As the ball is headed down the inlane, it may be moving fast enough such that the player can simply hold the flipper up to allow the ball to carry over to the opposite flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: Inlane Pass / Return Lane Transfer
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New Pinball Dictionary: Loop Pass
This is a skillful way to bring speedy orbit shots back under control. As the ball is heading back towards the flipper from an orbit, the player drops the flipper just as the ball hits it.
Terminator 2: Pinball Tutorial
Hey, LOOK! It’s a tutorial on Terminator 2. Let’s see how long Bowen Kerins can keep his GameBreaker lit.
New Pinball Dictionary: Post Pass
Sometimes when a player has a ball trapped on a flipper, they really want it to be on the opposite flipper to attempt a particular shot. One way to accomplish this is to flip quickly so that the ball bounces off of the bottom of the slingshot and over to the other flipper.
PAPA Gameplay: Strange Science Pinball
Jon Replogle plays Strange Science at PAPA World Headquarters … a fun game to play with a frenetic, unbalanced high-scoring multiball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Live Catch
A live catch occurs when a player successfully stops the ball on an upraised flipper as the ball is heading towards it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bounce Pass / Dead Bounce / Dead Flipper Bounce / Dead Flipper Pass / Dead Flip
This is the first flipper technique to teach new players. Simply choosing to not flip at the ball is the easiest move to pull off, but can be the most valuable move once you get used to predicting the best times to use it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bang Back
The Bang Back is an illegal move in tournaments. Plus, if you hit the machine the wrong way, it hurts like nobody’s business. Also, you just might get kicked out of the venue if you try it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Cheesing
To manipulate the manual plunger during Multiball so that the automatic plunger is unable to force the ball into play. This move provides an advantage because, since there is a ball in reserve, the player doesn’t have to worry about the ball ending due to a drain.
PAPAtv Roadshow: S1 – E2
It’s the PAPAtv Roadshow: Season 1 – Episode 2! During this episode, they visit Lyons, Colorado. Also, Whirlyball?! And, the most interesting pinballer in the world tells us a story.
Mark and Mark on Classic Game Room
This video does not have pinball in it. However, it does have PAPA’s Mark Steinman and Classic Game Room in it so the video deserves special dispensation.
Monster Bash – from cocktail napkin to pinball legend
Recently, George Gomez posted a gallery of pictures detailing some of the development work that went into Monster Bash.