Banzai Run Bezel

Name: Banzai Run Bezel
SKU: GLAS-BANZBEZEL
Price: 199.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$199.00 USD

Genuine tempered glass (not a translite), and mirrored. Full-Version reproduction, with silkscreened mirror ink. “Ball In Play” shown in blue on the thumbnail picture, for illustration that it is indeed there as a backside lightblock feature. It will NOT be visible unlit, of course. Polished corners and edges. Gorgeous replacement for a lost bezel, or finally get rid of that old faded, crackled, or shedding original bezel.

SKU: GLAS-BANZBEZEL Categories: Backglasses, Miscellaneous

Banzai Run

Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind.,
Incorporated (1985-1999) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

May 20, 1988

Model Number:

566

Common Abbreviations:

MPU:

Williams System 11B

Type:

Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production:

1,751 units (confirmed)

Theme:

Sports – Motorcycles/Motocross

Specialty:

Mechanical Backbox Animation

Notable Features:

Flippers (3 horizontal, 3 vertical), Pop bumpers (3), Ramp (1), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning targets (2), Left outlane kickback, Captive balls (1 horizontal, 2 vertical), Up-post (between bottom flippers on the vertical playfield), Ball kicker next to the left slingshot, 2-ball Multiball. A magnet on a moving vertical track lifts the ball in play to the vertical playfield in the backbox. When this ball drains between the bottom flippers of the vertical playfield, it returns to play in the lower horizontal playfield.

Concept by:

Pat Lawlor

Design by:

Pat Lawlor, Larry DeMar

Art by:

Mark Sprenger

Mechanics by:

John Krutsch

Music by:

Brian Schmidt

Sound by:

Brian Schmidt

Software by:

Larry DeMar, Ed Boon

Notes:

An earlier example of a game with a vertical scoring playfield in the backbox is Genco’s 1951 ‘Double Action’.

This game was inspired by a 1987 independently made prototype called Wreck’n Ball.

In our Files section are many pictures of a prototype version of Banzai Run and a chart comparing its differences to the production version.

Although this game features a two-ball multiball only, three balls should be placed in the trough.

This is the first pinball machine to have the Lane Change switches implemented as low-voltage switches located at the flipper buttons, not at the flipper End-Of-Stroke. This allowed Banzai Run to play sounds when the flipper buttons are pressed in attract mode where flippers are not activated.

Larry DeMar provided these comments:

I can confirm that Banzai Run had 3 balls although it only ever needed 2. The software was capable of adjusting to a missing ball and not putting the game out of service. I suspect it is correct that this was the first time this was done. Later WMS games would adjust down to any number of balls (at least 1) available, but this was where it started.

I’m not sure about whether it was the first to use low voltage switches for the flipper buttons, but it was the first that I programmed to make an attract mode sound when the button was pressed so it is likely that this is true.

*Info Courtesy of IPDB

Care Instructions

REPRODUCTION BACKGLASS CARE and RECOMMENDATIONS

Never “triple thick” or apply any additional coatings to the backside of the glass.
Alcohol, acetone, and most ‘rattle-can’ liquids must NEVER contact with the ink.
If laying a glass down on its backside, always put down a towel or fabric to lay on.
The glass stock is tempered – so avoid significant hot-cold temperature shifts.
Be cautious of any impacts to the edges, such as setting the glass down on a concrete floor.
Never allow ‘sitting’ moisture on the backside. After 5-7 minutes there is a risk of ink degradation.
Do not spray cleaner directly onto the backside as prolonged contact with liquids may damage your glass.
If you must clean the backside (bulb dirt, etc.) wipe with a pre-dampened cloth (water or Windex).
After wiping, make sure the liquid is dried off (wipe all the way to dry). Do not allow any moisture to sit.
Glass cleaner sprayed directly on the fronts is fine.
Don’t let cleaner sit between the channels and your glass.

Banzai Run Bezel

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