Well, I finally did it! After recently contemplating selling my WMS IJ, 'cause I suck at it, I have been at it trying to master the game. With some focus, last night I FINALLY completed all the modes on one 3-ball game (w extra ball awards). IJ and I have had a love-hate relationship...it has always loved to make me hate it. But this time, I nailed the sucker! All the way to the wizard mode...though I did come up short on nailing all the wizard shots before the mode ended and restarted the mission. However, a personal best for me with a 1.29Bn score.

Given how difficult I found this, has anyone else out there managed to complete all the modes in one game? I've polled a few of my pin friends, and most have said no. I'll be curious to see if I can ever do it again. What say you?

#2 11 years ago

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mcfly

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Pelican Waters

11y 32,150 570

never did complete it . had to look on you tube to see what happens.

#3 11 years ago

JIM

PNBLWZD

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12y 71,400 1,275

I have completed all the modes and completed eternal life, but it was a number of years ago...

#4 11 years ago

ARM

IndianaPwns

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Concord, NC

12y 53,400 607 4 8

Played 100's of times, but only achieved Wizard Mode twice. Funny it was in the same day too (must've been doing something right).

Best feeling in the world when you get there! The games kinda pauses, you hear some fantastic call outs, machine plays the classic Indy theme, machine starts blinking and BOOM! The balls start coming out if nowhere.

It's over so quick - but that's the fun of it!

Next time I get there - I'm going to shoot for the PoA switches first. I never seem to get them in time.

One day I'll hear the epic BIILLLIIIOOONNN callout.

One day.

#5 11 years ago

ThatGuy

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Fresno, CA

11y 40,900 464 4 17

Quoted from PNBLWZD:
I have completed all the modes and completed eternal life, but it was a number of years ago...

Holy cow you have an impressive pin collection!!

#6 11 years ago

ALK

Goonie

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Geneva, IL

12y 81,300 1,695 21

Quoted from IndianaPwns:
Next time I get there - I'm going to shoot for the PoA switches first. I never seem to get them in time.
One day I'll hear the epic BIILLLIIIOOONNN callout.
One day.

Hmmm, I didn't even have a chance to realize the POA switches were part of it. Every time i looked up to see where I needed to go, I lost another ball. It was indeed over quick. I had never even seen the mode before, so didn't know what to expect.

#7 11 years ago

JRK

jk2171

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14y 85,050 1,823 16

Congrats, Goonie! Now if you ever comtemplate getting rid of it, I'm just down the street.

#8 11 years ago

WUF

wolfy

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Winston-salem, NC

14y 79,600 1,087 16 113

I have made the wizard mode 3 times on 3 ball with factory extra balls setting. On one i got down to 2 shots on the POA. I have not gotten there in the last 150 games though. It is a rush to make it .

#9 11 years ago

RUM

Rum-Z

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Adrian, MI

13y 150K 3,967 29

I've had my IJ for 3 or 4 years. I've gotten to the wizard mode a couple times in 3 ball with an extra ball awarded for replay. I managed to hit every shot and get the awesome "ONE BILLION" award once out of those 2 times.

If I had purely factory settings with a replay award instead of an extra ball, those 2 trips to the wizard mode probably weren't happening!

I really love my IJ. What a great execution of the IJ theme, and if you can rock those loops and ramps consecutively, it offers good flow despite having the center of the playfield blocked by the drops and lock hole area. Getting the ball to whip around the widebody loop a few times in a row feels awesome!

Jeff R.

#10 11 years ago

DEN

KrustyBurger

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12y 81,900 1,014 30

OP
Quoted from Goonie:
Given how difficult I found this, has anyone else out there managed to complete all the modes in one game?

Not even close here. I don't think that I've ever seen someone do this while I was watching either. Impressive Goonie!

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