Northstar Pinball Collective · Savage, MN · 178 games · first seen Dec 14, 2023 · last seen Oct 16, 2026
Blainbrook · Blaine, MN · 115 games · first seen Sep 1, 2021 · last seen Sep 7, 2022
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Eight Ball pinball machine has 293 recorded tournament games in Savage, MN, Blaine, MN. A game runs about 11m, the median of 289 timed games, so budget for that in a round with a clock on it. The better-ranked player loses here 55.1% of the time, which puts it at 34/100 for difficulty. That is a low-variance machine: scores hold up and the stronger player usually wins, so it rewards the favorite.
Always try to plunge the far right lane. The pop bumper often sends the ball into the 8ball target, lighting the spinner and the kickback!
Light the left kickback and spinner by hitting the large "8-ball" red standup target
Collect balls for end of ball bonus. Hit right bank shot loop to build end of ball bonus X. EB lights spinner and kickback.
Alley Pass the right inlane to collect the 7 ball.
Collect all 8 pool balls to be awarded Super Bonus on subsequent balls (i.e., another full rack of balls/bonus).
When all four top-lanes are collected, an arrow will light on the center two lanes. The lit arrow will advance the Bank Shot loop for you.
When the ball rolls up to the edge of the right flipper (but starts to roll back), you can backhand the Bank Shot loop from this position.
