Elvis pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Elvis, completing Featured Hits awards Gifts and advances Top Ten Countdown toward Graceland. Prepare the safe final shot of All Shook Up, build Heartbreak Hotel or Jailhouse Rock, then complete T-C-B and start the Multiball before finishing the song under 2x playfield scoring and extra-ball protection.
The goal
Leave one All Shook Up shot unfinished, prepare Heartbreak Hotel Multiball, then complete All Shook Up after Multiball starts. Complete T-C-B for 20 seconds of 2x playfield scoring.
Prepare All Shook Up
Shoot two of these three shots: the left loop for All, the left ramp for Shook, and the right ramp for Up. Leave the easiest remaining shot for later.
Start Heartbreak Hotel Multiball
Shoot the left ramp to reach the upper playfield. Hit the hotel until its door opens, then shoot through the doorway to lock a ball and start Heartbreak Hotel Multiball.
Add the mode and 2x
During Multiball, shoot the remaining All Shook Up shot to start the mode. Complete the T-C-B targets to start 20 seconds of 2x playfield scoring.
Alternative route: Jailhouse Rock Multiball
Use this when the Jailhouse saucer is easier than the upper hotel shot.
- Shoot the Jailhouse saucer to light locks, then return to the saucer to collect two locks and start Jailhouse Rock Multiball.
Need to know
- Heartbreak Hotel Multiball
- Shoot the upper hotel until its door opens, then lock through the doorway to start the feature.
- Jailhouse Rock Multiball
- Use the saucer to qualify and collect locks; its Jackpots and Super return to the saucer.
- All Shook Up
- Complete the left loop, left ramp, and right ramp; it is easy to prepare for a multiball stack.
In Elvis, completing Featured Hits awards Gifts and advances Top Ten Countdown toward Graceland. For the repeatable scoring route, prepare All Shook Up and either primary Multiball, complete T-C-B for 2x playfield scoring, start the Multiball, then finish the song while the extra balls protect its Jackpot shots.
The goal
Prepare All Shook Up, start Heartbreak Hotel or Jailhouse Rock Multiball, then combine the song with TCB 2x playfield scoring and repeat the protected Jackpot shot.
- Use ball save to test the hotel entry, Jailhouse saucer, left loop, and both ramp returns. Release a raised flipper at contact so the ball loses speed and gently rolls up the flipper, often giving you a chance to cradle it. a clean Jailhouse eject on the lower-right flipper.
- Collect two of All, Shook, and Up; leave the safest final shot uncollected while a Multiball is nearly ready.
- Use the upper playfield to prepare Heartbreak Hotel, or use the saucer to prepare Jailhouse Rock.
- Complete T-C-B for 20 seconds of 2x playfield scoring when its final target can be made without sacrificing the ball.
- Start the prepared Multiball, then finish All Shook Up inside the protected window.
- Repeat the feature's Jackpot shot and use the Scarf target for add-a-ball only from a controlled feed.
Jailhouse sequence scoring details
- Saucer Jackpots advance J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K and its saucer Super Jackpot.: Saucer Jackpots advance J-A-I-L-B-R-E-A-K and its saucer Super Jackpot.
Builds toward: Graceland
- Start Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes, All Shook Up, Heartbreak Hotel Multiball, and Jailhouse Rock Multiball.
- Complete the Gifts from E-L-V-I-S progression.
- Advance through the Top Ten Countdown, then start Graceland at the top saucer.