Flipper Alley

A pinball table of red rails on blue felt, with round bumpers that light up, yellow studs and two swinging flippers. Pull back the spring plunger to set its power and launch the silver ball up the lane, past the one-way gate and onto the table, where it bounces off rails, studs and bumpers. Press a button to flip both flippers; hold the stick up for a harder flip or down for a softer one. A resting flipper is dead rubber, so the ball rolls down its slope toward the drain between them, and every flip must be timed. Bumpers score 100 for the cyan ones at the top, 50 for magenta and 10 for the low green ones. Every 1,000 points earns an extra ball, up to nine. You start with three balls; one through the drain is lost.

Controls: Controller 1 or 2. Before the launch, stick down and up set the plunger and a button launches. On the table, either button flips both flippers; hold the stick up for a harder flip or down for a softer one. On the title, up and down choose and a button selects.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From Ahoy! No. 39, March 1987, page 29: original Commodore 64 program by Tony Brantner. Published in the magazine as "Pinball Arcade"; the adaptation is titled Flipper Alley. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.