Revenge From Mars Advanced Strategy Guide
by Keith Elwin
kme1@home.com
website: http://members.home.net/kme1
Last update: 6.15.99
Best quote: clinton: here can you take this dress?
Worst quote: martian to lincoln: So other than that how did you like
the play?
Post pass: easy
loop pass: yes (skill shot)
deathsave: no
Bugs:yes (ver 1.0)
Ball control tips:
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-Super skill shot: (new 1.0) Hold l.flipper button while shooting ball,
then do a loop pass to r.flipper (if you mess up you get ball back)
then shoot left loop or ramp for 3 missles and 1mil.
-Jet exit to left flipper: On most normal setups if you let the ball
hit the left flipper it should bounce over to the right flipper where
you can hold it. If this doesnt work then try holding the left flipper
as the ball comes down. The danger here is the ball bouncing down the
left drain. But if it doesnt do it the first time you try then your
safe.
-Stroke of luck kickout: Again let the ball kick out to the l.flipper
without flipping and it should bounce right to the r.flipper where you
can hold it.
-Ramps: When shooting either ramp hold the corresponding flipper to
pass it back to the original flipper to hold.(a slight bump may be
needed on slower shots)
Scoring strategy:
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-Super Skill (or lack there of) shot bonus shot (new 1.0): Start the
game, select Abduction but dont shoot the ball up yet. Wait till mode
starts then select the highest point value with the action button on
the left side. Then do a superskill shot and get credit for destoying
the left saucer.
-Alien Abduction: This is tough to get a "flawless" and maintain good
ball control. Dont worry about not getting a flawless, concentrate on
the lock shot which is a safe shot plus advances your captureed balls.
-Secret weapon: repeat left ramp shots til finished.
-Mars kneads women: this mode is not worth getting a flawless since you
have to hit the center drain targets regardless. So just hit the 2
center monitors and finish.
-Bonus wave multiball: Here is your make or break scoring and EB
chance. Move the jackpot X to the center shots first. Try to hit both
center shot X's while ballsave is active. When ballsave goes off then
get control of at least 1 ball. Preferbly the right flipper.
Concentrate on shooting the X's and the right center (lock) since that
is safe and buys you more time to get under control. For some reason
you get credit for nothing during the extra ball video celebration, so
dont bother aiming for anything during this 4 seconds. When you are
down to 1 ball the ramp raises. DONT SHOOT THE RAMP! Hopefully the
center X shots have been made and are lit at the ramps. Shoot the ramp
with the X, use ramppass to get the ball to the other flipper and
hold. The other ramp X should be lit, if not move it with the action
buttons. When the ramp X's are gone then concentrate on the left ramp.
Shoot the left ramp, ramppass back to r.flipper, repeat till EB or
Mothership MB is enabled. If you lose the ball with the center ramp up
read Bug1.
-Mothership Multiball: When the 4 balls are out and ballsave is lit
just bat at the center to destroy the mothership. When the grandmother
ship is out the ballsave should be off. try to hold the balls on the
r.flipper and shoot the lock shot. When the ball comes out of the jets
try to hit the lock on the fly. ALL SHOTS SHOULD BE AIMED AT THE LOCK
SHOT. This is the safest and does decent damage. To really score big
you must get to the mother of all motherships. A good MSMB will net
you 200-300 mil. If you destroyed a few ships and wanna keep going
read Bug2.
-? mode: Each of these modes seems pretty worthless. I like to use this
time to lock balls and do MB. If you can graze the standup to the left
of the lock shot you get a good spread of missles during "aerobics".
-Multiball: This can be good points. Try to shoot the left ramp and
lock shot for big points and bigger super. When the super saucer is
out aim for the lock shot which is safe and good points. Also bad
shots to the lock can bounce around the switch which will give you
mutiple hits.
-Multiball 1 ball trick (new 1.0): This trick is tough but works on the
machine I play... shoot 2 balls at the standup one after the other.
(works best with 1 ball trapped on each flipper, shoot backhand from
r.flipper then l.flipper just after) and one will generally get stuck
behind the standup and stay there until shaken out.
-Attack mars-martian satelites (new 1.0): Shooting 4 different shots
with the satelites doubles the stage bonus. Shooting 5 different shots
quadruples the stage bonus.
-Attack mars-corn city (new 1.0): Shoot the cornhead til energy is 0.
then concentrate on adding balls by hitting martain targets and
shooting ramps/loops to add 10 mil to the stage bonus. when down to 2
balls then finish.
-BUG 1: This bug applies to all modes which need a ramp shot to end
including bonus wave MB. Note this may not work on all machines
depending on tilt setup. When the ball has drained and the center ramp
is up waiting to finish current/start new mode, give the game a quick
jolt (bangback type of hit or deathsave type kick) if performed just
right you will recieve just 1 warning and fool the game into thinking
you shot the ramp.(the weight of the center ramp trough activates the
switch) the new mode intro will begin and the ball will kick out to
the shooter for you to shoot up again.
-BUG 2: This bug is during mothership MB. If you have a ball trapped on
one of the flippers and lose the other and the ramp is up waiting for
you to destroy the ship, shoot the ramp just as the last ball enters
the drain trough. It will destroy the current ship and bring out the
next. You are now playing a one ball MSMB. Downside is you cant start
any more modes for the rest of that ball. Upside is the points are
enormous after 6 or 7 ships destroyed so its a good tradeoff.
