Always select top lanes for skill shot. Hit all 5 major shots (Guard shots) to begin Guard Millions. Collect all 5 characters (2 shots to each Guard shot) to start Tourist Season. Shoot a Guard shot 3 times to start a mode. Time out Copter Rescue and, potentially, Shark Cove modes, other modes valuable and less dangerous. Complete Guard shots 3 times each to qualify Earthquake, start at right VUK. After playing Earthquake, modes can be replayed with +1 shots needed to start.
🥇Select “top lane” for skill shot, worth 10M on ball 1, 20M on ball 2, 30M on ball 3 and then awarded 50M bonus for getting skill shot on all 3 balls. (Total 110M) + enable squid pops which is 2M per bumper hit for remainder of the ball.
Modes and multiballs both worth huge value, well balanced
Critical to shoot all 5 major shots.
First time to a shot scores a letter in G U A R D
Second shot scores a character
Third shot starts a mode
Collect all letters in G U A R D and Guard Millions starts, shoot all major shots on a countdown from 50M.
Collect all characters and Tourist Season starts, a 2-ball MB. Shoot right ramp on repeat.
Modes:
CPR - shoot 1 shot to each of the 3 ramps (50M, 60M, 70M)
Diver Trapped - shoot any hole in the game. Shoot the one on the right, ski pass to left flipper and repeat.
Tidal Wave - shoot either orbit to feed the upper left flipper to make the side ramp. Make 3 side ramps to complete the mode.
❌ Shark Cove - Generally a drain risk from needing the shark target bank on the left. Shoot the stand ups to kill a shark and earn 10M. One time you can shoot the hole just below the upper left flipper and kill all sharks currently on the display.
❌ Copter Rescue - Worst of the modes. Shoot yellow targets, all of which are draingerous. Better to time out mode instead of playing it.
Multiball:
Complete the 3 drop targets in the center of the playfield, to the left of the right ramp, to qualify a lock at the left ramp. Lock 3 balls to start MB.
During MB make all 5 major shots for jackpot, briefly lights all other Guard shots for double jackpot.
Each Jackpot saves a swimmer, get all 5 swimmers and light shark targets for super jackpot
Collect super jackpot and the double super jackpot is lit on the side ramp from the upper left flipper
If no jackpots collected, restart MB at the left ramp (15 second timer)
Earthquake: 5-ball MB.
Qualify by hitting all 5 guard shots 3 times
Start by shooting the VUK from the center shot.
Unlimited saves for 45-secs, shoot left ramp as many times as possible
Video Mode: Sequence is center, center, right, left, left, die - worth lots of points
Iron Man: Complete side ramp a number of times to start video sequence. Mash flipper buttons as fast as possible to win the race, win 55M.
Shark Shot: Use the mini flipper on the right to shoot across the playfield into the shark scoop to award a shark credit.
1st award (1 credit) is 10M + video mode
2nd award (3 credits) 20M + left outlane kickback is active for the rest of the ball
Bonus X: Complete the 3 top lanes to spell S P F, each completion is +1 Bonus X up to 10X, further completions award 20M.
