Pokemon Pinball
Books: GAME BOY Secret Codes - Secret Codes 2003 - Game Boy Games Secrets
Quick ball upgarde
Catch Pokemon easily
Access the Diglett Stage easily
Double your prizes
Lots of points
Additional Poke Balls
Venonat
Dragonair
Mew
Illuminate CAVE lights
Revive Pokemon
C-A-V-E tips
Bonus Levels
Ball Evolution
Red Table Bonus Games
Pokemon Animations
Mewtwo Bonus Stage
CAVE bonus
Zapdos
Great, Ultra, or a Master ball
Mewtwo bonus stage
Moving Pokemon in the Pokedex
Slot tips
Different effects of the slot bonus
Special evolution bonus
Special stage
Pokemon locations
Evolving Pokemon
Quick ball upgarde
Sent in by Ryan
Press Left to move the light after the Pokeball hits the 3 lights at the top.
You can also move it with the A button.
Catch Pokemon easily
Sent in by Rey
To catch Pokemon easily, hit a Shledder or Voltorb when their
shadow appears, then hold A or B to capture it!
Access the Diglett Stage easily
Sent in by Rey
To access the Diglett Stage easily, simply knock out the Digletts and
let the Poke Ball roll along an already open flipper, then bat it with
the other one!
Double your prizes
Sent in by Rey
To "double your prizes" simply do this. When you get the CAVE bonus
DO NOT GO INTO THE HOLE! Light up the letters C A V E again. Now
when you go into the "cave" you will get double the prizes! (e.g. When
you get the ball saver bonus it's 60 sec. instead of 30 sec.)
Lots of points
Sent in by Rey
There are several ways of snagging millions of points! One way is to
upgrade the Poke Ball to a Master Ball (by lighting up Evo lights) and
then hitting the targets.
Another way is to choose a captured (and evolved) Pokemon, strip
it of all of its items and experience, then whack the ball into the hole!
Additional Poke Balls
Sent in by Rey
To get additional Poke Balls, you must get a "CAVE" bonus. Thereafter,
every 20th time the letters are lit, you will receive an additional ball!
Venonat
Sent in by Rey
To catch Venonat, go to Fushia City on the blue table and enter
Catch'em Mode.
Dragonair
Sent in by Rey
To capture Dragonair, you'll first need to go to Saffron City and capture
Evee. (Try and make her evolve three times.) Next, go to Cloyster and
snag a Pokemon. That Pokemon will become Dragonar!
Mew
Sent in by Rey
After playing the MewTwo bonus stage three times, try to go to the
Indigo Plateau. Mew will appear there, but although you can see him
you still have to attack him over 50 times before he is captured.
Illuminate CAVE lights
Sent in by Rey
The easiest way to illuminate CAVE lights is to rapidly tap the "Up-Tilt"
button as the Poke Ball travels underneath the triangular-shaped
bouncers. This will move lit CAVE lights out of the path of the ball,
while putting unlit ones in their place.
Note: On the Red Table, when the Poke Ball is being launched, it helps
to hold the right flipper up.
Revive Pokemon
Sent in by Rey
While in the Evolution mode, your Pokemon may become "tired". To
revive them, just hit the ball through one of the loops!
C-A-V-E tips
Sent in by DAD
A fairly simple way to light up the C A V E letters, thus opening up the
cave... When the ball is shot into play, or when it is released from the
cave, press and hold down the right flipper. The ball will generally be trapped
by the flipper and start up the inside chute on the right side. As it is going
up, bump the ball Up wards until it lights the C-A-V-E letter. Keep Bumping
Up and quickly press the A button to move blank circles into the chute,
lighting their letters as you continue to bump up. When all four letters are
lit, allow the ball to roll back down to the flipper, and knock it into the open
cave. By repeatedly trapping and bumping the ball as it is released from
the cave, you can rotate through the cave cycles rather simply and quickly.
Bonus Levels
Sent in by Joel Welsh
(Red Table): The bonus Cave will open up once you've fulfilled a variety
of requirements unique to each mode. Depending on which mode you're in,
it may send you to the Slots, a Bonus Game, a Map View or may even
evolve a PokeMon.
Evolution Cave: Riding the far-left ramp will light all three arrows,
convincing Ditto to move aside and open the way to the Evolution Cave.
If you have PokeMon that can be Evolved, send the ball up there to start
the Evolution Mode.
Ball Evolution
Sent in by Joel Welsh
To upgrade your PokeBall you must turn on all three lights in the upper
lanes of either table. You need to hit the Staryu's button to open the
lanes on the red version.
PokeBall: This is your default ball. You will receive normal points.(red)
Great Ball: If you evolve your ball into a great ball you will get double
the points. (blue)
Ultra Ball: If you evolve your ball into a Ultra Ball you will receive
three times the points. (yellow)
Master Ball: The highest level of ball evolution, the master times your
points by five. (purple)
Red Table Bonus Games
Sent in by Joel Welsh
Diglett's Cave-Your goal in easy, knock all the Digletts into the ground to
get to the Dugtrio hiding behind them. To win hit the Dugtrio with
your PokeBall. The close quarters make it easy to loose your Pokeball in
the gutter.
Gengar Stage-(You have a time limit for this level). You have to hit all of
the Gastlys and Haunters to make Gengar appear. When he does nail him with
a Pokeball to receive points.
Pokemon Animations
Sent in by Senor Goosey
By going into the pokedex, you can view the animated movements of any
basic pokemon you have caught up to that point. Highlight a basic
pokemon that you have had unlocked and then press and hold start to
see it move.
Mewtwo Bonus Stage
Sent in by Senor Goosey
There is a special Secret bonus stage that can be unlocked starring
Mewtwo. In it, MewTwo is riding in a little Space Ship with black
balls circling him. Hit him for big points, although I am not sure how to
clear the stage. This seems to be accessed through the slots.
CAVE bonus
To "double your prizes" simply do this. When you get the CAVE bonus
do not go into the hole! Light up the letters C A V E again. Now when
you go into the "cave" you will get double the prizes! (e.g. When you get
the ball saver bonus it's 60 sec. instead of 30 sec.)
The hard way to get the CAVE bonus is this: Light up all four letters
C A V E located at the bottom of the screen to open a hole in the middle
of the board. The easy way is this: 1st Charge up Pikachu's kickback by
doing a loop-de-loop around the outside of the board. It should hit a
spinner which will cause it to spin, charging Pikachu up. Then when the
ball falls down to the bottom of the screen and bumps Pikachu. He will
do a Pikachu kickback. At this time flip the flippers so that the blank
spot is over Pikachu's head. You have to be quick so that the ball will
go through the blank spot.
Zapdos
To get Zapdos, the legendary bird of thunder, go to Lavendar Town on
the Red game board. Make sure all of the arrows to the right loop are
lit up and none are blinking(to light them up, shoot the pokeball through
the right loop). Now, shoot into Bellsprout's mouth and there is a good
chance that you will find a Zapdos.
Mewtwo bonus stage
To get the Mewtwo bonus stage, play both bonus stages per table
(ie Seel and Meowth stages on the blue table, Gengar and Diglett on red.)
The next bonus stage will be Mewtwo's stage.
Moving Pokemon in the Pokedex
To get the moving Pokemon in the Pokedex select to an unevolved
Pokemon or basic Pokemon then press start. Then you can see the
Pokemon move. This only works for basic Pokemon.
Slot tips
Having trouble hitting the ball up the outer left loop 4 times? Try
this trick: Whenever the ball is initially released into the field (when a
new ball is sent or your ball is saved), the ball will bounce up near the
edge of the right flipper. While the ball is in limbo, shake the field
left (Down on the D-Pad) 4 times; once while the ball is rising, once
at the peak, and twice on the way down. Hit the ball with the right
flipper as soon as it is in range (the tip of the flipper will strike the
ball), and it will always go up the outer left loop. Finally, there's a
use for the Ball Saver on the slots!
Another useful method is to stop the ball and hold it with the left
flipper up. While the ball is still, it will spin counter-clockwise. Now,
release and immediately hit the left flipper; the ball should roll a pixel
or two down the flipper before shooting straight up the Evolution Lane.
The timing is difficult, but with practice these two tricks will allow
you to evolve pokemon at your leisure.
Different effects of the slot bonus
Small- get a 100-900 point bonus
Big- get a 1,000,000-9,000,000 point bonus
Ball Saver- turns the ball saver on under your flippers
Ball Upgrade- you ball upgrades one level
Bonus Multiplier-the number shown will be added to your bonus multiplier
EvoModeStart- starts the evolution mode
Twin Pikachus- gives you left and right Pikachu kickback till you loose your ball
Extra Ball (rare)- gives you one extra ball
GoToBonus- proceed to a bonus stage
Special evolution bonus
1. You must get into the evolution mode.
2. You must get the menu and select a pokemon that has a star.
3. Go through the whole evolution process.
4. After you "evolve" the pokemon you will get a special evolution bonus
worth 10,000,000.
Special stage
In order to get a special stage you have to catch three pokemon in
one place.
For example: If you catch Pikachu, Pidgey, and another Pidgey in
Viridian forest, without getting a "game over", or switching to
somewhere then back again, a hole will appear saying "Go To BONUS".
Go in and you will be in the stage. The Red field Bonus Stage is Diglett's
Cave and the Blue field Bonus Stage is Meowth's House.
Pokemon locations
Each Pokemon has a preferred hiding spot. Here's where to find many
of them.
RED FIELD
Pallet Town: Charmander, Rattata, Nidoran (M), & Poliwag.
Viridan Forest: Weedle, Pidgey, & Pikachu.
Pewter City: Spearow, Jigglypuff, Ekans, & Magikarp.
Cerulean City: Oddish, Mankey, Jynx, & Abra.
Vermilion City Seaside: Shellder, Krabby, Ekans, & Farfetch'D.
Rock Mountain: Voltorbe, Diglett, & Mr.Mime.
Lavender Town: Gastly, Magnemite, Cubone, & Electabuzz.
Cycling Road: Spearow, Doduo, Lickitung, & Snorlax.
Safari Zone: Paras, Rhyhorn, & Chansey.
Seafoam Islands: Horsea, Staryu, Seel, & Articuno.
Cinnabar Island: Ponyta, Growlithe, Omanyte, & Kabuto.
Indigo Plateau: Machop, Onix, & Ditto.
BLUE FIELD
Viridan City: Squirtle, Nidoran (M), & Bulbasaur.
Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Rattata, & Pikachu.
Mt.Moon: Zubat, Paras, & Clefairy.
Cerulean City: Bellsprout, Meowth, Jynx, & Abra.
Vermilion City Streets: Shellder, Krabby, Farfetch'D, & Sandshrew.
Rock Mountain: Diglet, Voltorbe, & Mr.Mime.
Celadon City: Mankey, Meowth, Eevee, & Porygon.
Fuchsia City: Magikarp, Goldeen, Kangashan, & Exeggcute.
Safari Zone: Doduo, Nidoran (F), & Chansey.
Saffron City: Ekans, Sandshrew, Hitmonchan, & Hitmonlee.
Cinnabar Island: Ponyta, Koffing, Aerodactyl, & Magmar.
Indingo Plateau: Geodude, Ditto, Moltres, & Mewtwo
Note: There are more Pokemon in each area but those are the ones you
will find most often.
Evolving Pokemon
Red Field: Shoot the pokeball through the left outside loop. Each time you
pass through the loop, one evolution arrow will light up. When all three
arrows are lit up, shoot the ball into the Evolution cave. Then choose the
pokemon you want to evolve.
For example, if you choose shellder, make the pokeball hit all three Water
Stones then shoot the ball into the hole in the middle of the field.
Blue Field: Shoot the pokeball through the left loop. Each time the
pokeball passes through the loop one evolution arrow will light up. When all
three arrows are lit up shoot your ball into SLOWPOKE'S mouth. Then choose
the pokemon you want to evolve.
For example, if you choose Pikachu make the pokeball hit all three Thunder
Stones then shoot the ball in the hole in the middle of the field.