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Attack from Mars

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This game received 1183 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.818 _/10

8.818

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks 2nd in the game group "Attack from Mars". The group itself ranks #4 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.917

Artwork: 8.611

Sounds/Music: 8.426

Other Aspects: 9.031

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This title is part of group: "Attack from Mars"

Attack from Mars

Attack From Mars
(Remake - Classic)

Attack From Mars
(Remake - Special)

Attack From Mars
(Remake - LE)

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7.820/10

6 years ago

MCH

Pinkitten

Pinside+ Pro!

Williamston, MI

6y 136K 3,788 14 88

This is a decent, fairly repetitive game which I get bored of quickly. Maybe I haven't played it deeply into the rule set? I hesitate to say it, because I know people love this game, but it's too simple and silly for my tastes. Overrated, but still a nice game.

Update - since giving the AFMr time, I can definitely respect this pin more than I did in the past. The 3 bank drop target and center shot to destroy the enemy ships is innovative and rewarding to hit. It’s not as impressive as the castle on MM, but it’s still a very satisfying shot Steve Richie borrowed for Star Trek. The LE remake is stunning. The colors, the green paint, the huge color DMD, the awesome topper. This is an approachable, yet very challenging game that has great humor and a sense of style all its own.

Pinkitten edited previous rating on March 31, 2019.

8.925/10

6 years ago

BJD

Arcadefan

Inactive member

Saint Albans, NL

6y 39,900 111 18

It's a good pin

Arcadefan edited previous rating on October 06, 2017.

8.475/10

6 years ago

MOD

modfather

ModFather Pinball Mods

Sunrise, FL

9y 92,900 1,886 8 83

Love this game...The new AFMr LE is awesome. To many new things to list,, The topper, lighting and new display...WOW !!

9.001/10

6 years ago

JTT

Tizz007

Pinside member

Charlotte, NC

6y 27,150 13 11 32

I can't stop playing this game, its so much fun and the animations and sound clips are awesome!

9.660/10

6 years ago

RWJ

Bostonbuzz

Inactive member

South Amboy, NJ

19y 36,650 86 5 23

My ratings are based on the AFM Remake SE. If you liked the original you'll fully appreciate the fantastic upgrades to the SE like the amped up sound system, metal flying saucers, larger color dot matrix panel, color changing speaker surrounds, along with the tri-colored changing main saucer lamps. The game is wide open shooting mayhem.

Great game gets even greater!

9.660/10

6 years ago

BUM

bumgahdna

Pinside member

Dothan, AL

9y 61,350 186 24 10 2

Super fun game if you're not worried about competitions. Its prophetic that they put Katelyn Jenner between the flippers. Animations and callouts are great shooting the saucer and jiggly martians never gets old. NO ONE MESSES WITH THE USA!

bumgahdna has owned this game in the past.

10.000/10

6 years ago

VON

Pro_Antagonist

Inactive member

Gurley, AL

13y 21,250 2 2 14

I really don't know what to say other than this is the perfect pinball machine. From art, theme, sound, music and play. It's real difficult to find fault in this one. Even the sound of the music calls you in. Especially the aliens' speech, which are humorous and engaging. All the shots have great flow, both the ramps and the orbit are incredibly fluid. Plus, the saucer is such a rewarding target to hit. The playfield, itself, is a glorious light show. Game play-wise, the rules are simple for any novice yet they are challenging enough for even the most skilled.

Pro_Antagonist has this game on the wishlist.

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

10.000/10

6 years ago

BDM

brianmcculloh

Pinside member

Avon, IN

8y 35,900 95 3 24

So much fun, want to play it again as soon as you drain third ball. The spaceship toy is super fun. Lots of shots, unique playfield, wide open but not sparse. Funny, beautiful, and classic. One of the best.

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

9.460/10

6 years ago

J R

xtrc386

Pinside member

Grandview, TX

6y 36,050 7 13 6

Attack from Mars somehow seams nostalgic and simple but it is very modern. To me the play field looks plain compared to other games (besides the saucer no chairs, gum ball, neons, etc.). My first thought was why does it have a high rating. It totally changed my impression of it after I learned the rules of the game and could not stop playing.

8.344/10

6 years ago

JPS

Jsampel

Pinside member

Overland Park, KS

8y 55,550 98 1 32

I like the game and I think it's fun but let's be honest if it was a new stern game that came out it would get bashed for not having enough on the playfield. While it's fun it does get repetitive.

9.156/10

6 years ago

MLP

tabascoman77

Pinside member

6y 46,150 4 110

SO. MUCH. FUN. Your goal is take out four or five saucers hovering over major world cities. Each flying saucer toy rules. They "hover" near the back with their little blinking lights and you can't help but be charmed. Beating the main saucer over and over is always satisfying and gives you a hell of a light show which turns off all the other lighting save for the upper saucers and gives you a strobe that blinks as the saucer "explodes". Great stuff. The only cons are the game seems too simple and there's not much else to do except blow up the same saucer over and over. That and you can score 100 million points just by hitting a target and letting the ball drain. I've never played a game where your final score is an average of 2 billion points. Maybe that's the joke, I don't know, but it's odd to be able to score that many points on a table. It doesn't feel like you've "earned" anything. Even still, this is a great, fun game.

tabascoman77 edited previous rating on August 06, 2017.

9.488/10

6 years ago

STV

MrSerious

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

6y 25,650 3 17

It's repetitive, but that's its shtick. Simply one of the greatest pinball machines of all time. The theme is timeless and progressing through the modes always feels satisfying. This is one of the tables that sets the standards by which I judge other tables.

7.936/10

6 years ago

SUS

Grayont

Pinside member

Encinitas, CA

6y 51,550 84 1 129

One of my favorites.

Grayont edited previous rating on November 10, 2018.

9.940/10

6 years ago

MLB

AFM95

Pinside member

6y 88,550 1,634 26

Short and sweet, this is the game that got me hooked on pinball in the 90's. Great design, great theme, great music and doesn't get old. For me, this is my holy grail for pins.

7.868/10

6 years ago

SVN

MightyGrave

Pinside member

8y 55,300 769 11 27

Fast and a lot fun. Non pinheads love this game and experts have to fight for highscores.

MightyGrave edited previous rating on October 05, 2018.
MightyGrave has owned this game in the past.

8.960/10

6 years ago

WXW

Lawlor_and_Order

Pinball 518

7y 81,400 38 112

Possibly my favorite machine of all-time. It combines a quasi-tie-in (the Tim Burton movie, but also, the original trading card game) with a lot of original riffing in terms of creating a retro 1950's theme that feels like it should have been its own movie altogether. The machine itself is extremely open - which some might not like - but requires, absolutely requires, control shots off an unpredictable center target to fight the saucer. It thus combines pleasant gradually building modes, multiple multiballs, a progressive target towards wizard mode, and....WIGGLING MARTIANS! When well-tuned, it's just an extremely pleasant and rewarding game. It may not have all the gimmicks and multi modes of the contemporary Lawlor / Williams giants (TAF and TZ) but it stands alone among the Bally machines of its era (some of which were quite good, but don't have the same complete combination of skilled gameplay and clever sequencing).

Lawlor_and_Order edited previous rating on March 19, 2018.

7.964/10

6 years ago

IGZ

no_bad_days

Inactive member

6y 20,000 4 9

Underwhelmed with the ramp shots and there is a lot of open playfield space but the theme completely makes this game. Defending major international cities from invasion is fun and rewarding. DMD animation is really nice and the game speech makes this game feel epic.

10.000/10

6 years ago

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Delta9

Pinside member

10y 87,800 1,523 33

Super fun pin

2 Pinsiders flagged this.

8.940/10

6 years ago

ZAP

zahner

Pin-a-Go-Go

Fair Oaks, CA

10y 81,800 1,098 6 16

One of the best games around. Great rule st. Very playable and fun. The theme is outstanding and one of my favorite games in all departments. Also has the benefit of being a great game for both sophisticated and novice pinheads.

zahner edited previous rating on November 26, 2018.
zahner has owned this game in the past.

7.508/10

6 years ago

BJB

PinballBJB

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 72,300 208 30

I'm in the large group that enjoys this game a lot but doesn't quite understand the frenzy to rank it in the Top 10 of all time. It's fun, and very funny, and I'll happily play it some when I can (like at expos). But I agree with the comments about it being repetitive and a game to play on location but not to own and play all the time for years. Admittedly, for me personally, fan layout games just aren't as interesting and rich as multi-angle-multi-flipper games, so this view has a lot to do with my assessment of AFM. Setting that view aside though and speaking more objectively, AFM is a really nice game.

7.767/10

6 years ago

RHO

spiroagnew

Inactive member

11y 121K 982 161

No question about it, good fun to be had here. I give the edge to Medevial Madness in layout, theme and humour...but AFM is still a crowd-pleaser. Lots to achieve, even though it follows a simple fan layout. Could be one of the best sound packages in all of pinball.

9.079/10

6 years ago

RCT

CollinT

Pinside member

Beaufort, NC

6y 58,650 261 6 10

Attack from Mars is one of my all time favorites, this is a game I could play nonstop everyday. Game rules are pretty simple and the overall feel is easy enough for a beginner to play. Learned how to control flippers on this machine because they are pretty forgiving. Overall, one of the best games I can think of. True classic

7.615/10

6 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,848 6 98

classic

woody76 edited previous rating on January 17, 2020.

9.520/10

6 years ago

BO

BeatBachs

Pinpoint Fayetteville

Fayetteville, AR

9y 44,700 38 56 10

One of those titles that I never spent much time with until the past few years. Something about it never drew me in with it's wide open simplistic playfield....however, once I got a chance to sit and play this beast for more than just one or two games, I realized what I had been missing. Great call outs, fun theme, hilarious modes and bonus shots...and nothing is more satisfying than destroying that saucer. A great title that I hope to own one day.

BeatBachs has this game on the wishlist.

7.320/10

6 years ago

LEO

leoh383

Inactive member

Södertälje

7y 24,150 4 4 7

Maby little overrated.The first 20 times i played it i didnt understand the greatness. Maby i have to give it som more time and chanses!?

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