Line #45 Pinball/BlackRose


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3	[[caption-width-right:350:I'd avoid making any [[DoubleEntendre "seamen" jokes]]...tis a jolly good way to get yer [[GroinAttack cannonballs blasted off!]]]]
4	->''"I am Black Rose, queen of the high seas!"''
5	-->-- '''Black Rose''', upon starting a new game
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7	''Black Rose'' is a {{pinball}} machine created by Creator/JohnTrudeau and Creator/BrianEddy, with artwork by Pat [=McMahon=]. It was released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics (under the "Bally" label) in 1992. Only 3,746 units were made, making it something of a rarity.
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9	The game focuses on the title character, a [[PirateGirl female pirate captain]] who commands her crew of grizzled sea dogs. Your goal is to sink as many ships as you can by [[SpellingBonus lighting S-I-N-K-S-H-I-P]] through various means, then fire a cannonball through the broadside at the far end of the table. Along the way, you'll find the Pirate's Cove, get a random award from [[PirateParrot Polly]], and play no less than ''three'' {{Video Mode}}s.
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11	Possibly the most interesting feature of the game is its cannon, which sits below the playfield just above the flippers. At certain points, the cannon will become loaded and start pivoting back and forth. The player must then press the "Fire" button on the lockbar, causing the cannon to pop up and launch the pinball at various playfield targets for different bonuses. Accurate cannon-firing is needed to hit the broadside of opposing ships and establish your reign as Queen of the seas.
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13	A digital version of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018. Another version is currently available for ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX3]]'', along with a remastered version that includes the typical Zen Studios flair.
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15	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] with either a 2013 [[FreewareGames freeware]] horror game ''VideoGame/BlackRose'', or another freeware horror game named ''VideoGame/TheBlackRose''. It is also unrelated to the [[Webcomic/BlackRose steampunk webcomic]] of the same name. Also has no connection to the character from ''Franchise/DotHack''.
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17	!!The ''Black Rose'' pinball machine contains examples of:
18	* ActionGirl: Captain Rose, a woman who leads a pirate crew in sinking rival ships.
19	%%* BadassCrew
20	* ButtonMashing:
21	** "Walk the Plank" requires you to mash the Fire button (or the flipper buttons) to outswim a shark.
22	** You can also mash the flipper buttons to [[EasterEgg kill Polly]].
23	%%* CaptainColorbeard: Black Rose is a variation.
24	* CreatorCameo: [[WordOfGod According to designer John Trudeau]], the backglass shows himself, Creator/GregFreres, and Pat [=McMahon=] among the pirates.
25	%%* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: One crewmate does this on the backglass.
26	* DavyJones: Davey Jones' Locker has a skeletal pirate at the entrance, ostensibly Old Davey himself.
27	* DemBones: [[DavyJones Davey Jones]] appears as an animated skeleton who demands that you sink ships for him.
28	* EasterEgg: ButtonMashing when getting "Polly says" can kill Polly for 2 million points.
29	%%* {{Flynning}}: Done by two men when your ball hits the pop bumpers.
30	* GoldenSnitch: Sinking a ship awards 20 million, but this is just the beginning. For every other ship sunk, that's an ''additional 10 million'' on top of that. By the 9th ship, they're worth 100 million. The value doesn't stop until the game ends.
31	* GuideDangIt: The "Walk The Plank" video mode instructs you to use the Fire button to swim. It doesn't tell you that you can also use the flipper buttons (which may be easier for ButtonMashing).
32	* MatchSequence: Given an interesting twist - your score's last two digits ''will'' appear... but there are three numbers in all, and they appear on bombs which ignite as soon as all three are shown. One of the fuses is a fake: the other two aren't.
33	* OfCorsetsSexy: Captain Rose wears a red corset that enhances her sex appeal, as impractical as it might be for a pirate.
34	* PaintingTheMedium: Sinking a ship requires shooting the ball at it with a "cannon" firing mechanism as though it were a cannonball.
35	* {{Pirate}}: The game centers on pirates, with the player's goal being to sink other crews' ships.
36	* PirateBooty: One of the goals of the {{pirate}} player character is to amass treasure.
37	* PirateGirl: Black Rose is a female pirate captain.
38	* PirateParrot: Polly, a parrot who calls out a random Video Mode award.
39	* PostDefeatExplosionChain: When you sink a ship, it explodes several times before sinking for good.
40	--> '''Black Rose:''' "Beautiful!"
41	%%* SexSells
42	* SkillShot: At the start of each ball, the torch targets will be flashing in some sequence. Hit the lit target for 500K and an open locker. This Skill Shot has adjustable difficulty settings, too.
43	* SpellingBonus: S-I-N-K-S-H-I-P lets you make the Broadside shot, and L-O-C-K lights the lock.
44	%%* TalkLikeAPirate: The crew
45	* ThreateningShark: One VideoMode has the player swim away from an advancing shark.
46	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: An EasterEgg allows the player to kill [[PirateParrot Polly]] for 2 million points.
47	* VideoMode: Three of them. Two require the player to hit the Fire button at the right time (a crewmate throwing a knife at a target and swinging from riggings), and the last has them [[ButtonMashing mash buttons]] to escape a ThreateningShark.
48	* WalkThePlank: The focus of one VideoMode, where a crewmate walks off the ship's plank and must subsequently escape from a shark.

Context Pinball / BlackRose