Gottlieb Black Hole DIP Switch Settings

The System-80 MPU used on the Gottlieb Black Hole pinball machine has four banks of dip switches. Each bank has eight switches for a total of 32 different switches, and the banks are labeled S1-8, S9-16, S17-24, and S25-32. The "ON" toggle position is marked on the switch bank. Before making any switch adjustments, you should TURN YOUR MACHINE OFF.

There is another bank of dip switches on the Sound/Speech Board, used to control the various electronic sounds the machine makes. These switches are described below too.

Here are a few charts as to what these switches do.

First the coin chute switches. All Gottliebs of this era have at least two coin chutes, one on the left side (hinge side), and one on the right side. Some have an optional center chute. Chute #1 (hinge side) is controlled by switches S1-S5, Chute #2 (center) is controlled by switches S25-S28, and Chute #3 is controlled by switches S9-S13. The left and right chutes are similar and the center chute is a little different. I believe this is to allow for a different coin in the center (e.g., quarters in #1 and #3, and SBA dollars in chute #2).

Left Chute Settings Center Chute Settings Right Chute Settings
S1 S2 S3 S4 Coins/Credits
OFF OFF OFF OFF 1/1
OFF OFF OFF ON 1/2
OFF OFF ON OFF 1/3
OFF OFF ON ON 1/4
OFF ON OFF OFF 1/5
OFF ON OFF ON 1/6
OFF ON ON OFF 1/7
OFF ON ON ON 1/8
ON OFF OFF OFF 1/9
ON OFF OFF ON 2/1*
ON OFF ON OFF 2/2*
ON OFF ON ON 2/3*
ON ON OFF OFF 2/4*
ON ON OFF ON 2/5*
ON ON ON OFF 1/1 and 2/3
ON ON ON ON 3/1*
S1 S2 S3 S4 Coins/Credit
S9 S10 S11 S12 Coins/Credits
OFF OFF OFF OFF 1/1
OFF OFF OFF ON 1/2
OFF OFF ON OFF 1/3
OFF OFF ON ON 1/4
OFF ON OFF OFF 1/5
OFF ON OFF ON 1/6
OFF ON ON OFF 1/7
OFF ON ON ON 1/8
ON OFF OFF OFF 1/9
ON OFF OFF ON 2/1*
ON OFF ON OFF 2/2*
ON OFF ON ON 2/3*
ON ON OFF OFF 2/4*
ON ON OFF ON 2/5*
ON ON ON OFF 1/1 and 2/3
ON ON ON ON 3/1*
S9 S10 S11 S12 Coins/Credit
S5 S6 S7 S8 Coins/Credits
OFF OFF OFF OFF 1/1
OFF OFF OFF ON 1/2
OFF OFF ON OFF 1/3
OFF OFF ON ON 1/4
OFF ON OFF OFF 1/5
OFF ON OFF ON 1/6
OFF ON ON OFF 1/7
OFF ON ON ON 1/8
ON OFF OFF OFF 1/9
ON OFF OFF ON 2/1*
ON OFF ON OFF 2/2*
ON OFF ON ON 2/3*
ON ON OFF OFF 2/4*
ON ON OFF ON 2/5*
ON ON ON OFF 1/1 and 2/3
ON ON ON ON 3/1*
S5 S6 S7 S8 Coins/Credit
*   No credits until last coin is dropped.


Then the game adjustment switches:

Description Switch Settings
EXTRA CREDITS - Adds 9 credits to the current CENTER Coin Chute setting.
Enabled S13
Yes ON
No OFF
Note: For German games only - S13 adds 9 credits to the RIGHT coin chute setting, when ON
COIN CHUTE CONTROL
Control S14
Left & Right the Same ON
Left & Right Separate OFF
Note: For German games only - S14 controls the LEFT and CENTER coin chutes
MAXIMUM CREDITS - Controls the maximum number of credits that can be accumulated.
Credits S15 S16
8 OFF OFF
10 OFF ON
15 ON OFF
25 ON ON
BALLS PER GAME - Want a 3-ball or 5-ball game?
Balls per Game S17
3 ON
5 OFF
MATCH FEATURE - Allows you to turn the Match Feature on or off.
Match S18
Enabled ON
Disabled OFF
REPLAY LIMIT - Controls the total number of replays you can earn per game.
Limit S19
1 Replay per Game ON
Unlimited Replays OFF
NOVELTY MODE - In NOVELTY mode, SPECIAL and EXTRA BALL features award 50,000 points and 5 knocks. High score, high game to date, and match features are disabled.
Mode S20
Novelty Mode ON
Normal Mode OFF
Note: S20 overrides S21
GAME MODE - The game can be set up to award an extra ball or a replay when the score thresholds are exceeded.
Mode S21
Extra Ball ON
Replay OFF
Note: If S21 is turned ON, the High Game to Date and Match features are disabled.
PLAYFIELD SPECIAL - The various Specials found on either playfield can be set to award either an extra ball or a replay.
Award S22
Extra Ball ON
Replay OFF
HIGH GAME TO DATE - The machine has various methods of dealing with the High Score to Date.
High Score to Date S23 S24
Disabled, not displayed OFF OFF
Displayed, but no award OFF ON
Displayed - Awards 2 replays OFF ON
Displayed - Awards 3 replays ON ON
MUST REMAIN ON - For whatever reason, these switches MUST remain ON.
Switches to remain ON
S25 S26
MUST REMAIN OFF - For whatever reason, these switches MUST remain OFF.
Switches to remain OFF
S29 S31
COIN CHUTE TUNE - Want a catchy tune to play each time a coin is dropped?
Chute Tune? S27
Yes ON
No OFF
CREDITS DISPLAYED - Want to display the credits (why not???)?
Display Credits? S28
Yes ON
No OFF
ATTRACT FEATURES - All those annoying things to get customers to wander on up and drop in coins.
Attract Features S30
Yes ON
No OFF
BACKGROUND TONE - For games with Sound Board only.
Background Tone S32
Yes ON
No OFF
Note: For games with Sound/Speech board, this switch MUST remain OFF

If your game is equipped with a Sound/Speech, you'll find dip switches on it too. These switchs are labled SB1-n, for Switch Bank 1, which contains 8 dip switches.

NOTE - THE SOUND/SPEECH BOARD (A6) USED IN BLACK HOLE GAME #668 IS NOT INTER-CHANGABLE WITH SOUND BOARDS (A6) USED IN GAMES PREVIOUS TO MARS (#666)

Description Switch Settings
USED IN SELF-TEST ONLY
Self Test Only
SB1-1
NOT USED - These Sound/Speech board switiches are not used.
Not Used
SB1-2 SB1-7 SB1-8
ATTRACT MODE CYCLE - Control the way the machine cycles through the Attract Mode phrases.
Attract Mode Cycle SB1-3 SB1-4
Disabled OFF OFF
Every 10 Seconds ON OFF
Every 2 Minutes OFF ON
Every 4 Minutes ON ON
BACKGROUND SOUND - Enable/Disable that annoying muh-muh-muh-muh-muh-mun-muh-muh sound.
Background Sound SB1-5
Enabled ON
Disabled OFF
ALL SPEECH - Want to turn off ALL speech?
All Speech SB1-6
Enabled ON
Disabled OFF



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