Black Knight 2000

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Black Knight 2000
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Manufacturer Williams
Release dateApril 4, 1989
SystemWilliams System 11B
Design Steve Ritchie
Programming Ed Boon
ArtworkDoug Watson
MechanicsJoe Joos Jr.
Music Brian Schmidt
Dan Forden
Steve Ritchie
SoundBrian Schmidt
Dan Forden
VoicesSteve Ritchie (Black Knight)
Stephanie Rogers (choir)
Glo Van Vlack (choir)
Production run5,703 [1]

Black Knight 2000 is a 1989 pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie (who also provides the Knight's voice) and released by Williams Electronics. The game is the sequel to the 1980 pinball machine Black Knight . It was advertised with the slogan "He rides again." and features a black knight theme. [1] 30 years later, Ritchie would design a third game in the series for Stern Pinball, titled Black Knight: Sword of Rage. [2]

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Design

Black Knight 2000 was the first pinball machine that Dan Forden worked on, and his first task was to come up with lead guitar and other sounds. Steve Ritchie came up with a riff, and Forden extended it for the multiball music. [3]

The artwork on the playfield uses lightning bolts to highlight shots, some of which are obscured by the upper playfield. The mirrored backglass shows the Black knight on a horse clutching a lightning bolt, surrounded by a ring of lightning bolts echoing the ring on the main playfield. The design of the backglass was influenced by Kevin O'Connor's Flash Gordon . [4]

Legacy

Black Knight 2000 appears in episode 8 of season 1 of The X-Files . [5]

Digital versions

The table was included in the arcade game cabinet UltraPin in 2006.

Black Knight 2000 was released for the third season of The Pinball Arcade in 2014, [6] and it was available until June 30, 2018, when all Williams tables were removed due to licensing issues. [7]

It was released alongside Banzai Run and Earthshaker! for Pinball FX on December 12, 2024. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Williams 'Black Knight 2000'". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Black Knight: Sword of Rage". 26 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Jeff (February 3, 2022). "Dan Forden: The Pinterview". Kineticist. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  4. ↑ Watson, Doug (2019-10-18). Pinball News - Pinball Expo 2019 Seminars - Doug Watson (Video). Retrieved 2025-08-25– via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Pinball on Tv".
  6. ↑ Tach, Dave (2014-02-01). "Pinball Arcade extends WMS license, Black Knight 2000 inbound". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  7. ↑ Lawson, Aurich (2018-05-08). "The Pinball Arcade is losing its classic tables; grab them while you can". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  8. ↑ "Dive into Williams™ Pinball Volume 8!". Zen Studios. 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-06-21.


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