| The Playfield The plunger sends
the ball to the top rollover lanes, getting 1,2 & 3
doubles bonus, adding lane 4 triples bonus. Each rollover
adds to the bonus itself. Three pop bumpers are directly
below the rollover lanes. Bumpers score 100 or 1000 when
lit. Only one or two are lit at the same time. Below the
pop bumpers there are 5 drop targets. Hitting the one
that is lit awards more points. Shots off the drop
targets can easily bounce into the right out lane, you
have to be very careful.
The right
side has a lane called "Luthor's Lair" with a
"Luthor" spinner at the bottom. The right side
has a similar lane called the "Fortress of
Solitude" with a "Superman" spinner and a
little loop at the top before it feeds the in lanes.
Between the "Fortress of Solitude" and the pop
bumpers there is a small lane that leads to a kick-out.
It awards points, an extra ball or special depending on
how many sets of drop targets are completed.
Below the
"Fortress of Solitude" is a pop bumper over the
left out lane. It reminds me of the "Lions
Lair" on Paragon without the right side being
closed.
White stand up targets and the return lanes near the
flippers spell SUPERMAN for 30,000 points.
There is no
background sound, just electronic sounds when a target is
hit.
Game play
Your have
several objectives -
1) get the in lanes to double and triple the bonus
2) Get the drop targets to up the value of the kick out
3) hit targets and lanes to spell SUPERMAN
4) reach score targets or awards for extra ball
The layout
gets the ball all over the playing field, scoring is
evenly split and ball control is the name of the game. I
have found it to be a tough game to master (I'm not that
great a player). The ball coming off the drop targets and
out the right out lane is hard to prevent and a ball
coming DOWN "Luthor's Lair" from a weak shot
tends to go straight down the middle. I like the way that
the ball works the whole wide body table. I think it's a
great classic game and even better for the Superman fan.
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