Magic City / Magic Town pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Magic City uses the top rollover and M-A-G-I-C lanes to qualify the center star target. Collect the missing letters upstairs, shoot the center target after M-A-G-I-C is complete, then return up top and repeat the now-lit blue bumper for 100.
The goal
Use the top rollover and MAGIC lanes, shoot the center star target after completing MAGIC, then return up top and score the lit upper blue bumper.
Plunge across the top Advance and On Bumpers rollover.
Guide the plunge into a MAGIC letter lane that is still unlit.
Send the ball back to the upper playfield instead of shooting lower targets.
Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. above the three upper bumpers so the ball travels up one MAGIC lane and down another.
After MAGIC is complete, shoot the center standup target once to collect the star.
Return the ball to the upper playfield and score the lit blue bumper for 100.
Repeat the upper route and avoid CITY progress unless its award is enabled and useful.
Alternative route: Controlled center advance
Use this plan when MAGIC is incomplete and repeated upper play does not collect missing letters.
- Hold a raised flipper so a slow ball settles against it, giving you time to plan your next move. the ball before you aim at the center standup.
- Shoot the target only when its miss and rebound have been safe on this machine.
- Use the target to advance MAGIC toward the star.
- Stop after an unsafe rebound and return to upper play.
Need to know
- Skill shot
- The skill shot crosses the top Advance and On Bumpers rollover, then enters a needed MAGIC letter lane.
- MAGIC lanes
- Each MAGIC lane scores 100 points and advances the set that qualifies the center star target.
- Center star
- After MAGIC is complete, the center standup awards the star and lights the upper blue bumper for 100.
Magic City uses the top rollover and M-A-G-I-C lanes to qualify the center star target. Use the plunge and upper nudges to finish M-A-G-I-C, then shoot the center standup to award the star and light the blue bumper for 100. Return upstairs and repeat that bumper; C-I-T-Y advances replay or Extra Ball rather than the normal points route.
The goal
Use the top rollover and MAGIC lanes, shoot the center star target after completing MAGIC, then return up top and score the lit upper blue bumper.
- Plunge across the top Advance and On Bumpers rollover.
- Guide the plunge into a MAGIC letter lane that is still unlit.
- Send the ball back to the upper playfield instead of shooting lower targets.
- Move the cabinet briefly so the playfield shifts under the ball, changing its speed or path after contact with a post, rubber, or wall. above the three upper bumpers so the ball travels up one MAGIC lane and down another.
- After MAGIC is complete, shoot the center standup target once to collect the star.
- Return the ball to the upper playfield and score the lit blue bumper for 100.
- Repeat the upper route and avoid CITY progress unless its award is enabled and useful.
Builds toward: Lit-blue-bumper top play
- Collect a missing MAGIC letter on the plunge.
- Use upper-bumper nudges to collect more MAGIC lanes.
- Complete MAGIC.
- Shoot the center standup for the star.
- Return up top and repeat the blue bumper at 100.