Flintstones pinball


	Spotted poolside at the Barnsley Metrodome is a Flintsones pinball. Passes the test of time this game because there is more to it than may initially meet the eye. * See below for tips *

The Flintstones is a relatively straightforward game, but that being said, it does have its hidden treasures.

Once you know how to play this game, you will find that you get very consistent scores - it is rare to get that odd game that doubles your best ever score. For the statistically minded amongst us, you will find that your scores have a low standard deviation.

Anyway, enough of the statistical nonsense, how about some tips :

KEY SHOTS

The Bronto Crane which awards random features off the upper flipper. If you are lucky, your machine will award extra balls from this feature (not all do!).
The central upper shot to the DIG lights. Extra ball is usually awarded at 7 shots. Once you have the extra ball, don't worry about this shot any more.
The 1-2-3 shots which are taken from the left and right ramps. These start the features - Flintstones is unusual in that it only has 4 features (the complete opposite of Twilight Zone!).
The bowling bank.

THE FEATURES

The Dino multiball is the best & the Water Buffalos is the worst.

Multiple features can be started at once & features operate during multiball too.

My tip is to get through the features as quickly as possible...

...however that being said, the final feature (mystery mode) is somewhat of a disappointment - hit each drop target for 5 million, and clear them all in 20 seconds for 100 million.

BOWLING

The bowling feature is cool because the points score as per the real game & there is a high score entry for the bowling champ. However, you can only hit a strike a spare or a miss, and to this day, I do not fully know how the points are calculated (get the glass off somebody & tell me!).

Bowling Power Up (usually awarded from the bronto crane) guarantees a strike providing you hit the bowling bank.

MULTIBALL

This is where the big boys scores come from. Complete "CONCRETE" to start, hit the red start light & then shoot the jackpot which (indefinitely, I think) alternate between the central (extra ball) shot and the upper left hand u-turn shot. Note that the super jackpot cannot be hit from the upper flipper on some machines - it depends how your machine is set up.

STRATEGY

It's simple it's as follows :

Go for the extra ball by 7 central shots.
Hit the bronto crane - repeatedly if you can!
Get good at multiball - if you are lucky, the machine will be set up so that super jackpot can be hit from the upper flipper.
Start Dino multiball and the jackpot multiball at the same time for four ball multiball and big points potential.

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