ABOUT
Although Ed Boon is listed on the playfield, according to Louis Koziarz, Ed was doing video at Midway (Mortal Kombat) when this game was created.
Designer John Trudeau said the backglass art contains likenesses of himself and artists Greg Freres and Pat McMahon.
According to the book Pinball Memories, artist Pat McMahon created X-rated artwork for a version of backglass intended for an interested European market. The glass was never produced. Additionally, Bally had considered using black pinballs, but had to abandon the idea.
For trademark clarification, note that this game has no connection to Black Rose Production Inc., and no music written by any of its artists was used in this game's production. According to this game's flyer, "BLACK ROSE" is a trademark of Midway Manufacturing Company. "BLACK ROSE" is also a registered trademark of Tito Batista of Black Rose Productions, Inc. as per USPTO registration no. 1,214,374 dated Oct. 1982.
IMAGES
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Pinside ID54
Manufactured ByBally Manufacturing Co.
DateJuly 1992
TypeSS
IPDB ID313
Players4
HIGH SCORES
PINTIPS
The Double Broadside mode (first cannon shot award) is very valuable. Shots to broadside start at 1M and double each shot up to 32M for 30s.
During a "Polly says" after hitting broadside, mash both flippers for a Polly Killed 2M bonus.
During the Walk the Plank video mode, the flipper buttons also swim. You can probably swim faster using those instead of the fire button.