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X’s & O’s

Bally 1983 SS
Strategy updated: August 26, 2026

Strategy

Complete the 9 Tic-Tac-Toe standup targets to lock in 90K bonus on ball 1 that carries over, shoot up top via left orbit or toward upper flipper to knock down the 3 target drop bank in the top.

Skill Shot

❗️Unfortunately, the skill shot is on a short timer, so be ready to play as soon as its your turn to have an attempt at the skill shot.

Plunge just past the 1-way gate but shy of the lane switch, the ball will enter the short lane on the left for 100K the first time, 200K for the second time, and a special (50K) the third time.

Key Rules

Top Drop Targets

  • Completing this bank increases the value of the bank and the left orbit until a special is collected at either one of them, resetting them back to the base values

    • 3-target drop bank begins at 10K and advances by 30K until 180K, then awards a special

    • the left orbit starts at 5K and advances by 20K until 120K, then awards a special

Tic-Tac-Toe

  • There are 9 standup targets in three banks that award a spot on the Tic-Tac-Toe board

  • Each bank has either an X or O insert light lit that indicates the symbol that will be places on the board when hit. Slings and inlanes change the symbol

  • You can replace symbols on the board by hitting the specific target when the other symbol is lit, as long as it is not part of a 3-in-a-row

  • Each 3-in-a-row adds 20K to the 3-in-a-line bonus

  • Filling the entire card adds 90K to the card bonus

  • Collect three 3-in-a-rows on 1 ball to light the middle top lane for extra ball, collect the extra ball and now this lane is a repeatable 50K

Bonus

  • Max bonus is 350K, there is no multiplier available

  • Bonus carries over ball-to-ball and is card bonus + 3-in-a-line bonus + 5K times the number of symbols on the board

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