Left Shot (Left Orbit, Stage Alley, or Key Lane).Right Shot (Inner Loop, Right Orbit, or Scoop).Walk through Walls - To move Houdini through the wall, shoot one of the right shots, then one of the center shots, then one of the left shots. Magic/Key targets to increase switch value.Houdini pulls needles out of his mouth as shots are made. Indian Needle Trick - All switches score X, Magic and Key standup targets increase switch value. There is now recognition for the fastest escape from the tank! Vanishing Elephant - 3 ramp shots move elephant into the crate, then stage to show crate empty.Ĭhinese Water Torture - Key Lane to lower into tank, either orbit to close curtain, stage to open curtain and set Houdini free. See “Magic Targets” for more information.įilm modes cannot be started during Stage modes. Hitting one of them awards a free mode shot. Once per Stage mode (with the exception of King of Cards, Bullet Catch, and Indian Needle Trick), the Magic standup targets turn red. At 10 seconds, the orbits will light to “add time”. Magician’s choice is an important tactical advantage, as availability of multiball, active playfield or mode scoring multipliers, and other conditions can be considered.īasic stage modes run on a 45 second timer. These awards will override the selected illusion when the stage curtain is already open. In addition to opening the stage curtain on the progress map, magician’s choice is available as an award from the skill shot and magic shop. If the stage is locked-in to magician’s choice, you get to select which illusion to start from those not yet played. Shooting the Stage Alley through to the Stage without hitting a bumper begins the stage mode at 2X value the top-right corner of the display will read “2X Stage Scoring” in red. When the curtain is open, shooting the Stage starts the mode. Shoot the Key Lane and hit the back red Key Target without hitting a single bumper.Bash the stage curtain through a clean Stage Alley shot, not hitting a single bumper.The currently displayed illusion (the progress map represents magician’s choice) is locked-in upon opening the stage curtain in one of three ways: Super: Soft plunge to the left Magic target to collect all 3 listed awards.įlipping the respective flippers scrolls left and right through the 10 Stage illusions, and a progress map, shown on the API Theater marquee. Milkcan Multiplier (immediately starts 2X Milkcan Multiplier scoring).Light Outlane Mode (only one is lit alternates with flippers).Points (values increase with each skill shot made).Regular: Plunge to hit one of three roving ESC targets, each with an award. There are 2 modes that are set up at the outlanes that can revive your ball. Collect 2 jackpots during Seance Multiball.Collect 3 jackpots during Trunk Multiball.You must collect all the Houdini letters: ![]() Ultimate Secret Mission - complete all Secret Mission Combos.Great Jail Escape - complete all 5 Jail Escape Hurry-Up Modes.Movie Binge - complete all 5 Movie Modes.Straight Jacket Escape (Multiball with reverse/inverted flippers).Bullet Catch (multiball using the upper catapult).Getting to the Master Magician Mode can be made less difficult in the settings (see “Suggested Home Settings” for more information). The movies, escapes, and missions are also tracked by the chain link inserts near the flippers. This is done by spelling H-O-U-D-I-N-I each of the 7 letters correspond to 7 major areas of the game: Stage modes, Movie modes, the Magic Shop, Jail Escape hurry-ups, Secret Mission combos, Trunk Multiball, and Seance Multiball.Įach of these areas is represented by a different color, and progress in each can be seen in the status dashboard by holding both flippers or collecting a Houdini letter. The goal of Houdini is to become a Master Magician, which is the final wizard mode. Monotype is used for feature adjustment values. Rules edited and compiled from the following sources: American Pinball, This Week in Pinball, Josh Kugler, Straight Down The Middle: a pinball show YouTube channel, konjurer, et al. Rules, Programming, Animation: Josh Kugler
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