Hobbit owners, I'm not one of you but I'm so in love with this machine that I've been making semi-regular 60 mile round trips to play it!

I have some questions that I hope yawl might be able to answer for me.

* Is the mystery target the only way to increase your bonus multiplier?

* Do you continue to get the Gollum Ball Save event even after you've successfully hit the little sliver on the power meter? (btw if you've hit the sliver, you are a master)

* How do you know if you've successfully backstabbed? I should clarify: successfully backstabbed a target that won't pop up. Is that even possible? I can't get past the Into the Fire part where you have to bash the Warg, because it doesn't pop up!

* Do the pop ups ever somehow fix themselves? It seems that sometimes the pop ups work, other times they don't, and I'm almost positive the game hasn't been serviced between my frequent visits.

* What's your highest ring bonus? Mine is 2900.

not sure that was necessary...

Here's the thing. I've contacted the bowling alley to find out who the operator was. After talking to a bunch of people who really didn't want to be bothered, I got through to one helpful person who said who the operator was.

Problem is, that operator has been out of business for half a decade.

Also, this is the one and only place on route in southern california with a Hobbit. Even though the game isn't at 100%, it's still really fun to play in its current state. And whoever does operate the machine is getting some sweet cash drop action off of me!

That's a nice lucky number! You should buy a lotto ticket.