What's a countdown bonus?

[Rhandos]

What does the "get a countdown bonus" standard goal mean? There are no matching instructions for this and I haven't triggered it by chance yet.

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

The Countdown Bonus is a reward that can be randomly obtained from Mystery or Select-A-Feature. Countdown Bonus lights the leftmost red target for a hurry-up starting at 3m. Collecting it gives out the points and should register the goal.

Hope this helps!

- ISuckAtPins

 

[Rhandos]

Sure did, found it in Select A Feature. Standard Goals are done, thanks! Wizard Goals shouldn't take too long either, I've already done everything on there.

 

[Zaphod77]

Countdown bonus is the premiere version of a hurry-up.

 

[Pinball Guru]

Countdown came first (before "Hurry=up")

Countdown bonus is the premiere version of a hurry-up.

Premier invented this feature and called it a "Countdown Bonus", which came before any other company used it. When WMS used it, they called it a "Hurryup". Premier had the feature in their games years before the others!

btw, it's "Premier", not "Premiere".

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

When you look at the list of Standard or Wizard Goals, you can click or select that goal and it will run down the instructions for completing that goal for you, if you're not sure about it.

Even if it's "obvious" (like Extra Ball or Special), it helps because you may learn ways of achieving those goals that you didn't know existed.