Basic Pinball Skills

Many of the members of Astoria Pinball League are new to the hobby. Therefore, it can be difficult to understand how and what to practice in order to be a better player. Below are some short videos which should help you. These videos are in order of the most important skills or easiest to master skills and progressively get more difficult. Please understand some of these skills will take you a great amount of practice to master. If you do not understand a concept or need some help for when or how to use these skills during game play, please let Logan know during one of our Astoria Pinball League nights. 

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Down and Dirty Tutorial: Stern's 1979 Trident (Solid State)

Safe approach: Shoot directly for the drop targets, which award 2X end of ball bounce score the first time they are cleared, 3X for the second time, 4X for the third time, and 5X for the fourth time. Inlanes, outlane, standup targets, and upper slingshots all advance end of ball bounce for a maximum of 19,000 if no multipliers are collected or 95,000 if 5X is reached. 

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