''Cue Ball Wizard'' is a
pinball
Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...
machine designed by Jon Norris and released in December 18 1992 by
Gottlieb
Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois.
History
The main office and plant was located at 1140-50 N. Kostner Avenue until the early 1970s when a new modern plant and office was lo ...
. It features a
cue sports
Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as .
There are three major subdivisions of ...
theme and was advertised with the slogan ''"Gottlieb Presents CUE BALL WIZARD!"''.
Description
''Cue Ball Wizard'' has a two and three ball
Multiball and an oscillating captive ball
kicker
Kicker or The Kicker may refer to:
Sports
* Placekicker, a position in American and Canadian football
* ''Kicker'' (sports magazine), in Germany
* Kicker, the German colloquial term for an association football player
* Kicker, the word used i ...
at the upper playfield. Its most noticeable feature, a full-sized captive
cue ball
A billiard ball is a small, hard ball used in cue sports, such as carom billiards, pool, and snooker. The number, type, diameter, color, and pattern of the balls differ depending upon the specific game being played. Various particular ball prop ...
that can be used to hit two elevated targets, is placed below on the lower playfield.
The ramp is the game's most important shot, as it has to be hit once to light it up for the wagon wheel award. In the wagon wheel are all the modes the player must finish to reach Pool Ball Mania.
Game quotes
* "You found the King, Baby."
* "What kind of cow pie shot was that?"
* "Get the ball up the ramp here."
* "One More For Double"
* "Chalk Up Partner"
* "Quit talking and start chalking!"
* "You sure need that ramp shot."
* "Make my day."
* "I hate these outlanes."
* "That's what you call the Bank Shot!"
* "Time's up!"
Digital versions
''Cue Ball Wizard'' is available as a licensed table of ''
The Pinball Arcade
''The Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios. The game is a simulated collection of real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of machines ...
'' for several platforms and also included in the Windows version of ''
Microsoft Pinball Arcade
''Microsoft Pinball Arcade'' is a pinball video game from Microsoft. It was released on December 15, 1998 for Microsoft Windows and in 2001 for the Game Boy Color. The game is a collection of seven real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb. These ...
''.
See also
*''
Big Shot
Big Shot may refer to:
Fiction
* Big Shot, an animated superhero character on the television show '' The Tick'' created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986
* Big Shot, the former mascot of the Philadelphia 76ers until 1996
* ''Big Shot'', a fiction ...
'' - a pool themed pinball machine by Gottlieb
*''
Eight Ball Deluxe
''Eight Ball Deluxe'' is a pinball machine designed by George Christian and released by Bally in 1981. The game features a cue sports theme and was so
popular that it was produced again in 1984.
Description
The game is the successor of the pop ...
'' - a cue sports themed pinball machine by Bally
References
External links
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1992 pinball machines
Gottlieb pinball machines
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