Whatever happened to the side scoop shot?

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#1 1 year ago

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truemagoo102

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So we have 2 B/W games at our local bar (a Demo Man and a Twilight Zone) and it got me thinking... Whatever happened to the side scoop shot? Both games have them, hell, I guess you could say Twilight Zone has two, and both are super satisfying to nail. That little clink sound as you sink the piano shot on TZ has gotta be the best shot in pinball. I can't even think of another game with the shot at all except for those two. Lawlor games all have scoops but not side ones (I guess you could count Funhouse's Rudy?) I propose we bring this shot back to pinball... C'mon Elwin and Danger, let's make this happen!

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#2 1 year ago

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Quoted from truemagoo102:
So we have 2 B/W games at our local bar (a Demo Man and a Twilight Zone) and it got me thinking... Whatever happened to the side scoop shot? Both games have them, hell, I guess you could say Twilight Zone has two, and both are super satisfying to nail. That little clink sound as you sink the piano shot on TZ has gotta be the best shot in pinball. I can't even think of another game with the shot at all except for those two. Lawlor games all have scoops but not side ones (I guess you could count Funhouse's Rudy?) I propose we bring this shot back to pinball... C'mon Elwin and Danger, let's make this happen!

Doesn’t RUSH have one?

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#3 1 year ago

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Quoted from titanpenguin:
Doesn’t RUSH have one?

Yes! I knew there was another one out there.

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#4 1 year ago

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Thought of another... RCT, although that's an incredibly unsatisfying shot as I don't think it scores many points/does anything (which is pretty much the entire game's MO)

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#5 1 year ago

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Godfather has one -- the Hideout.

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#6 1 year ago

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Dialed In has one, it's just impossible to hit.

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#7 1 year ago

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truemagoo102

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:
Godfather has one -- the Hideout.[quoted image]

Awesome! Now I definitely need to play that game.

Quoted from zacaj:
Dialed In has one, it's just impossible to hit.

Yes when Bowen's strategy is "just start multiball and hopefully you randomly bounce one in" you know the shot isn't a great shot.

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#8 1 year ago

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Godzilla Deadpool ....

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#9 1 year ago

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Quoted from pinballgary:
Godzilla Deadpool ....

Don't think those count

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#10 1 year ago

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Does Addams family side entrance into swamp count?

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#11 1 year ago

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Quoted from Wilberto757:
Does Addams family side entrance into swamp count?

Yes technically...although Thing usually shoots it for you, but you're right (and I guess the same could be said about Baywatch, which is less than accurate)

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#12 1 year ago

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BSD count?

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#13 1 year ago

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Star Wars and Godzilla both have side scoop shots.

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#14 1 year ago

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Quoted from ImNotNorm:
BSD count?

Yeah, BSD has two, maybe three actually if you count the right orbit when the stand up is down

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#15 1 year ago

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Skill shot in Scared Stiff.

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#16 1 year ago

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So there's a lot of confusion about this post haha

In the Ops scenario the game requires an upper flipper.

That upper flipper needs to access a scoop like demolition man computer shot or twilight zone piano shot.

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#17 1 year ago

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My bad.

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#18 1 year ago

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Does the left side of Rick and Morty count?

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#19 1 year ago

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RBION

Lawlor loves scoops and lateral shots.

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#20 1 year ago

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Safe Cracker, Tales From The Crypt, Mystery Castle.

And Roadshow and Funhouse if you count mouth scoops

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#21 1 year ago

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Pinball magic have 2

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#22 1 year ago

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I guess I should have been more specific here, I'm looking for a scoop that can only be shot from an upper flipper. (Like jdoz2 said) RBION does count! I forgot about that one! Very similar to Rush

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