By shooting the correct spot targets, you can cause spikes to pop up from the table and trap the ball for a few seconds. If you hate outlane drains, you’ll love the “Shooting Stars” feature on TOTAN. The first is activated by shooting the genie five times and locking the balls and the second by using the left loop to spell “HAREM.” I actually found the harem multiball the hardest to pull off as it can be a bit tricky to shoot the ball up the left loop consistently. There are two multiball opportunities on this table, which offer you the chance to really rake in the points. Shooting the ramp directly afterwards also rewards you with a super skill shot bonus. In order to make a skill shot from the plunger, you have to watch the dot matrix to see which basket a snake is hiding in and then shoot the ball into the correct basket on the playing field. The dot matrix display shows scenes, such as flying carpet rides and the genie hurling fireballs, which is definitely a nice touch. Only one tale can be active at a time, but most goals can be completed in a matter of seconds with a bit of practice. The tales are activated by shooting the genie and then hitting the required ramps or spot targets. The seven tales include classics such as Ali Baba, The Forty Thieves and Tales of Shehrazade as well as the Flying Horse and Great Camel Race. The game even offers a shortcut by allowing you to gain gems from the bazaar instead of earning them from the story goals. There are only two flippers and one ramp to worry about and most of the story goals can be completed rather quickly. The most distinctive features of the table are the large blue genie with glowing eyes that dominates the top area and the spinning magical lamp. Before taking on the Genie, you must first find seven gems, earned from completing missions based on the Arabian Nights tales.įarSight Studios have faithfully recreated the TOTAN table and, while it might appear to be quite complex, it is actually very newcomer friendly. Based around the 1001 Arabian tales, it tasks you with freeing a captured princess from an evil Genie. The original Tales of the Arabian Nights table was released in 1996 by Williams and features quite an eye catching theme.

Microsoft pinball arcade version 1.0