The Professional & Amateur Pinball Association
Player Guide
"An introductory guide for competitive pinball players."
PAPA recognizes there is more than one way to teach players how to prepare for competition. If the advice offered in this guide does not work for you, we encourage you to keep trying until you discover a more effective method.
Above all, we encourage players to look within themselves as often as possible for answers. A key moment in a player's development is when he or she begins to think about the game of pinball with a competitive mindset. Every flip you make will lead you closer to more points or the final drain. The outcome is entirely up to you!
The following guide is intended to challenge players to learn about both pinball and themselves as competitors. Discussion and feedback are encouraged! We intend this guide to be a community resource that grows and becomes more refined over time. If you feel we are missing something important, or feel you can contribute to this guide in a meaningful way, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Rule Sheets:
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Gold
Apollo 13
Attack from Mars (Bob McCann)
Attack from Mars (Brian Dominy)
Attack from Mars (Robert Macauley)
Austin Powers
Avatar
Back To The Future
Bad Cats
Banzai Run (Bowen Kerins)
Banzai Run (Michael Dunn)
Barb Wire
Batman Dark Knight
Batman Forever
Big Bang Bar
Big Buck Hunter (external)
Big Guns
Big Hurt
Big Race USA
Black Hole
Black Knight
Black Knight 2000
Black Knight 2000 (notes)
Black Rose
Blackwater 100
Blue Chip
Breakshot
Breakshot (notes)
Bride of Pinbot
Bronco
Cactus Canyon (notes)
Capersville
Captain Fantastic
Centaur
Champion Pub (Poln)
Champion Pub (John Lange)
Checkpoint
Cirqus Voltaire
Comet
Congo
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Kevin Martin)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (notes, Bowen Kerins)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (notes, Sean Grant)
CSI
CSI (external)
Cue Ball Wizard
Cyclone
Dakar (external)
Demolition Man
Devil’s Dare
Diner
Diner (notes)
Dirty Harry
Dr. Dude
Dr. Who
Dr. Who (external)
Dracula
Dracula (notes)
Earthshaker
Eight Ball Deluxe
Elvira & the Party Monsters
The EMcyclopedia
Escape from the Lost World
F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat (notes)
Family Guy (external)
Family Guy (external)
Farfalla (external)
Fire!
Firepower
Fish Tales
Flash
Flintstones
Frankenstein
Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street
Funhouse
Game Show
Getaway: High Speed II
Gilligan’s Island
Gladiators
Godzilla
Goldeneye
Guns ‘n’ Roses
Harley Davidson (Bally)
High Speed
Hobbit
Hurricane
Hyperball
Independence Day
Indiana Jones
Indianapolis 500
Jack*Bot
Johnny Mnemonic
Jokerz
Judge Dredd
Jungle Lord
Junkyard
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (notes, Bowen Kerins)
Jurassic Park (notes, Jerry Duffy)
Kiss
Last Action Hero
Lethal Weapon 3
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings (external)
Lost in Space
Lost World
Lost World (notes)
Machine: Bride of Pinbot
Magic Castle (external)
Mario Andretti
Maverick
Medieval Madness (Bowen Kerins)
Medieval Madness (notes, Mark Phaedrus)
Medieval Madness (notes)
Medusa
Monopoly (external)
Monopoly (notes)
Monster Bash
Motor Show (external)
NBA Fastbreak
No Fear
No Good Gofers
Party Zone (Colin McHale)
Party Zone (Mario Moeller)
Phantom of the Opera
Pinball Champ (external)
Pinball Magic
Pinbot
Pirates of the Caribbean (external)
Pistol Poker
Police Force
Pop ‘n’ Pinball
Popeye
Popeye
Radical!
Rescue 911
Rescue 911 (notes)
Revenge From Mars
Revenge From Mars (notes)
Revenge From Mars (external)
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (external)
Riverboat Gambler
Riverboat Gambler (notes)
Road Show
Rocky
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Rollercoaster Tycoon (external)
Rollergames
Safe Cracker (Matt Coriale)
Safe Cracker (Mike Morrey)
Scared Stiff (Bob McCann & Dan Wilson)
Scared Stiff (Robert Macauley)
The Shadow
Shaq Attaq
Shrek
The Simpsons, Data East Pinball
The Simpsons Pinball Party, Stern Pinball
Soccer Kings
Sopranos
Southern Belle
South Park
Space Jam
Space Station
Spectrum
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (notes, Bowen Kerins)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (notes, Paul Fernquist)
Star Wars
Star Wars (external)
Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace (Milen)
Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace (Scott Frazer)
Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace (notes)
Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (Chris Hehman)
Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (Robert Macauley)
Striker Xtreme
Striker Xtreme (external)
Stellar Wars
Street Fighter 2
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario World
Surf ‘n’ Safari
Swords of Fury
Tales from the Crypt
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Taxi
Tee’d Off
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 3 (external)
Theatre of Magic (Bowen Kerins)
Theatre of Magic (GeekBoy)
Time Shock
Tommy, The Who’s
Transporter: The Rescue
Twilight Zone (Kevin Martin)
Twilight Zone (Bowen Kerins)
Twilight Zone (notes, Brian Rudolph)
Twister
TX-Sector
Vector
Walking Dead
Waterworld
The Web
Whirlwind
Whitewater
Whitewater (notes)
Who Dunnit
Winter Sports (external)
Wizard of Oz
World Challenge Soccer
World Cup
World Cup Soccer
WWF Royal Rumble
X-Files