I've been playing The Shadow a lot and I think there are a few things that I'm not sure if they lie in the "bug" or in the "rules modification" category.

One that I think is an outright bug is that it seems odd to me that each battlefield target you hit counts towards a Farley hit. It makes the mode so much easier to complete than the rest of them, which seems odd. I feel like each "hit" should only count as a shot made.

Loop Combo as previously mentioned by yourself and others.

If we're talking modifications to make it score more evenly and play fairer in tournaments, I don't see why the Vengeance mode isn't modifiable. I feel that "Super Vengeance" should only be awarded when you make two LIT shots in row to complete a vengeance round (rather than being able to re-make a previously completed ramp shot and then a lit shot to complete super vengeance). it's too easy to back hand the left ramp into the right ramp, and if you fail, re-trap and do the shot combo again.

Personally I think there could be a modification of how to lite the KHAN Multiball, as fore inlanes seems ludicrously easy. I think it could be neat to see the first khan multiball lite by completing the inlanes once, the second KHAN MB by completing them twice, ect. Same concept could be down with vengeance modes really, as I think vengeance is an extremely unbalanced way to get ahead at this game.

I'll need to rewatch some competition recaps of this game to see how people are screwing other people over with other things here and there to make it more balanced, but as far as software edits. Personally I've never really understood why "super vengeance" isn't in place of "khan multiball" on steps to get to the final battle, but hey, it's printed on an insert so it's set in stone.

Love all the work you do, thank you for all of it.

You have to hold the combo for like 3 seconds, which you shouldn't be doing if you're just trying to add in a player.

If there was a way to do this with every pin, I'd be all for it. Nothing worse than walking up to a game at a freeplay spot that has a four player game started and youre on ball one of player 3.

plunge plunge plunge plunge plunge plunge plunge plunge.

Yeah. Honestly I've gotten yelled at for turning pins on and off at some locations for this exact reason. And I kind of just have to shrug and go with it.

I'll never forget watching a coil lock on and smoke on a pin at a FreePlay place in Providence. I told the door person, and then when they realized I had turned the machine off they proceeded to attempt to throw me out of the arcade for turning a game off.