Tips & Strategy
from Josh Sharpe
If you don’t know who Josh is, you haven’t been
exposed to pinball for too long. The
Sharpe family is pinball royalty – if you don’t know of them, look them
up. Josh is currently ranked 4th
in the World Pinball Player Rankings (formerly #1). His profile and some of his recent wins are
at:
http://www.pinballrankings.com/player.php?player_id=4
He’s been kind
enough to share his winning/high scoring tips on several machines that are
qualified to be played in the RGP League... Hopefully we can
get more from him in the future.
From Josh...
Some quick tips to
score like a rock star!
Twilight Zone - Work regular multiball, which will end up
allowing you to collect plenty of door panels via the upper left flipper piano
shot, while also lighting enough gumballs to give yourself a chance at
Powerball Mania.
Spider-Man - Get yourself into Doc-Ock multiball
before you start doing anything else. It's a pretty safe shot to shoot
over and over and over, once you're in multiball you can then do other things
without risk of losing a ball (shoot for Sandman, shoot for the Lock target,
etc)
For quick points you
can play nothing but Doc-Ock/Sandman with the occassional Black Suit when you
get it.
On Ball 3, to play it
extremely safe, simply play for a huge bonus. Get yourself into a multiball of
any kind, and work nothing but the left spinner and bonus X lanes at the top.
Cradle other balls on the left flipper. Shoot the side Venom ramp and when the
ball comes to rest on the lower left flipper, pop it up and pass it over to the
lower right flipper. Keep repeating this process for as long as you can, and
when the multiball ends, get yourself into another multiball and keep repeating
it. It can lead to hundreds of millions of points relatively safely, although it
does take quite a bit of time.
Attack From Mars - typically I'll play regular MB over and over
and over, making sure that the bank is open before starting it so you can also
shoot the ships safely during multiball play. Loop pass the super skill shot over
to the right flipper to then knock the 3 bank down to start the attack wave
easily.
Hope that helps!
You'll find that when it comes to strictly scoring huge amount of points, the
general strategy is to find a nice balance between a relatively highly rewarding
feature at the lowest risk (shots that lead back to the flipper so you can
control the ball).
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