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.
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
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
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?
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!
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!
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.
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".
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!
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. ☠️
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.
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.
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.
+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.
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!
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.
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. :^)
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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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
+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.
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?
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.
