Banzai Run

Description

This unique pinball game features a secondary, vertical playfield in place of the usual backglass scoreboard arrangement. After capturing two balls on the normal playfield, the machine launches three balls into the vertical field for a of bonus round. After all three balls were hit out of play in the upper field, the lower field would release its captured balls and normal play would continue. Due to the extra manufacturing costs, relativly few were ever made.

Banzai Run was produced by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) in 1988.

Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) released 84 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) was based in United States.

Other machines made by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) during the time period Banzai Run was produced include: F-14 Tomcat, Fire, Big Guns, Space Station, Millionaire, Cyclone (1988), NARC, Swords of Fury, Taxi, and Jokerz!

Specs

Name	Banzai Run
Developer	Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) (United States)
Year	1988
Type	Pinball
KLOV/MOG #	839
Sub-Type	Solid State
# Maximum Players	4
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Banzai Run KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	5.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Banzai Run Census

There are 15,364 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 17 known instances of this machine owned by Banzai Run collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 124; Color photo
Encyclopedia of Pinball, Volume 2 Bueschel (ISBN 1889933023) Page: 227; Black and white photo
Pinball Art Temple (ISBN 1872532101) Page: 59; Color photo Price guide: No
Pinball Compendium : 1982 to Present Shalhoub (ISBN 0764323008) Page: 100; Color photo

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