3.5 - What is a bang back? (Playing 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.
3.5 - What is a bang back? (Playing Pinball)
Bang backs are extremely useful for getting the ball back from EITHER outlane
when you have a very sensitive machine. They work best on all but the most
recent Williams/Bally games (like IJ and JD). They work on Data East
machines as well, but they're somewhat harder to do. I've never gotten a
bang back on a Gottlieb machine for some reason. Basically, hold up the
flipper on the side that the ball is draining. Then, when the ball is under
the "swiveling part" of the flipper, hit the front of the machine at the
lockdown bar or a little below HARD and in the direction you want the ball to
go (i.e. up-left). The ball should pop right off the drain plate and back
onto the playfield.
These 2 terms (bang backs and death saves) get mixed up all the time for some
reason. A good way to remember is that bang backs involve BANGing the
machine.
In the archive, Dave Stewart <dstewart@eng.umd.edu> has written an entire
guide to saving outlane drains. It provides an excellent description of how
to do a bang back. Not only that, but death saves are described in there
too. What more could you ask for? The file is Tips/bangbacks. It is the
main reason why I'm not describing how to do them in extreme detail in the
DFAQ.
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