Williams

Demolition Man

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This game received 420 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.806 _/10

7.806

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #122 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.163

Artwork: 6.909

Sounds/Music: 7.619

Other Aspects: 7.97

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7.996

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8.416/10

6 years ago

RIK

rtotans

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 75,100 211 34

Fun game.

Pros
Many ways to get multi ball
cryo arm is pretty cool and you decide where you want to put the ball. You decide the reward.
3 ramps lots to shoot for
3 flippers make the game more interested.
If you love ramps and combo's this is the game for you.
To use the chrome arm flippers is very cool, and unique. Totally changes the game play to switch it up once in a while. Also supposely you score higher. (at least rumor has it)

Cons

Well this game is new to me, and I will give an update later on.

7.911/10

6 years ago

MJS

Matesamo

PinballRI

Warwick, RI

7y 117K 1,292 112 1

Although I can never get great scores using the handles, they do make is super easy to nudge the machine. Lots of great shots and modes, the crane is a neat feature to allow you to choose your mission and it is a table that gets a lot of play during league.

8.161/10

6 years ago

LMS

Tranquilize

Pinside member

9y 84,550 3,778 35

This machine is a rush. I've never played a pin that returns balls from ramps in less than a second. If you get on a role hitting ramps and combos, I think Demolition Man supersedes all other machines for speed and satisfaction. It's just so fast!! That being said, the rule set keeps the ratings for this pin quite low, especially for a Williams wide body. If you force yourself to go for demolition time instead of just multi-balls, the game becomes way better.

The good:
- Fast ramps and combos in general
- Good music, especially the driving sound when multiball is lit
- Challenging shots
- Good callouts, especially Stallone's callouts for extra ball and replay
- The claw is a cool feature, and the rules to light it are actually good
- The handles are fun, but I wish there was required switching to the regular buttons. The bonus for using the handles pretty much eliminates the regular buttons.

The bad:
- Heavy weighting toward multi-balls
- Ability to keep choosing lock freeze with claw
- No motivation to hit car crash or retina scan.. Truly a shame.
- Side ramp seems to be strangely angled and is not valued highly in the game.
- Translite MUST be changed. Ug...

I'm hoping to eventually swap out the boards and mod the rules. It will be fun project where I hope to fix the rule issues and add some new fun rules.

Remember, force yourself to go for demolition time instead of the multiballs, and the game is twice as fun.

Tranquilize edited previous rating on April 21, 2018.

6.996/10

7 years ago

MZR

damadczar

Mad Czar Games

11y 73,550 575 10 15

I had Demolition Man for less than a year.

It's great fun, the multi ball fever and the claw are great.
Mine also had upgraded speakers and sub, so the music was pounding. Fit the theme and game play very well.

Also loved the handles. Wasn't a fan of the wide body though (I'm not in general).

I eventually got rid of it b/c I felt like there wasn't a great amount to do, and it was just clunky enough even with the simple ruleset to not make me want to play again after I had a successful game.

Anyway, get one, you won't regret it. Even if you sell/trade it later.

damadczar has owned this game in the past.

6.529/10

7 years ago

AGB

Ramtuathal

Pinside member

Louisville, KY

8y 63,650 123 1 148

Flipper buttons or grips? Each have pros and cons, but Demolition Man can be fun to play either way. However, while there are plenty of shots, the game starts to feel flat and simple within just a few games. There are some interesting rules, but - even with the upper grip / triggers - the game is actually too easy to walk away from.

8.824/10

7 years ago

JON

J85M

Hot Mods

Warrington

12y 147K 10,466 32

Possibly one of my personal favourites pins, great theme one of my favourite action movies brought to the world of pinball what more could I ask for other than Terminator (thanks Willaims) DM is full of awesome shots and boy are there a lot of them, literally every inch of the playfield is covered in a variety of unique shots, the cyro claw is a neat trick albeit the rules a little shallow around it and I love the centre jump ramp a really fun shot to hit plus the vertical triggers add a uniqueness to the way you can play the game and fit the theme perfectly.

I will add one of these to my collection again some day and add more Sly & Wesley audio via pin browser making the game even better!

7.988/10

7 years ago

ROB

Robertstone0407

Pinside member

Marysville, OH

7y 122K 3,054 9 64

Very fun at an arcade but after so many plays it lones all its luster. Hit ramps, more ramps, ramps then your donew. Very fun at an arcade for instant satisfaction but I lost interest quickly. Good starter pin. The handles really don't hit it with me and from a owner standpoint really just a high cost feature to keep good looking. Art on this is like the movie, not very good. Definitely not a bad game, but not a great game either

Robertstone0407 edited previous rating on May 20, 2017.

5.948/10

7 years ago

JMS

jaemsdavit

Inactive member

7y 20,650 3 1 25

I like widebody games, and this one has a good layout on paper. But, I still find the gameplay and ruleset really dull. The art and sound design does nothing to help save this game.

7.912/10

7 years ago

CET

Ven

Pinside+ Frequent

Carlyle, IL

10y 71,800 452 20 18 1

We had Demoman in the house for about 7 or 8 months maybe a bit less. As with most pins it got a lot of play when I first brought it home. It's a good value for the money but it does get a bit tiresome after a while, this game is all about ramps and flow so if you like ramps and combos this is a game for you. I eventually got tired of not having anything else to shoot for and found myself playing it less and less. It does have some interesting rules and scoring but in the end it comes down to the multiballs and jackpots. The LH side of the PF pretty well gets ignored with the car crash and retina scan as they are death shots and really don't seem to be worth shooting for.

If you disable the claw this machine becomes infinitely more difficult but the claw is a cool toy so it is hard to disable it.

Ven has owned this game in the past.

6.722/10

7 years ago

KID

blowback1976

Pinside member

10y 99,050 1,338 7 40 1

Not a bad game overall. The flow is pretty amazing until you get to the cryoclaw lock. This game is all about ramps and multiball. I loved the movie, and figure I'd love this too. Surprisingly, I didn't like as much as I thought I would. Callouts and music sound great. But after awhile it lost its appeal for me.

blowback1976 has owned this game in the past.

7.969/10

7 years ago

DAD

Laithan

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 68,550 738 2 7

Extremely under-rated pin... Artwork is the worst part about the game but if you can ignore it's a hidden gem!

Laithan edited previous rating on April 21, 2023.
Laithan currently owns this game.

7.686/10

7 years ago

LEW

sleepygtr

Pinside+ Frequent

13y 67,550 336 8 31 1

Demo Man is one of the last great values in 2016 pinball. The game-play and flow are awesome even though the rules/scoring could use a little tweaking (updates make it better). If you love ramps this game is pure heaven. I am a huge fan of Dennis Nordman and this is his 3rd best game but his 3rd would be most peoples best (WH2O and Scared Stiff are a little better). Truly from a game-play standpoint, it is a great value still holding at less than $3000 for a nice one. I don't expect the price to do anything but go up as all great pins tend to do. Also, while tough to clean, it is a super reliable pinball.

sleepygtr edited previous rating on August 09, 2018.
sleepygtr has owned this game in the past.

8.760/10

7 years ago

JAR

John37

Inactive member

8y 32,150 9 11

This is my Sci-Fi Whitewater. Love the theme, which is very well integrated. Call outs are from the real actors, which is always nice, and they are great. The claw has not given me a lot of problems and it doesn't hold up gameplay quite as much as the Johnny Mnemonic hand for me. Art package is good and a blue LED behind Wesley Snipes eye in the back glass will make it much more interesting. Some good light shows on this one as well. I love using the upright handles in lieu of the traditional flipper buttons, I would add them to every pinball I had if I could. If you are relatively tall, the upright handles will be much more comfortable for you.

You will read a lot of reviews of the movie itself here; however, a quick look at Rotten Tomatoes will show you just how high the critics and overall population of readers of that site felt about the movie, which was overwhelmingly positive.

John37 edited previous rating on July 24, 2019.

5.516/10

7 years ago

KEN

Kenz

Pinside member

Unknown

8y 58,800 399 19 57

Finally managed to play this at a meet. Liked using the handles for the flipper action but the theme is not for me. Playfield looks like a stretched T2. No nice artwork, theme or callouts here. Reckon it should be out of the top 100.

5.699/10

7 years ago

DOC

drsfmd

Pinside member

10y 76,550 3,156 108

Ok pin made as a tie in to a simply terrible movie. Artwork is bland and dated-- I really don't need Sylvester Stallonbe festooned all over the backglass. Gamplay is ok, the "handles" for flipper buttons are unique and I found them interesting to play.

8.840/10

7 years ago

TOM

tomh52722

Pinside member

Strongsville, OH

9y 54,050 421 9 12

Updated my rating after owning this game for 1.5 years. This is one of five games in my collection and early on I thought I would only have it for a few months. This has become one of my favorite games though and I just invested in a color DMD, mirror blades and better LEDs than I originally installed. The artwork is bad, I know, but the five different multiballs, plus demo time make this game challenging and a lot of fun.

tomh52722 edited previous rating on May 22, 2017.
tomh52722 currently owns this game.

9.440/10

7 years ago

ERC

SLeRiC

Inactive member

8y 45,150 74 35

I love the combos and cuss rom!

9.204/10

7 years ago

ALB

BertoDRINK1

Pinside member

Acworth, GA

8y 75,800 586 27 25

Awesome game, with a great flow. The color on the playfield really pops,the back glass and cabinet not so much but whatever I'm looking at the playfield when I'm playing a game. I love the claw it's cool to me I won't turn mine off.

BertoDRINK1 currently owns this game.

9.076/10

7 years ago

ATL

Lemank

Pinside member

8y 70,050 470 9 63 1

I like the handles for the game. That gives it a fun different feature. Love the call outs.

Lemank edited previous rating on May 18, 2016.
Lemank has owned this game in the past.

9.120/10

8 years ago

ZZZ

sevenrites

Pinballer

9y 129K 2,200 97

How can you go wrong with this underrated masterpiece featuring 4 main multi balls, 5 modes that need complete to reach demolition time multi ball, 3 ramps, upper flipper, combos, awards for combos, it's a wide body, the flow is great, the sound is incredible and it's just a great, fun game.

sevenrites edited previous rating on January 30, 2017.

6.718/10

8 years ago

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StuMac9

Inactive member

Pooler, GA

8y 19,500 1 4 9

Nice machine, all about the combos, sound and lighting very good. Only let down as others have said is the artwork.

StuMac9 has owned this game in the past.

8.620/10

8 years ago

SWB

Scubascotti

Inactive member

Hillston

10y 13,250 1 25

Great game and a WPC system too which is the best williams system both for reliability and easy trouble shooting and repairs makes this a great purchase and quite possibly the biggest bang for your buck in pinball!
A fast widebody pin with a great playfield layout with plenty of flow and challenging shots, great combo's, loads of ramps and an excellent design and build quality.
An easy game to play but a hard game to master is the key to this one its addictive as hell and has that one more game feel.
With plenty to do and without being overly complicated this game is an underrated gem that is simply loads of fun to play.
Back in the day on location this game was a very good earner and the movie aint bad either and the theme ties into the game well, its a solid license with custom voice overs by Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes.
Im a fan and I highly recomend this one for your games room or pinball collection.
Worth noting as well that the public rating is about 7.8 but the pinside staff rating on this one is 8.3 confirming this is infact an underated game indeed.

Scubascotti edited previous rating on December 20, 2015.

7.224/10

8 years ago

JCD

WaddleJrJr

Pinside member

Avon, OH

9y 91,900 2,738 22 20

First thing to note: Turn off the claw!

This game sucks with the claw enabled, because having the claw enabled kills the flow of the game and allows the player to just choose lock freeze and play multiball all day, without ever experiencing the great modes packed into this game.

Demoman's flow may be some of the best in all of pinball. It's such a pleasure to shoot, and the game encourages and rewards flowing combo play. The way the rules work with combos, lock freezes, and claw awards makes the player keep flow going between the center shot, left ramp, right ramp, and eventually left inner-loop. It feels incredibly fun to do, and the rules do a good job of rewarding the player for doing so.

WaddleJrJr edited previous rating on November 13, 2015.
WaddleJrJr currently owns this game.

8.076/10

8 years ago

TBK

xTheBlackKnightx

Pinside member

8y 128K 4,097 137

"I wonder if I can play the accordion too?"

Ramps, Ramps, and more Ramps.
Good flow, but not White Water level quality.
Great machine, but not the best license usage.
The whole backglass image shenanigan between Stallone, Snipes, and Sandra was "Bullocks".
WMS squeezed pinball juice as much as they could into the game.

One of the few machines to use alternative flipper control strategies (gun handles).
I never understood why operators removed them, unless they thought they would get ripped off the machines.
Great use of the extra SUPERPIN playfield space with actions, ramps, and features.

The "Huxley Award" is one of my favorite difficult shots in pinball, and now rarely known even by owners of the game.

LITTLE KNOW FACT: You score EXTRA points for use of the gun handles on modes and shots.

Probably the FUNNIEST Williams promo videos in the history of pinball.
If you do not know what I am talking about, go watch it, and then you will understand.
You are going to laugh your $%# off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgG8wQ3Msqw

"The actress who appeared in this promotional video went on to a less humiliating career as a street $@#!@ and childrens party clown. Often combining the two for 10 memorable years."

Old Simple 2005 Review:
The "Cyro Claw" feature, gun handle flippers, and unique captive ball targets make this an entertaining game

xTheBlackKnightx edited previous rating on July 19, 2017.

9.056/10

8 years ago

EMB

electr0maniac

Pinside member

Bolingbrook, IL

10y 25,400 6 15

"I'm a blast from the past!" "You shoulda stayed there."

Traded my Data East LAH for a DM and couldn't be happier. This table has beautiful flow and awesome multiball modes. Lock freeze is great for getting to Cryo Prison mini-wizard mode. Callouts are terrific, Stallone saying 'REPLAY' is rewarding to hear. Trigger mounts give seemingly greater control over the game, barely use the flipper buttons anymore.

The cryo claw is a ton of fun to operate, but the car crash target is a wasted feature. Hitting those ramps for combos is a hugely satisfying endeavor, and Demolition Time yields a very cool lightshow and awesome sound clips.

Only drawbacks are rather mundane cabinet artwork and yawn-worthy translite. Apart from the artwork, table is gorgeous, won't be giving my DM up for a long time!

"Send a maniac to catch a maniac......"

electr0maniac has owned this game in the past.

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