ABOUT
The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1966 'Big Strike'.
In our File Section is a sequence of snapshots showing each letter of H-O-T-L-I-N-E displayed on the playfield's rollover button matrix. Two of the buttons never need to light for this and do not have light bulb sockets wired to them. In a sense, this feature could be called an electromechanical dot matrix display.
IMAGES
Images via IPDB.org
Pinside ID1644
Manufactured ByWilliams Electronic Games, Inc.
DateSeptember 1966
TypeEM
IPDB ID1245
Players1
HIGH SCORES
PINTIPS
Complete letters in HOT LINE to score points and advance through the game.
Plunging for either the lit pop bumper or one of the A/B lanes is usually the go to on Hot Line.
Two other ways to spot letters are through the lit outlanes and the upper right gate (collect A and B). These are powerful opportunities!