Right. Forgot about the bumpers. Sorry.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Pinball classic?
Hi Lelia,
Actually, pinball is all about trying to position the ball so you can hit
various bumpers with scores marked on them. Every bumper you hit has a
specific score that adds to your total score. I'm assuming here you have
been blind from birth so have never actually seen a pinball table. So i'll
try to describe it in detail below.
A classic pinball table is a long retangle two maybe three feet long with
a glass top on it which you can look into the machine. On the far right
hand side is a long narrow chamber with a pully thingy on it where you
launch the balls from. In the center of the table is various bumbers
standing up with all kinds of scores on them. The harder a bumper is to
hit with the ball the higher the score marked on it. Similarly the easiest
ones to hit with the ball have low scores marked on them. At the bottom of
the table where you are sitting are two buttons on the table top that move
the flippers. There are two flippers that guard a hole into wich your ball
can get bounced causing you to lose a ball. These flippers serve two
purposes. Besides defending the hole where your ball can get bounced into
you can use them to direct the ball towards the bumpers thus racking up
your score.
How you play the game is you start by launching the ball from the launcher
on the right-hand side of the pinball table. At the beginning of every
pinball game you are given atotal of three balls to start with. Though,
only one ball at a tme can be in play at any given time. You use the
flippers to guard the hole as well as bounce the ball into the bumpers on
the table. Depending on the angle and how hard the flipper hits the ball
you will hopefully send the ball towards one of the bumpers on the table.
When you miss a ball and it falls into the hole at the end of the table
you lose a ball. The object of the game is to get the highest score
possible.
Now, like classic pinball machines games like PBC allows you to play at
various specially themed pinball tables. You can pick tables like Pacman,
Haunted House, the Wild West, etc.
lelia wrote:
Hi all, first I think I made a mistake and posted this to the wrong list
at first so even though I can't do anything about that mistake I'm going
to ask the same thing here.
I just downloaded the demo version of pinball classic from draconis and
for one thing, I've never played pinball but I've heard the sounds of
others playing. I assumed that the object was to keep the ball from
going to far either to the right or left? so when i played the pacman
table that's what I tried to do and some how though I'm nto sure how I
got like 3 million points? Can someone tell me some tips on how to play
pinball? I looked at the manual and it said to use the shift keys for the
flippers and that is what I did. Hoping all that made sense.
lelia
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