Sky Rider / Hi-Flyer pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Sky Rider / Hi-Flyer raises base bonus through the lit top lane and two Advance buttons, then turns the spinner from 100 to 1,000 by completing targets 1 through 4. Fill the 20,000 bonus first, finish only the missing drops from control, then repeat the lit spinner while its return stays safe.
The goal
Build the base bonus to 20,000 through the top lanes and Advance buttons. Complete targets 1 through 4, then repeat the spinner at 1,000 while its return remains safe.
Before the plunge, read the lit top lane and the current base bonus.
Plunge across both Advance buttons when possible, then guide the ball through the lit top lane.
During single-ball play, send controlled shots to the top to collect more bonus advances.
Build the base bonus to 20,000 before you accept repeated drop-target risk.
Read targets 1 through 4 and shoot only the missing targets from controlled flipper positions.
After the bank is complete, confirm that the spinner now scores 1,000.
Repeat the spinner while the entry avoids the bumper behind it and the return stays controlled.
If the spinner return becomes unsafe, go back to broad upper-playfield shots.
Alternative route: Bonus-only upper play
Use this plan when the drop targets or spinner send the ball toward the center drain.
- Stop shooting the unsafe feature.
- Read which top lane is lit.
- Send the ball to the top through the broadest available path.
- Use the Advance buttons and lit lane to build base bonus.
- Return to the main route only after you have a controlled target or spinner angle.
Need to know
- Base bonus
- The lit top lane and the two Advance rollover buttons build base bonus to 20,000.
- Spinner value
- Completing drop targets 1 through 4 raises the spinner from 100 to 1,000.
- Drop-bank award
- Completing targets 1 through 4 also lights both outlanes for Extra Ball when that award is enabled.
Sky Rider / Hi-Flyer raises base bonus through the lit top lane and two Advance buttons, then turns the spinner from 100 to 1,000 by completing targets 1 through 4. Use plunges and upper feeds for the lit lane and Advance buttons, then complete targets 1 through 4 after the bonus is secure. Repeat the 1,000 spinner only while the bumper behind it and the lower return remain predictable.
The goal
Build the base bonus to 20,000 through the top lanes and Advance buttons.Complete targets 1 through 4, then repeat the spinner at 1,000 while its return remains safe.
- Before the plunge, read the lit top lane and the current base bonus.
- Plunge across both Advance buttons when possible, then guide the ball through the lit top lane.
- During single-ball play, send controlled shots to the top to collect more bonus advances.
- Build the base bonus to 20,000 before you accept repeated drop-target risk.
- Read targets 1 through 4 and shoot only the missing targets from controlled flipper positions.
- After the bank is complete, confirm that the spinner now scores 1,000.
- Repeat the spinner while the entry avoids the bumper behind it and the return stays controlled.
- If the spinner return becomes unsafe, go back to broad upper-playfield shots.
Builds toward: 20,000 bonus and the 1,000-point spinner
- Use the Advance buttons and lit top lane to reach 20,000 base bonus.
- Complete missing targets from 1 through 4.
- Confirm that the spinner value has increased to 1,000.
- Repeat the spinner only while its feed remains controlled.
- Take the double-bonus ball when the current ball number allows it.