Sonic the Hedgehog pinball rules and strategy
The Strategy
Sonic the Hedgehog turns a selected Zone into six checkpoints, a Goal Ring, and a Boss Battle. Before plunging, select Green Hill with the action button. Complete its six lower-playfield checkpoints, shoot the center-ramp Goal Ring in single-ball play, then enter the upper playfield from the left or center ramp and hit Eggman. Clear the inline drops beside the right ramp and shoot the lockup once to start the first Chaos Emerald Multiball; then shoot the lockup again to collect the first Emerald.
The goal
Choose Green Hill before plunging, complete its six checkpoints and Goal Ring, then hit Eggman. Separately, clear the inline drops and shoot the lockup once to start the first Chaos Emerald Multiball.
How to start a mode
Before plunging, use the action button to select Green Hill, then plunge to lock in that choice.
Recommended mode: Green Hill
It has a complete lower-playfield route for all six checkpoints and its Goal Ring.
How to play it
Use the currently lit choice for each checkpoint. The choices are either ramp or orbit, center ramp or lockup, right ramp or left orbit, left ramp or right orbit, center ramp or Bash Dash, and center ramp or either orbit. Then shoot the center-ramp Goal Ring and hit Eggman during Boss Battle.
Start Chaos Emerald Multiball
Shoot the inline drop targets beside the right ramp, then shoot the lockup. The first Chaos Emerald Multiball starts after one lockup collect.
Alternative route: Sonic Heroes Multiball
Use this after the H-E-R-O lanes have completed one three-member team.
- Cycle the H-E-R-O lanes with the flippers and use the action button to select a team. Collect all three members of that team, then shoot the left standup target to start Sonic Heroes Multiball.
Need to know
- Zones and Multiball
- An active Zone continues during one Multiball until the Goal Ring is reached. After the Goal Ring, the Zone timer pauses and checkpoint shots are disabled, so Boss Battle cannot start until Multiball ends.
- One Multiball at a time
- Chaos Emerald and Sonic Heroes Multiball cannot run together.