UK Machine Record
High Speed
Williams · 1986 · at 1 UK venue.
High Speed is Steve Ritchie's original police-chase machine and the foundation for The Getaway. It is a beautifully simple game: speed away from the police, hit the traffic targets and escape through the tunnel.
The layout is much simpler than modern pinball, but the speed and risk are still there. The game relies on repeatable shots and a satisfying sense of progression rather than a huge rule tree.
It is an important piece of pinball history and still great fun when you find one. Keep the car moving. Stopping is when the police catch you.
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If you don't plunge the second ball at full speed after locking a ball, you only get a 2-ball multiball and everyone will make fun of you.
Secrets & easter eggs1 tip
- Secrets & easter eggs
Before plunging, bump the plunger and wait for the tachometer lights to settle. Then plunge up the ramp, the ramp will spot a target.
General5 tips
- General
Getting two lit Freeways lights all spinners for 1k/spin, which can really add up, especially in MB after the jackpot is scored.
- General
If you get a Jackpot and have all three balls still, shoot then second up the ramp and then shoot Freeways for zero-risk points.
- General
Both the ramp and the right eject hole spot standups. Both are much safer than shooting the standups themselves.
- General
5 ramp shots on a single ball will give you the maximum bonus and hold bonus.
- General
Re-light the kickback by shooting lit 1-6 target or a lit inlane. Alley passing the inlane is generally best as it also lights freeway orbit
Multiball1 tip
- Multiball
Complete the green, yellow, then red standups to light MB on ramp (Getaway). The ramp also spots standups. Shoot ramp during MB for jackpot.
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