Big Ben pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Big Ben uses B-I-G top lanes to build base bonus and light the right saucer for 5,000, while the B-E-N drops enable Double Bonus. Fill the base through top play, complete B-E-N only from safe angles, then protect the doubled bonus and take the saucer while 5,000 remains lit.
The goal
Send the ball to the top until the base bonus is full and B-I-G is complete. Then complete B-E-N for Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus.. Resume top shots and collect the lit right saucer when its feed is safe.
Plunge through a B-I-G lane that is not complete.
Use both flippers to send the ball to the top. Build the base bonus to its maximum.
Continue top shots until B-I-G lights the right saucer for 5,000.
Test one B-E-N drop-target rebound. Complete B-E-N only while the returns remain controlled.
- Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus.: Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus.
From the right flipper, resume the safer shot to the top.
From the left flipper, collect the lit right saucer only when the shot and kickout are safe.
Read the saucer lamp after another B-I-G completion. Do not shoot it when Special gives no tournament points.
Alternative route: Top play only
Use this when B-E-N rebounds or right-saucer misses threaten a drain.
- Ignore the B-E-N drop targets.
- Send each controlled ball to the top.
- Use B-I-G lanes and the left rollovers to build score and bonus.
- Keep Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus. unqualified rather than risk a dangerous rebound.
Need to know
- B-I-G lanes
- Each top B-I-G lane advances the base bonus, and a completed set lights the right saucer for 5,000.
- B-E-N drops
- Complete the three large B-E-N drop targets to enable Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus. for the current ball.
- Right saucer
- The right saucer is worth 5,000 after one B-I-G completion, but a later completion can change it to Special.
Big Ben uses B-I-G top lanes to build base bonus and light the right saucer for 5,000, while the B-E-N drops enable Double Bonus. Maximize the base through the top, complete B-E-N only after its rebounds are proven, then return upstairs and preserve the doubled collect. Shoot the right saucer only while its 5,000 lamp is lit because a later B-I-G completion can change it to Special.
The goal
Send the ball to the top until the base bonus is full and B-I-G is complete.Then complete B-E-N for Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus..Resume top shots and collect the lit right saucer when its feed is safe.
- Plunge through a B-I-G lane that is not complete.
- Use both flippers to send the ball to the top. Build the base bonus to its maximum.
- Continue top shots until B-I-G lights the right saucer for 5,000.
- Test one B-E-N drop-target rebound. Complete B-E-N only while the returns remain controlled.
Double Bonus setup and scoring
- Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus.: Complete all three large B-E-N drop targets. The game then doubles the end-of-ball bonus.
- From the right flipper, resume the safer shot to the top.
- From the left flipper, collect the lit right saucer only when the shot and kickout are safe.
- Read the saucer lamp after another B-I-G completion. Do not shoot it when Special gives no tournament points.