Abra Ca Dabra

You want to do two things here: hit the lit targets and try to get the ball to go through all four numbered lanes, either at the top or near the flippers at the bottom. The “bonus value,” shown in the bottom center of the playfield, is what hitting a lit target is worth - - 1K to 5K - - vs. 500 for unlit targets. Switch hits change the lit target, so it will eventually cycle to light each of them in turn.

Finishing 1-2-3-4 instantly scores the bonus value and raises it to the next level until it maxes out at 5000. So, like some other EM games, scoring certain lanes or lane sets first make [some] targets worth more. The other way to raise the bonus value is to knock down all of the drop targets on both sides, then shoot the center stand-up target.

If the flippers are in good condition, it IS possible to shoot the ball up the 1 and 4 lanes directly, but you’ll find that you can also go up the 2 and 3 lanes\! This can happen when you have knocked down the center couple of drop targets on either side and then shoot the ball that way again: it can hit the rubber behind where the targets were and rebound towards and up the 2 or 3 lane off the curved center divider. You can also use shatzing to get the 1 and 4 lanes at the bottom of the game.

If you are close to completing all of the drop targets, go ahead and shoot the remaining few, even if none of the remaining ones are lit, to raise the bonus value and reset the bank so that at least one target standing on each side will be lit.

Numbers carry over from ball to ball, so finish the set a.s.a.p. Shoot up the 1 and 4 directly if you can, and bank the ball off the drops up the 2 or 3 if you can.

Abra Ca Dabra, when playing fast with strong flippers, is a good tournament game, rewarding precision drop target shooting.