Quickie Version
UTAD via the spinners; shoot double bonus saucer if lit.
Go-To Flipper
Balanced
Full Rules
Also known as “Grand Prix with no return lanes,” like that game, this is a UTAD through the spinners, other than shooting for one of the double bonus saucers when you light it. Completing B+E or L+L lights the side saucers for double bonus; you need to get the saucer to activate the doubling. It’s worth shooting at when your bonus is high, since bonus maxes out at a base of 100K, so a shot to double that is way more valuable than a spinner shot even with the top saucer at 30K [see below].
Completing B+E or L+L also advances the top saucer value from 500 to 5000, 10K, 20K and then 30K. This makes UTAD all the more valuable as your letter completions go up, since you not only get spinner points but a good chance at higher saucer points. The saucer kickout goes to the right bumper and will often then rebound into the E target for you, meaning you just need to nudge and or go back up top to try again to get the B target.
Playfield Risk
Feeds out of the bumpers - outlane and slingshot risk. When the ball hits the B or E targets, watch how it falls - - it may center drain if too straight or if it just lightly grazes the rubber below the target. You want it to exit the top at an angle that falls onto a flipper rather than a slingshot or center drain. Balls that exit after deflecting off of the central diamond shape tend to go out of control. Shots that go through the spinners but not all the way to the top can fall back onto the slingshots and go out of control. Shots at the two “L” targets will go out of control.
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Machine Information
- Name
- Liberty Bell
- Manufacturer
- Williams
- Year
- 1977
- Type
- em
- Display
- reels
- Players
- 2