The Top 5 Secret Skills of Pinball (How To Play Pinball)

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[williamovenstone]

I'm the number one pinball player in my bedroom. There might be a couple more people in Alberta.

[joeskis]

I've been meaning to get a pinball machine and then rig it with no gutters. I just want to experience actually playing through all the missions in a pinball game once in my life.

[literallyunderrated]

To coin a phrase.. ‘hit whats lit’. It generally works 😀 (and a well timed nudge never hurts 😉)

[lanceknightmare]

The #2 rule you mentioned with the ball resting on the edge of the flipper to slow it down allowing for greater control is my favorite. There is this one trick I can only pull off if I have been practicing lately and am on my game. I call it the Pinky Flip. If the ball falls into the very middle which is usually a loss for me you can sometimes hit both flippers at the same time and just barely launch the ball to safety. I am sure you use that trick on occasion and know it's proper name. I have been anywhere from terrible to a decently strong Pinball player. Never one who was good enough to compete though.

[jakewoelffer]

I literally just spent 6 hours straight on the same pinball machine !

[swander]

I mastered everything you just said when I was 13. I'm 56 now. Back in the70's they had the real machines. Brings back memories. Just the art ofnudging as you call it, that was a science. Ball control with your flipper, took years to master. Just like playing pool. Pinball was more intoxicating.I remember when they went digital scoring. I didn't like it. I love thesound of the numbers rolling. Lost art.

[jokerimmortal]

Thanks for the videos. It's very well made

[rocksteady]

My favorite thing about pinball machines is the sounds it makes the bouncing back and clanging of each different mechanical piece or point given the part.

[pinballjunkies]

Own 2 virtual pinball tables that run vpx and future pinball. Play them every single day for a few hours. Have little over 1600 tables. Sometimes hit the arcade to play the real thing, wish they had tournaments or more players near me

[Renville]

Nothing like the sound of an old electromechanical pinball machine going through its startup reset routine...

[MagicTurtle]

That angle thing is really the key. I really didn't get as a kid how that worked. Really fundamentally more important than "learn the angles" is learn what the flipper will do, like: shoot from the base of the flipper: straight up, toward the middle: 45 degrees out, shoot from the tip: way off to the side of the machine. Obvious to pinball lovers but not the average person. Also the "dead bounce" is something I only recently mastered and it saves you a lot of time. Knowing when you don't have to or SHOULDN'T touch anything at all and just trust the ball will bounce to the other flipper or just lose momentum is such a valuable skill. Man I love pinball.

[jeffmelchior]

That was awesome. Now I know where to play pinball in Edmonton.

[allanpatterson]

I've worked on Arcade pieces since '79, suppose it kinda cramped my playing style because rather than just play it I play them to look for defects to fix.

[raddaradda]

Definitely rules to keep in mind. Been playing for less than a year and I'm already in the top 5K internationally and 350th in my state.

It helps that this is my new hyperfixation that I also have great passion for now lol. This year I've been playing 3 or 4 times a week on average. It's so much fun.

[raviolesrock]

Yo jugaría con una máquina de pinball, si hubieran acá en Argentina, si quedan quedan muy pocas y no hay tanta variedad. Por ahora tendré que conformarme con los pinballs de Williams para android

[astromarkus]

TIP #6 Donkey Kick machine when ball Drains!

[Filbi]

What do you think makes a good pinball table?

[fabiobernini]

Quando uscirà un flipper che si può giocare senza internet per xbox360

[rivroyerr]

My family has a arcade in our garage and we have a pinball machine there and my life goal is to be better at pinball than my mean cousin lol

[dunkydog]

got all flipper tricks down..its nudging thats hardest part 25 cents lol more like 2 dollars
deinzien hall ratio kinda set pretty high not alot free plays either