Williams
Police Force Pinside Rating
This game received 92 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.225 /10
Police Force
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.086
Artwork: 7.551
Sounds/Music: 6.82
Other Aspects: 7.152
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5.143/10
8 years ago
Richmond, VA
I just blocked off the center ramp to force myself to play the rest of the game.
7.107/10
8 years ago
Calgary, AB
Had Police Force for a couple of months now. Rule set is weak with lop-sided scoring. Inner ramp unlimited millions out weighs all other shots. I have changed the difficulty setting to very hard and it's made the game far better as the inner ramp takes 8 loops before accruing the unlimited millions and makes for much fairer gameplay. Back glass is very well done and the police light topper is neat. Multiball is difficult to obtain compared to other pins of this Era. Cop and bad guy comments over and over get tiring fast Overall though a decent pin when set to very hard.
7.137/10
9 years ago
I've owned this game for a while now and I still love it and play it almost every day.
8.492/10
9 years ago
Almelo
Ok time for an update, having owned this machine for well over a year now...
This is a decent to good pin despite it's well documented flaws, it's not a great one because it obviously doesn't cater to hardcore players and lastability i venture is mostly reserved for people who dig 80s pins.
For newbies or perpetually casual players like myself, it'll do just fine being easy to get into for quick wholly family friendly fun.
They're generally affordable and the price doesn't seem to vary too much between a near mint or player's condition one for whatever reason but my advice would be to factor in the purchase of a repro centre ramp as every single one i've seen to date including my own has at least that part badly damaged as a given.
This is a decent to good pin despite it's well documented flaws, it's not a great one because it obviously doesn't cater to hardcore players and lastability i venture is mostly reserved for people who dig 80s pins.
For newbies or perpetually casual players like myself, it'll do just fine being easy to get into for quick wholly family friendly fun.
They're generally affordable and the price doesn't seem to vary too much between a near mint or player's condition one for whatever reason but my advice would be to factor in the purchase of a repro centre ramp as every single one i've seen to date including my own has at least that part badly damaged as a given.
7.760/10
10 years ago
Really fun game, simple system 11 type of stuff. Probably not the best in a small collection, but fun none the less. The main ramp shot can get old, but as you build ramp shots it def can get exciting.
7.267/10
11 years ago
I've owned this for a couple of years and know the machine pretty good. Biggest complaint is the unbalanced scoring. The scoring is such that one shoots at nothing but the unlimited million center ramp ....because that's where the points are.
And of course, for multiple players......the "takeaway scoring" on the 3rd ball is less than desirable.
Kids absolutely love the game.
I'll no doubt keep this pin until I find something better to replace it with.
And of course, for multiple players......the "takeaway scoring" on the 3rd ball is less than desirable.
Kids absolutely love the game.
I'll no doubt keep this pin until I find something better to replace it with.
8.632/10
11 years ago
This is very fun machine. I've owned it for 6 months and the whole family wants to play it all the time. Getting a good score is not as easy as some say although you could get lucky and hit that middle ramp a bunch. But there are many more scoring options that are much more fun to go for. This game is extremely under rated IMHO!
6.503/10
11 years ago
This game is a funny one, its a great own for the right price (Sub 1k) A lot of people who are super good at pinball hate it because you can simply pull multiple millions, additionally you can do the high score swipe thing.. I am a casual pinballer who can 1/4 times hit the target, having owned this for a year and play it at least once a week or so, I still feel like a champ if I get the unlimited millions once in a 2 month span. The sound if what you expect out of a low demand pin. Its not horrible and not good. Any System 11 is worth owning if you ask me, so with that and the right price pick it up. Good finds when you get upper ramp deflector errors or chipped up ramps, get the cliffy protectors for it! This isnt some pin that your gonna retire on the cash it brings in, but when kids want to whale on a machine ..this is the one.. fun ..easy to make it do "Stuff" and random wacking might get you multiball and make the police car move which the family loves. As a casual ball-a' I wont be selling this game any time soon.
7.052/10
12 years ago
I actually really enjoyed playing this game. It was easy yet I had fun trying to master the shots. Good family theme especially for young kids. Good solid Williams game. I like the center post which saves the middle "drains". Again, this would be fun for newer pinball players to attract them to pinball. Doesn't have all the current gadgets but just enought to be interesting. Cute game.
Nailsea
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