Quoted from ezatnova:Question on achieving the song bonus. I have read the rules sheet so many times, my head is spinning, and I’m still not clear. When the cannon is initially loaded, a shot to the thunderbolt in AC⚡️DC target bank gets you the song bonus. However, activating and loading the cannon via a multi ball does NOT mean you get the song bonus when firing the cannon at that thunderbolt, correct
Apply the KISS principle.
When the cannon loads, each available shot on the AC/DC bank will flash, and what it is lit for will show on the DMD. Sometimes it’s only one shot - sometimes a heap of them are lit. But the DMD tells you what they are.
Then you can choose what you want to shoot for - if any! Often, I’ll shoot the bell instead, if the multiplier will return more points than the targets.
As you progress further through the game, the cannon is lit for all sorts of good things -
Loop bonus
Collect bonus (as opposed to SONG bonus)
Other things I cant remember right now.
DNO outlines the song bonus well in his post.
TLDR: if you shoot Song bonus with the cannon or you drain, the song bonus resets to 1,000,000.
If you collect it by matching a album/song or tour/song, it keeps building.
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