# Beginners Quick Guide To Stranger Things Pinball **Source:** Dead Flip **Type:** video **Published:** 2021-01-13 **Duration:** 3m 56s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5BR1yn24bE --- ## Analysis Dead Flip provides a beginner's guide to Stranger Things Pinball, explaining core gameplay mechanics including skill shots, mode progression (hitting shots three times to start modes), the Total Isolation mini-wizard mode, Demoman fights, Demi-Dog mode, multiball, and other features. The guide positions Stranger Things as following the same rule format as Brian Eddy's Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Stranger Things Pinball uses the same rule format as Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness — _Guide directly compares the three games and states 'It's the exact same format as Attack from Mars' and notes all are 'Brian Eddy games'_ - [HIGH] Players shoot a shot three times to start that shot's mode — _Explained as core mechanic: 'Pick a shot. Shoot it three times in a row. That will start that shot's mode.'_ - [HIGH] Completing four modes for each of four shots unlocks Total Isolation mini-wizard mode — _'Once you do that, a shot on the left ramp will start for a mini wizard mode called Total Isolation'_ - [HIGH] New code update added a one-time Demoman budget for defeating the Demoman — _'you can defeat the Demoman by hitting it, putting the ball in its mouth, or using your one-time Demoman budget that you get now with the new code'_ ### Notable Quotes > "Pick a shot. Shoot it three times in a row. That will start that shot's mode." > — **Dead Flip (guide host)**, early in guide > _Core gameplay mechanic explanation_ > "It's the exact same format as Attack from Mars, if you're familiar with that game." > — **Dead Flip (guide host)**, near end of guide > _Positioning Stranger Things within established Brian Eddy game lineage_ > "This game is difficult and simple at the same time." > — **Dead Flip (guide host)**, conclusion > _Overall assessment of game complexity balance_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Stranger Things Pinball | game | Subject of beginner's guide; Stern-manufactured pinball machine with mode-based gameplay | | Attack from Mars | game | Classic pinball game referenced as having identical rule format to Stranger Things; designed by Brian Eddy | | Medieval Madness | game | Classic pinball game referenced as having identical rule format to Stranger Things; designed by Brian Eddy | | Brian Eddy | person | Designer of Attack from Mars, Medieval Madness, and implicitly Stranger Things Pinball; established rule format basis | | Dead Flip | organization | YouTube content creator producing beginner's guides to pinball machines | ### Topics - **Primary:** Game mechanics and rule structure, Mode progression systems, Beginner strategy and tutorial - **Secondary:** Code updates and balance changes, Design lineage and comparison to classic games ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.75) — Guide is instructional and approachable; presenter frames game as accessible ('difficult and simple at the same time'); no criticism or negativity expressed ### Signals - **[product_strategy]** Code update introduced one-time Demoman budget mechanic, indicating post-release refinement to balance or gameplay progression (confidence: high) — 'or using your one-time Demoman budget that you get now with the new code' --- ## Transcript Do a noob's quick guide to this game. Absolutely. Are you ready for this? Right off the nut, you're going to plunge. Okay? Your skill shot is to try to hit the roving arrow. Your main objective, and this is very simple. Very simple. Pick a shot. Shoot it three times in a row. That will start that shot's mode. Okay? We shoot the left orbit. One. Two. Three. You're in that mode. Okay? When you're in that mode, follow the flashing lights and complete it. When you're done with that, rinse and repeat. Choose another shot. Shoot it three times. You could also do like a shot here, a shot here, a shot here. You could build them up together, but when you start a mode, you stop the progression. Okay? So what you're supposed to do is complete each of the four modes for each of the four shots. Once you do that, a shot on the left ramp will start for a mini wizard mode called Total Isolation. Follow all the yellow shots. Once you've hit enough yellow shots, shoot through the middle, rinse and repeat. Once you've played Total Isolation, it comes back to do three shots to each shot, play the mode to get to the second Total Isolation. There's also clearing the drop targets until a red arrow lights up, and then you shoot inside of there, this ramp will fold down, and you can fight the Demogorgon. You can do that several times. You can defeat the Demogorgon by hitting it, putting the ball in its mouth, or using your one-time Demogorgon bomb that you get now with the new code. Through doinking around, you will light Demi-Dog mode, which you start by shooting this shot just to the right of the left ramp and that is all about hitting the demidog targets that are on the playfield. One here, one here, two inside of there, one there, one there, one here. That mode kind of locks you out of things a little bit, but, you know, just to shoot the dang thing. Shooting the burn it back mode enough times will light 2x scoring that you start by shooting the scoop here on the left. Also enough burn it backs will light an extra ball that you collect here on the demidog attack shot that we were just talking about. Completing your inlanes will light Mystery. Mystery also the extra ball Demi Dog Shot right here to the right of the ramp. That can give you any number of things. Then there's different objectives like getting a five-way combo. That happens pretty easily in a multiball. Starting Telekinesis Multiball, which is you hit the target to the left and to the right of the entrance of this left ramp. Once you do that, this green arrow for Lockball will light up. To shoot a ball up there three times, you have multiball. Pretty straightforward. The second Demogorgon that you fight is a two-ball multiball. And, you know, short format, that's how you play the game. And if you're going to drain the ball, make sure you're in a mode so that it ends the mode for you, keeps that progression so that you can get to total isolation faster. And there you go. That is Stranger Things. It's the exact same format as Attack from Mars, if you're familiar with that game. If you're into pinball, you probably know of Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness. All Brian Eddy games. All the same rule format. Shoot a shot several times to start the mode. Follow the colored lights when you're in that mode to finish it. This game is difficult and simple at the same time. All right, let's get that money. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: ba249ead-023d-4d80-a62a-ed1f634aae47*