Banzai Run Pinball Review!

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Published on November 23, 2015 3:29:51 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59K5lkDHYso

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From 1988 here's a look at Williams Pinball Banzai Run! Designed by Larry DeMar and Pat Lawlor! It was Pat's first design at Williams. He knew he needed to make an impact with his first game so he decided to go big with a second playfield on the backbox. Because of this backbox the game is notorious to maintain and not many places will offer the game on location. (Even at Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas they had discussions about having it on due to fixing the machine)

The game is pretty simple. Your job is to be the king of the mountain in the Banzai Run Supercross Championship. You need to first hit the set amount of targets to light each of the four other racers, then if you can get the ball into the upper playfield then you need to defeat them by shooting the set shots. If you can do this you'll start the two ball multiball where both playfields active! It gets pretty crazy and I've only done it a few times. Tying to get the jackpot is a challenge because you need to keep both balls in play to get it via the upper playfield!

If you ever do see a working Banzai Run in your travels, make sure you give this one a play! Big thanks to my buddy Dave for hosting me!