Black Hole is a pinball game released in 1981 by Gottlieb. It is notable for having two playfields: one on top with a conventional slope, and one mounted underneath, sloping away from the player. It has no connection with the 1979 film of the same name.

 

Black Hole was the first machine to feature a lower playfield viewed through a window in the upper playfield. It was touted as the highest-grossing pinball game of all time shortly after its release, partly due to (or despite) the fact that it was the first pinball game which cost 50 cents to play (Although, many argue that Williams Black Knight, and Firepower were already at 50c before the release of Black Hole).^[1]

It features as one of the playable pinball machines in the video game Gottlieb Pinball Classics, released for the PlayStation 2, XBox, GameCube, PlayStation Portable and Wii.