Happy Circuit final weekend! The Stern Pro circuit is taking place tomorrow (Saturday the 23rd) at Bottom Lounge in Chicago. If you’re in town and coming to the final, keep an eye out for an excitable, tall girl with a pinball denim jacket (me). Come say hello!
The machines for the final are as follows:
Seawitch Meteor Galaxy Catacomb Freefall Robocop Star Wars Pro Guardians of the Galaxy Pro.
I’m really looking forward to seeing gameplay on Freefall and Galaxy (a pin I own, personally). I’m also hoping to finally understand Catacomb in some capacity, because everything I’ve seen or heard about it totally daunts me.
Today I thought I’d quickly go over one of the classics in the bank, Meteor.
Objective: Shoot drops to spell Meteor, racking up the value at the spinner.
The targets at the top spell METEOR. Shoot the drops but try and shoot for the middle “ETEO” targets first, as the M and R are worth more. Every target dropped is reflected to lights on the spinner. Inlanes spot METEOR targets, so if the ball travels down a lit inlane, your METEOR targets will reset.
Completing Meteor adds bonus multiplier. Cash in the bonus Multiplier by hitting 1′s, 2′s and 3′s.
Progress on Meteor letters is continued from ball to ball.
As with a lot of classic solid states and EM’s, nailing alley passes, tap passes and having good control/nudging off the “Kirk post” is super important for this game.