2.4 - What is a match? (Pinball)
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This article is from the General Pinball FAQ, by Keith Johnson keefer@access.digex.net with numerous contributions by others.
2.4 - What is a match? (Pinball)
At the end of your game (unless your operator has disabled it), you will be
given a chance to randomly win a free game. If the selected digits match the
last 2 digits of your score, you get it. Note, though, that on modern games,
you do not have a 1:10 chance of getting a game. The percentage of matches
awarded is operator settable, and often defaults to 7%. Supposedly Gottlieb
machines default to a paltry 1%! And Data East uses a newbie-catcher trick:
When the game matches, it plays some sounds, some animations, and gives you
the credit after about 3-5 seconds. If you hit start before then (because
you still have credits left), you won't get your match credit!
Back when scores didn't have dummy 0's (or 2 or 3 or 6... :) ), matches were
only on the last digit of your score...
On No Fear, Williams has introduced an entirely new matching mechanism. They
may or may not keep using something similar. (It has each player roll a
simulated pair of dice, and then the game rolls a pair and matches are based
on that.)
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