Centaur II tips

 From: adoerfer@abysus.enet.dec.com

Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball

Subject: Re: Centaur II

Here's a brief run-down on the multi-ball feature on CENTAUR and CENTAUR II.

By the way, when the game is over, press a flipper button to see the names of

these features.  Also, the voice should echo!  There's a reverb unit these

games.

A "orb" or "power orb" is a ball (for multi-ball play).

Balls are not locked on the playfield, they are represented by the 1-4

amber lights between and above the flippers.  You can "capture"/"lock"

light 1, 2, 3, or all 4.  Added to the ball in play, you can get 5

rolling about the field at one time.  Balls are put into play automatically

from a feed in the shooter lane that raises when a ball is fired from

a coil below the playfield.  Sometimes, the ball gets hung up and may

go to the shooter lane.  Now for some game features.  There are 2 release

targets, one behind the inline drop targets - the Chamber feature, and

one in the upper right above the shooter path.  When lit and hit, they will

release all captured balls.  Making the 4 guardian rollovers (the blue

lights above the lanes one the bottom sides that either go out or

back to the flipper) will release one ball.  By the way, when you get 3 

guardians, the game will say guardian releases power orb.

There are 4 (white) drop targets below the 2 pop bumpers.  These are the

O R B S  targets.  Making them in order from left to right will also

release 1 ball.  Some features are switch settable.  See the description

for switches 15, 21, 22, 24.  Here's a run-down of what the switches do...

(TURN OFF POWER BEFORE CHANGING ANY SWITCH SETTING - these switches are on the

cpu board)

Switches description on off

1,2,3,4,5 credits/coin not important pricing settings

6 2x,3x,4x,5x bonus light lit light stays         off next ball

7               All other bonus lights  stay on next ball       only 20,40,60 on

8               Right 4 drop targets    1-3 drop next ball      all reset

9,10,11,12,13   credits/coin            not important pricing settings

14 inline drop targets lit lite stays nxt ball goes back to 10

15 Captured ball memory lit light stays lit all off nxt ball

16 Guardian Feature All 4 always releases release only 1ce

17, 18,19,20    credits/coin

21 last ball release on off

22 give 1 light at start?  yes no

23 tilt disqualifies ball in play game(2nd time)

24 Right target release when lit stays on off

Maximum credits

25 and 26 off, 10. 25 on 26 off, 15. 25 off 26 on, 25. 25 & 26 on, 40.

27 credits displayed yes no

28 match feature on off

29 Replays per game award? all only 1st

30 shoot balls every 15 min when game is over?  yes no

Balls per game

31 & 32 on, 2. 31 & 32 off, 3.  31 off and 32 on, 4. 31 on and 32 off, 5.

So, to get "maximum" multi-ball, set switches 15, 16, 24, 22, and 21 on.

If you want to "test", have switches 16 and 22 on, and push the 4

bottom rollovers, when all 4 blue lights go on, a ball should fire.

Or knock down the 4 center drop targets from left to right.

Hope this gets you going, and you can read the abbreviations....(nxt=next)

_bill

Bad move, human. - CENTAUR

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