Bank-A-Ball / Flipper Pool pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Bank-A-Ball and Flipper Pool, send the ball through the bumpers and collect missing numbered pool balls. On Bank-A-Ball, completing 1–7 or 9–15 lights the center 8-ball; hitting the lit 8-ball lights a rollover for Special. Flipper Pool replaces replay awards with Add-A-Balls, so check the setup before chasing the final numbers.
The goal
Favor upward shots and Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. toward uncollected numbers. Do not fire at a dangerous stand-up merely for five points; take it when it completes a group or Add-A-Ball. Use return lanes to preserve control and relight bumpers where the variant permits.
Plunge or shoot upward through the bumpers and Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. toward a numbered lane that is still missing.
Favor 1–7 or 9–15 as a group according to which side already has more collected numbers.
Shoot a stand-up only when it safely completes a missing number or a valuable group.
On Bank-A-Ball, complete either group to light the center 8-ball, then hit it to light a Special rollover.
Return to upward shots and guide the ball through the lit rollover rather than forcing it from an uncontrolled feed.
Need to know
- Collect balls 1–7
- Light the center 8-ball on Bank-A-Ball.
- Collect balls 9–15
- Also light the center 8-ball on Bank-A-Ball.
- Lit 8-ball target
- Light a rollover for Special.