Quoted from huo:I’ve got about a hundred games in and I haven’t got video mode once. Some long games. Is there a setting thats not enabled?
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Game rules from PAPA by Brian Dominy
http://pinball.org/rules/attackfrommars2.html#stroke
The Stroke of Luck is a pseudo-random award. Possibilities are:
25,000,000 points. Awarded immediately.
50,000,000 points. Ditto.
Light Extra Ball. Shoot Stroke of Luck again to collect.
Light Lock. For the first multiball, this will light all three locks. After that, it will light one additional lock, regardless if lock is already lit or not.
Award Lock. If Lock is already lit, then that lock is awarded and no lock will be lit. Otherwise the next unlit lock is awarded.
Multiball. Forget the locks, just start multiball.
Lite Martian Attack. Shoot Stroke of Luck again to collect.
+5 Bonus X. Same award as regular skill shot.
Hold Bonus X. Bonus X will not reset to 1X at the end of this ball.
Strobe Multiball. Starts immediately. See below for more details.
Video Mode. Starts immediately. See below for more details.
Sneak Attack. One of the four martians will begin jumping. Shoot immediately to score 150M; the value counts down quickly. Hitting the martian also awards 2 additional Martian Bombs and lights Martian Attack if it isn't already lit.
1 Martian Bomb. Added to any you already have.
The award is pseudorandom, because sometimes it can be predicted. The third Stroke of Luck award will normally be Strobe Multiball. Stroke of Luck will award Video Mode the first time it is hit after Super Jets has been completed, even if it is the third time. Strobe Multiball will then be the next Stroke of Luck award given.
Stroke of Luck will normally award (regular) Multiball on the last ball of the game if multiball has not yet been started.
Stroke of Luck will normally award 1 Martian Bomb if it is collected during Martian Attack, before Martian Multiball.
Stroke of Luck is not available during any multiball. The award can only be collected from the front entrance to the scoop.
If tournament mode is enabled, then Stroke of Luck always awards 50M and nothing else, in order to de-randomize the games.