I've never played the real pin, but I have played the virtual version of it on the Pinball Arcade app. You should definitely check it out on there since you're considering buying one for your home.

http://www.ipdb.org/rulesheets/2684/TZBOWEN.HTM

Check this out

I found this very helpful.

http://pinball.org/videos/tutorials/twilight-zone/

Left ramp, right ramp, piano scoop (mode start). Repeat, going for the lock shot and gumball shots when they become available. If the TZ is set up correctly, you can hit either ramp from either flipper. In normal multiball, the piano scoop is the jackpot and the camera shot re-lights the jackpot (hold the left flipper up when going for the piano). Going for the slot machine scoop can start a mode, but it's a dangerous shot. Also avoid the skillshot since it puts the ball in those dangerous bumpers.

The right inlane and left outermost inlane will light the spiral shot, which is the right/left orbit shots;
EB in there pretty easy to get. I'd stay away from the Dead End shot personally, even though there's an EB in there also.

Shoot ball into hole, trap on right flipper, hit left ramp, right ramp and then piano. Time out mode. Repeat ramp, ramp. Piano....LITZ follows.

New that was coming

This game gets a rap for being either the easiest game ever created, or the hardest bitch beast constructed; depending on the thread/poster. CPMD let us hear back on how many times you LITZ'd on each ball.

You can time out each mode, like on most games, which can lead to a weak score as LITZ doesn't garner a huge amount of points. I mean if you're that good at it, you should probably just start/stack all modes at the same time...why are you holding the ball wasting time exactly?

I just checked out the tutorial video on PAPA.org and it helped me a lot in understanding the general game flow and how to boost my score via the objectives. Unfortunately I don't have access to the real thing, but here's my best score so far on Pinball Arcade: http://imgur.com/a/BNZMg (I've attached them to this post in case my imgur doesn't work).

They've got videos on almost every pinball machine ever made I think, so it's a great source of info. I hope this helps (even if I am a year late to this thread... ).

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