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This game received 35 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.841 _/10

7.841

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This game ranks #68 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

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Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game design: 7.944

Artwork: 8.209

Sounds/Music: 6.336

Other Aspects: 7.93

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8.490/10

56 days ago

SAP

seshpilot

Pinside member

6y 95,650 1,901 147 2

Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of Stern...neither v1.0 or 2.0. While the artwork was usually FANTASTIC, most Stern 1.0 games have a really bizarre angle for the slingshots that I just don't like, and many of their games (I'm looking at you Seawitch) have just poor geometry. I say this as a former owner of several of these games. Meanwhile, Stern 2.0 seems dead-set on creating products that either have extremely late code updates to them or are not supported well (GB ghosting?). ALL that said, I absolutely LOVE Quicksilver. What a game. I want one.

PROS:
-Super fast! Hence the name
-Really great layout with drops that can be swept in a single shot. Spelling out Quicksilver is never easy! And 2 spinners? Yes please. Honestly, this is the game I had so desperately wanted from Seawitch. Now I know.
-INCREDIBLY sounds. Love, love, love the sounds. Add a sub and turn it up!
-The artwork is gorgeous, as usual for Stern 1.0.

CONS:
-While the middle drop target bank isn't nearly as oddly placed as I originally had thought it was, it is still in a spot that I'm not crazy about (I'm not crazy about it on Funhouse either).
-The playfields are typically beat all to hell. This game deserved either factory mylar or some sort of playfield protectant similar to what Zaccaria or Segasa was doing! Obviously, they weren't meant to last 30+ years, but sadly for us in the 21st century, it's very hard to find this game without a beat-up pf.
-While I'm still not crazy about the slingshot angle, it's more tolerable on this game for some reason.

I need to play this one a bit more, but so far...me likey
-Uh...the price it's fetching these days

7.799/10

9 months ago

YOS

Yoski

Pinside member

Miami Shores, FL

3y 84,400 394 21 133

I love this game for the artwork alone. Plenty of drop targets and 2 spinners work well together. The lower bank requires careful handling. A poorly timed shot against the post will drain the ball while you can sweep the entire bank if you hit it perfectly. Getting the spinners lit is where the money is. You accomplish that by dropping the corresponding drop target bank if I remember correctly. I have been trying to find a well preserved example of this game for years without much success.

Yoski has this game on the wishlist.

9.097/10

10 months ago

PAV

PavBall

Pinside member

Lake Charles, LA

4y 73,800 429 57

This is a players dream game. Fast and balanced scoring with a great layout. Combo the drop targets into the spinner, very rewarding. Nice art package and sounds. This is my favorite classic Stern. Very happy I gave it a chance.

9.175/10

1 year ago

TOM

tdiddy

Pinside member

Euclid, OH

6y 67,050 1,496 14 17 4

If you don't know about this one............go find one and play it, preferable in a quite setting

tdiddy currently owns this game.

8.039/10

1 year ago

LO

LorenZ

Pinside member

Eaux Claires

10y 60,150 328 31 67

One of my favorite single ball pinball. amazing backglass and interesting rules. love the background sound, the bonus decount, and the way to catch extra ball ! great spinners ^^

LorenZ currently owns this game.

9.537/10

1 year ago

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MeNaCeFiRe

Pinball Naples

6y 101K 1,917 42 75 1

I usually don't comment, but this is a pin that's going to be stuck in my collection forever. I dig the speed (hence, the name of the pin), the art, and the rules. There are many ways to play this pin. Wife digs the rotating extra ball light, sop she goes go letters while I try to max out drop targets and multiplier drop targets. So much fun!

MeNaCeFiRe currently owns this game.

8.441/10

2 years ago

PVW

pascal-pinball

Pinside member

13y 76,925 1,094 210

Simple but great rules.
Fantastic artwork !!

pascal-pinball edited previous rating on January 23, 2017.

1.075/10

2 years ago

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mazzzulatoro

Inactive member

Riccione

6y 19,000 56

Flipper decidedly unsuccessful, poor design

9.162/10

2 years ago

EFH

TigerLaw

Pinside Moderator

Lake Charles, LA

9y 173K 16,655 23 174 3

So, this game is exceptionally fast and has amazing sounds, lightshow, rules and a wonderful layout.

Many rare games like this are rare because they weren't that good, such is not the case with Quicksilver, it's rare because Stern was going under as a company but this is easily classic Stern's best playing game.

This is a game worth finding and playing. Phenominal tournament quality game.

TigerLaw edited previous rating on April 21, 2018.
TigerLaw currently owns this game.

6.111/10

2 years ago

DEF

DefaultGen

Pinside member

Morrisville, NC

5y 119K 2,805 10 165

Quicksilver is tough and has brutal outlanes, but the left drop target bank is really cool. More often than not, a clean shot from the left flipper will bounce through the left spinner up the orbit, sometimes all the way back up top. It's also sweepable from the right flipper although I'm terrible at that. It has the whole early solid state "spell a big long word all around the playfield" thing going for it, but thankfully you can collect letters from the drops. Scoring seems sensible and balanced, get the drop value up, advance your multipliers, rip the spinners when you can, it's not a one shot game or anything. I like that the spinners stay lit until you hit them, that seems like an uncharacteristically nice thing to do for a game of this era.

Not my favorite game, but one with neat geometry and balanced scores.

8.391/10

4 years ago

DAN

BeaverBrewing

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Beaver Falls, PA

5y 68,150 285 7 278 1

Very odd playfield layout with sideways drop targets close and to the left. Tricky shots all over the table and spelling quicksilver aint easy. I enjoy it...could have used a better theme.

6.996/10

5 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Pinside member

San Diego, CA

7y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Feels alot like a Bally SS of its era. However, it has that layout that suits the game well. Spinner shots are very satisfying.

8.634/10

5 years ago

CEN

ulysseslions08

Pinside member

Unknown

7y 22,000 1 72

One of the best games I've ever played. I would buy this game in a heartbeat.

8.916/10

5 years ago

KEV

Caucasian2Step

Pinside member

Westminster, CO

7y 131K 1,221 53 822

Quicksilver is a game that fatures the Bally feel with a Stern Layout. It's a nice combination.

The Pros:
I love the art package on this game. Ms. Melon bursting out of the green blobbies with the blue spheres is unusual, creative and vibrant in color and simple composition. Spelling quick silver is tricky with the upper lanes... nudging is required. Good thing you have 2 lanes with spinners to get there. Doug Watson does his best Moebius impression and succeeds with an impressive flair.

The Cons:
I never really got the lower bank of drop targets.

The Takeaway:
A fun game with a good deal to do. One of the most distinctive looking games out there. My favorite color is green.

Update:
I got a chance to play this game when a friend left it in my living room for a week after it was getting fixed. The 3 bank of drops on the right make all the difference. Bonus X carries over and in this game is HYOOJ!. Gettin' the 75k is not easy as you have to spell QUICKSILVER and then hit the saucer. The saucer on this table is dangerous. The kickout is not consistent and you'd better activate when it comes atcha. Will it go to the left flipper, to the right flipper? Am I gonna have to save this from going SDTM. This is still to be considered as the saucer builds the value of the center drops (up to 20k a drop!) and makes the lower left hand side of the PF more valuable than one would initially expect. The spinners on this game are begging to get ripped and yes, you can shatz the inlane with the curved dividers that ease it into the switches. The big points are definitely from the bonus, so build it and collect. When it is Maxed out, it sounds like a chainsaw ripping things up! This game requires shots all around the PF to get the good scores. Nudging at the top lanes as well as in the pops means that old school meets new school on this table. A really good game all around. Sweep the lower targets if you can and make sure to watch Bowen show you the way here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekkf4Z-O0Mo

it's up there with Nineball, Big Game and Stars in my book. Scores updated accordingly.

Caucasian2Step edited previous rating on June 07, 2016.

7.047/10

6 years ago

RED

Redketchup

Pinside member

Laval, QC

6y 60,300 831 11 13

awesome bonus countdonw!

Redketchup edited previous rating on March 23, 2012.
Redketchup currently owns this game.

6.294/10

7 years ago

SYD

Pin_Scot

Inactive member

Rochester Hills, MI

7y 22,400 17 20

This game is just so-so. The artwork is a little on the unattractive side in my opinion and the playfield is just overrun with too much green. I also found the orientation of the drop target banks a little strange.

7.493/10

7 years ago

EMO

emo

Inactive member

Nailsea

12y 53,650 1,277 2 251

A nice single ball game. Stargazer and Big Game are still my favourite single ball Stern though.

9.204/10

9 years ago

UFO

zep77

Pinside member

Malibu, CA

9y 19,250 10 44

Fantastic looking machine. Backglass,playfield and cabinet are top notch,as good as it gets! Really stunning. Gameplay is fairly basic and not complex but plays well and very fast. Game Sounds are terrific,in particular the awesome pop bumpers and kick out hole.A few more playfield toys or multi ball would have been great but as is its still a good solid 9/10 player and adding in the fact its a pretty rare machine and you've got yourself a real winner here!

Zep

zep77 edited previous rating on July 13, 2010.
zep77 currently owns this game.

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Quicksilver (Stern Electronics, 1980)

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