Sinbad (EM) pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Sinbad (EM) builds base bonus through the left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers, while all ten drop targets light 2x end-of-ball bonus. Build bonus through upper play, then complete the target banks only from controlled feeds.
The goal
Build base bonus through the left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers, then complete all ten targets in the left and right banks for 2x end-of-ball bonus.
Build base bonus up top
Use the left orbit or center spinner to return the ball to the upper playfield, then roll over the upper star switches to build base bonus.
Light 2x Bonus
Hit all ten targets across the white, yellow, purple, and red banks to light 2x Bonus for this ball.
Protect the bonus
Keep returning the ball through the left orbit or center spinner and protect control until the multiplied bonus counts at the end of the ball.
Need to know
- Main route
- Build base bonus up top, then complete all ten targets for 2x.
- Bonus timing
- Bonus counts at the end of the ball; it is not collected and reset during play.
- Upper play
- The left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers build base bonus.
In Sinbad (EM), the left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers build base bonus, while completing all ten drop targets lights 2x end-of-ball bonus. Build the bonus through upper play, complete standing targets only from controlled feeds, then protect the multiplied value until the ball ends.
The goal
Build base bonus through the spinner and upper rollovers, then complete all ten targets in the left and right banks for 2x end-of-ball bonus.
- Plunge for a lit upper lane and read the left-side return.
- Use the left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers to build base bonus.
- Complete all ten targets in the left and right banks to light 2x bonus.
- Keep the ball up top rather than forcing a dangerous target rebound.
- Protect the built value until the multiplied bonus counts at the end of the ball.
Top-player proof
- At the Vancouver Island Pinball Expo 2024, the finalists followed the ordered color-target progression on the installed replacement board.
Builds toward: 2x end-of-ball bonus
- Use the left orbit, center spinner, and upper star rollovers to build base bonus.
- Complete all ten targets in the left and right banks to light 2x bonus.
- Keep the ball up top rather than forcing a dangerous target rebound.
- Protect the built value until the multiplied bonus counts at the end of the ball.