⚓ Neon Tilt Pinball
One real machine: the Harbor Nights table. Pull the plunger, ride the ramp past the lighthouse, spell C-O-V-E, lock two balls in the harbor buoy and let the multiball loose.
How to play
- Plunger: a ball waits in the right-hand lane. Drag down on the lane (or hold ↓ / Space) to pull the plunger back — the longer the pull, the harder the launch, and the power is shown on the meter. Let go to fire. A soft pull may not clear the top and rolls back for another try — no penalty.
- Flippers: tap the left / right half of the table, use the big ◀ ▶ buttons under the table, or the Z and / keys. Hold a flipper up to cradle a ball.
- COVE lanes: the four lanes at the top light C-O-V-E (500 each). Finishing COVE pays 1,500, raises your end-of-ball bonus multiplier (+1, up to ×5) and lights the ball lock.
- Ramp & locks: shoot up the left wall with real pace to enter the wire ramp (1,000) — a slow roll-up just falls back out. With the lock lit, the ramp diverts your ball into the harbor buoy. Lock 2 balls and the table erupts: both locked balls plus a fresh one — 3-ball multiball, and bumper hits become 1,000-point Harbor Jackpots.
- Harbor Lights: knock down all three drop targets (250 each, bank pays 2,500) to light Harbor Lights; the next ramp shot starts a 30-second mode where every score doubles and the bumpers pay 250.
- Everything scores: pop bumpers 100 · slingshots 50 · spinner 100 a tick · rollovers 500 unlit / 100 lit · ramp 1,000 · lock 1,000 · multiball start 2,500. End-of-ball bonus: (letters × 1,000 + drop targets × 500) × your multiplier.
- Nudge & tilt: the NUDGE button (or N key) jolts the table. Nudges inside 6 seconds stack warnings — hit your watch's limit (Day 4 · Classic 3 · Storm 2) and you TILT: flippers die, scoring stops, and the ball drains with no bonus. Play it honest.
- Watches (difficulty): 🌅 Day Watch — a drain in the first 12 seconds is saved free, extra ball at 50,000. ⚓ Classic — the real table, extra ball at 75,000. 🌩 Storm Watch — tilt at 2 warnings, extra ball at 100,000. Tapping a watch starts a fresh game on it right away. 3 balls a game; extra balls are served after your current ball.
- If a ball ever wedges somewhere quiet, the table runs a ball search after about 3½ still seconds and pulses it free — just like a real machine.