Flip Flop pinball rules and strategy

In Flip Flop, flip all four flags with their standup targets or the white top rollovers. Then hit either lit mushroom bumper to reset the flags and add four Bonus advances. Repeat that cycle, favoring shots between the upper flippers because every lower lane can drain.

The goal

Use the plunge and upper flippers to finish the four flags, reset them at a lit mushroom bumper, and repeat. Each flag adds one Bonus advance; the reset adds four. At 11,000 Bonus, one side saucer can award Extra Ball and one lower-lane pair scores 5,000.

  1. Plunge through as many white top rollovers as possible to flip their matching flags.

  2. From an upper flipper, shoot across at any standup whose flag is still upright.

  3. After all four flags are flipped, hit either lit mushroom bumper to reset them and add four Bonus advances.

  4. Repeat the flag-and-reset cycle until Bonus reaches 19,000.

  5. At 11,000 Bonus, take a lit side saucer or 5,000 lower lane only when the feed is controlled.

Need to know
Flip a flag
Hit its standup target or the white top rollover above it to add one Bonus advance.
Reset all four flags
After all four are flipped, hit either lit mushroom bumper to reset them and add four Bonus advances.
Reach 11,000 Bonus
Light alternating side saucers for Extra Ball and alternating lower-lane pairs for 5,000.

Machine setup

  • Confirm three- or five-ball play because Double Bonus applies on balls 3 and 5 in five-ball play but only the last ball in three-ball play. Confirm Extra Ball and Special conversion.
  • Test all four flags, four standups, four top rollovers, both mushroom bumpers and their reset lamps, both side saucers, upper flippers, Bonus unit, and every lower-lane feed.
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