# Iron Maiden Pinball - Run to the Hills Achieved **Source:** IE Pinball **Type:** video **Published:** 2020-04-08 **Duration:** 54m 41s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzsM9HcUSW0 --- ## Analysis IE Pinball streams gameplay on Iron Maiden pinball, successfully achieving the 'Run to the Hills' wizard mode after a long, challenging grind through multiple modes. The video documents in-depth commentary on mode progression, combo mechanics, shot sequencing, and strategy for stacking treasures to reach the final mode, with various technical discussions about shot difficulty, ball saves, and risk management. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] The six-way Transformers Limited Edition ('Combo') lights a tomb treasure, and tomb treasures are needed to access Run to the Hills wizard mode — _Speaker explaining game mechanics during Iron Maiden gameplay_ - [HIGH] Fear of the Dark mode is high-scoring, especially with multipliers (potential 900 million with 3x multiplier) — _Speaker discussing Fear of the Dark mode value during gameplay_ - [HIGH] Run to the Hills is the only mode in the game that uses all six balls — _Speaker explaining wizard mode mechanics_ - [HIGH] Cannot play a second Run to the Hills in the same game — _Speaker recalling rule from previous playthrough_ - [HIGH] Iron Maiden pinball has a tight tilt sensitivity with posts at highest position — _Speaker commentary on machine setup_ ### Notable Quotes > "If I don't care about Mariner, this is a dead game." > — **IE Pinball host**, ~early game > _Explains key strategy element for Iron Maiden gameplay_ > "The six-way Transformers Limited Edition ('Combo') is... It gives you a tomb treasure. And you need the tomb treasures in order to get to run to the Kevin Hill." > — **IE Pinball host**, ~mid-game > _Core explanation of wizard mode prerequisites_ > "I hate timing out modes. I hate it." > — **IE Pinball host**, ~mid-game > _Expresses preference for active play over timeout strategies_ > "I did not expect to get to here tonight. I really didn't. Unreal." > — **IE Pinball host**, ~approaching wizard mode > _Reflects difficulty and achievement of reaching Run to the Hills_ > "This is the only mode in the game that uses all six balls." > — **IE Pinball host**, ~wizard mode start > _Unique mechanical feature of Run to the Hills wizard mode_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | IE Pinball | person | Content creator/streamer playing Iron Maiden pinball | | Iron Maiden | game | Stern pinball machine, theme/IP based on Iron Maiden band | | Run to the Hills | product | Wizard/end-game mode in Iron Maiden pinball requiring completion of multiple objectives | | Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Iron Maiden pinball machine | | Transformers Limited Edition | game | Referenced pinball machine with six-way combo mechanic | | Fear of the Dark | product | High-value mode in Iron Maiden pinball based on Iron Maiden song | | Brenda | person | Speaker's wife, mentioned in context of 'full nuclear annihilation' stream reference | | Jermaine | person | Viewer who reminded host to hit record | | Jim | person | Pinball enthusiast who owns The Simpsons pinball machine, offered to loan it | | Stranger Things | game | Pinball machine mentioned; host planning to stream launch party on February 15 | | Rick and Morty | game | Pinball machine that Jim is acquiring | ### Topics - **Primary:** Wizard mode progression and strategy, Mode stacking and treasure collection mechanics, Shot sequencing and combo execution - **Secondary:** Ball save and revive management, Playfield risk management and tilt sensitivity - **Mentioned:** Streaming community and viewer interaction, Other pinball machines (Transformers, Stranger Things, Rick and Morty) ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.78) — Host expresses genuine excitement and satisfaction at achieving a difficult wizard mode, despite frustrations with specific shots and mechanics. Overall tone is enthusiastic about the game and engaged with community. Some moments of frustration at missed shots but balanced with humor and appreciation for the game design. ### Signals - **[competitive_signal]** Iron Maiden wizard mode (Run to the Hills) requires coordinated mode stacking with tomb treasure collection, indicating depth in competitive/skilled play (confidence: high) — Speaker explains detailed prerequisites: six-way combos must be completed to light tomb treasures; multiple treasure stacks needed to access final mode - **[design_philosophy]** Iron Maiden employs mode interdependencies and risk/reward shot design (tilt danger, ball save mechanics, revive system) (confidence: high) — Speaker discusses tight tilt sensitivity, strategic use of revive to protect shots, and emphasis on 'dangerous' modes like Rime and Number of the Beast --- ## Transcript All right, now it's recording. Not that I'm going to get there tonight, but... All right. So I have my preferred songs. I like playing Wasted Years. I like Power Slave. I'll do this. Try and change it up every game so it's not the same thing over and over and over. I'm not... Skill shot. Normally go for the target for the skill shot, just for the extra heavy leather. the warm-up game right that's a fun play the remote and then see what I can do with the combo with the six-way combos I haven't gotten the 900 million death blow yet I got it I got the 300 but not the 900 Yeah, Mikel was right. It's early still. If I don't care about Mariner, this is a dead game. I thought that was dead. Revive is lit. Surveillance completed. For anyone that doesn't know, there's two phases to Rime. We're in the jackpot. I just finished the first phase. Complete starboard shots to light jackpot. There you go. Now I have to shoot the starboard shots. and they will time out so the shot but now i have to shoot the shot again horses you're right i should go for horses Good warm up for You know Stuff like that Alright let's see if I can do the combo I always start with that shot One Then I do the Left loop Left orbit I guess you could say To the Loop And there's no time on this You can take as much time as you need For the combo As long as you don't hit something else So two three and then try and live catch or hoop pass. Now I do the two ramps. And that's it. I think that killed my combo but let me check. Ah that did. That did for sure. Alright. That's the order that I like to go with. I don't need I name there is no escape all right left right now I did left ramp straight to drop targets I feel like I get all three and I'm good and then if I miss one it's it's you keep missing it always like there's a mental block once I miss first time almost five o'clock mystery level one all right so there's one successful mode i gotta get the full charge Alright. One. One. Alright. Alright, so I gotta work on that left ramp if I expect to get the six-way combo. I'm messing it up. The reason I start with the upper loop, the inner loop there, because I have no idea how else I'm supposed to get the ball up there. I could go right orbit to that, but that thing's flying around. There are no eddies yet, I'm not the... this ain't dead games to me. Oh fuck it. Oh, come on. Oh, that didn't spin enough. That would have been pretty decent points there with the doubler. Yeah, pretty good points there. Come on. I just want to pull off the combo right now. Three! Ah, that killed it. Alright. Alright. Why do you need a six-way combo? The six-way combo is... It gives you a tomb treasure. And you need the tomb treasures in order to get to run to the hill. Alright, so there's five-way. All I need is the right orbit now. And that'll light another tomb treasure. So there's the six-way combo. Now the idea is also a super death blow. By shooting, I like to shoot into the spinner. And there you go. 60 million. Now, one of the two treasure awards is awards... 3X combo? 5X combo? 5X combo. So if you get that right there, it's 300 million. If you have 3X running during that, it's 500 million. I mean, what am I saying? 900. 900. Don't do math while playing pinball. Funny I said this was a dead game, but I'm still playing here. I haven't played any of the multiballs yet. I don't even have my lock slit. So you may not know the actual value you need for the soul shard on Icarus. I can never quite remember. 20 million? I still like to play the mode, I'm not... It's dangerous once you... It's dangerous in general, so you should... If you're going for Friends of the Hills, you should probably stop playing it. Once you've hit the goal for the Soul Shard. I probably hit it too, haven't I? look up at the chatter tell me someone's not 20 million yeah stop this yes my points the point random the only downside to doing this strange multiple is I find it hard sometimes to get the social movement of dangerous or hard to the soul shards when multiple is running more icarus points why not right all right so the soul charge should be lit it's lit now all right so here i want to get um the level two card by getting to the third jackpot on each shot. I believe it's the third. Please correct me if I am wrong, chat. I'm pretty sure that's it. I also want to hit down the drop targets so that I have my add-a-ball at the cannon. There's my cannon, add a ball. And I just lost a ball because I played poorly. Or 5x on one, huh? I did not know that. How are you going to get 5x on one? I mean, you gotta get a lot of super jack mons to do that. I did not know that. That's good to know. Um, enough to shoot the shots. I can go for the super up there. Hardest shots in the game, I think. I thought that was going to stick. Alright, I have Mummy lit now. And I've got Ace as high as Minix mode, so I don't care if I bring into mode with it. I generally like to play the multi-balls separately. I mean, I like to get one ramp and then save the other ramp for when I need that out of all. Shoot the spinners, because this is a switch-hit. Nice jackpot. And now I'll go for the add-a-ball now that my ball safe has expired. I ever get a ball in the left flipper. That was a dangerous separation there. There's a Graysbury here. I'm too late I think though. Alright, so now I've got ramps only for Eddie letters I've got a couple of tomb treasures stacked up Buffalo pinball you guys are always subscribing thank you so much always always appreciate it I just doing tomb treasures so now I could go for the 900 million 900 million combo, Deathblow. If you dare! Shoot the right orbit! You're up strong, Paul! Alright. The Pharaoh's Tomb Treasure! Yeah, big Powerjack block, ready to go. I've got two... I normally just collect it because I'm horrible at the... I have too many X targets to try and get. I'd like to actually get into Aces High and get there. That target can sometimes drain me. Yeah, I didn't... Yeah, the 2x I missed. I didn't pay attention. I'm going to take the Atom Bar right now. All right. Side ramp. Not side ramp. There's no side ramp in this game. What am I talking about? No. Okay. I look like Kevin Spacey. What are you talking about? That's the first I've heard that one. Alright, I like doing left ramp because the left looper has more power to get in the middle here. Alright. There's another soul chart. If I, well, I need to actually collect it. I'm drained. I should just drain out of this. I should do. I'm just gonna drain. Because this game is... Even though I missed those first couple modes, it's become viable. Alright, I need a fifth jackpot on this, I believe it is. Go on, Ram. Well done! Ah, that was a little too much. Ah, ball blocked my orbit there. There you go, alright. Got the orbit. Alright, and this level is the last one. I'm gonna get a ball save on. Pop. I need to pop. I always find it funny every time I have only the pops left. Because, like, I always feel like I'm... I should have them. Oh, boy. Oh, I could have saved it. Alright, hopped and ramped. I'm not gonna get the ramp right now. Oh, there it is. all right all right so what I'm doing here for anyone doesn't know I'm working towards the level two part Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. This is where I don't want to mess up because this is the last jackpot I need. Okay, okay, I can. Got it. Bingo! Alright, there's the level 2 card. Woo! Super Death Blow! I should have just let that go. I shouldn't have done that. All right, so now I have another Tomb Stranger. Ready? And revive is very nice to have for two minutes to midnight. So four more ramps to go. Alright, so now I need to collect a Double super, I believe it is I've hit the ten shock, hit the super That gives me the level 2 card For this Wow, Fear of the Dark, huge value This is one of my favorite boats to play Except when I can't hit the spinner shot down there Then I'm frustrated There we go, alright Ramp, ramp Missed ramp Now I got it Bailed loop pass. Alright, right orbit. Spinner. Ramp, ramp. Don't shoot the jackpot. Alright, now I want the jackpot. that super jackpot shot at the top which is never the easiest shot to hit and always puts you in danger when you go for it high score I don't know my I think it's over two billion something there we go all right there's my next next card all right getting there I had to preserve balls I should just time out this mode I hate timing out modes I wouldn't in regular play but we're making a run here and I actually have a game going alright this mode is so high scoring it's fantastic especially with Fear of the Dark being such a high value If I build a multiplier into this... I believe... I think the timer times after. I guess. So... What did I... Did I only miss Rhyme? I thought I missed more than just that. Was Rhyme the only one? Because I can get a... If I can get my level 2 card in both... Mummy and Trooper, and then finish the beast, I have to finish the beast regardless. But I can get my final tomb treasure from the orb. Alright. I have to play this, though. Safe shot. Sorry, no safe shot. Up the middle. Let it come down. Trap it. Let the timer run. And I would not do this otherwise. I hate timing out mode. I hate it. I love how the seconds aren't really seconds. Stop at one. Oh, no, win. All right. All right. So now what am I doing here? I am... I need to play Rime another time. Well, I can try to do the other stuff, so maybe I should go for Mummy and for Locks right now. That was a bailout shot into the Orbit. Good shot! Ah. The Bob's drop start, it's always my nemesis. There we go. He's done. Mummy is a dangerous thing to hit right now. that's why. Oh, I was on, I didn't even realize I was on two tilt warnings. Alright, I probably lost a ton of bonus there. Ton of bonus. Alright. Alright. Come on. Alright. That's alright. Just one ball. I've got another extra ball. I've got another ball in there. Now there actually is one more extra ball I can earn, but it's hard to do. It's a lot of loot. I'm not going to play for loot. The other fun thing to do on this game is to go for the Powerjack pot. massive value on the power jackpot. All right, mummy is lit. Mummy, I didn't even finish level one here so this is a could be a lot to do here. I want to take my add-a-ball now. All right Here my add a ball Prep the next add adder ball if I can Jackpot lit Super will be lit after that Up the middle for the super. And that's the first card. Second card's hard to get. I'm gonna get the add a ball before I shoot up there. Alright, so now the mummy letters they alternate. So it goes M-U-M-M-Y. You have to time your shot once you get later on the jackpot. Hope that makes sense. Let's think it does. And that's the end of it. Got one more jackpot. See, I... I hit the ball when the M was low. So that's why I didn't get that one. Alright. What is that? I don't know what the low score is on here. I'm probably on the board by now. I'm sure. Alright. Get my lock here. and my next tomb treasure should be 7 yeah oh I can only imagine what that bonus would have been if I didn't tilt it away and if I had that 2x bonus that would have been huge alright if I can sweep the drops I'll light my last lock for trooper Alright. Here we go. Alright. Got my cannon ready. I've got my add-a-ball. This is going to be helpful since I'm not hitting anything right now. Fine. Go away. Alright, I got another soul shard apparently From the mystery Oh, he's a useful Boom, that was a bad shot. So I don't have to play Rhyme again. Well, I might take it from somewhere else. Trooper collected! Alright. Getting there, getting there. I'm going to go for the hard one first. Trooper jackpot! Trooper jackpot! Bail that... I wanted to bail that one out. I didn't want it around here anymore. Well, I didn't want it to be around either. Man, I really wish I had revived Liz. Hello, GlobalCop. How are you doing tonight? See how close my revive is. It went to that Uh, maybe I should be going for the drops to get a cannon to get that orbit instead of trying for the super. Ah, I got there. Alright, that's my level 2 card. That's okay. That's alright. So now I just need Mummy, right? Well, no, I need to finish the number of the beast. Let me check where my revive is. I really like to not mess up the number of the beast. I can't tell you how many times it happens. It doesn't show revive status. I must have missed it. It doesn't show it. I gotta hit it if I want it. Alright. I'll then forget it. I'll just play... Play number of the beast and hope I don't drain. Because otherwise you have to grind your way all the way... Oh, my power jack box. Huge now. I like comboing the ramp. If I miss a ramp, I'll shoot something. My ball save is gone. And I have no revive. Oh my gosh, that was close. This is like Destroy the Ring for me. I get here and I mess it up and it makes me very upset. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. That's why I like bringing Revive in. Alright. Oh, no. One more shot. Say hello to my tridents. Oh, gosh. What was that? Yes. Embrace your failure. Quite the bummer. Again, that's why I wanted revive lit. oh my gosh embrace your failure no Oh! Oh! That was the... Oh, wow. Okay, okay, okay. See, I didn't realize this worked. I didn't realize there was looking back and do I've never been in that situation for all right Alright, I just need the right orbit now. That's really funny. That is really funny. Alright, ball is not valid yet, I think, which is nice. Miss, miss, miss, right? Oh, made it! Alright! I did not expect to get to here tonight. I really didn't. Unreal. I don't remember how to play this. I've only been here once. I just paid more attention and I just see a lot of blue shots and I'm shooting them. Alright? This is the only mode in the game that uses all six balls. So this just seems like single jackpots at building value and building value and building value, huh? Is that all it is? See, I've got power ramps lit. I have done World Poker Tour. I have not done Simpsons. Jim offered to loan me his Simpsons. So I will probably do that. I want to do Big Buck Hunter. Alright, so I've got cannon lift, apparently. As my son comes in there. There's a ball in me. Okay. Oh, now I'm at 2x jackpots. Okay. Alright, I see this now. So, I need to get the power target. I need to go through all the power things to increase the jackpots. That's not the kind of one that I need. Power orbits now. point okay so I think I get it now I don't advance the jackpot level until I hit the cannon now I'll be at 3x if I hit the cannon oh and I missed Brendan we're gonna have another I don't know if anybody remembers uh full nuclear annihilation but yep we got uh bring the throne ball to me okay then I'm at 3x jackpot all right our targets now Oh no, that's dead. Oh, I have revive. Nice. Oh, come on. Why'd you stand up there? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why right now do you do that? Alright, pop. Fail out. Should have staged it And that it Alright One thing I did notice is you cannot play a second run to the hills I remember that from last time Kinda stuck. Yeah, nice warm up game, I know. Oh jeez, I really didn't think I'd get this so quickly. And I can't get the... I'd love to get the 900 million... combo, but I can't do that now because I have no treasure left. Thanks, Jermaine, for reminding me to hit record. I would have not been happy. Game should end like Jurassic, yeah. Okay, now I understand. Hey! What are you doing to me? Alright. What do you guys do when you get to this point? Do you, uh, top lane? Have my son do it. He won't play the pinball. I've tried. He used to like to, um, come on the streams because he wanted to be on YouTube. So for the record, this game has the tilt fairly tight and the posts are at the highest position. The next time is no extra balls. I should play multiball because the trooper is where the value is right now, right? I'm still I really didn't expect to go back into number of the beast after getting the free level 2 card oh that was horrible that was not meant to be a flip Always the bottom target then I miss him. I miss him one, it's the bottom. Now we're dead. No we're not. Good shot! Good shot! Mystery level two. Well done! Lock is lit. Shoot the right orbit. I've also got another power my brain is mushed right now that one oh boy that's when my right flipper gets weak good thing it's a slate in the game time to horse out horses if I'm on odds horses are where those points are in this I mean if you get good at and hitting them you can get good at getting the muncher mode and get the munchkin multiball, it's just so many points. Orbit. Why Orbit? There we go. It's time to get a Jurassic Park now, that's what it is. Draven doing the run? I got to play it yesterday, it was fun. Thanks for doing that, Ethan. I don't know if it was your idea or if it was Rick's, but... A lot of fun. Nah, that was a bad one. Jackpot is lit Shoot the orb for jackpot Fireball jackpot Hmm, giving up already I just got lucky there with that separation. Damn. Nск, the next YouTube화 I mean you made it easier The Super Jackpot! You take my life, but I'll take yours too! You want your whiskey, but I'll run it through you! So when you're waiting for the next attack, you better stay and there's no turning back! I'll be with you, I'll be with you! Bam! Fire! You have to run! The Super Jackpot! Ah, okay, spotting. Yeah, that preview that I got. I did not expect that. Yeah, I got this game too late to watch the code evolution. I always find that aspect of the game kind of fun, to watch it evolve over time. 4. Blkilbyoz. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Oh, come on. That's a stupid liberty. Close your eyes and see why rumors backfire Crackle Doesn't fractionize 9x bonus don't tilt oh oh All right, broke four. Nice. Ah, you want to implement that. Okay. No, I didn't break four. Boy, I am bad at math. Ten mil shy of four mil. half it's hard alright time to sell this one now and then get a Jurassic I still need to get the 900 million death blow still on my list to do but I guess that's it for now I don't know how long I'll hit up Jim now to get his Simpsons and Big Buck maybe Big Buck's going to be the one that tortures me I think like Iron Man it's pointless but it's there something that needs to be done alright that's it thank you all for watching what was I going to say again I keep pumping the Ace Goge Stranger Things launch party if you're in SoCal World Poker Tour I've done I hate that game I can't tell you how frustrating it is to get all the way to the championship, blow the championship and then you gotta make it through all the cities again, it's so infuriating when that happens which is most of the games for me for some reason but yeah Stranger Things heads up launch 15th of February I'll be streaming it should be a good time always is, and then he's He's getting his Rick and Morty pretty soon too, so that should be interesting. Other than that, have a good evening. I'll see you later. Thanks for watching. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 840b5343-cefc-4054-b778-54492c4f04ae*