Silverball guide · Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast
Four cards and the Beast
Iron Maiden throws an enormous amount at you. Almost all of it is feeding four collectable cards, and the multiplier most players never switch on.
UK Machine Record
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast
Stern · 2018 · at 10 UK venues.
10
UK venues
10
machines mapped
#16
most-located of 246
2018
released
LCD4 playersSolid state
DesignKeith Elwin
ArtJeremy Packer
SoftwareRick Naegele
Editions in the UKPremiumPro
About
Iron Maiden is a machine that looks like pure heavy metal chaos but has a much more controlled game underneath. John Borg designed it, and the machine uses Maiden's music and Eddie as its central character. The artwork and presentation lean heavily into the band's visual identity rather than trying to reproduce a particular album.
The game is built around Maiden songs and modes, with the major shots repeatedly feeding into a ruleset that becomes more rewarding once you understand how the modes stack.
It is one of the more approachable Stern music machines because you can immediately understand what the game wants you to do. Pick a song, learn its shots, and stop treating the left orbit like it owes you money.
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The playfield
What you’re looking at · 3
- The captive ball
Top centre, with the machine own instruction printed beside it: shoot the captive ball to collect M-U-M-M-Y letters. The letters themselves are the inserts running down from it.
- Number of the Beast
The circle in the middle of the playfield, ringed by the six mode inserts that feed it.
- The songs
A ladder of songs above the flippers, each with an Eddie beside it: 2 Minutes To Midnight, Aces High, Fear Of The Dark, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Flight Of Icarus.
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The playfield
Strategy tips · 12
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Top tipSkill shot 14 votes
Secret super skill shot: soft plunge into the left outlane. Note that in many competitive situations this is disabled and is ball save is also off you’ll just lose your ball.
General9 tips
- General
Unlike other band pins where the song is tied to the mode, the song selected at the beginning has no effect other than the background music
- General
Spell MUMMY at the captive ball to qualify locks for Mummy Multiball. Lock balls in sarcophagus (or left ramp on a Premium / LE)
- General
Single ball modes can stack with Mummy or Trooper MB. Start the mode first. Hallowed Be Thy Name is especially good.
- General
Shoot white arrows to spell EDDIE and light mode start up the middle. Shoot left spinner to change flashing mode if EDDIE is not spelled.
- General
Aces High is a multiball and a good mode to get early if possible.
- General
During Mummy multiball switch hits qualify jackpots at captive ball. Spell MUMMY to light the super at bullseye above the sarcophagus.
- General
Shoo the spinner to collect "REVIVE" letters to light the left kickback.
- General
Trooper Multiball: Earn the “Light Lock” drop target award to light all 3 locks. Hit the green arrows to virtually lock a ball.
- General
Trooper Multiball: all shots will be lit for a 1x jackpot and will unlight when collected. Collecting 3 Jackpots lights the first Super.
Skill shot2 tips
- Skill shot
Super secret skillshot: soft plunge into left outlane for 20M.
- Skill shot
Normal skill shot is a medium plunge into the standup. Superskill is hold left flipper, full plunge, hit supper jackpot with upper flipper
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A closer look
Close-ups of the Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast playfield, with our note on what each one is showing you.
A pop bumper under its painted plastic, beside the POWER lettering.
Mummy Eddie above the wireform, with the LOOP JACKPOT arrow below.
The BATTLE THE BEAST artwork, with the POWER DAMAGE arrows beside it.
The wireform rails returning over the playfield.
Photographs via the Internet Pinball Database. The captions are ours.
The original flyer
How Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast was sold to operators — Stern, 2018. The back is the feature list the manufacturer led with, which is a fair record of what the machine was meant to be famous for.
Flyer scan via the Internet Pinball Database. The artwork is Stern’s.
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