UK Machine Record
Junk Yard
Williams · 1996 · at 3 UK venues.
Junk Yard is a colourful Pat Lawlor machine that turns a scrapyard into a playground of strange inventions and mechanical surprises. The player works through a collection of junkyard objectives while interacting with features that feel deliberately improvised.
The crane, dog and various pieces of scrap give the game its personality, but beneath the comedy is a surprisingly demanding set of shots. Progress comes from completing the different junkyard activities and building towards the larger features.
It is classic Lawlor: quirky on the surface, considerably deeper underneath. Explore the junkyard, but keep an eye on what each feature is actually doing for your game.
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If you see 3:33 on the display after shooting Time Machine, flip both flippers 3 times for Secret Mania.
General6 tips
- General
Video mode all day is a good strategy (D-O-G over and over). It's a safe shot, it collects junk, and value increases 500K each time.
- General
If you get Mamuska mode for Time Machine, toilet and crane trigger lots of switches for productive mode scoring.
- General
Wait on Toilet Adventure until MB is ready. Start Toilet, then MB. Every switch scores toilet value. During MB this can add up fast.
- General
Don't use reflexes in Save the Girl. Shoot right after you see the legs and hope the dog follows. It takes some luck, but it's not too hard.
- General
Collecting the cuckoo clock junk lights time machine
- General
Taking the regular multiball with mamushka running will give you your best points - light the time machine, prepare the multiball, shoot the time machine, start the multiball, let the balls drain and rip the plunger spinner as much as possi
Multiball1 tip
- Multiball
Bash crane, nearby standups, or sneak behind to spell MULTIBALL. Crane for jackpot, then crane shot behind wrecking ball for super jackpot.
Skill shot1 tip
- Skill shot
Running from Spike easier than shooting him. Use flippers to move junk selection off hair dryer b/f plunging & after a successful run.
Secrets & easter eggs2 tips
- Secrets & easter eggs
Start button can be used as a "smart" button to blow away saucers if you happen to get Attack from Mars mode for your Time Machine.
- Secrets & easter eggs
At midnight the game will start Midnight Madness multiball where all targets are worth 75,000.
Wizard mode1 tip
- Wizard mode
Time out the 4 adventure modes to make it to Outer Space 4-ball MB. You retain junk after, so you can "play" through them "quickly" again.
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