UK Machine Record
Stern · 2017 · at 3 UK venues.
John Borg's Guardians of the Galaxy is one of Stern's most playful Marvel machines. The game is built around the first film and combines Christopher Franchi's hand-drawn artwork with a genuinely entertaining set of physical toys: Groot, Rocket and the Orb all have meaningful jobs in the rules rather than simply decorating the playfield.
The Orb and Groot are particularly important because the game uses them to control multiball progression. That makes Guardians a machine where understanding the toys is more useful than simply looking for the biggest score insert.
It is a very good UK pub-or-arcade machine because you can have fun without knowing the rules, but there is plenty to discover once you do. Groot isn't just there to say something funny; use him.
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Silverball guide · Guardians of the Galaxy
Completing a mode pays three times over: an untimed super mode for the rest of the ball, ten per cent of the mode total into every end-of-ball bonus for the rest of the game, and a 5x jackpot shot in Groot Multiball. Timing out costs you all three and none of the progress.
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Unfamiliar machine? Choose "Quills Quest" before plunging ball one and you'll start a 2-ball MB. Use it to find shots and collect Hadrons.
Shoot Groot for 3 locks and MB. During MB, put balls back in Groot for 2X then 3X playfield. Next MB takes 2 shots to open Groot & 4 locks.
Put shot multiplier on Groot for 2X. Start Groot multiball and lock 2 balls for 3X. (Now 6X) Start Rocket 2X scoring. (Groot now 12X)
A ball moving slowly up a raised right flipper can be backhanded to scoop via a quick double tap backhand shot. 2/3-3-4 up flipper.
Complete all modes and get the super-jackpots in both Groot and Orb multiball to light the Save Xandar wizard mode at the scoop.
After fully completing four modes, Cherry Bomb Multiball will be lit. Shoot the scoop to start it.
Try and play Escape Kyln during a Multiball mode. The mode requires 7 shots to be made in one go.
Starting 3 modes lights Extra Ball at the scoop. Groot Multiball and Orb Multiball count as modes towards this award.
Always try to bring a mode in your Multiballs. Shoot the scoop on the right to start a mode. Smart button completes a missing shot.
Getting half way through 3 modes lights Extra Ball at the scoop. Getting all the way through 5 modes lights another Extra Ball.
3 Balls into Orb starts multiball. Then during mulitball shoot Orb for big points.
Completing the 5 white standups awards 3 Hadrons. Use them to spot shots in modes and multiballs by hitting the action button.
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