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Disarm Spinner Danger Level 1

The Disarm Spinner, as it appears in the PC and Mac versions of Bejeweled Twist and with three pairs of gem icons

The Disarm Spinner is a roulette-like device in Bejeweled Twist. Its main function is to remove Bomb Gems when their counters reach zero.

When a Bomb Gem counts down to zero, a warning klaxon will sound, the screen will focus on the Bomb Gem, then the Disarm Spinner will appear. The wheel consists of eight equal sections, which have gem icons on them. But upon activation, two opposing icons will turn into skull icons. After this alteration, the spinner will begin to rotate clockwise. Once the wheel reaches full speed (which takes about two seconds for it to do so), the button that stops it will activate. The object is to stop the spinner—by pressing the stop button while it is active—so that two gem icons align with the Bomb Gem as the wheel comes to a stop.

If the wheel lands on a pair of skulls, the game will end in which the Bomb Gem explodes. If the wheel lands on a pair of gems, the Bomb Gem will be disarmed and removed from the board, allowing the player to resume their game. The counters of all Bomb Gems and Doom Gems still on the board will increase by six as well.

Disarm Spinner Intro

The dialog box that appears when a Bomb Gem counts down to zero in Classic Mode for the first time.

Each time a Bomb Gem's counter reaches zero, two more gem icons will change to skull icons. This means the probability of continuing the game will decrease by 25 percent with each encounter of the Disarm Spinner. However, further uses of the wheel starting with the third time in a single game of Classic will always give the player a one-in-four chance of survival.

The Disarm Spinner appears only in Classic Mode. A Bomb Gem that reaches zero in Challenge Mode and Blitz Mode immediately ends the game.

Notes

  • Bomb Gems removed via disarmament will not award the points and Chain Meter bonuses they give when cleared by basic matching or the effects of other gem types
    • However, the DS version awards the points and bonuses.
  • The time it takes for the Disarm Spinner to stop spinning upon selecting the stop button is always different.
  • Quitting Bejeweled Twist while disarming a Bomb Gem will save the game's progress to when the Bomb Gem's counter reached one.

Trivia

  • The words around the Disarm Spinner read "DANGER: BOMB CRITICAL" twice. They also vary among the other regional versions of Bejeweled Twist:
    • French: DANGER : BOMBE CRITIQUE ("DANGER: BOMB CRITICAL")
    • German: GEFAHR: BOMBE SCHARF ("DANGER: BOMB ARMED")
    • Italian: PERICOLO! LA BOMBA STA PER ESPLODERE! ("DANGER! THE BOMB IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!")
    • Japanese: 危険: 爆弾あり (KIKEN: BAKUDAN ARI; "DANGER: THERE IS A BOMB")
    • Portuguese: PERIGO: BOMBA PERIGOSA ("DANGER: BOMB DANGEROUS")
    • Spanish: PELIGRO: BOMBA AL LÍMITE (DANGER: PUMP TO THE LIMIT")
  • Other regional versions of Bejeweled Twist feature their own tutorial screen of the Disarm Spinner. However, the Japanese version features the same image as the one in the English version.
  • If 3D Acceleration is enabled, the words will spin around the Disarm Spinner. However, if it is disabled or in the Online Trial version, the words will not spin.
  • The Disarm Spinner in the mobile version looks like the slot machine instead of the roulette.
  • The stop button in the Nintendo DS versions reads "TOUCH TO STOP" instead of "CLICK TO STOP" in most versions due to the touch screen. However, in the touch-screen mobile version, it still reads "CLICK TO STOP" even on the touch screen.
  • In the online Flash version of Classic mode, the Locking Doom Gem sound is heard instead of the klaxon as the screen shifts to focus on the Bomb Gem that has ticked down to 0.
  • There is unused music in the game files that was meant for the Disarm Spinner.
  • Contrary to popular belief, the Disarm Spinner (and game) already will decide if the Disarm Spinner will land on gems or skulls even before the player presses the stop button. With this ability, the game is scripted to end at the fifth time using the spinner, in which the spinner will always land on skulls. If there was a bug in the save file that allows players to survive the 5th spinner, the danger level and the spinner itself glitches out on every subsequent appearance, with the result always being gems.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 爆弾解除ルーレット
Bakudan Kaijo Rūretto
Bomb Cancellation Roulette
Spanish Ruleta de desactivación Deactivation Roulette
French Roue de désamorçage Defuse Wheel
German Entschärfungsdreher Defuse Turner
Italian Giro del disarmo Disarmament Rotation
Portuguese Giro-desarme Disarm Gyration

Gallery

PC and Mac versions

How to Play tutorial screens

Online Trial version

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