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Grand Prix ’86 RULES
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Music Possibilities:
Main objective is to gas up, keep the car in good shape, and
either run up the score completing laps or qualify the Grand Prix.

- "The Distance" by Cake (attract mode)
- "Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins
- "Mach 5" by The Presidents of the United States of America
- "Shake your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb
- "302 Cubic Inch V8 Powered Blues" by Zeke
- "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson (Chimebox)

Modes
-----
Fundamental Modes
-----------------

### Base (Pit Row)
### Pit Row (Base Mode)

Racers, on your mark...

- Top left gate is closed.
- Standard scoring described here

### Green-flag
### Green-flag (Main Mode)

The race begins!

- Activated when fuel, oil, and tires reach max level
- Top left gate is open allowing a counter-clockwise orbit
- Top left gate opens allowing a counter-clockwise orbit
- Each orbit increases the lap counter and adds to the bonus
- 3 successful orbits:
- Causes a random event
- Awards a bonus (TODO)

Special Modes
-------------

There are 3 special modes which build up to activation of the
4th, pseudo-wizard mode.

### Grooveline 1/4

The fastest way around the track.
The fastest way around the track (the North-West chain of 10
purple inserts).

- North-West chain of clear inserts.
- Spells out G-R-O-O-V-E-L-I-N-E.
- Making a lap during Green Flag lights one letter
- Lighting all 10 letters:
- Activates Shake your Groove Thing Multiball
- Lights one of the 4 traffic signal inserts
- **Resets after each ball**
- Making a lap during Green Flag lights an insert, in sequence
from top to bottom
- Lighting all 10 inserts and then hitting the "disqualifer":
- **Activates "Grooveline" Multiball!**
- Spinner and Grooveline rollover awards 2x scoring
- Add single ball by completing 3 laps within 15 seconds
- Lights first of the 4 traffic signal inserts (Yellow)
- **This mode resets progress after each ball**

### Grand Prix 2/4

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- Lighting all 4 of PRIX and entering hole:
- Lights right side of podium insert
- With both sides lit, entering podium hole:
- Activates Grand Prix Multiball
- Lights one of the 4 traffic signal inserts
- **Activates Grand Prix Multiball!**
- Primary Multiball
- Top-hole keeps ball locked. Autokicker will launch the others.
- Add a ball up to 3 times by getting into any hole, exclusive
- Lights THIRD of the 4 traffic signal inserts (Green)

### Pit Row Hurry-up
### Rubbing is Racing "Hurry Up" 3/4

Every driver's gotta pit Cole...
When exiting Grooveline or Grand Prix, the driver is given a
"hurry up" with a chance to reactivate the mode. This should
function more or less like "bats/rats" from "Dracula". Hit as many
switches as possible in a short amount of time...

- Completing ANY of the 4 other main modes activates Pit Row
- 30 second hurry-up with 2x scoring awarded for all switches
- If `n` (TBD) switches are hit:
- Static bonus is held until end of ball
- Lights one of the 4 traffic signal inserts
- When time expires, game mode returns to "Base" mode (pace lap)
- Lights second of the 4 traffic signal inserts (Yellow)
- When time expires, random event fires and kicks the
player back to "Pit Row" (base mode)

#### Red-flag 4/4

Once 3/4 traffic signals are lit, the fourth will begin flashing
in red color. The player then only needs to lock a ball in ANY of
the 3 holes to activate Red-flag Multiball.

- "Music" is just a heart beat and heavy breathing
- Constant multi-ball for 30 seconds
- Mode continues for another 30 seconds where the player needs
to hit every switch on the playfield to complete the mode
- Each shot should play a random "wrecking/crash" sound from
the pool and sound the chimebox

Other Modes / Functionalities
-----------------------------

### End of Ball Bonus

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- Hitting the central-right drop target will remove one unit
of "progress" from each mode (or some modes - TBD)

### Multi-ball Modes

#### Shake your Groove Thing Multiball (2-ball)

- Spinner and Grooveline rollover awards 2x scoring
- Add single ball by completing 3 laps within 15 seconds

#### Grand Prix Multiball (3-ball)

- Primary Multiball
- Top-hole keeps ball locked. Autokicker will launch the others.
- Add a ball up to 3 times by getting into any hole, exclusive

#### Red-flag Multiball (3-ball)

The Wizard Mode (if we get to it). Hit everything.
### Music Thoughts:

- "Music" is just a heart beat and heavy breathing
- Player must light all 4 traffic signals to activate
- 60 seconds to put all the lights out
- Each shot should have a different "wrecking/crash" sound
- Use the chimebox here, too
- TODO
- "No Particular Place to Go" by Chuck Berry (Green Flag)
- "The Distance" by Cake
- "Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins
- "Mach 5" by The Presidents of the United States of America
- "Shake your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb
- "302 Cubic Inch V8 Powered Blues" by Zeke
- "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson (Chimebox)

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