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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.