Yes and yes.
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On F14 Tomcat you can flip the flippers before plunging to change which diverter it goes to. Specifically I think hitting the right flipper 3 times will divert to the right kicker instead of the default left
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I thought the default was to feed the side with less targets completed? Or do you mean it overrides that? Or just when the numbers are equal?
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In The X-Files, you have to choose an agent at the start of the game, but they don’t tell you what the purpose of it is. After over 20 years I figured it out.
Muller makes it easier to get the main multiball by requiring less hits to the filing cabinet. Scully makes it easier to get Truth Multiball by always have 2 Xs lit at a time (3 if the ball goes down a return lane).
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1st Truth Multiball only and then it goes down to 1 + 1 ball goes down a return lane and then to 1 at time no return lane.
Default difficulty
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Although location pinball is not happening right now, there are some spots you can use multiplayer games on location to get GCs. Cayle’s post about using them to help maximize JM scores this way reminded me of this.
Basically, you use multiplayer games to set yourself up for big scores. Earlier player balls you play yourself set up the final player (still you) with great opportunities. It’ll cost you a few extra bucks, but it’s worth it! And is it ethical? You paid for the games, so it’s fine; both you and the operators win! You can do this at home too to maximize your personal bests. Some examples are:
Setting up stealable locks with players 1, 2 and/or 3, like on TNA (lock two balls for the last player for every ball), Wonka (Wonkavator locks), and a good number of solid state games.
Increasing the number of balls you’ll get in a multiball, especially on Aerosmith; put five balls in the toy box. GOTG Groot locks too (for one more ball).
Setting up progressive awards, like on BK2K (RANSOM letters) and Time Machine (STARWARP letters).
Building up progressive jackpots like on Taxi, Cyclone, Police Force, and Bad Cats. Have at it if you can find a 24 with old nuke code too! Doing this may take you a lot of games to get the max jackpot values sometimes.
Super deep cut that I like a lot:
Get a 3-ball quick multiball on WW by locking 2 balls and then starting quick multiball with the final player.
There are likely many other similar exploits like this. Be creative and you’ll find them and be GC!
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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiinety…Million.
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On Monster Bash, activating the flipper code for Lyman’s Lament as the fourth player activates the proper mode, meaning every switch adds to the bonus, which normally doesn’t happen if you activate it through the flipper code.
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Not in an multi player game unless something is broken
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The box dumps the 5 balls. The thing is jackpot values are lower than the 6-ball ones if you start multiball off locks 3, 4, or 5.
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Playing Lord of the Rings today I discovered a neat little Easter egg… If you collect the Big Points elf gift with 2x scoring running, you get 4 million points and an epic quote “The prize is doubled!” said exactly the same way as in Indiana Jones when you light a 2x jackpot!
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You found it! Nice job!
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And Big Points is on the opposite side of the wheel from 2x, three spaces away. Congrats on pulling that off and I see why I’ve never done it! Did you hit the white target in the Shire more than once, or have several Gifts of the Elves stacked and collect them one after the other while 2x was running?
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Happened totally by accident. In fact because I always cancel the animation of collecting a gift I almost didn’t even notice the line, but once I heard it I paused and pondered and was like… whoa
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Ha, crazy. I got it today, also by accident. When I started 2x, the next two Gifts were already collected. So the very next gift was Big Points. I heard the call out. Pretty cool to hear something I’ve never heard on a game I’ve owned for over 10 years!
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I thought 2X Big Points is worth 10M, not 4M. 4M would be more like medium points at best to me. I do remember getting 2X Big points years ago and hearing that quote, but I remember getting 10M as the point award.
Oh maybe I was confusing it with the 2 million tower award.
Specials are worth 7.5 mil which can be doubled and (I think) quadrupled!
Yup, Specials can be quadrupled to 30M (collecting the Special with 2X scoring running and Golum at 2X).
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Now THAT’s BIG POINTS!
Has anybody gotten both the 20M from Big points (4X Big Points) and 30M from the Special in the same game? I’d imagine that’s tough to pull off because both would have to be collected while 2X Scoring is running AND collecting each award when Golum is at 2X. I’ve never done that nor have I seen anybody get that.