SO YOU WANNA MOUSE AROUND?

[brain galacki]

I AM BACK ON THE FORUM FOR MOUSIN' AROUND!

We've had this game for well over a week now and I still haven't dove in. well that's gonna change. I'm gonna get so into Mousin' around, and you all are too.



OKAY??

This game was released by Bally in December 1989 (this is MY BIRTH PINBALL)

Here's a guy's play through that I haven't watched yet:

[brain galacki]

Alright I'm divin' in. Pinside actually has the rulesheet completely typed out on there... do they do this for all games and I haven't noticed this entire time?
Well, I'm just gonna copy and paste what they have:

Goal
The main object of MOUSIN' AROUND is to steal the Cheese, play Multi-ball and score the Jackpot by trapping the Mice and sending the last one home to the Mouse Hole.


Plunger Skill Shot
Sending the ball through the Top Lanes when lit scores 100,000 points times the ball you are on. Therefore you earn 100,000 for ball 1; 200,000 for ball 2; 300,000 for ball 3, etc.

Cheese Feature
Any ramp spots a letter in Cheese. After completing C-H-E-E-S-E the Mouse Hole opens for you to build your Jackpot. Then you are awarded a Cheezy Bonus, (mystery score anywhere from 100 to 500 points, extra ball, special or 1 million points). Any cheese taken will count for Outhole Bonus.

2X AND 3X Multiplier
Complete the top lanes once and earn the 2x bonus multiplier. Complete the Top Lanes twice and earn the 3x bonus multiplier.

Multi-Ball
Spell M-O-U-S-E-T-R-A-P, either by hitting the stand-up Mouse Trap Targets or by getting the ball throught the lit Return Lanes. Spelling M-O-U-S-E-T-R-A-P sets the Traps that lock the balls. Trap 2 balls and the 3rd ball releases them when it is put into play.

Jackpot
After Multi-ball is achieved, Traps remain up, you must trap the Mice again and send one home to the Mouse Hole to be awarded the jackpot. Once the jackpot is collected you can try for the Jackpot again & again. Jackpot resets for the next ball if collected.

Million
Hitting the Center Targets in sequence lowers the targets and lights the Kickback. The Cheese Loop enables the Left & right Ramps to spot letters in Million. After M-I-L-L-I-O-N is spelled the Mouse Hole opens so you can collect 1,000,000 points.

Extra Ball
Shooting the Left Trap Lane consecutively lights ramps for Extra Ball.

Double Playfield Scores
When making the Right or Left Ramp shots twice in a row the Cheese Target starts flashing for increase value. Make the shot and Double Scoring has started.[/b]

[jackparanoia]

I'm going to for sure mouse around tonight.

[ribbitking17]

I really want to Mouse Around

[brain galacki]

LOOKS like last night I plopped my highest score of 8,602,020 which just so happens to be the current #1 spot so I guess I'll change my forum tagline to include high scorer on MOUSIN' AROUND, my birth pinball.

Now that I understand the game, actually hitting the jackpot on this game is something that I have never done, nor have even came CLOSE to doing. With how quickly the balls can drain once you have three going, and how LITTLE time they give you when you hit them in the traps during multi-ball, this has got to be the hardest jackpot shot on any pinball we have ever had. Anyone that can actually make that jackpot shot deserves the trophy.

I think what's done it for me is the bonus. The bonus really seems to build up after every ball (like you hold onto your bonus value every time? Is that the case or am I crazy?) then if you have a game where you get extra balls and you're on your 4th or 5th ball, that bonus is like 1 million if you get the 2x or 3x bonus lit then you're really rackin up those points. That's how I feel like I did it. (hot tip)

[jeffradon2000]

Wow our Mousin is getting beat up. The displays are slowly going out, and the flippers are losing power. I also noticed the center target bank probably needs a new bracket installed as that's getting shaky. I'll get to working on it in the next week. I'm working on a display kit right now. New displays for that game are like $400 however there is a company where you can buy them for half that amount but you have to assemble it yourself which means a lot of soldering components to the blank boards. I'm about a third of the way working on that right now.

[jackparanoia]

Finally got in today to play with the repaired flippers. Wow! I enjoyed it before, but these working flippers made it a million times better. I had a blast.

[brain galacki]

Good morning forum, just got my morning game of pinball in on my birth pinball.

Just a couple of things:

1. I almost avoid hitting the left outer loop on this game because of how often it just takes a bad bounce and drains into the right outlane. Surely that is not what the game designers intended, just unfortunate that it is not feeding into the right flipper like it should.

2. I think it's also funny that the point of that loop is to build up to light EXTRA BALL, but I find that EXTRA BALL is more actually lit on this game when you are on your third ball and doing bad. They just give it to you?

3. Sorry to report but the CHEESE LOOP (front and center) is not registering today. The trap door lowers, but once you get to the loop and are hitting it it's not registering. I am probably the only one that will notice this.