UK Machine Record
Cheetah
Stern Electronics · 1980 · at 1 UK venue.
Cheetah is an early Stern Electronics machine built around the speed and danger of its namesake. The artwork and theme give the game a distinctive character, while the playfield focuses on direct target and lane shooting.
The rules are uncomplicated, making the machine primarily a test of fundamentals. Good positioning and controlled shots are more useful than trying to find a complicated strategy.
The Cheetah theme says it all: speed matters, but control matters more. Play quickly, shoot accurately and don’t let the ball outrun you.
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Guides here are compiled against the machine’s published rules, credited to what they were built from, and dated. That makes them slow: the machines standing on the most UK floors get one first — but anyone who plays this machine can write their own.
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Hold left upper flipper up and shoot the lane behind it. Repeat. There is a video somewhere of Elwin putting over 1 million doing only this.
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The back glass lady looks like my aunt on safari and I don't like it
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Shoot the upper drop targets or the lower-right set when lit to advance bonus multipliers. Bonus is a key element!
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Completing 1-5 in sequence lights the Collect Bonus saucer, along with other awards listed on the playfield.
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Completing the upper right targets with 3 of a kind will light spinners (blue/yellow) or Special (red).
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Keep upward and go for the upper orbit using the upper flupper
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