Williams
Road Show Pinside Rating
This game received 513 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.982 /10
Road Show
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.265
Artwork: 7.808
Sounds/Music: 7.474
Other Aspects: 7.976
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5.589/10
10 years ago
Venice, CA
Roadshow ... good laugh and lots of entertainment when it was released in 1994. The two heads on the playfield (Red and Ted) take up a lot of room but are integral to the game theme and good for a laugh. The cabinet, backglass and playfield all fit the theme really well, but it feels a bit like this machine is tailored to young player. Played recently and still had a laugh. Sadly the machine was in a state of disrepair. If the heads aen't working right, the game experience suffers a lot. Classic game though. Will always play it, but its not my the wishlist.
9.360/10
10 years ago
An amazing, easy, difficult and FUN williams wide body offering! Playing though the first several modes again and again can be tiring, but the challenge to beat the game is addicting! Great layout, theme and toys. A fantastic game all round, for begginera and veterans alike!
Knokke
7.379/10
10 years ago
Road Show may have the best playfield layout ever. It has multiple modes, flippers, targets, ramps etc. I feel that it almost has too many modes and I would have preferred a few less, but with ending animations for the ones that are there. Being forced to go across the US makes sense, but having the option to have the modes be random would have made the game better. With the rules as-is you get some of the modes much more than others. Dot matrix animation is excellent, with only IJ better for a Bally/Williams game. Good game that I am sure was expensive to make, but lacks that special charm found in earlier Lawlor games TAF and TZ.
8.568/10
10 years ago
Very good pinball machine. I don't know if it's possible to end this one but that's a fun game with nice shots to do.
8.280/10
10 years ago
I like this better than Funhouse ruleset-wise, but some callouts can be a bit annoying (namely some of Red's callouts), but they're still amusing. The country theme fits really well, although the main theme music gets tiresome at worst, but it's not too bad still. I would consider it if I saw one for sale at a good price.
9.300/10
10 years ago
Montreal, QC
One Word ... DEEP!
I was smart when I first brought in Road Show. I kept it at 3 balls ... and turned the buy-in "off".
The end result. My friends are tripping over themselves to try to get to the west coast. Sure we play the first few modes a bunch ... but they never grow old. And man is it a challenge to get all the way across. And so what if we do? Try to get there again in your lifetime to have a chance at one of the other 2 west coast cities.
There are SOOOOO MANY Modes in this game. They are all fun and most of them are hysterical! "Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah"
Everyone wants a Funhouse ... but this is Funhouse on steroids! Way better! (Not to take anything away from Funhouse)
And get over it country music haters. I am certainly not a country music fan ... but that Multiball song is infectious. Own the game and play it a few times. All my friends can't help but wiggle their asses and dance a bit every time they hear "Every Little Thing I Do Without You ..."
Come on guys ... Carleen Carter is hot!
I was smart when I first brought in Road Show. I kept it at 3 balls ... and turned the buy-in "off".
The end result. My friends are tripping over themselves to try to get to the west coast. Sure we play the first few modes a bunch ... but they never grow old. And man is it a challenge to get all the way across. And so what if we do? Try to get there again in your lifetime to have a chance at one of the other 2 west coast cities.
There are SOOOOO MANY Modes in this game. They are all fun and most of them are hysterical! "Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah"
Everyone wants a Funhouse ... but this is Funhouse on steroids! Way better! (Not to take anything away from Funhouse)
And get over it country music haters. I am certainly not a country music fan ... but that Multiball song is infectious. Own the game and play it a few times. All my friends can't help but wiggle their asses and dance a bit every time they hear "Every Little Thing I Do Without You ..."
Come on guys ... Carleen Carter is hot!
9.260/10
10 years ago
Not my kind of Music and Theme but i played this one with friends yesterday and it is a Great game
Lots to do and Toys are Super!
Lots to do and Toys are Super!
8.484/10
11 years ago
Fun game. Not for everyone but with 4 flippers 2 heads and lots to do I always seem to find something new!
9.180/10
11 years ago
Great game with the talking heads. Very unique to pinball games except Funhouse. In my collection as a great widebody game that is many times underated.
6.410/10
11 years ago
One fussy animatronic head is bad enough in funhouse. Can't imagine having to maintain two "Rudy's"
7.628/10
11 years ago
I own this game and when i'm out in the garage thinking about making some room for another machine this one always catches my eyes, it's not a bad machine and while playing it I still get that occasional charge of fun that any good pinball gives but having to follow the same path of events time after time is something I really dislike and will never buy another game that does this again ever, that and the constant stop and go games are just not my cup of weed errrr I mean tea. fun to of owned but when it's gone i'm not gonna miss it like some of the others that I would tear up just thinking about selling
9.540/10
11 years ago
Great game,me and my brother played this one today at a friend house and
it's on my wishlist now...plenty to do,2 talking heads.
For the Price they go for i really want one,maybe 2 :)
it's on my wishlist now...plenty to do,2 talking heads.
For the Price they go for i really want one,maybe 2 :)
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