Quickie Version
Get all 15 pool balls, then UTAD, trying to get the 8-ball lane for 5,000 or as many other top lanes and bumper hits as possible.
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Balanced
Full Rules
This is the 2-player version of Hot Shot.
One of several pool-themed games where your goal is to collect all 15 pool balls. On this game, 14 of these are in two rows of seven stand-up targets on each side. The last is the eight ball, earned from either the top center lane [your Skill Shot] or the center saucer [risky shot]. The eight ball shot also opens the ball return gate on the lower right side.
Bonus is 1000 per pool ball, 15k max; the bonus is doubled on the second-last ball (ball 4 in tournament play) and tripled on the last ball (ball 5). The game is therefore highly skewed towards the last two balls since bonus is a large part of your overall score.
One drawback of this game is that once you’ve collected all of the pool balls, there’s not much to do - - the targets don’t reset in the replay version like they do in the add-a-ball one, and there’s no collect bonus feature. About all that’s left is the lanes for 500 or 1000 each and the bumper for 1000 at that stage.
Playfield Risk
Every target has rebound risk; you just have to deal with it. Note the return lanes’ entries are somewhat shielded by the angled bottom rubbers of the side lanes, meaning the chance you’ll get an outlane rather than a return lane on balls through those gaps is higher than average.
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Machine Information
- Name
- Big Shot
- Manufacturer
- Gottlieb
- Year
- 1973
- Type
- em
- Display
- reels
- Players
- 2