Right orbit shots must be cashed in at mean green saucer or they wont count. its not enough to just hit the orbit.
The GOPHER wheel can award a 5 mill bonus after ball 3 if it matches a letter spin with the letters you have.
Start rounds @volcano when TEE is lit. light TEE at ramp. Cant start rounds during MB or when hole 9 is lit. Have to finish all to reset.
the lit ROUND can be changed w/ hits to captive ball, slings, hook, slice, or red spot bank.
Always choose lightning round during quick choice. it only takes 2 shots to make more than the special which takes 1 shot anyway.
EXPLOIT: Along with carryover GOPHER letters, any collected but unused SKINS letters also carryover to the next player in the next game.
Bashing away at the captive ball can build massive “coconut bonuses”(end of ball) which maxes out at 255,000,000.
Skins is a double or not mode, so dont play if the risk is unnecessary. Even if you fail, you can recollect your points at mean green hole.
Basically any award at right orbit can be collected with any shot to mean green hole. the game cant tell the difference between the two.
Try to hit the pitch and putt ramp with the mini flipper whenever you can to collect a ton of mysteries at mean green.
During Lightning MB you can trap on the right and loop the center upkicker with the left flipper for 20 million each shot. ie Mousin Around.
Shooting nothing but right orbit is a really profitable strategy.
MB jackpots are at orbit, ramp, “center(ramp) rollover, volcano, hook(spinner), slice(spot), and “bottom upkicker” (right saucer)
Cheat Shot is always lit at right inlane, except during MB or rounds. Then hit volcano before any other switches, and you score cheat shot.
1st Cheat shot is worth 1 mill, 2nd is 2 mill, 3rd is 5 mill and any more are worth 10,000,000.
Volcano feeds right flipper, if you immediately hit the lit Green, Yellow, Blue spot target, you score a 20,000,000 combo bonus.
Like a lot of late gottliebs, the mystery award has a strong wildcard factor. It is lit almost always lit at right orbit.
Some of the insane mystery awards are: instant MB, complete GOPHER, complete SKINS, 50 mill hurryup, and DOUBLE ENTIRE BONUS.
Main goal is to hit holes 1-9. Holes 1,6,9 are lit at Volcano(top left saucer), 2,4,8 are at right “ramp,” and 1,3,5 are at right saucer
Hole N One is lit at top saucer from plunge, but can also be lit at right orbit, center upkicker, either outlane, and be awarded as mystery.
HolesN1: Orbit lit @ start of ball and during “rounds”. Upkicker lit when all 4 drops are up and not in MB. Outlanes lit until hole 9.
Holes N One not only advance holes quickly, but 6 will award extra ball, and 8 awards you quick pick of light special or lightning round.
Everything is lit during CatsNdogs and all jackpots are worth a base 25,000,000!
In a sentence: Holes N One all day.
Anything Goes is another mini wizard MB that’s exactly like cats n dogs but jackpots are minimum 50,000,000 each. Lights every 36 holes
While stuck in a mode, you can shoot the right orbit to advance to the next hole
Start round by hitting back left saucer (volcano) when TEE is lit. Right ramp relights TEE. Rounds do not stack.
Hit Captive Ball for big points in bonus! It will also increase your jackpot during MB and during the Pitch N Putt Round.
Pretty much nothing is stackable with MBs or Rounds, so there’s no point trying to collect other stuff.
Raining Cats N Dogs/Lightning is a 3 ball mini wizard mode started after 18 holes and then every 36.
SKINS round can be insane. An 18 second hurryup shot that can be at any of the major shots. Completing the shot DOUBLES your current score
Hit drop to spell GOPHER @ center upkicker. Spelling GOPHER starts Go-Fore-Par-Tee MB w/20 mil jackpots at volcano and center upkicker.
Complete 9 holes to start MB. Numbered holes are lit around playfield. Hole-in-one & starting a round also advances which hole you are on.
Plunge to "Mean Green Hole" for a hole-in-one, and to give yourself a third ball in MB.
In Quick Pick, the lightning round starts Cats N Dogs(mini wizard mode), but special lights special at left outlane worth 50,000,000.
MB starts after every 9 holes. It can be 2 or 3 ball if you plunge your 2nd into the mean green hole(skillshot saucer).
Hitting a MB jackpot turns it off until all 5 jps are hit, relighting everything. Completing all 5 jackpots scores a 300,000,000 super.
Gettting the “double entire bonus” mystery award after a good Anything Goes and Cats N Dogs can earn you insane bonuses(>1bill)
MB jackpots start at 5 mil but can be increased by 3 mil per hit to the captive ball.
Exploit: If you collect 0 GOPHER letters during a game, whomever plays the next game will start with one of the missing letters for free.
Holes N One can be hit during rounds. If lit at center upkicker, you can collect a lot of quick holes by looping the shot with left flipper
All points during CatsNdogs go to bonus so don’t tilt.