be with someone else's machine! There are more than a few places where a little up-bump makes all the difference -- just don't tilt!
Another of the coolest things was if you didn't have a credit in the machine and hit the start button, the Black Night would say "No way, give me your money!" The machine would also call out "Give me your money" every so often, and that smirking challenge made me spend my first quarter on it. Then it became a roll of quarters a week. This is the only pinball machine I wish I owned.
one thing i can never get is skyway (unless i have ransom, that is) but my dad claims that is the coolest thing in the game. could anyone post a video of this?
@spiritbomb1 Never even thought of that, lol. What would also be cool is when we see "EVERYTHING IS LIT!" the Rollergames table to his left would have yelled out its trademark line of "DEVASTATING!"
It is on this machine that I had my Pinball Wizard moment at the old Smithfield News (now gone) in Pittsburgh, PA. I had just 200k on the first ball, and Ball 2 was great. RANSOM, Jackpot, Replay, second place on the high score list... by the time Ball 3 rolled around, I noticed movement behind me. I'd drawn a small crowd. Finished my game, and got the Match, too. 5 Credits on the machine and I walked away. To this day it's one of my finest gaming moments on any platform. I love you, BK2K.
At the local bar that my brother and I used to go to, they had both this and Whirlwind. My brother took 1st on BK2K and I took 1st on Whirlwind. Later on I found a BK2K and scored 12 mil on a 3 ball game, max slope on the pinball table. If I own any pinball again, it will be this game.
it is sure, on the bk2000 you are the pinball world champion!!! great play!! i love the bk2000!! a lot of "d-mark" i spent!! greetings from berlin, germany!!!
Gizmnoic, awesome playing. Not to be picky, but the lightning wheel award kept slipping by you! Nonetheless, that was some badass playing. I love your other Steve Ritchie game videos as well.
Awesome video, I used to have a Black Knight 2000 and it is without question one of the greatest machines ever built. You're also at a beast at this game, you were able to show pretty much every feature it has, even the King's Ransom!
Extremely nice machine, I own one myself too. I noticed that the top ball popper launches the ball extremely fast at the third flipper, much faster than at my machine (sometimes it barely rolls uit of the wireform). How did you manage to do that?
Someone can play!! Should have kept going. Great music for its time. One of the best pinball games Williams ever built! My 2nd best of all times (# 1 being "Fire Power").
Give me your money!!! lol
MrMarquisM 5 days ago
Nice playing! This game had incredible music for just being FM synthesis. It really puts you in the mood for such a fast-paced pinball.
sirrath 6 days ago
Thanks for the video! I just got my BK2K rebuilt and look forward to playing it ALOT!
wmspins 1 week ago
i got whirlwind ant this game in my basement reords 12million whirlwind
123million blk knght
nibelung34343 1 month ago
Still waiting for someone to make a good adaptation of this in Future Pinball so I can play the everlovin' snot out of this again like I did way back in the day... :-)
darkwriter77 2 months ago
@darkwriter77 It's already available in Visual Pinball. I wouldn't hope for a Future Pinball release because of the fact that Future Pinball doesn't use actual original game rom files. I wish it did and were as accurate to the original machines as possible but no one will do it on the official forums for FP because of copyright shit. Honestly who cares? Just host your files on file sharing networks and keep it secret and the pinball companies won't care or know.
squezey1 2 months ago
@darkwriter77 It just got released for Future Pinball today! You can go download it at pinsimdb (dot) org :)
xxxplicitrecordz 2 months ago
@xxxplicitrecordz Awesome! Thanks for the heads up! I know what I'll be doing this weekend... :-)
darkwriter77 2 months ago
@darkwriter77 No probs :D
xxxplicitrecordz 2 months ago
Music sounds like Shadowrun mixed with Skitchin
kidd912thomas 3 months ago
The black knight disliked this video because the person playing the game defeated him!
dickcheney6 3 months ago
DYK: Ed Boon and Dan "Toasty!" Forden (the Mortal Kombat guys) worked on BK2K as the programmer and co-composer, respectively.
JimHawkwind03411 5 months ago
@JimHawkwind03411 Ed Boon also provided the voice of Rudy in Funhouse.
ChrisMolyneaux93 5 months ago
Love the video and the sound. Too bad you quit. Im going to buy one this week.
MegaHowtoMan 6 months ago
Loved this game! Played it for about 3 hours after work every night back in 89-91. I will own one of these before I die, lol
SVMortis 6 months ago
One of the top 5 pinball games ever. I miss this game...
hosersupreme 6 months ago
Pretty sure my first Pinball machine purchase will be one of these sexy things.
RageTreb 6 months ago
just played this for the first time yesterday...fun game
TheShinobidog 7 months ago
Even after 20 years, I still get goosebumps when the King's Ransom gets hit! Thanks for posting!
rbcourter 7 months ago
hello Gizmonic, il love BK2K, but why you down the 2 last balles please ?
arcadestories 8 months ago
one of the first pinball tables I ever played. Well, it is the very first that I actually remember playing. It was legendary back in the days. The owner of the nearby video store had one, as well as "fun House" and other great tables later on.
karaokefreak1 8 months ago
Lots of great memories of this machine. This pinball game is several different kinds of awesome.
wormbrain1 8 months ago
Me to young kid: What you know about Magna-Save?
Young kid: Is that on twitter?
Me: *pimp smacks young kid*
personalfunfest 9 months ago 2
young kids today say "epic" as if they know what it means. NO! THIS game is EPIC! Having a crowd of 20 onlookers watch you kick the black nights ass to electronic chours singing in 1989 is EPIC!! "you got the power...ahhhhh...ahhhhhhhhh..aaHHHHH" YEAH! this is what life was all about!!! young kids today know nothing about this!
personalfunfest 9 months ago 3
Jesus christ - I remember this goddam MUSIC/SINGING like it was yesterday -- kids to day SUCK, nothing like being a kid int eh 80s/90s -- it was all ab out flashing lights, louds sounds, electonic music, and digitized voices and getting that high score -- then the POP of the 'replay' which meant you didnt have to get back on the subway to go home for another hour! Kids today SUCK! if you grew up in this era cosider yourself lucky -- it wont come back .
personalfunfest 9 months ago
@personalfunfest
Kids today DO suck. If I see another one saying "this is gay" to anything which is older than 2004 (as if nothing existed before they started living) I am going to smack him up the head (hey, that's what happened to kids before this insane politcal correctness gave rise to this generation of brats).
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago 5
@McLarenMercedes
Im all about smackin down younguns and womens -- call me old school but thats how nature created it -- imagine a 2011 emo-blacknight2011 game -- it would suck -- youd hit the start button and get a 'trophy' for starting the game -- then drain saves would spring up and prevent you from losing for at least 5 minutes, then instead of a score you just get another e-trophy.. is it any wonder kids today are all faggots -- I remember beating this game back in the day and goin home..
phillymiata 7 months ago
@McLarenMercedes
(cont)......with a BITCH to suck me off casue I kicked the games ass....
phillymiata 7 months ago
Jesus christ - I remember this goddam MUSIC/SINGING like it was yesterday -- kids to day SUCK, nothing like being a kid int eh 80s/90s -- it was all ab out flashing lights, louds sounds, electonic music, and digitized voices and getting that high score -- then the POP of the 'replay' which meant you didnt have to get back on the subway to go home for another hour! Kids today SUCK! if you grew up in this era cosider yourself lucky -- it wont come back
personalfunfest 9 months ago
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What she says in 3:05?
"You can do it, you can do it" ???
pelouro79 9 months ago
this bk2000 game has probaly one the best and original pinball music tracks in itself ever produced PERIOD!!
Toxici 9 months ago
I play the Black Knight on the Wii.
tdickensheets 10 months ago
¸my best score in this pinball is 12o milion!! ha ha..
13Dejx 11 months ago
I own this machine, but lots of the lights are out and some of the sensors do not work. It's cool to see what it looks like with every light working.
KoachKrab127 11 months ago
my high sc 80 million :)
crocodile2linux 11 months ago
Very good game. Nice video!!!
dominos7492 1 year ago
Quite an epic struggle for jackpot at the end and great ball handling skills , probbly my favorate pin game of all time, Truly miss Williams and all the great orignal games they created, its lucky if you can even find a playable table in our area only private colectors have access anymore.
123allrock 1 year ago
Awesome i was 13 years old when i played for first time on spain... gime your money xD
Amlaxx 1 year ago
You are amazing at this machine. I been playing it my whole life and was never as good as you.
squezey1 1 year ago
Damn, that is a sweet machine. The sound and light show is amazing. Multi ball at 2:13 didn't last long though :( You flipper like you are some pro?
HaikuAutomation 1 year ago
good job add more pinball vids =D
Code2Quest 1 year ago
Nice Pinball =)
I like the machines of the 80s and 90s
roroboy15 1 year ago
Those look like incandescent lamps.
Dude, you're waaaay too polite with this machine. You need to bump it around a little to get play off the WAR light bumpers--passing that ball to the upper flipper is KEY.
Also, you should be able to play for a LONG time with just your right hand.
On your pinball, I mean. :)
During RANSOM, don't be afraid to lose balls to get them up to the upper playfield for the jackpot. Also, losing a ball and keeping it in the plunger trough gives you a spare ball.
catkinsx 1 year ago
@catkinsx The reason why he is way to polite woth this machine is he probably owns it.
niceguytim 1 year ago
@niceguytim : Maybe! I own one of these, and I'll tell you what, I'm a lot more rough with it than I would be with someone else's machine! There are more than a few places where a little up-bump makes all the difference -- just don't tilt!
catkinsx 1 year ago
Aw yeah, RANSOM baby. Man, I miss my Bk2000.
I'd hooked up an audio out jack so the sound came through my stereo system's loudspeakers. Probably drove my neighbours nuts.
klaatu42 1 year ago
Another of the coolest things was if you didn't have a credit in the machine and hit the start button, the Black Night would say "No way, give me your money!" The machine would also call out "Give me your money" every so often, and that smirking challenge made me spend my first quarter on it. Then it became a roll of quarters a week. This is the only pinball machine I wish I owned.
Zaximillian 1 year ago
You smash to the machine, does one of the flippers not work?
haffie96 1 year ago
I haven't played this game in over 15 years, but I still got goosebumps when I heard the music when you hit the King's Ransom!
rbcourter 1 year ago
Interesting :)
What kind of the camera made this?
onlydjz 1 year ago 2
Nice game :)
These lights on machine are equipped with LEDs or not?
onlydjz 1 year ago
Nope. No LEDs
gizmnoic 1 year ago
@onlydjz
LEDS! no son! no! incandecents! REAL lights!!
phillymiata 7 months ago
Winners don't use drugs. lol
badreality2 1 year ago
Nice flipper skills!
jar155 1 year ago
i have to find one of these I can play. does anyone kow of one in New Jersey??
niceguytim 1 year ago
Okay... Out of curiousity, why do you nudge after you lock the 3rd ball?
I could listen to BK2K's music all day long. That damn bassline gets stuck in your head.
Diskoboy1974 1 year ago
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nitenronin 1 year ago
I just bought this machine, so much fun and I pwn everyone
hawaiiguy13 2 years ago
I REMEMBER THIS! Why didn't that machine be part of the Williams' Pinball Classics?!
Rlotpir1972 2 years ago 3
i love this game the music was epic and the singers ewre awesome
nibelung34343 2 years ago 10
Hahaha, You've got the power, you've got the might. Get ready for battle, 'Beat the Black Knight'. I loved playing this game just to hear that tune!
mrperfect87106 2 years ago 20
@mrperfect87106 Give me your money!!!
neopia9 2 years ago
Awesome top-deck play and multi saves!
phizgp 2 years ago
Rollergames on the left.. BK on the right... exactly how it was in the arcade i used walk to from my highschool to cut class :p
rowland2110 2 years ago
Best pinball ever!
belindaborat 2 years ago
my highscore for this machine is 23 million. 16 million on ball 1!
spiritbomb1 2 years ago
one thing i can never get is skyway (unless i have ransom, that is) but my dad claims that is the coolest thing in the game. could anyone post a video of this?
spiritbomb1 2 years ago
I'll never beat your score
AlbertaGamer 2 years ago
Just seeing the RANSOM intro is classic!
5X Bonus
U-Turns=250,000
Extra Ball Lit
WAR=Million
Jackpot is Lit
Skyway is Lit
(and just admit the truth already...)
EVERYTHING IS LIT!
hargosh37 2 years ago 3
except for ransom, ironic huh?
best pinball ever!
spiritbomb1 2 years ago
@spiritbomb1 Never even thought of that, lol. What would also be cool is when we see "EVERYTHING IS LIT!" the Rollergames table to his left would have yelled out its trademark line of "DEVASTATING!"
hargosh37 1 year ago
It is on this machine that I had my Pinball Wizard moment at the old Smithfield News (now gone) in Pittsburgh, PA. I had just 200k on the first ball, and Ball 2 was great. RANSOM, Jackpot, Replay, second place on the high score list... by the time Ball 3 rolled around, I noticed movement behind me. I'd drawn a small crowd. Finished my game, and got the Match, too. 5 Credits on the machine and I walked away. To this day it's one of my finest gaming moments on any platform. I love you, BK2K.
Zaximillian 2 years ago
@Zaximillian Hitting the match at the end of all that is the icing on the cake :)
neopia9 2 years ago
Old school arcade tip I learned? "Always leave after your worst game; always leave after your best game." :D
Zaximillian 2 years ago 4
@Zaximillian
At the local bar that my brother and I used to go to, they had both this and Whirlwind. My brother took 1st on BK2K and I took 1st on Whirlwind. Later on I found a BK2K and scored 12 mil on a 3 ball game, max slope on the pinball table. If I own any pinball again, it will be this game.
MightySquirrel 1 year ago 2
it is sure, on the bk2000 you are the pinball world champion!!! great play!! i love the bk2000!! a lot of "d-mark" i spent!! greetings from berlin, germany!!!
vincejack22 2 years ago
Gizmnoic, awesome playing. Not to be picky, but the lightning wheel award kept slipping by you! Nonetheless, that was some badass playing. I love your other Steve Ritchie game videos as well.
Joelomite 2 years ago
Hey gizmnoic
great gameplay. Are you using the default coils (2x11630 and 1x 11722) in your machine?
ghazgul 2 years ago
the music is epic >>
donaldTfox 2 years ago
Wow <3 !
l1ghtmaster 2 years ago
Awesome video, I used to have a Black Knight 2000 and it is without question one of the greatest machines ever built. You're also at a beast at this game, you were able to show pretty much every feature it has, even the King's Ransom!
PinballBrendan 3 years ago
Extremely nice machine, I own one myself too. I noticed that the top ball popper launches the ball extremely fast at the third flipper, much faster than at my machine (sometimes it barely rolls uit of the wireform). How did you manage to do that?
Svend1500 3 years ago