Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure

Pinside rating

This game received 1087 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.602 /10

8.602

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #20 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.



Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.545

Artwork: 8.545

Sounds/Music: 8.378

Other Aspects: 8.68


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8.587

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9.380/10
5 years ago
This truly is an adventure! The atmosphere this game creates is simply outstanding. The shots feel variable, yet comprehensive a good to anticipate once a mode starts.
It just feels right and it took five years in my collection, before the spot was taken by another machine.
Not long ago, I decided to get another Indy, since the whole family missed the first one.
9.700/10
5 years ago
A really very good pinball with incredible sound,animation,multiball(get etrenal life is awesome).
8.120/10
5 years ago
Awesome game, so much to shoot for and so much to do. Cool sounds and art, this is pinball at its best.
10.000/10
5 years ago
I have owned this game for 5 years now, it will never be sold, excellent on all aspects!
8.788/10
5 years ago
Overall this game is awesome. I enjoy certain modes. for the most part the game is great!
9.140/10
5 years ago
great game would like to own one someday.
9.172/10
5 years ago
Where to start? So I love the theme. Indiana Jones will forever be a part of my social conscience so getting to feel like I'm a part of the adventures is fun. Love the music, and the voice clips from various movies. I like having the revolver as the plunger, though this Indy skill shot is a little blah. Satisfying drop targets and the ball lock feature is just cool.

So the way the balls are launched in multi-ball is fun and fast paced. I like the teetering ramp to get the extra ball, it kind of feels like labrynth, a childhood staple from the 90s, which definitely requires more than just pinball skills to be good at. Love the sound effects. The ramp shots are satisfying, if just a little steep for some places that have weaker flippers.

Stuff I don't like, the right out-lane having the ability to magically get saved, is great except when it's not. I guess it's unique, but I'd prefer more of a traditional outlane where I have a better chance of shake saving it. The scoring doesn't seem very balanced, like getting 30M points for the minecart video mode which is super easy, when jackpots for doing pinball skill requiring shots don't net you near that many points. I like being rewarded for modes, but feels a little too gimmicky.

All told, love the theme, really enjoy the game, but hate seeing this come up in competition as it's luck of the draw for which mode you start. I still would like to own one, but there are a lot of games higher on my must own list currently.
8.432/10
5 years ago
This game is a tough one to find and play! I have maybe two games a year on it at a Pinball show. I've never seen a working one in the wild and the licensing was too hefty to bring it to Pinball Arcade, so this is, quite aptly, the holy grail of Williams games! I like most things about this game - fantastic soundtrack, great shots, great ruleset. This one oozes it's theme which is awesome. I'm not a huge fan of the way some of the shots are blocked by the path of adventure or the idol housing, can make some of the shots feel less satisfying. Not quite as much flow due to the widebody size, which is a problem I find with many widebody games but this isn't the worst example. Absolute pinball classic nonetheless though.
9.900/10
5 years ago
Best Williams Pin ever
7.421/10
5 years ago
A wide body fan layout. Not lit well, but this is a solid and fun game with good theme integration.
8.980/10
5 years ago
This machine has it all. It's a widebody with great flow and lots of fun shots to hit. It has an awesome theme (Is there a better theme for pinball?) that's perfectly executed. The dot animations are great, especially with a ColorDMD. The music is exactly what you would expect and the custom voicework is exceptional. The artwork, while a little heavy with the yellows and browns, makes this a stunning machine to look at. The software is just deep enough and the wizard mode is a real challenge to get to. The 12 main modes, 4 from each film of the original movie trilogy, offer lots of variety and a decent risk/reward balance.

On the negative side, the Path To Adventure toy is pretty finnicky to keep working perfectly and it's moderately fun at best. This pin is also missing a skill shot, which is always a negative in my book. However, using the gun to immediately shoot the ball into action actually feels very theme appropriate. All in all, I feel this machine lives up to the hype as one of the best pins of the 90's and it has a fun factor that few pins can rival.
8.448/10
5 years ago
Fun adventure game by Williams is deeper and more immersive than the Stern version, IMHO, but they are also different pins with different feel and design. Both are good at capturing Indy theme and both have good music, sounds and callouts. I like the Stern artwork better, even if photoshopped, because the hand-drawn art on this pin looks odd to me. Overall, the art package isn't bad tho. Nice widebody has a very unique feel all its own. Should have maybe one or two more shots for all the extra room a widebody offers. Still, it offers lots of modes and goals, fun Path of Adventure and very good dot animations. If you love Indy, this is a very fun game that, while it doesn't blow me away, usually gets my quarters when I see it in the wild. I would like to own one, but they are getting very expensive for a quality example. People love this theme!

Update - I now own my second Indy, and this one is a keeper for a long time. 3 of the best video modes, each well made and challenging. Plenty of modes, 12 main modes, with other goals and things to do. Wizard mode is fun, and reminds me of The Shadow (shoot every shot/switch in a short period of time). Huge bonus if you complete the wizard mode. Great callouts and iconic music. It’s in the discussion for top 90s WPC pin, along with TOTAN, MM, AFM, MB, WH2O, TZ and FT.
8.000/10
6 years ago
I recently got to try it out at a show. We really enjoyed it. It was easy to play, and you could have a decent game without being a pinball wizard.
6.373/10
6 years ago
I finally had the chance to play this game on a location. I had really high expectations. Man was I disappointed. The one I played was beat to hell so that probably didn't help. Even still, call outs were meh, game play was slow. Just didn't like it.
8.828/10
6 years ago
Simply an incredible game. Nothing else is needed to be said.
7.116/10
6 years ago
It's ok, but not a top 10 IF you ask me :)
8.096/10
6 years ago
Great all round package. Some good flow through the outer loops as well as some satisfying stop and go aiming shots. Very solid build quality and game play. The many different modes (12) are entertaining and diverse allthough the three video modes get a little boring over time. Overall the strategy is slightly limited (going for modes or multi balls) but the game still lasts reasonably well in a small collection and attracts both beginners and more experienced players. Wizard mode is quite easy to reach but hard to finish.
9.075/10
6 years ago
My favorite machine ever. Best sound effects and theming of all time.
9.704/10
6 years ago
If you grew up in the Star Wars/Indiana Jones era, who wouldn't want to own this one? Great use of movie quotes, mixed with John Rhys-Davies adding some extra dialog. The programmers of this game went the extra mile, adding specific quotes for unexpected shots, like a ball-lock when the targets are still up. "You cheat, Dr. Jones!" My biggest two complaints on this machine would be the unreliability of the Path of Adventure, and the side panel coloring. Many folks fall victim to fade on the cabinet, and that is quite frustrating. Overall, in my top 5 of all time, and there is no way it is leaving my collection!
8.740/10
6 years ago
Near perfect, very fun, very deep. Very special to play, a lot to do, difficult but always fun.
8.724/10
6 years ago
My holy grail game, and they got it right in every way. The Path of Adventure is the only concern I have with the game due to it possibly leading to mechanical issues over time.
9.020/10
6 years ago
One of my best pinball, good variety, a good choice if you have just one pinball, always fun to play.
8.120/10
6 years ago
I’ve played this a bunch at my local arcade and now feel comfortable rating it. Very good. I love Indiana Jones but I'm not too thrilled about the theme (I actually prefer the Stern Indiana Jones theme integration). I hate that both pins are so yellow. Possibly best call-outs in pinball. Game play is solid. Toys are fun. Layout is good. It's a solid pin but I don't think $8,000.00 to $12,000.00 is justified.
9.544/10
6 years ago
One of my favorite games and a game that really does an amazing of integrating its theme in all aspects of design. A true classic.
6.866/10
6 years ago
The lastability is just not there for me. The last machine to come into my house and probably the first to go. Don't like how the ball gets lost by the pop bumpers. Too start/stop ish of game play. I don't feel that flow.
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