Quickie Version
UTAD via spinners.
Go-To Flipper
Balanced
Full Rules
This is the 2-player version of Snow Queen.
Scoring on this game is extremely weighted towards the last-two-balls. Balls 1, 2 and 3 are single bonus, i.e. 50 points per lap; ball 4 is 100 double at per lap; ball 5 is at 200 per lap. Maximum number of laps is 15, so maximum bonus is 750 on balls 1-3, 1500 on ball 4 and 3000 on ball 5. The top saucers add one lit saucer each ball; lit saucers are worth 50 points. Other than bonus, this is where the next largest source of your points will come from. If you can, you want to get into a “ball in lit saucer kicks out and bounces back off a bumper into a lit saucer” rhythm on balls 4 and 5 in particular. You’ll find that most of your score is on balls 4 and 5.
Getting the ball to exit out the right side lane in the middle of the machine, where it goes back to the plunger lane, is desirable whenever you can do it.
Playfield Risk
You shoot the spinners and the ball goes . . . wherever. Not much choice, just try to manage the bounces. Balls come out of the bumpers to drain or hit the slingshots. It’s possible to shoot the ball directly into the two saucers on the end; all four saucers eject the ball into the bumpers. Hitting the bumpers with anything more than a slight graze with a shot is bad.
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Machine Information
- Name
- Snow Derby
- Manufacturer
- Gottlieb
- Year
- 1970
- Type
- em
- Display
- reels
- Players
- 2