Bally
Revenge From Mars Pinside Rating
This game received 554 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.001 /10
Revenge From Mars
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.752
Artwork: 8.277
Sounds/Music: 8.155
Other Aspects: 7.819
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Bismarck, ND
9.900/10
3 years ago
I have owned over 100 pins (not all at once) throughout the years including most of the top 100 made before this one, and, for a variety of reasons, at one point was down to only one - and this is it. I have had mine since 2000, have played it thousands of times and still absolutely love it. The combination of the video animations reflected onto the playfield and the multiple (sometimes moving) targets give you a lot to do. The humor in the game is awesome, and the easter eggs are also a plus. Sure, there are a lot of Pinball 2000 haters out there who just don't like how different this was from everything else at the time - but those who have given it a chance will understand just how good this game is. Set up as intended, this game is fast and far from easy. But even when made easier, it will take you a very long time to conquer all. I find it much more challenging and less repetitive than AFM, which is also a great game. Overall, RFM is a great game all the way around and the total package is one of the best out there. Probably the best pinball bang for the buck at the moment.
5.355/10
4 years ago
Suffers by comparison to AFM. Seems designed by committee. (And later reading that it was, by designers who had reservations about the whole Pinball2000 concept but were forced to get on board by corporate.) Rule set was confusing. Had a “hit it here” and “now hit it there” feeling that felt random. The screen was too distracting and obscured the ball. Bottom line - I played well and got replays, but didn’t find it all that fun.
8.352/10
4 years ago
Wiener Neustadt
prerequisites:
-get the latest code and add a shaker
-adding a video amplifier adds so much contrast and details to the games CRT-way better than stock
positive:
- very nice artwork
- good sound, awesome callouts (...´don´t let them get the intern...` from Bill Clintons white house)
- fast game with good flow
- great bang for your buck - I can imagine prices rise on that title thanks to improved code and shaker/knocker update
neutral/negative:
- playfield is shorter than on standard B/W games. Feels a bit different
- easy game with long ball times
- shots feel a bit repetitive (center targets, ramps left right are just mirrored,
-get the latest code and add a shaker
-adding a video amplifier adds so much contrast and details to the games CRT-way better than stock
positive:
- very nice artwork
- good sound, awesome callouts (...´don´t let them get the intern...` from Bill Clintons white house)
- fast game with good flow
- great bang for your buck - I can imagine prices rise on that title thanks to improved code and shaker/knocker update
neutral/negative:
- playfield is shorter than on standard B/W games. Feels a bit different
- easy game with long ball times
- shots feel a bit repetitive (center targets, ramps left right are just mirrored,
Sydney
9.360/10
4 years ago
Lemmer
Great machine that i own for years and have a few thousand plays on it.
Its fun and the humor is great but can get repetitive since its a mode based game.
Very unique game with the screen. its used well.
Build quality is top notch. very easy machine to do maintenance on.
Its fun and the humor is great but can get repetitive since its a mode based game.
Very unique game with the screen. its used well.
Build quality is top notch. very easy machine to do maintenance on.
9.296/10
4 years ago
When I first played this game I thought it was crap. I couldn't see the upper part of the play field, the ball drained easily and there didn't seem to be any flow or good shots. All of that changed once i had played a few games. You don't need to see the upper play field because it is designed so that shots don't come screaming down unexpectedly. If it was lit better then you wouldn't be able to see the display as well. It does take a bit of getting used to, but once you understand where things are you can start to really enjoy the show on the display without worrying about the ball draining. The flow is created when you start following the story and call outs. What really surprised me is how awesome the game gets when you start moving through the story and interacting with both the display and the table. I really love when you get those martians lined up and start splatting them with the ball. All of the modes are funny and have different types of interactions that you complete to move on. Call outs are funny and fit the theme perfectly. This is definitely a game that takes a few balls to learn, but becomes more fun the more you play.
Niagara-on-the-lake, ON
8.012/10
4 years ago
I love pinball 2000. I wish there were more that were made. I also love attack from mars. That is one of my favorite pins ever. This is a very worthy follow up. Has a very similar playfield design, except a bit mirrored and again not 100% the same. But, its a fan layout and the fan layout I think is one of the best layouts in pinball. It has a ramp that pops up for you to hit the center shot and thats a cool feature to end a mode. Easy shot, but I think its meant to be, as again its the knockout punch and shouldn't be hard to make.
Really nice artwork and energy in the backglass and I think this might be one of the best looking cabs ever in pinball. I think the playfield art is actually better than attack from mars as well.
I love these animations and I think they still stand up to this day because of the cartoony style. Lots and lots of fun in the callouts and animations.
So while the callouts, animations, and art package are on par with the original attack from mars, the gameplay sadly isn't as good. I want to love this game, as I really enjoy playing the episode 1 game.
But, it doesn't shot as well as AFM and the start of the game with the two branching trees can get repetitive. Now.... With all that being said the game does play and shot well... Just not as well as AFM. It has a little bit of clunk feeling to it that AFM didn't have.
But, I really enjoy opening the game up and seeing all the modes that it has... I just wish perhaps they were a little more serious and less silly at times. More action less comedy. Still I enjoy this game and it does make me laugh, and I never fully opened it up.
Is this a machine for everyone. No. But, one day I'd really like to have one of these in my collection. Just I'd want to have AFM in my collection first.
Really nice artwork and energy in the backglass and I think this might be one of the best looking cabs ever in pinball. I think the playfield art is actually better than attack from mars as well.
I love these animations and I think they still stand up to this day because of the cartoony style. Lots and lots of fun in the callouts and animations.
So while the callouts, animations, and art package are on par with the original attack from mars, the gameplay sadly isn't as good. I want to love this game, as I really enjoy playing the episode 1 game.
But, it doesn't shot as well as AFM and the start of the game with the two branching trees can get repetitive. Now.... With all that being said the game does play and shot well... Just not as well as AFM. It has a little bit of clunk feeling to it that AFM didn't have.
But, I really enjoy opening the game up and seeing all the modes that it has... I just wish perhaps they were a little more serious and less silly at times. More action less comedy. Still I enjoy this game and it does make me laugh, and I never fully opened it up.
Is this a machine for everyone. No. But, one day I'd really like to have one of these in my collection. Just I'd want to have AFM in my collection first.
La Monnerie-le-montel
9.680/10
4 years ago
If Attack from Mars is ranked as a top 10 game, then honedtly, this game should be tied as a top 10 game as well because it is the exact same game, except, in my opinion, it is cooler and more fun due to the clever integration of the video and the playfoeld that William's implimented on the Pinball 2000 units. Watch the movie Tilt, and play a pinball 2000 unit and then come back and give a rating on this. I mean, everyone celebrates Joursey Jack and the new Sterns for having "video integration with LCD screens". Williams did this 2p years ago and pioneered the Technology. George Gomez and everyone at Stern knows this. If this game had of came out today, everyone would have said it was the most technologically advanced pin they have ever seen. It was just way ahead of it's time! 20 years ahead to be exact! Please, play this game before you rat it.
9.420/10
4 years ago
I want to like this game, but i just can't get into it. The lighting is so poor, it is just frustrating to play. Im sure this could be fixed with some modded LEDs/strips, but I have played it many times on various machines...and none have even decent lighting.
7.012/10
4 years ago
Bologna
A last attempt to keep like the pinball factory, but it failed :( . The idea of putting the screen is cool only for the eyes, but it made it very expensive. Rules of this machine are simple, layout of this machine is a lot copied from Attack from Mars. The game is really easy, which makes it bad, because a good player would get bored, and also would make games last longer, lowering incomes from this game. On the last 5 years B/W were making a lot of easy pinball machines (ball rarely drains) like Champion Pub, Cirqus Voltaire, Cactus canyon and the Pinball 2000, but WHY not make a really hard game like the Shadow where game lasts less than a minute even for a skilled player? I think this would have been increased the incomes to the sky
7.122/10
4 years ago
The animations and call outs are hilarious, but the modes have similar rules and the layout is pretty basic. It's neat, but gets old.
5.999/10
5 years ago
Owned one for awhile, sold it due to being WAY to repetitive. Best part of this game is Bill Clinton yelling out "Save the interns!!" Could see this machine lasing in a large collection, but to repetitive for a smaller collection IMO.
8.615/10
5 years ago
Though the center shot becomes repetitive, the different game modes, graphics and callouts are hilarious. My kids and friends that are new to pinball just love this machine. The theme, art work and sound are awesome. It is a real eye catcher. The Pinball 2000 system is great to have for a little diversity in your collection
9.060/10
5 years ago
Bally's pinball2000 system is just such a trip, for uniqueness alone, this scores a perfect 10 in my books. I've got to say, my rating of this pin may be higher than most due to the quality of machine I've played it on: a perfect 10, HUO, cherry, mint cab and playfield, with a crisp CRT monitor with no screen burn. I've heard that this machine suffers when the CRT has been swapped for an LCD monitor, but I am unqualified to speak to that. What I do know is that this game is just fun. I could see why pro pinball jocks wouldn't like it as the playfield is quite simple and the shots aren't incredibly varried...BUT when the playfield merges with the crt animated modes, this game is quite unlike anything else. It's a same that this system kind of of sunk bally, because i really would have liked to see where else they could have gone with it. I find the theme and sounds/call outs hilarious, and the modes are an absolute hoot. Fantastic and unique pin, if you don't take yourself or your pinball so seriously that you forget what this is all about: Having a good time.
6.300/10
5 years ago
The pin2k gimmick is nifty, particularly for its time. The theme and humor are pretty good as well, but this pin stumbles hard on variety on both modes and shots. Doing the same thing again and again, regardless of the animation, gets tedious.
This is a neat game to play once or infrequently, but would not sit well in a small collection.
This is a neat game to play once or infrequently, but would not sit well in a small collection.
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