Cue Ball Wizard Explained

Cue Ball Wizard
Manufacturer:	Gottlieb
Designer:	Jon Norris
Artwork:	David Moore, Constantino Mitchell, Jeanine Mitchell
Release:	December, 1992
Production:	5,700

Cue Ball Wizard is a pinball machine designed by Jon Norris and released in December 18 1992 by Gottlieb. It features a cue sports theme and was advertised with the slogan "Gottlieb Presents CUE BALL WIZARD!".^[1]

Description

Cue Ball Wizard has a two and three ball Multiball and an oscillating captive ball kicker at the upper playfield. Its most noticeable feature, a full-sized captive cue ball that can be used to hit two elevated targets, is placed below on the lower playfield.^[2]

The ramp is the game's most important shot, as it has to be hit once to light it up for the wagon wheel award.^[3] In the wagon wheel are all the modes the player must finish to reach Pool Ball Mania.^[4]

Game quotes

• "You found the King, Baby."
• "What kind of cow pie shot was that?"
• "Get the ball up the ramp here."
• "One More For Double"
• "Chalk Up Partner"
• "Quit talking and start chalking!"
• "You sure need that ramp shot."
• "Make my day."
• "I hate these outlanes."
• "That's what you call the Bank Shot!"
• "Time's up!"

Digital versions

Cue Ball Wizard is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms and also included in the Windows version of Microsoft Pinball Arcade.

See also

• Big Shot - a pool themed pinball machine by Gottlieb
• Eight Ball Deluxe - a cue sports themed pinball machine by Bally

Notes and References

1. Web site: Internet Pinball Machine Database: Premier 'Cue Ball Wizard' . Ipdb.org . 2015-08-26.
2. Web site: Table Pack 19 and 20 coming The Pinball Arcade in 2014 for PS3 and Vita . PSNStores . 2013-12-19 . 2015-08-26.
3. Web site: Pinball Archive Rule Sheet: Cue Ball Wizard . Pinball.org . 1993-05-04 . 2015-08-26.
4. Web site: CUE BALL WIZARD PINBALL BY GOTTLIEB 1992 at WWW.PINBALLREBEL.COM . Pinballrebel.com . 2015-08-26.