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How to Return to Base in Data East's Laser War
Data East released its first pinball machine in May 1987. Here, solar_espeon runs through Laser War's locks and multiball, the three Base saucer lanes, the Laser Kick, and an end-of-ball bonus worth paying attention to.
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Keys to the Game
- Always be making progress toward multiball. Complete a set of colored targets to light that color’s saucer for a lock, then lock a ball to start 2-ball play. In 2-ball, relock both balls within about 15 seconds of each other to advance to 3-ball, where colored targets advance the jackpot and the ramp scores the jackpot.
- Be ready to use lane change at all times to rotate which top lanes are lit and get multipliers whenever you can.
- Successive shots to the ramp qualify a playfield multiplier of up to 5x, but only for about 7 seconds, making it difficult to use on anything other than another ramp shot or a bonus collect at any saucer.
- Lit in lanes relight the left kickback. If the in lanes are not lit, shoot the ramp to light them both.
