Re: Twilight Zone strategy

Right off the bat, hit the gumball combo (left ramp-right ramp) then you can
lock, go for gumball, or go with the most basic strategy, which does not
require immediate ramp shots, the door panels. LITZ should be an easy
200-250 million at least. Remember, left ramp relights piano, and right ramp
relights slot.

For the locks, lock the second ball in the lock shot instead of starting
mball after the first lock. This increases the minimum jackpot from 15
million to 40 million, and try to hit it quickly. The other advantage of
locking a second ball is that if you hit the jackpot, then miss the camera
shot, you have another chance at it to relight the jackpot.

Another good thing to go for is the gumball machine. Eventually, you will
get to the powerball, and by hitting the gumball loop again, you will start
Powerball Mania. In this, you play the powerfield during a multiball, with
the jackpots earned by defeating the power.

Yet another strategy is to instead of shooting the unlit camera shot, go for
the hitchiker shot below it to collect the hitchikers. This way, you should
be able to battle the power many times, which not only gets decent points,
but also starts modes to help you on your way to LITZ.

There are definitely a lot of ways to play TZ, which is IMO what makes it a
great game. As for the official strategy, you'd have to go to the pros (i.e.
the small group of guys who can put up 10b+). My best is just under 2
billion, so I'm obviously not the master of this game. I have however,
played it enough to know the game pretty much inside out.

One more thing, when you get to the 500 million extra ball, hit both
flippers for a whopping 5 million.

-Ethan Blonder
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www.fspazone.org
www.virginiapinball.org


<FrEnZy> wrote in message
news:45fd8200$0$662$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
I have the TZ for a while now but me and my friend cannot get into the
high scores!
The first score starts at 750.000.000 I believe and highest I got ever was
550.000.000 or something.
I am starting to hink we must be doing something terribly wrong!

Could someone here post any guide on how to play this game ?
What sthe thing to aim for?
Whats most important etc.

I am not too bothered as well, we still enjoy this with a nice beer and
some pinball, but still I miss the grand feeling of beating someones
record.

Thanks!



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