History Pinball / BoneBusters

[[caption-width-right:350:"Who you gonna call? [[Film/{{Casper}} Someone else."]]]]

* TheRealSpoofbusters: The Bone Busters, a group of people fighting supernatural threats with scientific weaponry, are a painfully obvious copy of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}.

* CaptainErsatz: The Bone Busters, a group of people fighting supernatural threats with scientific weaponry, are a painfully obvious copy of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}.

%%* DemBones: Literally, all over the place.

->'''One-Eye:''' "I've got a bone to pick with you!"

''Bone Busters''[[note]]Full title: ''Bone Busters, Inc.''[[/note]] is a PhysicalPinballTable by Creator/{{Gottlieb}}, released under the "Premier" label in 1989. It was designed by Ray Tanzer, and illustrated by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and Brian Johnson.

Beneath its [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] theme and cartoonish looks, ''Bone Busters'' is regarded for being a rather innovative table with an unorthodox layout and challenging gameplay. Ol' One-Eye steals the show with his quips, and it is considered a fun game for when one is looking for a change of pace. Only 2,000 ''Bone Busters'' tables were made, and the ones still circulating tend to be hoarded by collectors, making it a bit of a rarity today.

* BurgerFool: The skeletons attack a fast-food restaurant complete with clown-headed drive-thru speaker.
* CaptainErsatz: The Bone Busters are a painfully obvious copy of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}. To further state the case, their attire (grey overalls with yellow-orange bandoliers) makes them resemble one of the figurines, [[http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Fright_Feature_Figure:_Peter_Venkman ''Fright-Features Peter Venkman'']].

* DemBones: Literally, all over the place.

* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: One-Eye's remaining eye glows.
* GuideDangIt: The steps needed to collect the Opera Bonus puzzles most players.
* HeroesRUs[=/=]{{Science Hero}}es: Bone Busters, Inc., full stop.
* LosingYourHead: One-Eye, though presumably it's justified since he's an undead...

* MagicVersusScience
* TheMockbuster: For ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'', obviously, but there's also a little bit of ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: Invoked in some of One-Eye's quips.
-->'''One-Eye:''' "You're a bonehead!"

->'''One-Eye:''' "I'm outta here!"

* TakeThatPlayer: Invoked in some of One-Eye's quips.

* TakeThat: On the playfield is a massive sinkhole with a stretch taxi that's fallen in, a subtle dig at Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Who you gonna call?]]

'''Bone Busters'''[[note]]Full title: ''Bone Busters, Inc.''[[/note]] is a PhysicalPinballTable by Creator/{{Gottlieb}}, released under the "Premier" label in 1989. It was designed by Ray Tanzer, and illustrated by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and Brian Johnson.

* CaptainErsatz: The Bone Busters are a painfully obvious copy of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}. To further state the case, their attire (grey overalls with yellow-orange bandoliers) makes them resemble one of the figurines, [http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Fright_Feature_Figure:_Peter_Venkman ''Fright-Features Peter Venkman'']].

* CaptainErsatz: The Bone Busters are a painfully obvious copy of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}.

A digital version of ''Bone Busters'' is scheduled to be added to [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' on October 28, 2016.

For some unspecified reason, Chicago is under siege by [[DemBones an army of undead skeletons]], and the only ones who can stop them are the brave men and women of Bone Busters, Inc. While the disembodied head of Ol' One-Eye turns and taunts you from above the backbox, purge skeletons from the Jogging Path, the Fast-Food Restaurant, and the Elevated Subway, then head for Lower Wacker Drive and advance the awards. Shoot the center fountain to collect the Water Tower Bonus, discover the secret of the Opera Bonus, and find Liz's Surprise for more points. Energize those playfield zap rods, lock three balls around town, then make the Long Jump to start multiball and clean up the town.

For some unspecified reason, Chicago is under siege by [[DemBones an army of undead skeletons,]] and the only ones who can stop them are the brave men and women of Bone Busters, Inc. While the disembodied head of Ol' One-Eye turns and taunts you from above the backbox, purge skeletons from the Jogging Path, the Fast-Food Restaurant, and the Elevated Subway, then head for Lower Wacker Drive and advance the awards. Shoot the center fountain to collect the Water Tower Bonus, discover the secret of the Opera Bonus, and find Liz's Surprise for more points. Energize those playfield zap rods, lock three balls around town, then make the Long Jump to start multiball and clean up the town.

* DistressedDamsel: The backbox translite shows a giant skeleton grabbing one of the female Bone Busters.

* HeroesRUs[=/=][[ScienceHero Science Heroes]]: Bone Busters, Inc., full stop.

->'''One-Eye:''' "I'm outta here!"

Beneath its [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] theme and cartoonish looks, ''Bone Busters'' is well regarded for being an innovative table with an unorthodox layout and challenging gameplay. Ol' One-Eye steals the show with his annoying taunts, and it is a fun game when one is looking for a change of pace. Only 2,000 ''Bone Busters'' tables were made, and the ones still circulating tend to be hoarded by collectors, making it a bit of a rarity today.

->'''One-Eye:''' "You're a bonehead!"