Pressing the EXTRA BALL button during attract mode activates a message on the dot-matrix display, which reads, 'In memory of Joe Joos, Jr.,' who had died a year earlier the display then tells the player a brief biography on Joos.ĭuring attract mode, pressing the left flipper button three times while holding down the EXTRA BALL button activates a long credits roll on the dot-matrix display accompanied by a medley of the game's music. Pressing the EXTRA BALL button can also activate various cheats if done properly, such as Pin*Bot changing the results of a dice roll. The Grand Champion is the highest score of scores where no buy-ins were involved. The game, has two separate high score lists: one for games without buy-ins, and one including buy-ins.
Jack-Bot also allows players to buy an extra ball for one credit, and then pressing the 'EXTRA BALL' button players can buy a maximum of three balls this way. Jon Hey created the music and sound which includes a new arrangement of the Pin-Bot theme previously composed for Williams Pinball by Chris Granner.
Certain elements of the original Pin-Bot table carry over to this Jack-Bot, such as the spiral ramp, visor targets, and locking the balls in the holes to activate Pin-Bot's eyes. It is the third game in the Pin-Bot series, following Pin-Bot (1986) and The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot (1991). BOT) is a 1995 pinball game which was designed by Barry Oursler and Larry DeMar, and released by Williams.
