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Depending on how you launch the ball, you can get more than one point value related skill shot (both the Kwik-E-Mart and bullies standups), or a careful ball launch to the Comic Book Guy target starts 2 hurry-ups. Shout-Out: When Mystery Spot is ready, Professor Frink will say, 'You have come to the end of your journey,' referencing 'Lost in the Zone' from Twilight Zone.Score Multiplier: Otto's Bus Tour lights 2x scoring on a random shot.The flipper controls are reversed during 'Springfield Mystery Spot'.Ĭomic Book Guy: Oh, and you were doing so well.It's also depicted on the playfield artwork by the flippers. Hot Pursuit: One plays out between the Simpsons family and the Springfield Police Department during multiball.Completing those mini-Wizard modes in turn form the keys to unlocking the true Wizard Mode. Springfield Mystery Spot, for instance, is started from collecting all the Otto 2x scoring modes. In general, most of the mini-Wizard Modes are started from starting a group of other modes.Collecting all 26 Cletus Kids from the left orbit begins 'Pretzel Multiball', though this is not needed for the aforementioned Wizard Mode.Gotta Catch Them All: Collecting five super jackpots (corresponding to each of the Simpsons family members on the playfield) is one of the tasks required to activate the 'Super Duper Mega Extreme Wizard Mode'.Felony Misdemeanor: Activating the Couch Multiball prompts this exchange:Ĭhief Wiggum: Open up Simpson, you're under arrest!.Then the Springfield Police Department surround 742 Evergreen Terrace and Homer drives out of the garage leading to a Hot Pursuit. Couch Gag: The dot-matrix cutscenes leading up to Couch Multiball show the Simpsons sitting on the couch only to catch giant pinballs.

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Alien Invasion: The subject of the final TV Mode.

A Day in the Limelight: 'Homer's Day' and 'Bart's Day'.

This pinball machine contains examples of: It is said to feature one of the most complex rule sheets that were ever designed for a pinball machine at the time, with the ability to stack various modes and multi-balls on top of each other. The game features original dialog performed by Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria and Dan Castellaneta. The party is easy to start, but only the very best players will get to invoke Super Duper Mega Extreme Wizard Mode. The garage door leads to a second level with a dot-matrix color television set and a couch that gets filled up to start multiball. The game features the talking, moving head of Homer Simpson, along with skateboarding Bart, Itchy & Scratchy, and Comic Book Guy. Take a tour of Springfield's iconic landmarks, from Moe's Tavern and the town monorail to the Kwik-E-Mart and the Nuclear Power Plant. It is a successor to The Simpsons pinball machine by Data East Pinball, the predecessor to Stern.Īs one would expect, this pinball game is a cornucopia of all things Simpsons as the entire town of Springfield comes out for a wild nonstop party. The Simpsons Pinball Party is the second licensed pinball machine based on The Simpsons, designed by Keith Johnson and Joe Balcer, and released by Stern Pinball in February 2003.