Sega
Twister Pinside Rating
This game received 79 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 6.991 /10
Twister
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.212
Artwork: 6.533
Sounds/Music: 6.54
Other Aspects: 7.306
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Warren, PA
8.699/10
1 year ago
If you’re out and see this game, play it. Twister movie came out in 1996 and you may have been born after the fact. I don’t care! Play the game! It’s fun! So many multi balls my little flippers were a flappin’ and my toes a tappin’ :P
9.480/10
1 year ago
I’m not really sure all the dislike this game gets. People judging locations games that don’t play properly is a problem for me and doesn’t warrant a low rating on any table. I’ve wanted one forever and finally got my hands on a nice one. This is just a really fun game to play. There’s plenty of objectives to keep you motivated. Cow and chase multis are fun to achieve but the 3 and 5 ball tornado multis are freak’n cool. Not sure about peoples complaints of balls hitting the glass. I don’t have that on mine. I’m probably biased a bit because Twister is a favorite movie of mine so the character callouts are awesome for me and yes even everybody underground now is completely fine in my book. The fan integration is pretty cool as well. Overall this is just a really fun game to play with a great shot layout and enough challenges to keep things interesting everytime I step up to it. I’ve got no regrets purchasing this title. She’ll be a keeper for me.
Curitiba
7.504/10
3 years ago
This is an under-rated machine. Sure, it isn't very hard. And it can get repetitive fairly quickly. But it is a lot of fun and those not playing pinball on a daily basis will enjoy the theme, presentation and execution. I would recommend this for someone looking for a 'family' machine in the 'reasonable' price range this is usually listed for.
3.581/10
4 years ago
Ok, so played it at Expo 2010, played a couple great games, went out and found another one to buy. Shopped it, played a few rounds, hated it. Couldn’t believe how bad it was after about 5 games. There are clear deflectors all over this game to prevent the ball from getting stuck on top of plastics, ramps, etc. What a pile. $10,000,000 points for pulling the plunger? Really? The spinner is cool, but after it is done throwing 5 balls all over and you smack them against the glass, you wonder did someone forget how to design a game where the balls stay near the playfield? Were there hidden ramps under the playfield? I couldn’t believe that there were not reports of owners smashing the glass during gameplay with how often the ball strikes the glass. I let this one go after about 2 weeks. Put maybe 40 plays on it, don’t miss it.
7.649/10
5 years ago
This is my first purchase of a pinball machine and I will never sell it. I remember playing this machine at the local bowling alley. Being from Kansas this machine was right at home. The movie left a little to be desired and it carried into the machine.
The layout is good but I wish they had found a way to sneak one more ramp shot into the mix. As for toys and gimmicks this one hits the spot. Magnadisc, all the unpredictability of the discs in Whirlwind or "The power" in Adams family, and add in the magnets of golden eye and this gimmick sticks the landing. Multiballs that start by feeding you a ball every once in while move out of the way, this one magnetizes all of the balls spins them around and then releases them in a fury.
All of the artwork on this machine leaves a bit to be desired. It suffers from the powers that be, i e movie producers trying to ram the characters of the movie down your throat when they should have focused more on the actual star of the show, the tornado. I think that the back glass suffers the most from this. The cabinet artwork doesn't suffer from this but the colors just don't hit the mark.
The sound is ok and the sayings are from the movie.
This is another game that even as a young man I found the lighting a little low. But with the LEDs this game comes to life. They are in my opinion a must.
But as I said from the beginning it was fun in 1996, and is still fun in 2019 and it will never leave my collection.
The layout is good but I wish they had found a way to sneak one more ramp shot into the mix. As for toys and gimmicks this one hits the spot. Magnadisc, all the unpredictability of the discs in Whirlwind or "The power" in Adams family, and add in the magnets of golden eye and this gimmick sticks the landing. Multiballs that start by feeding you a ball every once in while move out of the way, this one magnetizes all of the balls spins them around and then releases them in a fury.
All of the artwork on this machine leaves a bit to be desired. It suffers from the powers that be, i e movie producers trying to ram the characters of the movie down your throat when they should have focused more on the actual star of the show, the tornado. I think that the back glass suffers the most from this. The cabinet artwork doesn't suffer from this but the colors just don't hit the mark.
The sound is ok and the sayings are from the movie.
This is another game that even as a young man I found the lighting a little low. But with the LEDs this game comes to life. They are in my opinion a must.
But as I said from the beginning it was fun in 1996, and is still fun in 2019 and it will never leave my collection.
6.932/10
5 years ago
Game suffers on theme and art but this is a GREAT theme integration. Sort of like Baywatch...fantastic THEME INTEGRATION, not so great theme. I love the multiball start, that just never gets old with the spinning disc and magnet. Pretty simple game but when its playing well and working 100% its a super fast fun game! I would buy this one again if a deal came across my radar. One of the pins I miss playing the most that I have owned...I don't miss LOOKING AT IT (pretty bad translight - is there an alternate?) but its a really fun game.
Biggest complaint is the flakey ball lock trough in the canister. That roll over switch mat thing was a terrible concept that barely works and is expensive to replace. They should have just used a standard trough with actual microswitches. That trough can be a maintenance headache for sure.
Biggest complaint is the flakey ball lock trough in the canister. That roll over switch mat thing was a terrible concept that barely works and is expensive to replace. They should have just used a standard trough with actual microswitches. That trough can be a maintenance headache for sure.
6.457/10
7 years ago
Not a bad game. My mind was more or less blown when the first time I saw the multiball stacked on the spinning disc...good stuff.
The backglass likeness on Paxton is fairly horrid and hearing "Everybody underground NOW!" gets old after the hundredth time but all in all a fun pin.
The backglass likeness on Paxton is fairly horrid and hearing "Everybody underground NOW!" gets old after the hundredth time but all in all a fun pin.
6.688/10
8 years ago
London
i sought this one out as i remembered playing it in cinema lobby back in the 90s, and i remembered the spinning magnet.
so i tracked one down and brought it home. unfortunately i found the Helen Hunt speech call-out "are you ok?" to be *so* annoying and irritating that i just had to turn it off and get rid of it asap, even at a loss. if she was my wife, i'd chop her up with an axe and bury her in a deep hole, just so she couldn't talk.
shame. the rest of the game seemed ok, but FFS Helen just SHUT UP already
so i tracked one down and brought it home. unfortunately i found the Helen Hunt speech call-out "are you ok?" to be *so* annoying and irritating that i just had to turn it off and get rid of it asap, even at a loss. if she was my wife, i'd chop her up with an axe and bury her in a deep hole, just so she couldn't talk.
shame. the rest of the game seemed ok, but FFS Helen just SHUT UP already
4.100/10
8 years ago
EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW! EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW! EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW!
Pros:
- Cow multiball is tolerable, plus the orbits required to activate it are pretty fun and fast shots.
- "Oh no! You've missed your triple jackpot!"
- Spinner with magnet is a cool feature. It was nice to see it again in X-Men.
Cons:
- EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW! God that quote is annoying, you'd be better off actually hiding underground then listening to this quote 100 times.
- Spinner barely ever works on location.
- Same old SEGA rules.
Pros:
- Cow multiball is tolerable, plus the orbits required to activate it are pretty fun and fast shots.
- "Oh no! You've missed your triple jackpot!"
- Spinner with magnet is a cool feature. It was nice to see it again in X-Men.
Cons:
- EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW! God that quote is annoying, you'd be better off actually hiding underground then listening to this quote 100 times.
- Spinner barely ever works on location.
- Same old SEGA rules.
7.843/10
9 years ago
probably one of the best if not the best Sega title IMO ....... Yes its a multiball fest but its just too much fun not to enjoy it , the spinning disc start to mutltiball is spectacular to behold , cool music the "everybody underground" call out gets old & its damn near impossible to find plastics for it but a great game overall
7.856/10
9 years ago
I love the movie and the pin too. The magnets and tornado disc are really cool, and I like the ramp as well. Good fun game without having to do much thinking. Just play and enjoy.
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