How to play the most-played tournament machines in Minnesota: what to shoot, what to leave alone, and what the tracked results say about each game.
One guide for each of the 25 machines that Minnesota tournament players are drawn on most. What to shoot, what to leave alone, where the ball drains, and what 15,000 tracked games say about who wins on each.
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The most-played tournament machine in Minnesota is won at the end of the ball. How to work the drop targets, the 8 ball, the left orbit and the inline drops, what to ask about the saucer before you start, and what 990 tracked games say.
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Comet is the second most-played tournament machine in Minnesota, and one shot on the last ball can outscore the two balls before it. How to plunge, what to light, where the ball drains, and what 877 tracked games say about picking it.
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Paragon is a four-flipper widebody where most of the playfield is a distraction. The inline drops, the 5x saucer and the 20,000 bonus mark decide games. How to shoot them, how to survive the Beast's Lair, and what 860 tracked games say.
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More tournaments in Minnesota have used Jurassic Park than any other machine. How paddocks work, how to start Raptor Tri-Ball and T-Rex Multiball, which to stack on what, and what 762 tracked games say about who wins on it.
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JAWS runs longer than any other game in our top 25, and it rewards the player who finishes what they start. How shark encounters and bounty hunts score, where multiball fits, how the life ring works, and what 724 tracked games say.
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Hot Tip was built as both an electromechanical and a solid state game, and the guides you find online describe the wrong one for Blainbrook. What is different on the EM, where Double Bonus comes from, and what 700 tracked games say.
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Stranger Things looks like a game about the monster in the middle. The points are in the chapters around the edge and in the bonus at the end of the ball. What to start first, what to leave alone, and what 696 tracked games say.
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Nugent has the shortest games and the highest upset rate of any machine in our top 25. The order you do things in matters more than how well you shoot. What to build first, when to cash in at the saucer, and what 684 tracked games say.
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