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Avengers Pinball Battle for Earth Wizard Mode Achieved

IE Pinball·video·50m 19s·analyzed·Aug 28, 2020
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TL;DR

Streamer attempts Battle for Earth wizard mode on Avengers Infinity Quest with detailed rules breakdown.

Summary

Karl DeAngelo streams a gameplay session on The Avengers Infinity Quest (Pro), attempting to reach and complete the Battle for Earth wizard mode. The video documents the complex progression system requiring qualification of all six Avengers through character-specific shots, versus modes, and multiball sequences, with frequent commentary on game mechanics, mechanical issues (drop targets, ball routing), and community interaction via chat donations.

Key Claims

  • Each of the six Avengers has a dedicated shot: Thor (drop targets), Hawkeye (left orbit), Captain America (inner left orbit), Black Widow (ramp), Iron Man (right orbit), Hulk (top/center)

    high confidence · Karl DeAngelo explaining game shot layout at beginning of stream

  • To qualify an Avenger, you must light four shots and complete character-specific tasks (spell the character name, hit bumpers, or repeat drop targets), then shoot each shot four more times to enter versus mode

    high confidence · Karl DeAngelo explaining qualification rules

  • Battle for Earth is the wizard mode accessible after completing all six Avengers versus modes

    high confidence · Karl DeAngelo describing final objective

  • The Helicarrier multiball was programmed into the game from the get-go, but animations were not included in an earlier version

    medium confidence · Karl DeAngelo comment: 'the last time i played a battle for earth there was uh no animations in it too. I know that's the heli- the helicarrier was programmed in from the get-go, but but the final one, it wasn't programmed in last time I did it.'

  • The Thor drop targets on this machine are malfunctioning

    high confidence · Multiple instances throughout stream where Karl references drop target issues and states 'I really do have to swap those off'

  • The auto-plunge on this machine does not fully reach the playfield

    medium confidence · Karl commenting 'Because the auto-plunge does not make it all the way. Like it should.'

  • A tournament strategy for Avengers mentioned by Karl involved shooting only Hawkeye for a 9-0-1 victory

    medium confidence · Karl: 'back in the Larry Day, my tourney strat was just shoot nothing but Hawkeye. It's 9-0-1. That's it.'

Notable Quotes

  • “I need the K. Of course I do, because it hides behind the Tesseract.”

    Karl DeAngelo @ mid-stream — Illustrates frustration with game design where required letters are positioned behind obstacles

  • “I thought humans were more a fool than this. How did I screw that up?”

    Karl DeAngelo @ mid-stream — Quoting game callout while reacting to own playfield mistake

  • “So much for that. I thought humans were more a foal than this. Oh, my. So much grinding.”

    Karl DeAngelo @ late-stream — Expressing frustration with repetitive progression required for wizard mode

  • “There's no throne there's no version of this where you come out nice graphics”

    Karl DeAngelo @ late-stream — Quoting game dialogue while noting animation quality has improved (Loki vs mode)

  • “I wish I had finished Battle for Earth. I don't know if I want to play through this again to be honest. Because I need to move a game out of here to fit Hot Wheels in.”

    Karl DeAngelo @ stream end — Expresses reluctance to replay due to grind, mentions space constraints for new incoming game

Entities

Karl DeAngelopersonThe Avengers Infinity QuestgameZach SharpepersonStern PinballcompanyJohnny PinballpersonTravispersonHot WheelsgameDeadpoolgame

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Active Twitch streaming with chat donations, community members (Zach Sharpe, Johnny Pinball references, multiple donors), and interactive gameplay discussion

    high · Throughout stream: chat donations acknowledged, community members referenced, discussion of meeting other players

  • ?

    product_concern: Concern about grind requirements and repeatability of Battle for Earth wizard mode

    medium · Karl: 'this is so damn grindy' and 'I wish I had finished Battle for Earth. I don't know if I want to play through this again'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Karl expresses preference for wizard modes with clear objectives over purely score-based modes

    medium · Karl: 'I do like The Wizard modes where you have a goal to accomplish and it's not just a you know you know get as many points as you can I like that there's you have an objective'

  • ?

    product_concern: Thor drop targets are malfunctioning and require replacement; ball routing/auto-plunge issues present on this specific machine

    high · Karl states 'Drop targets are really messing up now' and 'I really do have to swap those off'; 'auto-plunge does not make it all the way. Like it should.'

Transcript

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0:00
a solitary agent who has trouble I am Carl D'Angelo, thanks for tuning in we're trying to get the Battle for Earth on the Avengers so quick run down right now we've got the six Avengers right here in the middle each one has a dedicated shot Thor is the drop targets Hawkeye is the left orbit Captain America is the inner left orbit Black Widow is the ramp Iron Man is the right orbit and then Hulk big honking Hulk right in the middle there not in the middle but at the top so you need to light all four lights on a shot to start the scoring for that Avenger, and then typically it's spell the Avenger, so spell Hawkeye, spell Black Widow, spell Iron Man. A lot of shots.
1:22
For Captain America, you have to hit 100 pop bumpers. Thor, it's another several sets of drop targets or several hits on that. I forget the exact number.
1:32
And then Hulk has just hit the drop targets, the whole bank down a couple times. Or you can also hit the Hulk himself to get a letter there.
1:45
Then, after you've done that, that collects the Avenger, which will leave the light blinking on the bottom down here.
1:54
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Then shoot each shot four more times. Same thing you did to qualify the initial scoring mode. And that gets you in a versus mode. complete the versus mode and that completes the character get all six characters and we get to battle for her it's a grindy wood chopping best of machine let's go nine o'clock was my cut off so I can start the game and run just past that no new games after nine that's the rule uno mas I actually need to finish it so that I have room for Hot Wheels.
2:56
All right, that worked out. In America. Physical prowess. Incredible agility. All right, Captain. Captain, Captain, Captain.
3:19
Thanks for the two pop-up brands. Appreciate it. All right. Iron Man next? Nope, not Iron Man next. You love the call-outs.
3:44
I have to wonder if anyone's done a pinball browser change over to the movie sounds. Not that I'd want to. I'm just curious.
3:58
Because I think the music's actually really good in this. Call out. Crap. Okay. I think Zmag wants to buy this game. Oh, good active pops. Good active pops.
4:40
I like the gods, too. They're so bad, they're good like Jurassic Park, huh? I don't know why that ramp is going around right now so use the Hawkeye going to the left hand side when you're doing these first qualifications unless it's the Captain America that's why I don't think it's in some Must be it though.
5:18
How much what? This is not my game. Somebody did custom audio on Jurassic Park. Yeah, yeah, I saw that.
5:32
I don't know. I don't know about that one, to be honest. I actually do kind of like the callouts on Jurassic for some reason Thanks drop Drop targets are really messing up now Alright so I really do have to swap those off That was a fun job on the other ones this is how it's done ZMAC these are cheap you can find one
6:22
Jared just bought one Oh no! Okay, that was close. I thought I was going to lose that ball. I have never heard of such a device. Pinball.
6:58
Perhaps it should be locked away in my father's vault in Asgard. For safekeeping. Okay. Ball one, no Avengers collected. You say restart, man. had progress going though just because they're not collected doesn't mean I've done anything like there's there's iron man I'm not collecting anybody's by ball winning or right away anyways trying to light them all and then do my stuff No! Nooooo! Oh crap. Stick, you're stuck. Alright, that means no Black Widow advancement during this, but then Hulk, I really focus on Hulk, so it's not a big loss. Oh, go full-blunt. Let's get some Captain America in here. Because the auto-plunge does not make it all the way.
8:08
Like it should. Thanks, Thor. Jeez. Look at that. Alright, Hulk. Let's go down.
8:42
What do I need still? I need the K. Of course I do, because it hides behind the Tesseract. I'm not getting Loki letters, because I'm trying not to. I wait until I get all the Avengers started, and then I go for that multi-bomb.
9:04
So use that to collect them. If that's what you're asking. I still need Black Widow before I do that. Did I get it? I got it.
9:21
There's Hulk. Okay. Alright. Good. Hulk is done. So now I can work on everybody else. Right now. Well, except Black Widow. I can't do Black Widow since I didn't start Black Widow scoring. I can spell everybody else.
9:40
I've already got Thor done. Since it's stupid. The drop target is messing up. Never mind. Doesn't matter anyways.
9:53
So now I'll try for Loki. Well, after I hit Black Widow one more time. one more Hawkeye I'll get the other letter
10:20
piece of cake I'd actually like to bounce it over and work a Black Widow go around oh it's the extra ball that wasn't lit before I hit that shot Alright Boom Down to that flipper, good Two black widow shots is what I'm looking for right now There we go, that gives me Loki I'll try to bounce it over And then I messed up Loki, didn't I? I did, how did I do that?
11:04
I thought humans were more a foal than this. How did I screw that up? They have activated the Tesseract. Get my extra ball.
11:27
Oh, my goodness. I'm not going to shoot. And now it's going to go in the extra ball when I shoot that shot. Instead of the lane that I wanted. that's funny
11:42
survival survived right and this is a matter of week out there and this is a good loki's let so that's why I want Because I can advance all these other shots while I'm in multi-ball.
12:06
Except that I can't do the final four shots. So, like, if I hadn't spelled Hawkeye, I could get that during this multi-ball.
12:13
Well, I need two more locks. I've tried chat- I tried chat-thing before I started streaming it. It did not work well for this one.
12:23
But, yes, normally that would be the plan. I don't know why. It just seems to, like, thud before the switch.
12:30
Alright Then I also only one away from the Hawkeye versus mode So I want to do I want to let these drain and get Captain America. Do full plunges. Get a mad scramble for power. For identity.
12:49
Come on. Where are my balls? probably all I can do, yep alright, so now I want Black Widow, Captain America Thor I've got Black Widow, Iron Man, and Captain
13:29
I should have an add a ball at the fury target get to it yes Come on, get enough There we go Alright, there's Captain So just Iron Man And Black Widow For this And of course if you're going for a score You're not doing this You're playing the actual jackpots Come on, come on over agent barton was sent to kill me he made a different call my name is natasha but you can call me the black widow
14:40
how many is that i was watching the dot matrix Broke the third wall there, huh? So Loki's actually decent points, if you haven't noticed.
14:59
No, I wasn't watching that, damn it. Alright, I have a versus mode ready to go on Hawkeye, if I can shoot it. But at the same time, I think I don't want that yet. I'd rather finish spelling because I learned the Helicarrier cannot breathe a multiball.
15:20
So I don't want to accidentally lose my two balls. All right, so Black Widow now is all I need. You have a million in control. Before I give this game back, could I show a tourney strat?
15:47
Maybe. I don't know. I mean, back in the day, my tourney strat was just shoot nothing but Hawkeye. It's 9-0-1. That's it. We're done. Stream's over.
16:00
Game's off. All right. Helicarrier is lit. Let's play that. Oh boy. I just shot this and it didn't kill me.
16:19
Ah! Shoot. Alright, helicarrier. Here we go. Two shots on everything. I saved your metal spear from the abyss. Come on, let me get, uh, Thor is the bottom target. That's, uh, oh good I got it. Boy am I glad that ball save is still there. Why do you Thor it? Thor to start! Yeah, good ol' two shots on everything Lonnie Wizard mode, right? I will deal with these villains.
17:12
I gotta get this. Crap, crap, crap, slings. Okay. Captain. Hulk and Hawkeye. Hawkeye is all that's left. Wow.
17:58
All right. Hey Al, welcome, how are you doing? There we go One more on there And then the same shot to finish the mode Or did I actually do it?
18:22
Oh, so I doubled up the shot there, that's interesting Alright So now we have five versus modes to play get out of the slings good good good yeah that has good animations the uh the last time i played a battle for earth there was uh no animations in it too. I know that's the heli- the helicarrier was programmed in from the get-go, but the final one, it wasn't programmed in last time I did it.
19:17
Gotta get Hawkeye now. Nothing's in the bag. Nothing. There's no guarantees on anything here. I don't trust this game enough.
19:35
It can drain me like nothing. Like that. Crap. I was hoping I'd make the Hawkeye because I knew it was going to be back and back there.
19:49
Final shot's always on Black Widow too. I don't know how far I am here. two shots left what, uh, yeah alright two, there we go oh, no, no, no, don't do that now alright, I gotta shoot that to get that unlodged
20:25
or drain the ball and it'll do the ball search. That sucks. All right, four left to go. Oh, boy. All right, Hulk, lift the bridge.
20:49
I do not know what to do here. come on get out of there it's almost out it's almost there it goes all right good
21:02
suck blame Zack for that issue gotta hit Black Widow more there we go dammit alright that's it for this I'll have to shoot Black Widow four more times again where'd that come from I couldn't have kept the ball trap because the bridge ramp was actually up a little. It was like that.
21:54
Thor is going to be the hard one to get now. Yeah, you're right. It is always Johnny's fault. You're right. Johnny doesn't come into any of this anyway. so I can talk about them all I want huh I'll never hear it all right I got two extra balls so that's all right oh boy
22:30
two shots iron man two more sets of drops Not that. Gotta play Black Widow still. Okay. Or? Thor, expertise, mystical arts.
23:13
When did Hulk's turn to play? Poor Johnny. No, no, no. There's no such thing as poor Johnny. Black Widow versus Hulk.
23:28
You don't know me. The Shatter Axe. I'm power. Johnny had such a hard time buying Fall Guys the other night, it was actually really humorous. What the heck? Thor. Alright. So that's the end of that.
24:08
I'm going to get that ball back. I'd really like to get Thor right now. Because then I'd have three balls to play with.
24:22
During Thor. He's in it, Minigod. That's true. That was so much fun in Florida. Damn it. All right. I'll search.
24:52
Shit. Two balls left I don want Hulk No I don want Hulk Hulk does not matter Thor, drop targets. Alright, there we go.
25:34
10, ah damn that went all the way up. That's the end right there at the shield targets. There we go. all right captain and Iron Man
26:20
Zack we met what somewhere I remember where but I know I met you through with You're hanging out with Escher somewhere.
26:31
I think you were. So many balls for this. Iron Man, Iron Man. I need Iron Man. Oh, wait. That's fine.
26:58
Damn it. Gotta wait for that ball to come down. Yeah. Five. What do I need now? Thor. Oh yay. I'll lose my cradle for that.
27:36
Alright, let's get one across. Jeez. No! Oh well. Uh, I get- Oh, I don't get to play Hulk. hole. Put my guard down there for a second. I was thinking it was going to stick in that hole. All right, so I just need to restart Iron Man with four shots to the right. Loki won't make a difference for me right now. I can't advance any of this during Loki. That's why I'm not going for it. I have to actually hit these four shots, basically.
28:23
Restart the versus mode for Iron Man and then I've got Captain America's on. Versus mode. Oh no. America. Weapons. Vibranium Sheath. Alright.
29:00
Oh, boy. Uh, we're playing whole. Oh, maybe we're not. Got the ball stuck again there. Oh, boy. Judd Dredd 2021. Thanks for following. Welcome.
29:18
Okay. Will it get stuck twice? Always get stuck twice. It's amazing. The ball, the bridge catches it every time it does this.
29:29
And it also gives me a spinner hit with the ball surge. Alright, there we go. Crap, that was a horrible catch.
29:40
So bad it wasn't even a catch. Alright. One more Iron Man shot. One more Captain America shot for this versus modes. official intelligence
30:05
so how many of you like to do the i've got five more shots thing i i i i i don't that i don't subscribe to that tricking myself and is thinking that i have or something would actually do it doesn't work for me time I don't get final shot anxiety.
30:49
Alright, one shot done apparently. No, that was bad. Gotta do a transfer now. Ooh, I might have an add-a-ball there now. Might.
31:38
Not guaranteed. Oh, come on. Nope, no add-a-ball. Oh, an extra ball! What? There is a third extra ball. It's a mystery award. Look at that.
32:02
All right. Damn it. Throw it out your staff, Loki. When did you get that ridiculous helmet? You'll take more than magic tricks to stop me.
32:30
One left, huh? What's this? Oh, I got to the Iron Man one right away. Duh. Because it was lit. all right Loki the spirit of the United States of America all right there we go we are lit now first right on that side ramp if I orbit it'll be on the Loki shot Hawkeye whatever all right there we go right there is no throne there's no version of this where you come out nice graphics yeah I have not seen these lead all shots for super jackpot is this a single bar I was gonna say is a single ball because no balls are coming out
33:33
Oh, it's four shots on everything. Okay, I see. Four shots on these at least. It's not timed, is it? No, okay. Okay.
34:02
What do I need? Black Widow. I need two Captains. I have no more Ball Save. Okay. Got to watch out now.
34:10
Well, I'm done with Black Widow. I need Captain and Hawkeye. Huh? Oh, Ball Save's back. Captain and Hawkeye.
34:30
Captain. Looks like the left shot here. Hawkeye. Make it? Yeah. Captain. Captain, now I've got to do Iron Man. I was wondering where Iron Man was. And Thor, okay.
35:21
Thor, really? Really? This is like the ultimate versus mode, huh? All right. Thor, those targets. Oh, I've got a colored DMD here, and it's not colored, the screen right now. I see my bad drop target on Thor. It's the THO. Oh.
35:56
Because it's, maybe it's the R. That's not down. Oh, alright, finish Thor. Iron Man, huh? Where are you going? Go on the right, stay there. Perfect, beautiful.
36:32
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Woo! Oh, boy. Damn it. Oh, yeah, I know there's no color DMD on stream. There's no direct output for that.
37:01
I wish there was. Give me the Iron Man stuff. Or an add-on ball or something. I already had all my add-on balls, didn't I?
37:21
Oh my gosh. Why Iron Man? So I wonder if I go down a single ball if it keeps going or not. Alright, there's one. No, you don't. Train me now.
37:47
Damn it Alright is it over It ends! Boo! Damn. Oh, man. Almost. I think that was pretty close there. Wasn't I?
38:08
Game time, thanks for the 100 bits and well, thank you for the 100 bits. Hulk is lit, we can, I guess we can go through everything again here. Grind again, get through it again. coming what about the bonuses at 6x
38:38
and we'll just play it out still i'm not going to stop the game intervicker thank you for the 100 bits
38:49
imagine watching avengers and watching iron man fail in the nuke wormhole because he couldn't shoot the right over yep
38:58
Never underestimate me. Damn, damn, damn. MSO, jeez! What are you doing? Thank you. That's crazy. 2,500 bits? Yes.
39:26
Oh my gosh. I thought I was about to do that for a second. It awakens. But how? Oh my gosh. Damn impressive run though. I think when Travis Dim got it, he got 4 mil. All right. I'm just going to see how far we can get in this. Why not?
40:13
I'm tempted to say I want to do it again on another stream, but at the same time, this is so damn grindy. I got to fix the Thor drop targets now.
40:24
Oh, my goodness. hello Shannon Stafford mighty bonus oh yeah that's right I got another extra ball dinner
40:55
Alright, if I'm using the same strategy, I just need Captain America. Uh... where Avengers equals good stream I do like wizard modes where you have a goal to accomplish and it's not just a you know get as many points as you can I like that there's you have an objective What ball am I on anyways? Screen does not tell me what ball I'm on.
42:00
While I'm in Black Widow scoring. It's gotta be three, right? Okay, lock is lit Perfect, we'll take it Hot Wheels is going to be coming Johnny offered his Star Trek so I will go grab that ACDC I'm supposed to get to the gym I just haven't gone to get it, I feel a little bad to be honest and then I was gonna have gonna take some chances on some that was sad way to end this take some chances on some new games why is my I should have not done that I'm on one more bomb.
43:13
Dude, MSO, you're awesome. Offing your Deadpool up. I had another offer for a game that I don't... The guy wants me to attempt swap with my pirates.
43:29
I love my pirates. And I... I kind of want to do the trade, but at the same time, I'm just... It's my pirates.
43:47
M. Welsh, find me a dual bug. I'll do... I think that would be so much fun to try to do that. And infuriating, too.
44:01
How did I activate it? Uh, this is Loki. Alright, let's see if we can uh, if we can get some score on Loki this time. There's a Loki jackpot. I shot that shot again. There's really balls. There you go.
44:31
No choice. No other options. Oh, I'm sorry. I got this. The Hawkeye again. No one dies on my watch. All right, let's do a black wood look. Will that, uh, nope. I missed that shot. Oh, I ruined that whole thing. So much for that. I thought humans were more a foal than this.
45:28
Oh, my. So much grinding. Ryan Winger is a do-a-bugger. All right. Avengers, assemble. Alright, Thor.
46:15
I hate you, Thor. You hear the next Stern game should look nice next to this one, huh? There are so many rumors out there, I don't know what to believe. Thanks, Thor, for not giving me that. Never underestimate me. Hey.
47:26
Alright, finish Black Widow. Yep, I sure did. Versus! Alright, back to this. Do you not get away? I need backup! Lots and lots of backup.
48:11
Oh, they didn't credit. All right, let's go around, then. All right, that's done. Dr. Brown, I hear me. You must control the beast.
48:26
Only I know the answer to that. What are you talking about? Oh, my gosh. What? James Garvey did that? I am so my gosh hold on I got I I missed a lot of this didn't I damn Garvey um send me your address you're gonna get something in the mail that you didn't want but you asked for it
49:12
I put that up there thinking no one would actually ever get to there anytime soon. That's actually really funny to me.
49:20
Congratulations, GameGuy. No, it's nothing like that. Who put that in the chat? Okay, the game's over finally.
49:34
Junior, no, you are totally wrong. That's not... But he doesn't want it, but he's getting it now, so... Alright!
49:50
Well... Thanks everyone for watching! I wish I had finished Battle for Earth. I don't know if I want to play through this again. To be honest.
50:06
Because I need to move a game out of here to fit Hot Wheels in it. move a game out of here to fit Hot Wheels in, and this is right now the candidate, so I was hoping I would finish this soon.