Sinbad / Eye Of The Tiger pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
In Sinbad or Eye of the Tiger, complete the white target for 2x, the two yellow targets for 3x, the three purple targets for 4x, and the four red targets for 5x. Use the left orbit, center spinner, and lit upper-left stars to build 15,000 base bonus; the final drop collects the 75,000 multiplied value and resets both values.
The goal
Hit the white, yellow, purple, then red targets for 5x Bonus, build Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. up top, and complete the last required target to collect it.
Reach 3x Bonus
Hit the single white target for 2x Bonus, then complete the two yellow targets for 3x.
Reach 5x Bonus
Complete the three purple targets for 4x Bonus, then complete the four red targets for 5x.
Build and collect base bonus
Use the left orbit, center spinner, and lit upper-left star rollovers to build Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. to 15,000. Complete the last required drop target to collect it, then return the ball up top while the value counts down.
Need to know
- Main route
- On the solid-state game, clear white, yellow, purple, then red.
- Long goal
- Use the left orbit, every five center-spinner turns, and lit upper-left green star rollovers until Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. reaches 15,000.
- Safer fallback
- Up-top bonus: Use this when direct drop-target rebounds are worse than the orbit and spinner feeds.
In Sinbad or Eye of the Tiger, the ordered white, yellow, purple, and red target sets raise Bonus X from 2x through 5x, and completing the last required drop immediately collects base bonus times that multiplier. Build base bonus to 15,000 through the left orbit, center spinner, and lit upper-left stars, finish the color sequence for 75,000, then rebuild both values while the collect counts down.
The goal
On the solid-state game, clear white, yellow, purple, then red to raise Bonus X in stages.Build Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. up top, collect it, then rebuild both values.
- Plunge for the far-left 5,000 lane. Avoid a plunge that misses every lane and falls down the left side.
- Hit the single white target first for 2x. Then complete the two yellow targets for 3x.
Ordered Bonus X setup and scoring
- Target position in the sequence matters. A later color does not raise the multiplier until every earlier color is complete.: Target position in the sequence matters. A later color does not raise the multiplier until every earlier color is complete.
- Complete the three purple targets for 4x. Then complete the four red targets for 5x.
- Use the left orbit, center spinner, and lit upper-left star rollovers to build Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. to 15,000.
Base bonus scoring details
- Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000.: Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000.
- Complete the last required drop target to collect the built bonus. Keep playing while it counts down.
Bonus collect scoring details
- Completing all ten drops immediately scores base bonus times Bonus X. The maximum collect is 15,000 at 5x, or 75,000.: Completing all ten drops immediately scores Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. times Bonus X. The maximum collect is 15,000 at 5x, or 75,000.
- After the collect, Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. and Bonus X reset. Rebuild both for another collect.
- Send the ball back to the top while the bonus counts. New scoring is kept during the count.
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: Repeatable 75,000 bonus collect
- Use the left orbit, every five center-spinner turns, and lit upper-left green star rollovers until Every five center-spinner turns add 1,000. Each lit green star rollover adds 1,000. reaches 15,000.
- Complete white, yellow, purple, and red for 5x.
- Collect 75,000. Then rebuild after both values reset.