How Do You Play Pinball Like A Pro?
So you see that person putting completely inhuman scores on the local machine and you’re wondering how he does it. Fear not! While there is definitely a fair amount of skill required to become a Pinball Wizard, with some basic instruction, you too can be racking up the replays in no time. • Watch and listen to the game. In order for the profits to trickle back upward, operators need as many players as they can get. This means that the last thing anyone in the industry wants is players walking away from machines confused and frustrated because they couldn’t understand what they were doing. To combat this, machines today give the player lots of instruction. But some beginner players don’t realize this and this miss easy hints from the game. So while you are playing, look at and listen to the machine. • “Look at” mostly means watching the display. Most games from roughly 1990 onward will tell the player what they need to do next. Keep an eye also on the playfield lights: often if you don’
