Northstar Pinball Collective · Savage, MN · 213 games · first seen Mar 3, 2024 · last seen Oct 16, 2026
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Space Invaders pinball machine has 213 recorded tournament games in Savage, MN. A game runs about 13m, the median of 213 timed games, so budget for that in a round with a clock on it. The better-ranked player loses here 54.5% 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.
Hitting the ball through the center hoop gives 5000 points and adds +1 to the score multiplier up to 5X on the fourth time.
Red Invader standups (4 in pops, 1 in middle of loop) advance a separate super bonus of 20k-40k-60k. Worth more in earlier balls, obviously.
Middle rollover lights spinner
Clone Chamber (captive ball) is dangerous, but 10K+10K to 50K is huge on this game, especially when collected via center top lane repeatedly
Red Invacder bonus (20-60K) *IS* multiplied by bonus multiplier. Max bonus is therefore 495K.
Blue Invader lanes (top lanes and 2 little flipper inlanes) light extra ball on big flipper inlanes. Also lights center target, but meh.
Completing top lanes lights center top lane for "Clone Chamber Value," which is the captive ball value, or 10K-50K!!!
