Thoughts on how to expand the ruleset.
+’schoolyard bully mode’ that is only available in the blood bank after three items are collected. Shoot red shots to slow bullies down, green shots moves you out of the schoolyard, hit middle Michael Hedge to escape his grip as final mode shot.
+’Totally frenzy’ 5x scoring two ball multi only awarded on the third ball when you utilize the staged ball at the grave. All switch hits trigger various “Totally” callouts for as long as both are in play. Add the Meyers grave staged ball to the mode for 10x scoring as long as all three balls are in play. All ramps and switches score 100k except scoops which score -100k
+’Rise Again’ super wizard mode only awarded after completion of both regular wizard modes. Light roaming shots to make all three Michaels appear from the hedge. Have to trap balls to see which hedge to shoot on an LCD animation. Have one chance to hit the correct hedge for massive super jackpots. Any other switch hit resets the roaming shots and you have to start over. Timed mode, if you fail to kill him ball drains and the game ends (UNLESS you have a ball staged ball at the grave, then game rolls over but you are in:
+’Beyond the Grave victory laps mode’ awarded when you complete/survive the super wizard mode and play beyond it by use of the staged ball at the grave. Game starts over at the beginning but you play with permanent 10x scoring for as long as your alive. New song plays and callouts/ switch hit clips are different as an added suprise. Extra ball is lit after completing two modes to reward a game well played and to keep it rolling. ( ‘schoolyard bully mode’ is a requirement to play this mode as well. If you get this far and havnt played the mode you’ll here “he’s gonna get you he’s gonna get you” when the ball drains from the Meyers grave after ‘rise again’ then you’ll see the clip of Michael grabbing the kid and the game over screen)
*’Midnight Massacre’ awarded only when you are playing at midnight. An image of a creepy clock appears on screen at 11:58 as a ghost image that gets more opaque as time move toward midnight when the goes completely dark. Red GI and expression lights fade up. Screen comes back a vintage television set with static sounds then cycles through monster /sci fi movies like the kids are watching on Halloween in the movie. Animation of the kids in front watching the tv like mst3k. Stab blood targets for jackpots in three ball multi. Mode ends when only one ball remains. Game can be set to play this mode at noon as well for ‘midday madness’ so you can play it more often haha.
If you like any of these ideas get behind em, screenshot and repost em and make some noise. Spooky is listening.
Never underestimate how good people are at pinball. I can count 15 guys I know personally off the top of my head that can blow through rulesets like no one’s business. Karl (IE Pinball is not the only cat who can blow through this current ruleset twice in one game) Also half the fun in pinball to me and many others is learning, explaining and uncovering less obvious elements of rulesets to pin head friends. We are nerds at heart and nerds appreciate something they sink their teeth and brains into. End rant. Thanks for reading!