The use of body language while playing a pinball machine.
New Pinball Dictionary: Gunching
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New Pinball Dictionary: Death Save
A move used when the ball has traveled down the right outlane. As the ball approaches the center, the player jostles the machine sharply. If done well …
New Pinball Dictionary: Rollover vs. Roll over / Turn over
In the video, Frank causes the score on Mars Trek to roll over by getting the pinball stuck on a rollover. In the video, Frank causes the score on Mars Trek to turn over.
New Pinball Dictionary: Travelling
An occurrence where one of the following things happen on a game that has two inlanes on at least one side of the playfield…
New Pinball Dictionary: Drain Train / Lemmings / Outlane Drain Train
During Multiball, when two or more balls drain down the center or through the same outlane at or close to the same time.
New Pinball Dictionary: Rock the Cradle
Rocking the Cradle means to shake and nudge the machine so that the balls slide down to where both balls are resting on the flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: House Party
When every player, in a game with three or more players, has a house ball on the same ball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Sam Harvey / Wicked Shimmy
To save a ball that is travelling down the outlane by shaking the game very quickly. This results in a succession of upward triangle jumps off of the inlane and outlane walls, which causes the ball to rise back up and return safely into play.
New Pinball Dictionary: McEwen Strategy / McEwen Special
To make one shot repeatedly on the fly, that will feed the same flipper. The goal is that this one shot eventually becomes valuable over time.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bally Brick
When a normally working target gets hit by the ball so perfectly or so straight that it doesn’t fall down.
New Pinball Dictionary: Drop a bomb
To achieve a substantially higher score than most competitors on a pinball game in a competitive atmosphere.
New Pinball Dictionary: Lonesome Loser
A player who spots a game with a low replay score and puts in enough money to play at least two games at the same time. This increases the chances that the player will win free credits, because replay scores don’t increase during a game.