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Pinball is the best game. I used to play the Lord of the Rings machine when I was a kid. You had to collect the Fellowship to get multiball, although there were

Pinball is the best game. I used to play the Lord of the Rings machine when I was a kid. You had to collect the Fellowship to get multiball, although there were also a couple other ways you could trigger multiball (with a smaller number of balls though). I always considered controlling multiball as long as possible to be the "goal" of pinball, and of course getting as many free games from two quarters as possible. Recently I learned (through hn I think) that there's an arcade in Chicago that offers a relatively cheap play-all-day pinball arcade room, I'm thinking of trying to go down there some day. Unfortunately I also remember that I got a lot of wrist pain from playing, and I'm a bit concerned about re-triggering that; it would be catastrophic if my typing were impacted, so unless I had some prolonged time off work I don't think I'd ever play for more than maybe an hour at a time, spread out over several months.

koz1000 3y ago
That's the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield. They now have the largest collection of arcade videogames under one roof, and they're growing their pinball collection. https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/ https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/
splonk 3y ago
(I used to own a LotR) LotR has three different "main" multiball modes (one for each movie), as well as the Gollum multiball (just 2 balls, normally). The Fellowship multiball is the one that requires hitting essentially every shot on the table. The particular thing about LotR is that the multiballs can be stacked with the "story" modes (from shooting the center ring). Depending on how flaily you are, this can make the story modes easier or harder, but generally I find that it makes them safer if you have enough ball control. When my overarching goal was to reach Valinor (which requires beating a certain number of story modes, as well as all the multiballs), the general strategy was to spam Two Towers multiball as much as possible on top of a story mode.
- wintermutestwin 3y ago
  Yes, and when you complete all three movie multiballs, you can then destroy the ring, which requires that you hit the ring to start the mode, make four shots and then get a perfect ring shot (which is way harder than just hitting the ring) to destroy the ring. I've had my LotR pin for a year now and still haven't managed to pull off destroy the ring, but perhaps tonight will be the night!
  - RheingoldRiver 3y ago
    Oh the dialogue line for that is, "You must destroy the Ring" spoken very urgently right? I think I remember getting to that a few times although yeah I NEVER managed to actually destroy it.
  - HelloNurse 3y ago
    When I played frequently the ring shot was relatively easy, maybe your particular machine needs adjustments.

koz1000 3y ago

That's the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield. They now have the largest collection of arcade videogames under one roof, and they're growing their pinball collection. https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/ https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/

splonk 3y ago

(I used to own a LotR) LotR has three different "main" multiball modes (one for each movie), as well as the Gollum multiball (just 2 balls, normally). The Fellowship multiball is the one that requires hitting essentially every shot on the table. The particular thing about LotR is that the multiballs can be stacked with the "story" modes (from shooting the center ring). Depending on how flaily you are, this can make the story modes easier or harder, but generally I find that it makes them safer if you have enough ball control. When my overarching goal was to reach Valinor (which requires beating a certain number of story modes, as well as all the multiballs), the general strategy was to spam Two Towers multiball as much as possible on top of a story mode.

wintermutestwin 3y ago
Yes, and when you complete all three movie multiballs, you can then destroy the ring, which requires that you hit the ring to start the mode, make four shots and then get a perfect ring shot (which is way harder than just hitting the ring) to destroy the ring. I've had my LotR pin for a year now and still haven't managed to pull off destroy the ring, but perhaps tonight will be the night!
- RheingoldRiver 3y ago
  Oh the dialogue line for that is, "You must destroy the Ring" spoken very urgently right? I think I remember getting to that a few times although yeah I NEVER managed to actually destroy it.
- HelloNurse 3y ago
  When I played frequently the ring shot was relatively easy, maybe your particular machine needs adjustments.