Dark Side of the Moon Trophy in Marvel Pinball

  • Dark Side of the Moon

     

    Complete the Final Mission and defeat the evil deity amid the stellar cataclism on the Moon night table.

    How to unlock Dark Side of the Moon

    To earn this trophy you need to reach the Wizard Mode, and complete it. To get to the Wizard Mode, you need to light up all the MOON KNIGHT letters at the bottom of the table. The letters can be unlocked as following:

    M - Complete 'Morpheus And His Ebony Energy' main mission
    O - Complete 'Bushman Is Back' main mission
    O - Complete 'Black Spectre Vote For Me' main mission
    N - Complete 'Midnight' main mission

    K - Complete 1st level of 'Taxi Around' side mission
    N - Complete 'Respected Citizen' side mission
    I - Complete 1st level of 'Moon Knight Crossbow' side mission
    G - Complete 1st level of 'Rough Customers' side mission
    H - Start the Whirlybird Multiball
    T - Start the Nightmare Multiball

    Here's the most efficient order of tackling these missions:

    1. Complete Nightmare mission first, by launching the ball at 11:25 (see Nightmare Multiball for details).
    2. Focus on side missions but whenever you see the Main Mission sign light up, go for it immediately. Play the Main Missions in the order from hardest to easiest as the following:
      • Black Spectre Vote For Me (hardest)
      • Bushman Is Back
      • Midnight
      • Morpheus And His Ebony Energy (easiest, due to ball save)
    3. Keep hitting the Right Ramp until you enable Cycle Hole Missions. Since the hole is tricky to hit, just focus on it at that point and locking two balls into it then waiting until the right mission in front of it is selected (either Rough Customers or Respected Citizens). Make sure to avoid starting Silent Pursuit (rightmost triangle) mission, because it's not needed for any letters.
    4. You will likely trigger Taxi Around side mission just by playing and hitting Left Ramp enough times. Get it done when it becomes available.
    5. Similar with Crossbow mission, it will be enabled by hitting Left Ramp enough times. Make sure to get it done the moment the crossbow icon starts flashing in front of Right Orbit, otherwise you will be delayed by Hideout Upgrades.
    6. You'll trigger Whirlybird Multiball just by playing and hitting the Right Ramp enough times. You'll likely trigger it more than once during the game. Use that time to enable kickbacks.
    7. If at any point you hear Police Radio chatter, just wait 15 seconds for the time to run out. Police missions are not needed for any letters.

    Main Missions


    There are 4 main missions on this table. To start a mission you need to collect 100 Blue Orbs. You collect orbs just by hitting ramps and orbits so don't worry about them and simply focus on side missions. When you do collect 100 Blue Orbs, the Mission sign will light up in front of the Mission Orbit. Shoot the orbit to select and start one of the following 4 main missions. All missions except for Nightmare Mission are timed but there is no timer displayed on the dot matrix. I believe you have about a minute for each one.

    Morpheus And His Ebony Energy [M]

    1. You'll see black goo flowing down each ramp and orbit.
    2. The goal is to complete the mission before the goo reaches the flippers.
    3. Once the goo touches a flipper, it disables it, which usually means the ball will drain. Luckily draining the ball in this mode doesn't count towards your ball count so this is a very safe mission once you start it.
    4. To complete the mission you need to hit ramps a total of 7 times. Any ramp counts.
    5. Hitting a ramp will retract the goo a bit in it, giving you extra time before it reaches a flipper.

    Tips:

    1. You can focus on the shooting the Right Ramp, and doing it 7 times in quick succession. Each time you hit it, the ball will end up on the Left Flipper again so you can hit it again right away.


    Bushman Is Back [O]

    1. Two holes will open in Left Ramp and Right Ramp.
    2. You need to continue to lock the ball into either one of them, to damage Bushman.
    3. Do your best to avoid any other ramps, as they will damage Moon Knight instead and after a few of those you'll lose the mission.
    4. The mode will end after you lock enough balls. It can be as low as 4, if you do them quickly enough but I've also had to lock 7 at times, if I kept missing the ramps.


    Black Spectre Vote For Me [O]

    1. Random ramps/orbits will be lit.
    2. You need to hit only the lit lanes.
    3. Each time you hit a lit lane, the lit lanes will change, and there will be fewer of them.
    4. You will win the mission after you hit the last lit lane.
    5. If you hit too many non-lit lanes, you will lose the mission.


    Midnight [N]

    1. Midnight character will pop up in front of Right Ramp
    2. Shoot the ball at Midnight to damage him.
    3. Shoot one of the lit ramps on the left side of the table.
    4. Repeat the above steps 3 times.

    Tips:

    1. This mission is not timed so take your time.
    2. Hitting Midnight while the ramps are lit, will cause him to briefly capture the ball but it will just safely land on the Right Flipper. That's a good way to transfer your ball from Left Flipper to Right Flipper if you need to make the lit ramp shots after you hit Midnight.

    Side Missions


    Taxi Around [K]

    1. Start this mission by hitting Left Ramp until the sign on top of it changes to Taxi Around.
    2. You'll hear the character say something about driving around and the Taxi Around side mission will start.
    3. You need to hit a Yellow Circle that will pop up on a random ramp.
    4. After you hit the first Yellow Circle, another will pop up. Hit it again to collect a Fare and light the corresponding letter.


    Respected Citizen [N]

    This is one of the 3 Side Missions, accessible via Cycle Hole:

    1. Rough Customers (left triangle light)
    2. Respected Citizen (middle rectangle light)
    3. Silent Pursuit (right triangle light) <- not needed for any letters, avoid activating it

    The first thing you need to do is enable the Cycle Hole missions, by hitting the Right Ramp a few times to switch the sign on top of it to Cycle Hole. You only need to do this once, once Cycle Hole is enabled, it will remain that way for the rest of the game. You know that the cycle hole is enabled, because one of the lights in front of it will be lit. The lit light indicates selected Cycle Hole Mission. You can switch the selected mission by hitting the Right Ramp enough times to switch the sign to Cycle Hole again, or by having the ball hit the slingshots above the flippers.

    1. To start the Respected Citizen mission you need to sink 3 balls into Cycle Hole, making sure that when you sink the 3rd ball, Respected Citizen mission light is lit.
    2. During the mission you can see stock prices on the dot matrix display.
    3. You want to buy low and sell high.
    4. You can switch between selling/buying by hitting X.
    5. You then need to hit any ramp to either buy or sell stocks.
    6. You only need to buy once at low price (around 30 or so) then wait for the price to go up, now switch to sell and hit any ramp to sell at a profit.
    7. You then need to hit the Cycle Hole to finish the mode and light the corresponding letter.

    Tips:

    1. You can start the mission and not shooting any ramps, waiting for the timer to run out will light the N letter so play it safe and do just that. Start the mission and wait for the timer to run out.


    Moon Knight Crossbow [I]

    1. Hit the Left Ramp enough times for the sign on top of it to light 'Moon Crossbow'.
    2. You can tell the Crossbow side mission is enabled because a little blue Crossbow icon will start flashing in front of the Right Orbit.
    3. At that point hit the Right Orbit to start the crossbow mini-game.
    4. The goal is to hit 3 thugs, before the time runs out. You aim with your flippers and shoot with the launch button.
    5. You get 10 seconds per hit and each successful hit resets the clock so it's very easy to complete the 1st level and light the corresponding letter.


    Rough Customers [G]

    This is one of the 3 Side Missions, accessible via Cycle Hole:

    1. Rough Customers (left triangle light)
    2. Respected Citizen (middle rectangle light)
    3. Silent Pursuit (right triangle light) <- not needed for any letters, avoid activating it

    The first thing you need to do is enable the Cycle Hole missions, by hitting the Right Ramp a few times to switch the sign on top of it to Cycle Hole. You only need to do this once, once Cycle Hole is enabled, it will remain that way for the rest of the game. You know that the cycle hole is enabled, because one of the lights in front of it will be lit. The lit light indicates selected Cycle Hole Mission. You can switch the selected mission by hitting the Right Ramp enough times to switch the sign to Cycle Hole again, or by having the ball hit the slingshots on above the flippers.

    1. To start the Rough Customers mission you need to sink 3 balls into Cycle Hole, making sure that when you sink the 3rd ball, Rough Customers mission light is lit.
    2. You will be taken to close view of the dot matrix.
    3. The goal is to hit thugs with the right flipper and block their hits with the left flipper.
    4. After beating 2 thugs, you will complete the 1st level and light the corresponding letter.

    Tips:

    1. The easiest way to beat a thug is quickly pressing Right Flipper to attack over and over again. Don't bother with blocking.


    Whirlybird Multiball [H]

    1. Shoot the Right Ramp enough times to enable the Whirlybird side mission on the little sign above the ramp.
    2. From this point on every shot up the Right Ramp will lock a ball.
    3. Shoot the Right Ramp 3 more times to lock 3 balls.
    4. The Whirlybird Multiball mode will start, with the aircraft dropping Ultraviolet balls on the screen. The corresponding letter will light up at this point.


    Nightmare Multiball [T]

    1. To start this Multliball mode you need to set the clock in front of the Right Ramp to midnight.
    2. You move the big hand forward by hitting the Left Ramp.
    3. You move the small hand forward by hitting the Right Ramp.
    4. When both hands are at 12, hit the Right Ramp to start the Multiball. The corresponding letter will light at that point.

    Tip:

    1. Setting the clock to the right time can be a pain, but there is an easy workaround. When launching the ball, press and hold and watch the clock face on the table. You will see both hands spinning. Wait for the clock to reach 11:25 and release the ball exactly at that time. If you do it right, the clock will stop at midnight and you will be able to start the mode right away by hitting the Right Ramp. If you are having trouble with this then release the ball slightly earlier, around 11:15 and you will only have to move the big hand once or twice (by shooting the Left Ramp) to start the mode.


    Wizard Mode

    1. Once you light up all MOON KNIGHT letters you will be able to start the Wizard Mode by hitting the Mission Ramp.
    2. Losing the Wizard Mode does not reset the table so if you fail, you will be able to restart it by hitting the Mission Ramp again.
    3. The Wizard Mode has 2 phases.
    4. During the Phase 1 you have about 30-40 seconds to hit the following targets:
      • Left Ramp (hit once)
      • Right Ramp (hit twice)
      • Cycle Hole (hit 4 times)
    5. During Phase 2 a Multiball will start with 3 Ultraviolet balls.
    6. The phase is not timed but you need to keep at least 2 balls at all times, otherwise you will fail.
    7. The goal is to earn 50 orbs. You earn them by hitting anything (ramps/orbits/targets/bumpers)
    8. Once you earn 50 orbs, the trophy will pop.

    Tips:

    1. Phase 1 extremely difficult, due to how short the time is and the fact that you need to hit the Cycle Hole 4 times.
    2. During Phase 1, you want to hit Left Ramp first, to get rid of the black goo that will slow down your ball. After that focus on hitting the Cycle Hole whenever you can. It's a shot that can be made with both Left and Right Flippers.


    Finally, here's a video guide by StOrMtRoOpErMx19:

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