Mariner
Bally 1971
by Jay Phillips
pinball@thefunhouse.nu
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Mariner is a 4 player version of Sea Ray.
Exact rules are not known.
Artwork and what rules there are come from Bally flyers.

Press "5" or "C" to Insert Coin
Press "S" to Start
Press "L" for Level Select
Press "B" for 3 or 5 balls
Press "Space" to bump table (watch out for tilt)

Top rollovers light red or blue bumpers for 100 points.
Advance Bonus targets and buttons add to bonus on right side of table.
Kickers collect bonus.
Feature bonus on left side of table lights red or blue bumpers, opens gate,
or raises post between flippers.
Yellow bumper raises post, but down post buttons lower it, unless the Open
Gate Feature bonus is lit.
When post is raised by feature bonus or when yellow bumper is hit when post
is up, yellow bumper blinks for Catch-a-flash bonus in center.
Hitting blinking yellow bumper advances Catch-a-flash bonus, and lights extra
ball when top bonus is reached.
When ball is lost or gate is used, post and gate are closed, hit target or
yellow bumper to raise or reopen.
High score adds a ball.

This game appears to be geared for high scoring, low play time. The side
chutes are wide open. All the bumpers are placed to angle the ball right
out of play. Any target or bumper that you could hit using skill is worth
only 10 points or 100 when lit. More points come from bonuses than actual
objects hit. I made some minor adjustments to the side chutes to reduce the
chance of the ball going out (otherwise this table would be a complete drag ;)
And I rotated the position of the top bumpers to increase the chance of
getting it down the Feature bonus, otherwise this is nearly an impossible
task. And I'm not certain about the rules for Feature bonuses or the
Catch-a-flash bonus (whatever the heck that means?) So I made some assumptions,
tried them out, whichever ones made the game more enjoyable I kept. If you have
information about game rules, I'd greatly appreciate it! ;)
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This Visual Pinball game was inspired by all the great tables already
out there. Images from Internet Pinball Database (http://www.lysator.liu.se/pinball)
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