Download Bank a Ball (Gottlieb-1965) FizX3.3 V1.10

Bank a Ball (Gottlieb, 1965)

IPDB No. 170​

NOTES:​

MOD UNAUTHORIZED WITHOUT EXPLICIT PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHORS
You can access to the menu with the Special2Key.
You can toggle (by the toggle HUD key) the HUD reel.
If you use arrows for plunger (optional), you have to use arrow down and arrow up (customisable) in order to pull or push the plunger.
You have to use the Special1Key in order to lift the ball or to choose automatic ball lift in the menu.
 
Menu in order to manage:
- balls per game,
- scrolling,
- difficulty with 3 levels: easy, normal (recommended by Gottlieb), hard,
- bumpers adjustment, based on match unit: bumpers are lit more or less frequently,
- reset high score entries,
- use arrows (up and down) for plunger,
- tilt handling: normal FP's way (8 warning allowed), liberal (16 warnings allowed), and not tilt,
- Automatic ball lift (for lazy boys).
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RULES:​

Hitting rollovers increases score of corresponding holes.
Holes light intermittently after each hole sequence is completed.
Hitting four clubs lights top center rollover occasionally for special.
Special when lit hole or special when lit rollover scores 1 replay.
Rollovers score 5 points.
Matching last number in point score to lighted number that appears on backglass when game is over awards 1 replay

IPDB HIGHLIGHTS:​

Date Of Manufacture: September, 1965
Production: 3,400 units (confirmed)
Notable Features:
Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (7). Two backbox animations: at start of game, billiard table in backglass shows all balls lit up and all mechanical balls above it are reset out of view. Hitting lit numbered target on playfield turns off corresponding lit ball in backglass and mechanically drops that ball into view.
Maximum displayed score is 1,999 points.
Replay wheel maximum: 15
Sound: 3 bells, knocker
Design by: Ed Krynski
Art by:
Roy Parker
Notes:
The Add-a-ball version of this game is Gottlieb's 1965 'Flipper Pool'.
 
'Bank-A-Ball' was the first pinball machine produced with flipper return lanes, which are wireforms that allow the ball to roll behind the slingshot and towards a waiting flipper. According to the book All About Pinball, Paradise and its add-a-ball version Pleasure Isle were the first games designed to have return lanes. However, Gottlieb rescheduled the production of Bank-A-Ball so that it could be released first.
 
Pictured in this listing are Early Production playfields that match the playfield shown in the manufacturer's flyer. The return lane white arrows show the words "Lights Bumpers" in them. Also, the lower playfield shows the 8-ball as an actual illuminating insert. Sometime during production, the words were moved to be below the arrows and the illuminating insert was removed, leaving the 8-ball painted on solid wood. One example we picture shows a certificate with serial number 01072. We know that Sample games do not show the 'S' designation on the certificate but only show it stamped into the wood of the cabinet. It's possible this game is a Sample.
 
The backbox on this game is sufficiently crowded with mechanisms such that there was no room on the back of the insert for the connector jacks to be installed to allow the playfield plugs to connect to them there. Instead, the connectors were placed onto a separate "plug mounting panel" that just hangs down into the cabinet through the access hole between the backbox and the cabinet. Because of this, Gottlieb affixed to the inside bottom of the backbox an Assembly Instructions card to assist the operator with proper placement of this separate panel to allow the insert to be lowered to its service position without obstruction. The example card pictured here is A-9487-1 and was stapled inside a Bank-A-Ball backbox even though the card carries the Model Number 222 for the game that immediately preceded it in production, the 4-player Gottlieb's 1965 'Dodge City'.