Disco Fever pinball rules and strategy

The Strategy

Disco Fever is a bonus-and-bullseye game played with banana flippers. Use the right flipper for the left drop bank, complete D-I-S-C-O for Bonus X, repeat A-B to raise the far-right bullseye, then collect it from control and protect the multiplied drain bonus.

The goal

Learn the The curved bats change the normal release point, so a forehand usually needs a later release., use the right flipper for the left drop bank, build the printed 20,000 bonus and 5x A D-I-S-C-O completion advances 2x, 3x, then 5x., then collect a built A-B raises the value through 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, and 30,000; the collect resets it to 5,000. and protect the drain bonus.

  1. Plunge for the lit A or B lane. Watch one complete top exit before you repeat the plunge.

  2. Test one normal forehand and one early Shoot a target on the same side as the active flipper, often from near the flipper base and behind the nearby slingshot. before you choose a target route.

    • The curved bats change the normal release point, so a forehand usually needs a later release.: The curved bats change the normal release point, so a forehand usually needs a later release.
  3. Transfer to the right flipper when the feed permits it. Use that flipper for the left three-drop bank.

  4. Build Each advance adds 2,000. The printed ladder starts at 2,000 and ends at 20,000. with A-B lanes, return lanes, the left drop bank, and safe upper targets.

    • Each advance adds 2,000. The printed ladder starts at 2,000 and ends at 20,000.: Each advance adds 2,000. The printed ladder starts at 2,000 and ends at 20,000.
    • Confirm 20,000 maximum Each advance adds 2,000. The printed ladder starts at 2,000 and ends at 20,000., 5x A D-I-S-C-O completion advances 2x, 3x, then 5x., bullseye ladder and reset, plus carried A-B, D-I-S-C-O, and bullseye progress.
  5. Spell D-I-S-C-O. Use a lit The lit horseshoe advances the multiplier without clearing D-I-S-C-O progress. horseshoe when the horseshoe feed is safe.

    • A D-I-S-C-O completion advances 2x, 3x, then 5x.: A D-I-S-C-O completion advances 2x, 3x, then 5x.
    • The lit horseshoe advances the multiplier without clearing D-I-S-C-O progress.: The lit horseshoe advances the multiplier without clearing D-I-S-C-O progress.
  6. Prefer the left drop bank to the two center drops. Both advance bonus, but the center rebound is less controlled.

  7. Complete A-B until the far-right bullseye is worth at least 20,000. Shoot it only from control.

    • A-B raises the value through 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, and 30,000; the collect resets it to 5,000.: A-B raises the value through 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, and 30,000; the collect resets it to 5,000.
  8. Protect the 5x drain bonus when the opponent's score does not require another rebound target.

Alternative route: Far-left lane and bonus

Use this when both drop banks reject toward the drain.

  1. Control the ball on the right flipper.
  2. Shoot the far-left side lane for 5,000 and the needed A or B letter.
  3. Use return lanes and incidental targets to build Each advance adds 2,000. The printed ladder starts at 2,000 and ends at 20,000..
  4. Take The lit horseshoe advances the multiplier without clearing D-I-S-C-O progress. only when the upper-left horseshoe returns safely.
  5. Drain safely with the built bonus instead of forcing a standup.
Need to know
Base Bonus
Lanes and target banks add 2,000 until the printed ladder reaches 20,000.
Bonus X
Each D-I-S-C-O completion advances the multiplier through 2x, 3x, and 5x.
Spot Bonus X
The lit upper-left horseshoe advances A D-I-S-C-O completion advances 2x, 3x, then 5x. without clearing the current D-I-S-C-O letters.

Machine setup

  • Confirm Williams Disco Fever, ball count, Extra Ball and Special conversion, replay settings, tilt, and tournament scoring.
  • Test both banana flippers, left and center drop rebounds, upper-left horseshoe exit, far-right bullseye, lanes, and top exits before choosing the route.
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