Flash pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Flash, completing the left five-bank lights the spinner for repeatable scoring. Complete all four top lanes for 3x Bonus, build base bonus to 29,000 through safe upper returns, and protect the resulting end-of-ball value.
The goal
Complete the left five-bank until the left spinner is lit, then repeat the spinner. Build 3x bonus through top lanes when the safer upper route is available.
Read the left five-bank and the spinner lamp before the first controlled shot.
From the right flipper, shoot missing left-bank targets until the spinner is lit.
From the left flipper, shoot the lit spinner and assess its upper return.
Repeat the spinner while the ball clears the lane and returns under control.
Use safe top entries to complete lanes 1 through 4 and reach 3x bonus.
Return to bank and spinner work after every safe upper-playfield feed.
Alternative route: Bonus route
Use this when the spinner or left bank creates dangerous center returns.
- Stop shooting the unsafe feature.
- Send the ball to the upper lanes through the safer saucer or star-lane path.
- Complete lanes 1, 2, and 3 for 2x, then add lane 4 for 3x.
- After completing the top lanes for 3x, return to the left-bank and spinner route.
Need to know
- Lit spinner
- Completing the left five-bank lights the left spinner for its high value.
- Top lanes
- Lanes 1, 2, and 3 award 2x bonus, and all four lanes award 3x bonus.
- Base bonus
- Base bonus builds to 29,000 before the end-of-ball multiplier is applied.