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68: 27: 170: 513:): Psycho is trapped inside a whale along with three buoys and an endless supply of crabs. Psycho must capture the crabs and throw them into the whales' ulcers, which eventually pop up and fill its stomach with water and rise. Psycho dies if he takes too much time (which makes the whale burp) or falls into the water. 427:
is the only one with two levels of play, and the multiball is usually reduced to two balls. To activate the multiball, the player has to trap a ball in one of the vent holes, and then knock it out of its trajectory when it is being thrown from one vent to another. It is possible, although difficult,
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on each table. They range from simple panel games to full arcade sequences, all activated by hitting certain triggers, and then sending the ball to a particular location on the table. Panel games include
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broke new ground; it is connected to the others by activating certain jumpers, then launching the ball into one of the tents. The ball continues on the other table, returning to drop from the tent in
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table does not have such an arcade minigame, although early magazine previews show a minigame with brooms that never made the final game.
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ball launcher and no multiball (presumably because of the potential for one of the balls to transition between tables).
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The arcade minigames are much more elaborate and require more effort. The player is in direct control of
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In the PC version there are three different games (activated in a practically identical manner):
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is an open table with few obstacles; this makes it very difficult to make high scores, unlike
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to trap additional balls in the vents for use in a multiball.
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to find the letter P under one of three moving cups); or
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