Domino pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Domino and PlayMates share a playfield but not the same scoring. On PlayMates, soft-plunge the top-center lane to light both 10X lanes, clear the four Aces and shoot the center target twice for Double Bonus, then clear the Aces again and collect a lit 10X side lane for 50,000.
The goal
Keep the ball in the upper playfield and judge each exit before chasing a center or side target. Use the installed Domino instruction card for roto-target, saucer, and award values.
Read the installed instruction card before using any displayed roto-target or saucer value.
Send the ball to the upper playfield instead of forcing a center target shot.
Watch each upper exit 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. before a straight path reaches a side drain.
Repeat the upper route while its exits remain angled and controllable.
Take a center or side target only after its rebound has reached a flipper safely.
Need to know
- Main route
- Repeat controlled upper-playfield entries.
- Scoring values
- Use the installed Domino card; PlayMates values do not apply.
- Exit control
- Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. straight upper exits before they enter a side-drain path.
Domino and PlayMates use different scoring on the same layout, so the installed edition determines the useful route. On PlayMates, soft-plunge the top-center lane, complete two Ace-bank and center-target cycles for Double Bonus, then clear the Aces again and leave them down. Return up top for a lit 50,000-point 10X side lane while avoiding the low-value roto-target.
The goal
Keep the ball in the upper playfield and judge each exit before chasing a center or side target.Use the installed Domino instruction card for roto-target, saucer, and award values.
- Read the installed instruction card before using any displayed roto-target or saucer value.
- Send the ball to the upper playfield instead of forcing a center target shot.
- Watch each upper exit 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. before a straight path reaches a side drain.
- Repeat the upper route while its exits remain angled and controllable.
- Take a center or side target only after its rebound has reached a flipper safely.
Builds toward: Repeatable upper-playfield control
- Send the ball to the upper playfield instead of forcing a center target shot.
- Watch each upper exit 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. before a straight path reaches a side drain.
- Repeat the upper route while its exits remain angled and controllable.
- Take a center or side target only after its rebound has reached a flipper safely.