From jlepine@ops.tiac.net Sat Jan 17 15:14:35 1998
Rules for SEGA's "Lost World"
author: Jef Lepine <jlepine@tiac.net>
January 17, 1998
"Lost World", "Jurassic Park", "SEGA", and a whole slew of other things are
probably trademarks and copyrights of SEGA. This rulesheet is made in good
faith and may be distributed in any form, just don't charge for it.
Overview
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Lost World is the sequel to Data East's (now SEGA) Jurassic Park.
Many DMD animations have been reused from Jurassic Park and we
see the return of the Smart Missile as well.
Goal
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Reach San Diego by starting *and* completing the five modes:
- Site B
- Raptor Two-ball
- Mobile Lab
- Baby T-Rex
- GPS
Each are described separately below.
Playfield and Basic Rules
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Flippers:
Standard SEGA flippers in their usual position.
There are dino-decals on each.
Slingshots:
Standard slingshots in the normal spots.
Left inlane/outlane:
Plenty of rubber here to save the ball; saves seem to be easy here.
Lights the T or R in TREX. Unlike Attack from Mars where you can
cycle the letters from right outlane to left outlane, you are only
able to cycle the letters on the left inlane and outlane with the
left flipper.
RAP targets:
Located in approximately the same place at the Space Jam targets on
Space Jam. These targets are much easier to hit from the right flipper
than the left. These lights are cycled by the slingshots. Completing
Raptor for the first time lights Raptor Two-ball, see "Raptor Two-ball"
section for more. Slingshots rotate which targets in RAPTOR are lit.
Left loop/spinner:
Lights up Lost, you only have to trigger the spinner for it to count.
Completing left and right loops lights the egg for a random award. See
"The Egg Scoop" for more. One of the three locks is collected here.
Collects jackpots in Multiball. See "Multiball" for more. Repeated
loops score Jurassic Loop. See "Misc. Extras" for more. Weak shots
fall down the middle loop or drop into the bumpers. The spinner is the
main shot in Mobile Lab. See "Mobile Lab" for more.
S standup:
Just to the right of the left loop, one of the letters for SITEB.
Extra ball is collected here.
See "Site B" for more.
Middle loop:
A tight shot located in approximately the same spot as the
lock ramp on Attack from Mars; it's immediately to the right of the S
target. One of the three locks is collected here. Collects super
jackpot during multiball. See "Multiball" for more. The jackpot shot
during raptor. See "Raptor Two-ball" for more. Extra ball is lit at 5
shots, points are awarded every 5 shots afterwards.
Drop target/Snagger:
Immediately to the right of the middle loop and directly in front of
the snagger toy. The snagger is a small truck-like toy which picks up
the ball and deposits it in the snagger. There is a magnet located
about two balls length in front of this which stops the balls before
pickup. Lock is lit after 4 hits.
I standup:
Just to the right of the drop target, one of the letters for SITEB.
Hits to the drop target often hit this as well.
See "Site B" for more.
Left ramp:
Almost in the middle of the table, winds up to the left and down the
left side of the machine, can be hit from either flipper.
Spots one of the letters for GPS. See "GPS" for more. Jackpots are
collected here during regular multiball. Feeds left inlane.
T standup:
Located at the right of the ramp entrance, one of the letters for
SITEB. See "Site B" for more.
Jet bumpers:
Three bumpers located in the standard triangular pattern.
There is a lane just to the right of the T target where the ball can be
shot into, or fall out of.
More time standup:
Located just to the left of the jet bumper lane. Increases bumper value
when unlit, adds time to modes when lit. See "More Time" for more.
Can be hit directly from the right flipper or from a lucky hit off the
bumpers.
J and P rollovers:
Located directly above the bumpers. Advances bonus multipliers (6X max)
Extra ball lit at 6X.
Egg Scoop:
To the right of the bumper lane facing slightly to the left. A giant
baby T-Rex egg sits on top and opens to reveal a baby T-Rex at
appropriate times. Various awards are collect here as well as Baby
TREX. See "Egg Scoop" and "Baby TREX" for more. Kickout should hit the
left flipper much like the scoop on Attack from Mars.
E standup:
Located to the right of the scoop, one of the letters for SITEB.
Shots to the scoop sometimes will hit this.
See "Site B" for more.
Right ramp:
Just to the right of the Egg, a steep ramp which loops back on itself
and feed the right inlane. Can be hit easily from a trapped ball on the
left flipper or by a luck backhand from the right. Spots letters for
GPS. See "GPS" for more. Jackpots are collected here during regular
multiball.
B standup:
Just to the right of the right ramp entrance, one of the letters for
SITEB. See "Site B" for more.
Right loop/spinner:
Lights up World, you only have to trigger the spinner for it to count.
Completing left and right loops lights the egg for a random award. See
"The Egg Scoop" for more. One of the three locks is collected here.
Collects jackpots during multiball. See "Multiball" for more. Repeated
loops score Jurassic Loop. See "Misc. Extras" for more. Weak shots drop
into the bumpers. The spinner is the main shot in Mobile Lab. See
"Mobile Lab" for more.
TOR targets:
Located almost directly across from the RAP targets and function
identically, except for the spotting of different letters, of course.
Slingshots rotate which targets in RAPTOR are lit.
Right inlane/outlane:
Plenty of rubber here as well.
Lights E or X in TREX.
Autoplunger:
A normal button that says launch on it. Launched balls usually travel
up and hit the drop target, occasionally they miss and either hit the
I target or bump around in the center loop. See "Skill Shot" for more.
This button is used to fire the Smart Missile.
Ball Saver
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At the start of each ball, there is a brief (aprrox 5 sec.) ball
saver. This is the usual SEGA ball saver which is VERY strict; if the
light is out, the saver is not on.
If the ball hits the outlane switch, the saver is extended slightly so
the ball will hopefully make it to the outhole while the saver is still
on.
Skill Shot
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At the start of a ball there is a video-like skill shot. The goal
is to make the Dino foot step on the humans. A successful skill shot
is worth 200k, a missed skill shot is worth 50k.
Occasionally you get a Super Skill shot; Instead of people, there
are strange objects to step on: Shark fins(?), a grandma, ET (!),
as well as others. A successful Super Skill Shot is worth the same
as a normal skill shot.
In tournament mode, skill shot is disabled and awards 50K, regardless
of what the display says.
The Egg Scoop
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The Egg scoop is lit at the start of the game and on your first ball
I'm 99% sure that it will always award the Smart Missile. The scoop can
be relit by hitting both spinners.
Awards include:
- Smart Missile (one per game)
- Light Lock
- Award Lock
- Light Extra Ball
- Extra Ball
- Special
- 100,000
- 200,000
- 300,000
- Video Mode
- Increase Multiplier
- Hold Bonus
Any others?
Video Mode
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A very quick video mode, not even really connected to the game. There
are two ropes and a small pitfall-like guy who is suppose to swing
from rope to rope and then over a T-Rex who is trying to eat you.
A completed video mode awards 350K, a failed video mode awards 100K.
A failed video mode that you manage to make to the first rope awards
150K.
Video mode is always the same and isn't too hard to complete. Just wait
for the right spot to swing at, hit launch, and the guy just goes.
Occasionally, you can swing into the T-Rex's mouth, but you don't get
anything extra for doing it.
Multiball
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Multiball is first started by hitting the drop target 4 times to
light all three locks. If you don't finish the drop target on your
first ball, one lock will light for you each ball, until you complete
the drop target or light all three locks. You then have to lock three
balls, left loop, right loop, and middle loop. All locks are virtual,
no balls are held by the machine. When you have three balls locked,
multiball starts, a four ball multiball with three stages, and a brief
ballsaver:
- Both ramps must be hit for jackpots which unlight when collected.
Each ramp jackpot is worth 500k.
- When both ramp jackpots have been collected, both loops light for
jackpots, which unlight when collected. Loop jackpots are worth
750K. You must hit the loop switch to collect these.
- When both loop jackpots have been collected, the middle loop lights
for super jackpot. The super jackpot is worth a varying value which
is displayed on the DMD. The animation for the super jackpot is
almost exactly like the DMD animation from Raptor Rampage from the
first Jurassic Park. The animation is that of a raptor pointing at
different values from 1M to 4M. The values are arranged somewhat
like this:
1 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 1 1
A shot to the middle loop awards the pointed at value and starts the
multiball back at stage one.
As in most SEGA games, multiball is very valuable, especially if you
can consistently get to the super jackpot and collect it. Just
reaching the third stage of multiball nets you 500K + 500K + 750K +
750K = 2.5M; in this game, that isn't too bad.
If you happen to start multiball, drain all but one ball, and collect
no jackpots, multiball restart is lit at all the loops and the drop
target.
On subsequent multiballs, you must hit the drop target 4 times to light
each lock. Only two locks will be spotted if you don't completed the
drop target.
Smart Missile
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Unlike Jurassic Park, the Smart Missile must be collected. It's almost
always the first award from the Egg Scoop. There are also a few
differences from Jurassic Park's Smart Missile:
- Lost World's Smart Missile only pertains to Multiball
If the locks aren't lit, it will light all locks (1st
Multiball)
If all the locks are lit, multiball starts (handy while
draining)
It will collect any lit jackpots during multiball.
If you are trying to collect the super jackpot with the smart
missile, the raptor will sometimes skip over the 4M shot.
- Jurassic Park's Smart Missile hit EVERYTHING, all switches, and it
collected the points for everything as well.
Like Jurassic Park, the Smart Missile is deactivated when the outlane
is hit.
More Time
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Each of the timed modes have the ability to have the timer increased.
When the timer on a modes drops below 10sec, the More Time standup is
lit. If the standup is hit, 10sec. is added to the mode.
You can only hit the More Time button once per mode.
Adding time to modes like SITE B and Baby T-Rex can be well worth it.
SITE B
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To start SITE B you must first spell SITE B (the first time) and then
hit one of the SITEB standups. SITE B targets are cycled by the bumpers
and the slingshots.
During SITE B your task is to hit the flashing target that is lit, but
there is a catch: there is only one flashing target lit and it moves
when you hit a flipper. The left flipper moves the target to the left
and right moves it to the right. You must hit at least three targets
to complete the mode.
The value starts at 200k and goes up by 100k until time is up. You have
30 seconds to hit three targets but the mode doesn't end once you have
hit the three targets, you get to play out the mode until time is up.
There doesn't seem to be an upper limit to the value as I have
collected 1.1M from hitting one target.
SITE B is at first very frustrating but once some ball control is
achieved, this mode is very valuable, just completing the three
required targets nets you 2M (200K + 300K + 400K + 100K for starting
SITEB and 1M completion bonus) with each target after that building
higher and higher. It seems the safest and easiest shot is to backhand
the E target.
To light subsequent SITE B's you must spell SITE B one more time than
the previous SITE B.
GPS
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GPS is started by hitting both ramps three times (for the first GPS)
and then shooting either ramp when they are flashing.
The goal of GPS is to hit 4 ramps, each shot is worth 300k. The value
can be raised by alternating ramps, ie, left ramp, right ramp, left
ramp then the value is raised by 100k up to no known limit. The timer
seems to be pretty short, less than 30sec.
The easiest way to finish GPS is by looping the left ramp which is
pretty easy to backhand. If you want to go all out for points, try
to keep alternating the ramps; while not really hard, lighting GPS
the second time isn't as easy.
To light subsequent GPS', ramps must be alternated to light each
letter. You must also complete GPS one more time than the previous
GPS. The number of shots to complete the next GPS goes up if you
complete the mode or not, slowly making GPS impossible to complete.
Baby TREX
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Baby TREX lights when three shots to the egg scoop are made. Shoot the
scoop to start.
A fast countdown from 200k starts immediately when you hit the scoop.
Hit the scoop to collect the value. If you don't hit the scoop by the
time the countdown reaches 40k, you have about 5 sec. to make the shot.
Once the countdown value is collected, you have 30sec. to shoot the egg
three more times to complete the mode. When you do make the three
shots, the mode does not end; additional shots to the scoop can be
made.
This mode can be very valuable if you can lock in a value close to
200k.
If you do indeed lock in a high value, making repeated shots to the
scoop is definitely worth it.
To light subsequent Baby T-Rex's, one more shot is needed than the
previous. The shots required to finish the mode stay the same.
Mobile Lab
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Completing TREX on the inlane/outlanes lights the last completed
letter's outlane/inlane light one of the letters for TREX. When the
flashing letter is collected, Mobile Lab begins.
Mobile lab starts as a two-ball multiball where the goal is to shoot
the spinners. Twenty spins are needed to collect the first mobile lab
jackpot. When a jackpot is collected, a ball is added, up to four
balls.
The first jackpot is collected at 20 spins and awards 200k.
The second jackpot is collected at 25 spins and awards 300k.
The third jackpot is collected at 40 spins and awards 400k.
The fourth jackpot is collected at 50 spins and awards 500k.
After a jackpot is collected, the number of spins collected resets.
There is a brief ballsaver at the beginning of this mode.
Mobile Lab ends when there are less than two balls in play.
This mode is HARD. The spinners on the machines I've played don't spin
as well as they could and it's not exactly easy to get 120 spins if you
have four balls floating around. It's not too valuable, but you have to
finish it to light San Diego. :(
To light subsequent Mobile Lab's, you must complete TREX one more time
than the previous. The number of spins/jackpots remains the same.
Raptor
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Completing the RAPTOR targets lights both sets of targets flash for
RAPTOR. Hitting either bank starts Raptor multiball.
Raptor is a two-ball multiball. Jackpots are lit by hitting either
the RAP or TOR targets and then by shooting the middle loop. You have
about 15sec to hit the jackpot before having to relight it again.
The first jackpot is lit at the start of the mode.
To complete Raptor, you must make 2 jackpots. Jackpots start at 200k
and go up by 50k for each jackpot collected.
Raptor ends when there are less than two balls in play.
To light subsequent Raptor's, you must spell RAPTOR one more time than
the previous. The number of jackpots needed does not change.
Misc. Extras
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Extra balls can be lit at five middle loops, 6X bonus, or a random award.
The next shot after immediately after lighting the extra ball and every 5
middle loops after awards 300k.
Repeated loop shots award Jurassic Loops. For each loop shot you can make
in a row, the value increases by 50k. Jurassic loops can only be collected
when modes aren't running and start at 50k.
Every 25 hits on the bumpers award a Pop Award of 25k.
Special Thanks
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Thanks to Bowen Kerins for filling in some of the holes and
proof-reading :)
Thanks to Josh Lehan's Lost World rulesheet for providing me with some
info that I may have forgotten without it.
San Diego <SPOILER ALERT>
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San Diego is lit at the T-Rex scoop; it is a four-ball multiball where
ANY major shot scores an increasing value, and ANY target increases
the value. It's a lot like Final Jam, except all major shots collect
the Jackpot. Cool animations of the T-rex eating lots of folks.
-=Jef Lepine=-
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