X's & O's


Original table by Bally, December 1983.
Visual Pinball adaptation by Dave Sanders, August 2002.
 
Thanks to Randy and Black for creating and maintaining Visual Pinball, and to all the usual folks on the Shiva forum.

Bug reports should be sent to me at ealadubh@btopenworld.com .

Install the enclosed fonts in the correct fonts folder of your Windows directory.


TABLE CONTROLS


During play:	LEFT and RIGHT SHIFT- flipper buttons
		Z - nudge table left
		/ - nudge table right 
		SPACE- nudge table up

In standby:	5 - Insert credit	
		1 - One player start
		2 - Two player start
		3 - Three player start
		4 - Four player start


RULES


Timed plunger skill shot awards lit value: 100,000 points, 200,000 points or Special. Plunger lane loop to and from top flipper scores 5,000 points at all times and cancels skill shot.

Blue spot targets spot Xs or Os on bonus grid as indicated. Return lanes and slingshots toggle X and O target lights. Completing any three-bank of spot targets lights that bank to score 5,000 points. Completing bonus grid resets spot targets and advances Card Bonus to 90,000 points, 180,000 points, 270,000 points and light Special, then award Special for each completed card thereafter. Completing grid with all Xs or Os advances TIC TAC TOE on backglass. Card Bonus holds over between balls.

Making any horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines of Xs or Os advances outhole Three-In-Line Bonus. Making three lines in one ball lights upper middle lane to award Extra Ball, then 50,000 points. Making six lines in one ball lights upper right lane to award Special, then 100,000 points. Upper middle and right lanes score 1,000 points when unlit. Three-In-Line Bonus holds over between balls.

Drop targets score 500 points. Completing target bank scores and advances value from 30,000 points to 60,000 points, 90,000 points, Special and 90,000 points thereafter, and advances unlit left upper lane value sequence.

Upper left lane scores 5,000 points or lit value from 30,000 points to 60,000 points, 90,000 points, Special amnd 90,000 points thereafter. Lit lane must be scored before sequence can be advanced again by drop targets. Lane sequence holds over between balls.

Return lanes score 5,000 points. Outlanes score 500 points. Right outlane rebound saucer scores bonus of 5,000 points per lit X or O on card, and ejects ball back into play.


AWARDS


Special awards one replay.

One replay awarded for a score of 700,000 points.
Second replay awarded for a score of 1,600,000 points.

Beating the highest score to date awards three replays.

Completing TIC TAC TOE on the backglass awards three replays.

Matching the last two score digits against the displayed number at the end of the game awards one replay.

Tilt penalty: ball in play.

Three balls per game.