Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Bad Penny Pinball Arcade · 41 games · first seen Jul 14, 2023 · last seen Oct 27, 2023
Strategy notes, tutorial videos, and outside resources.
Bad Penny Pinball Arcade · 41 games · first seen Jul 14, 2023 · last seen Oct 27, 2023
Strategy notes, tutorial videos, and outside resources.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! pinball machine has 41 recorded tournament games at 1 venue. A game runs about 22m, the median of 41 timed games, so budget for that in a round with a clock on it. The better-ranked player loses here 51.4% 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.
Ball 1: Short plunge to left flipper and backhand scoop to start Continent mode. Let ball drain and shoot for the 1,000,000 skill shot!
Shoot head x3 to lite lock on right ramp. Lock 2 balls then head for MB. All ramps lit for jackpots, after 2 JPs upper inner loop for super.
North America, Africa and Antarctica are MB modes, all with the same two initial jackpot shots (both ramps). Third jackpots are different.
Right ramp lights modes and collects locks when lit. Try to combine relighting and locking balls in one shot.
During MB's, always drain a ball or 2 during ball saver. The auto plunge will score a jackpot for you on the left loop!
Skillshot is very important and can account for 6 miilion points in a 3 ball game. Shoot right ramp to re-light the continent shot.
If possible, stack 2x playfield up with the final continent payoff to score double the total of each continent mode played.
Completing modes adds Ripley letters. Collect all for Atlantis wizard mode. Stack modes into MB for a better chance of completion.