Blainbrook · Blaine, MN · 288 games · first seen Sep 1, 2021 · last seen Dec 20, 2023
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Bobby Orr's Power Play pinball machine has 288 recorded tournament games in Blaine, MN. A game runs about 11m, the median of 288 timed games, so budget for that in a round with a clock on it. The better-ranked player loses here 63.7% of the time, which puts it at 39/100 for difficulty. That is a low-variance machine: scores hold up and the stronger player usually wins, so it rewards the favorite.
Safest thing to do is shoot orbits to get back up to the top, in hopes of entering top saucer again and again, which is key (like Xenon).
Inlanes drop the center post.
Center stand-up target raises the center post.
Don't use the upper flippers to shoot the drops, it's an easy way to lose control. Hold the flippers up to keep off the slings instead.
6k and 12k awards from the saucer light left loop and right loop rollovers (to increase bonus) respectively.
Left and right drop target banks each increase bonux X when completed.
