Starlite pinball rules and strategy

Strategy summary

The goal

Fill the numbered backglass grid by trapping balls in numbered holes. Lines and four corners award replays; spelling SPOT lights side rollovers that add indicated numbers to the grid.

  1. Fill the grid: A ball caught in a numbered trap hole lights that number on the backglass. Read the connected yellow lines on the backglass grid; the physical order of the holes is different from the grid’s order.

  2. Complete a line: Light three adjoining numbers along a horizontal or vertical yellow line for the three-in-line award. Only one three-in-line counts. Four adjoining numbers on a line score the four-in-line award; completing all four grid corners scores the corner award.

  3. Build SPOT: Hit the letter bumpers in S, P, O, T order: upper left, upper right, lower left, then lower right. Completing SPOT awards a replay and lights the four side rollovers to spot the numbers shown beside them.

  4. Use the lit rollovers: Pass through a lit spotting rollover to collect its indicated number on the backglass. SPOT letters and the completed spotting feature carry between games until an in-line replay is scored; that award turns the SPOT lights off.

  5. Collect after four corners: Once all four corners on the backglass are lit, any rollover channel awards one replay when the ball passes through it.

Need to know
Read the installed card
The fixed factory card awards one replay for three in line, three for four in line, and five for four corners. An adjustable card also exists; use the awards printed on the machine.
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