Cyclone pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Cyclone, shoot the right-side Cyclone ramp three times within 15 seconds between shots to collect the Gate Jackpot. Complete the three duck targets to relight the ramp, then repeat the three-shot sequence. Use the center Comet ramp only when it is much safer than Cyclone.
The goal
Shoot the Cyclone ramp three times for the Gate Jackpot, relight it with the ducks, and repeat.
Soft-plunge the shuttle. Aim for the center 100,000 hole.
Check the Gate Jackpot value on the backglass. The Cyclone ramp starts lit.
- Confirm that Double Scoring applies to the Comet Million but not the Gate Jackpot, and that Boomerang advances only end-of-ball Bonus X.
Shoot the right-side Cyclone ramp three times. Make each next shot within 15 seconds.
- The shots score 50,000, 100,000, then the Gate Jackpot.: The shots score 50,000, 100,000, then the Gate Jackpot.
Let a rolling inlane ball travel over a held flipper and cross to the opposite side instead of shooting it away. the right-inlane return to the left flipper. Use a Add a short forward nudge near the flipper tip to help a weakening ski pass clear the center gap. only if the natural transfer stalls.
After the Jackpot, complete the three duck targets to relight Cyclone.
If Boomerang is lit and the ball is on the right flipper, collect it to raise end-of-ball Bonus X and return toward the left.
Repeat the The shots score 50,000, 100,000, then the Gate Jackpot. before you work on another duck-bank completion.
Alternative route: Ferris wheel
Use this plan when the Cyclone return cannot be transferred safely.
- Hit the pop bumpers to raise the Ferris Wheel value.
- Use the right inlane to light the Ferris Wheel.
- Shoot the Ferris Wheel. It returns the ball to the left flipper for another Cyclone attempt.
Need to know
- Shuttle skill shot
- Soft-plunge the center of five shuttle holes for 100,000 times the current ball-based skill-shot multiplier.
- Gate Jackpot
- Make three timed Cyclone ramps, then complete the ducks to relight the sequence.
- Double Scoring
- Complete the top 1-2-3 lanes for 20 seconds of 2x playfield scoring, excluding the Gate Jackpot.