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Ace of Adventure

Ace of Adventure

Found true Zen with 20 million points in Adventure Mode.

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How to unlock the Ace of Adventure achievement in Peggle - Definitive Guide

I'd refer to TwistedEuclid's guide found here:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13...

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This is very easy using the massive bonuses given for not retrying. If you are about to lose, go to Xbox Dashboard (restarting or quitting from the game will still be marked as a failure). Then reload the game and adventure mode, your progress will be saved up to that level and you can try again. Completing each level with no retries nets you a 100k bonus, and (if this is anything like the PC game), you will get a 10 MILLION 'efficiency' bonus at the end of the game for no retries throughout (less if you did retry, but still millions)!

So considering the bonuses, you only need to get 82k a stage :P

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Full credit goes to TwistedEuclid.
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It is also a lot easier on your second playthrough since you get to choose any of the characters before every round...might not have as many failures this way.
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By Elem3ntal80 on 16 Mar 2009 21:07
I don't really have the time to back this up with further research, but it would appear that each retry takes off 200K from the efficiency bonus at the end of the game. I had a couple of times where I didn't go to the Dashboard fast enough and ended up with two retries for a total deduction of 400K.
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By EvoHero on 18 Mar 2009 01:42
Thanks to Opayk for the link and info - worked like a charm! I would also agree with EvoHero - I had 3 retries for 600K. Thanks for helping!
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By xbox4xmas07 on 08 May 2009 23:02
Thanks for the redirect... I better be quick on heading back to the dash (can anyone confirm how quick?).
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By Onza on 13 May 2009 21:21
Definitely before the ball crosses the the lower part of the screen, just about where the buckets would be when you finish a level. . Generally, as soon as I can see that the ball's not going to be hitting any more pegs, I hit the button.
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By Opayk on 14 May 2009 10:49
thank you for the link and the info. i finished with 1 retry and 29mil points. took me about 6 hours. ranked 119 on the leaderboards. this is easy to get!!
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By Daddyfatchops on 13 Sep 2009 19:43
Can the achievement be obtained in Peggle Nights's Adventure mode or is it purely regular Peggle's Adventure mode?
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By on 24 Nov 2009 22:52
Cheers for this. I already screwed up my first playthrough due to retries and currently being halfway through, so I will get this on my second playthrough. :)
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By Xtr3me on 31 Jan 2010 23:19
Opayk you should updat this to include the "more efficient" solution that someone posted on that thread you link to. I'm referring to the sign in sign out method that in my mind would be way way quicker than going to dash right?
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By Senor Slurpee on 07 Apr 2010 22:51
If you are going to be signing in and out, go to the options from the guide and pick "appear offline". Your friends probably don't want to see you pop in and out of Live every 15 minutes.
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By Cheese Touch on 22 Jun 2010 11:24
I'm not sure if anyone else noticed this but i had to retry one of the levels but instead of hitting "try again", I just went straight to dashboard, it never counted it as a retry so that's a little tip for the ones trying to get it.
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By IxI KILLING on 23 Jun 2010 07:03
Silly one - do I have to do this one in one sitting? Cause I get the point with "do not retry - go to the Dashboard instead", but no one mentioned it this way, so I'm asking ; )
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By El Bucz on 13 Oct 2010 14:18
Just to add what I've found: No, you don't have to do it in one sitting - I started a game about 18 months ago and just got the achievement for finishing. I don't know if you can get it in the 'nights' levels, but I used Marina and still got it, so no problem there; and again, I had 25 restarts and got a 5 million efficiency bonus, further proving the 200k per restart observation.
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By Ojotango on 16 Nov 2010 19:05
This was a lot easier to do with the dashboard option. Thanks for the heads up.
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By Hoffman on 18 May 2011 02:38
Thanks...will try it soon. BTW - who the hell gave this solution a -ve vote?
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By Boots Orion on 27 Jun 2011 02:35
I forgot I bought the game on my old xbox, so I cannot play it offline, perhaps someone else can test if you still get the full first try bonus after signing out/dashboarding if you do not install the update?
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By Meteor245 on 04 Jul 2011 12:06
ok last post ;) seems like after clearing the cache, and updating the game again (so you play online normally) it went back to counting dashboards/signouts as first try! excellent :) Perhaps clearing the cache fixed something that was causing it to say second try, not sure how or why, but it works again. Thanks for the guide! (already gave thumbs up before posting comments)
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By Meteor245 on 04 Jul 2011 12:20
I think clearing the cache get rid of some patches or something like that? But can you delete it while signed on? And do you only have to delete it the one time?
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By TD2013 on 13 Jul 2011 04:28
At last .. Thanks for the tip... Just got cheevo .. Done it in one session, now my eyes are numb :S
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By II Hektek II on 11 Oct 2011 23:57
Cheers for the dashboard solution, shame about the new dash making it a massive pain with loading times.
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By metalheadjed on 08 Jan 2012 16:46
Yes you can choose any character Clutch Corey.
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By Solario32 on 24 May 2016 01:48
For anyone that doesn't wish to do the Dashboard method, this isn't a hard achievement and most should get it on their first play-through.
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By planchetflaw on 31 May 2016 09:23
I think on my first playthrough I got around 15 million, but using this method + playing more carefully I got almost 28 million this time around :D stuck with the zen ball for probably 80 or 90% of the levels
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By TearyVenus8606 on 05 Jun 2016 22:21
How does the dashboard method work while trying to complete this game on your xbox one? Do you still dashboard and then do you quit or do you just turn your console off? Thanks for the help!
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By phrozan on 06 Aug 2017 21:28
On xbox one you dashboard and quit and it should work fine.
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By madmaxey on 16 Aug 2018 01:26
Just tried this out today (juli 4th 2011) and it appears it now does know it's not your first try, even if you either sign out or dashboard. BUT it will now always then assume it was your second try (even if you dashboarded on the same level multiple times) and give you 50.000 points, but no longer 100.000 for first try. Perhaps that still works if you clear cache and not update the game but I have not yet tried that out, might try that later today.
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By Meteor245 on 04 Jul 2011 11:57
As of 09/09/2011, I got this achievement from start to finish. There is no update that stops the sign in/sign out or dashboard method gaining the first try every time. You do not need to clear your cache. Make sure you do NOT fire the last ball unless you are certain it is going to hit an orange peg. If you do this, getting this achievement will be easy. I got 27 million when I did this including a 10 million bonus efficiency at the end. This achievement should take you about 4 hours. Good luck!
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By I8ITackyticsI8I on 09 Sep 2011 20:52
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When on Adventure always go for high scoring combinations. See "Peggle Graduate" for tips.
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You should attempt this after you have done at least 1/3 of the challenges so you are a bit more skilled. Try to finish as many levels as you can on your first try as you not only get 100k points but it also gives you a bonus in millions at the end depending on how many levels you finished on your first try! You should try and average at least 380k per level. Doing this on your 2nd playthrough makes it even easier as you get to choose which master you want for each stage which can be crucial for maximizing your score!

Tip from Liad-88:

If you're losing in the level (say you got 1 ball left, and loads of orange pegs), just go into xmb and quit game, and restart it. The progress is saved from that level, but you're still on your first try (or whichever it was you tried it from). DO NOT finish the level, and then quit - it HAS to be done before all the balls have been used and you come to the 'retry' screen. This is a very easy alternative method for people to get the trophy if they have trouble with it.

So if you quit to the xmb if you're about to lose a level (you MUST quit from xmb), you can retry without losing the 100,000 points. Also, if you finish each level on your 1st try using this trick if you're about to fail, you will get a 10 million bonus at the end of Adventure Mode which should guarantee 20 million+! It is a tedious process but it is much better than finishing Adventure Mode and scoring 19 million.

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In total you will need to complete 55 levels. To earn 20 million by the end of the game, you will need to average 365 thousand points (the more the better) per level. Don't forget to hit the purple balls, clearing the level completely also helps a lot, and Of course, try to pass the level the first time + 100 thousand bonus. For the second successful attempt they give 50, for the third 25, for the rest they do not give a bonus.
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