Pinball Arcade - Black Knight 2000

Best pinball soundtrack ever! That aside, let's see how many times I hit RANSOM.
Thanks to Farsight Studios and Williams!

[@charlesajones77]

Hearing this game really makes me feel nostalgic. I used to go bowling with my grandmother when I was in middle school, and the bowling alley had a BK2000. The sound from that machine dominated the place. "You can do it you can do it!" I really miss the days of arcades in the US.

[@arranmc182]

should come to the UK arcades are on the rise again

[@jacksonflorianogomes7197]

É legal mais eu prefiro a original dos anos 80 e versão da TAITO que fala em português é mais empolgante

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

Amongst the shadows of the night, he lives. He is powerful. He savagely strives to take your wealth and make it his own. He'll stop at nothing to achieve this, and relishes the fact. Your tears of sadness and loss are the sweetest taste he's ever known. He is greed. Your gold sates the fire burning deep within the pits of his tormented soul. He is relentless. You cannot run. Fear is his greatest weapon- besides a bad-ass lighting spear, crafted from the heart of a storm by a totally kick-ass wizard. He is not without a sense of humor, however. He is sarcastically humble. He denies his strength to those who sing his praises. He cannot accept their idolization. He knows what he is. Existence is a joke to him. He is cunning. He laughs and mocks you for succumbing to his will. He swiftly rides off atop his threatening, dark stallion, taking your riches along with him, returning to the shadows whence he came. Still, you feel compelled to follow, and give him your money, willfully. Man, who knew Ted Dibiase had a side gig?

[@ancientone5903]

And that is the big reason why The Black Knight of his Eponymous Pinball series became soooo rich, he built his own castle, got his own minions, became the Darklord of his land and still gets loads of money from other pinball players to this very day. Hence to the reason on why The Black Knight: Sword of Rage came out on the summer of 2019. Now if only NetherRealm Studios decided to bring The Black Knight from his Eponymous Pinball series into Mortal Kombat 11 where he's seen trading blows with Shao Kahn, oh man that be glorious!

[@MastaGambit]

I just realized that I sat here looking at a video of a pinball simulation for about a half-hour simply because the theme that keeps playing is fucking amazing. XD

[@kufusonic]

lol, I don't blame you, at all. XD

[@BrianSchmidt-GameSoundCon]

Hey, thanks! I was psyched when this finally came out. -Brian (BK2K composer)

[@MastaGambit]

Brian Schmidt Wow. o.o

[@Energyone]

Brian Schmidt Ed Boon linked me to this video. The soundtrack and look/feel of this game has always been my fave table. I am going to grab it on Steam at some point! Isn't it great to have it preserved forever digitally? :D

[@dalemassicotte6198]

GIVE ME YOUR MONEY. ....take my money, Black Knight

[@Retrotude]

I love how 80's-like the music sounds on this table. "You got the power!"

[@SwitchZetto]

This is originally from 1989

[@brandonnesfan]

still 80's tho.

[@904PinballZine]

This game is sooooooooooooo much harder in reality hahaha

[@exidy-yt]

Really? I found the exact opposite. The real machine I could hit loops and combos the way this player does in the video but the emulated table plays WAY different and I suck at it. I should see if there has been a good updated table cos I LOVE me some Black Knight 2000.

[@darkevilone666]

I want this table in my living room, just to rock out to the amazing radical soundtrack

[@QHMCQ]

YOU CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT!

[@Shogunelite]

Eric McHugh I love that, like the voices of those oppressed by the Black Knight suddenly show they believe in you and cheer you on in your epic battle to defeat his tyranny!

[@nossy23]

The music turns this good pinball table into a great one!

[@richard1972r]

My favorite pinball game ever! The soundtrack was beast.

[@ancientone5903]

The Black Knight of his eponymous pinball series deserves a place in Mortal Kombat 11 as a guest character, and since Black Knight: Sword of Rage came out at some point in summer of 2019.

[@floydjohnson7888]

That could be the strangest IP juggling act in the history of electronic entertainment.

[@MortadoWA]

Just broke 10 million for the first time. No signs of getting tired of this one here :)

[@andresbravo2003]

Oh hey, I was the 100th Comment here. I'll say, this is one of the Greatest Pinball Cabinets that Williams has developed in the late 80's!

[@Emoconnors]

*R A N S O M* THE KING'S RANSOM 5X BONUS UTURNS = 250000 EXTRA BALL LIT WAR = MILLION JACKPOT IS LIT SKYWAY IS LIT *EVERYTHING IS LIT*

[@ambassador8524]

During the golden age of fighting games, I put my quarters on the glass waiting to play M.K, *The Black Knight* would randomly do a cool light/sound show. It stood out from the other pinball machines. I liked it more than Adams Family. I think it had a motion sensor because when someone walked by TBK he would taunt *”GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!”* It actually scared younger kids. P.S 18:50 This guy is a pinball Wizard. I didn’t know there was an end game sound track! P.P.S This machine was an epileptic’s kid’s nightmare. ☠️

[@PunYT]

This table, alone, is why I want season 3. It has to be one of, if not THE, favorite table I've ever seen. I LOVE the soundtrack, and I like how it pioneered a "Wizard mode".

[@tdickensheets]

"You can do it! You can do it!"

[@paulnguyen8910]

No free turns after acquiring five free balls; each one earned thereafter collects bonus points. Since 1990, one of my favourite pinball machines. I've played it many times before.

[@SamuelTurnmire]

I was just talking to my eldest child about all the quarters I dropped on this machine back in the day. Found this video ... thank you for letting me relive my youth!

[@Dontrel3030]

When the lyrics come in at 3:30 it's such a bizarre hilarious moment.

[@aceheroify]

Ok......why am I NOW hearing about this machine? This looks really freakin cool!

[@sourapple6604]

This is metal AF

[@quintopia]

This has always been my favorite machine. So glad they put it in this game.

[@flexor212000]

At the arcade in the mall I would play this. It was always so loud which was great because damn listen to that epic soundtrack and voiceovers. The thing called to you from afar.

[@gunsage]

Nice! We had this at our bowling alley when I was growing up. I used to transition between this, Roadblasters, Pit Fighter, and Final Fight. Those were good days.

[@Endymion766]

This was one of the few pinballs I could actually play good on. I need to get this on Pinball Arcade.

[@pinballwiz45b]

Bit too late for that. Zen has the license now.

[@adventures6694]

@@pinballwiz45b I wish zen did bk2000 because it isn't a licensed game and they did funhouse

[@leafsfanforever2896]

@@adventures6694 Zen has a licensed game now (Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure)

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Which never made it onto TPA

[@NikoBellicDigital]

This pinball soundtrack is...

[@NikoBellicDigital]

SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@angelGrigorov]

The legendary Black Knight 2000. So simplistic and yet so very hardcore. I was wondering if that is the first pinball machine with multiball play ?

[@KurisuBlaze]

+angelGrigorov There have been a few multiball-capable games before BK2K (such as Firepower), but this one does have a first: The first 'Wizard Mode', which is a sorta-endgame goal that yields massive amounts of points.

[@samtinkle9076]

KurisuBlaze It was the first to have E V E R Y T H I N G L I T

[@williampriesterjr.5077]

This is an amazing simulation of my favorite pinball ever, so realistic, except one thing, it seems to award the upper loop as long as you get it near the upper right gate, on the real thing, you must pass all the way through it to collect the loop or the combo, which, even as this simulation shows, it's not always as smooth a ride around that loop as it could be. But even though the simulation might be very slightly easier than the real thing (the nudges seem more pronounced) the game plays fast, and this score is ultra-amazing, nonetheless. Now maybe I won't have to buy a $3,000 box my wife'll hate each time she'd see it crammed somewhere in our house. :^)

[@chriscollin4767]

William Priester, Jr. It is a lot easier in the game than in real life I think. Nudging is not as easy irl. In the game i nudge every other second, you cannot do this with precision on the real machine.

[@arranmc182]

@@chriscollin4767 nope the tilt in this game is sensitive as all hell, this game is not realistic but it is still fun

[@Spynmaster]

Looks like he scored B) Over 9000. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@tdickensheets]

"Give me your money!"

[@chadkennedy7855]

"Stand up and fight!"

[@Apollo_Vanron]

THIS IS MY JAM!

[@CoolRobbit]

I like how you didn't even get to ball 2 until 38:23. You should apologize to this game for the savage beating you gave its scoreboard.

[@ThePurityControl]

We had this in my student's union... at it's best when no-one's had the King's Ransom for a few days as the bonus is cumlative, one tiime we got it twice during a bit of a session and the 2nd time was hardly worth the trouble.

[@teddyl7006]

There's a huge cheese factor on this machine. It's more lightshow than a good table.

[@pinballwiz45b]

If anything, it's got great music too. Dan "Toasty" Forden, Brian Schmidt, and Steve Ritchie. Rules suck for competition, I agree.

[@ChrisSmout]

My dad had one of these in the home during my teen years and I got to play it a lot. They really nailed the physics and the way I expected balls to bounce and ricochet around the playfield. Great play!

[@TheRobloxianWarrior97]

A Singing Pinball Machine. Nice!

[@Energyone]

Amazing run, wow.

[@arranmc182]

if he was playing the real thing no way he could nudge like that been playing this at work and tilt is crazy sensitive

[@gideonwaxfarb]

Whoooooooooooooooaaaaaa-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[@PragmaticTornado]

Nice score. This is one of the tables I struggle with, for some reason. I find it quite fun though, much because of the music, I guess.

[@LawmanIL]

I love the soundtrack on this table, but I have trouble seeing the ball against the background.

[@GRIMLOCK07]

Such good & frustrating memories with this Pinball. Now if they'd only Release "World Cup Soccer 94" on the PSN. Another favorite of mine,

[@KurisuBlaze]

Oh yeah. At the nearest arcade to where I am, I usually gravitate towards BK2K, WCS94, and Champion's Pub. Particularly Champion's Pub. I would add Gofers, but they're selling theirs, and I don't earn enough to justify buying it.

[@perkeyser2032]

I'll never be as good as you 45, but at least I've given you a little fight every now and then. You're the champ. This is high class pinball.

[@finickybits8055]

Hitting RANSOM used to (and would still) give me piss-shivers.

[@ambassador8524]

I use to put quarters up on the glass to wait in line to play Mortal Kombat at my local arcade. This machine would do its own light show next to M.K. This song was a huge part on my youth. P.S This machine was an epileptic’s kid’s nightmare. P.P.S this guys a fucking pinball Wizard! I did know there was end game sounds!

[@TampaTec]

Great music 🎶 for pinball machine, but black knight by Stern sounds epic.

[@TheHashSmokingStoner]

Perfect for when you've lost your car keys.

[@jaywhite9028]

I played this game in 1987. I could play almost as long as this guy but the tilt was sensitive. I remember one time I had 15 million points and a free game. I got so bored but I realized several people were watching me. I gave the game to a little kid and he ended it in under 60 seconds.

[@jasondelano657]

This pinball machine has always stuck in my memory since I was a kid! I think mostly because of the soundtrack! But I just downloaded it from PSN for my PS4 and the song never comes on. The knights voice is there but no song. Really disappointed! Thinking of deleting and reinstalling. Has anyone else had this problem?

[@cessnaace]

I'm MarkMSH on Steam. Your score shames me. Instructive though. I love the soundtrack. :) STAY AWESOME! :)

[@tdickensheets]

"Beat the black knight!"

[@floydjohnson7888]

I remember bumping into an ace at "Black Knight 2000" in the land of the Scarlet Knight. ZIL (that was her high-score entry), RU out there somewhere?

[@ambassador8524]

14:40 the sounds gets *REAL*

[@Malario80]

pretty hard table... ball goes very fast

[@addisonfung5009]

38:30 A maxed out Bonus! Wonderful.

[@bkslsh]

I used to have this table on Pinball Arcade, and it randomly got replaced by Stern's Merry Shelley's Frankenstein. A cool table, for sure, but I miss BK2K

[@JoeScottakaEpsitec]

Can you make a video of original black knight? I can't get the extra ball from lower playfield goal!

[@Energyone]

I get weirdness on the Steam version for this table - ball teleports sometimes. I notice the wall goes up sometimes after hitting the ramp and locking a ball too but maybe that's somewhere in the rules and I'll have to dig through them.

[@Energyone]

***** Really hard to track the ball too.

[@note2owns]

I remember a friend of mine could get close to 50 loops in a row on the top section.

[@game84cube]

The music reminds me of Power Rangers Zeo, and I love it

[@jimmyrobbins4079]

I hope this game gets added into pinball fx3

[@ryansample6016]

First King's Ransom at 15:00 Second King's Ransom at 30:20

[@Nighthawke70]

they borrowed heavily from the 80s Flash Gordon movie for the art work and music. Not obviously so though. a well made challenger.

[@jamescorley3507]

‘You can do it, you can do it.” Then proceed to lose! Lol

[@addisonfung5009]

What’s the Maximum Jackpot you can rack it up to? Or it’s Unlimited?

[@curlybrownliz]

Jackpot in my local arcade is up around 4 million. Unfortunately I'm not good enough to claim it!

[@exidy-yt]

You have either done some fantastic tweaking of the physics, or are just a chad at the vpinball version of BK2K! When I play the real machine I hit skyway loops and ramp-loop combos back to back to back with ease, but on Vpinball I can almost never hit a single one. The default physics aren't set NEAR to the reality of the machine, so my muscle memory betrays me. Did you tweak the table, or did you just get gud with the default settings for the table?

[@Sh1ranu1]

The disappointment was that he never finished spelling black knight

[@bersl2]

14:23

[@extractor777]

hey dude this is ps4 or?

[@chriscollin4767]

My high score is 36 000 000, I will beat you.

[@TheDevilshandpuppet]

hi ive been thinking about getting the season 1 tables, just wondering though do you have to pay to use the machines every time you play or is it just one flat fee for all the tables in a season ? , what im try to say is are there any hidden fees or extra costs involved after purchasing, also could someone give me a run down on the ps4 controls for this game what do all the buttons do? thanksRead more

[@pinballwiz45b]

+TheDevilshandpuppet Season passes are one flat fee with all the tables, no strings attached. Regarding controls, you can find them in the Help/Options section of the game.

[@curlybrownliz]

The real version of this is much harder. Shots that are do-able on here are impossible in real life

[@herbertpocket8855]

If one was looking into solving the rights dispute with Zen in the high seas what’s a good place to go for this table?

[@note2owns]

Is this the PC version??

[@ellispoo44]

Unfortunately I am already tiring of this table

[@charlesajones77]

Awesome music, but I've never been a fan of the game itself. It seems like you play the entire game with the right flipper. As you can see around the 16 minute mark, he can just use the left flipper to hold one of the balls, because you just don't use it for much of anything.

[@moviestreamer2817]

15:03

[@mgabrysSF]

What is this being played on?

[@JoeScottakaEpsitec]

The Pinball Arcade

[@mgabrysSF]

Which version I mean.

[@rosinafrygirl5193]

mgabrysSF Steam (PC)

[@MylstarElectronics]

37:06

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Video pinball not the same.. Plus the original Black Knight was a far superior pinball machine than 2000..

[@thepatsfan2950]

I liked black night better than 2000

[@moviestreamer2817]

15:07