Gottlieb

Raven

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This game received 55 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 5.980 _/10

5.98

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This game ranks #289 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

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Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 6.311

Artwork: 5.001

Sounds/Music: 5.871

Other Aspects: 6.006

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5.508/10

8 years ago

MAX

mbaumle

Pinside member

Gloucester Township, NJ

8y 119K 4,200 18 32

Game Design: The game's similarity to firepower in layout is it's strongest feature and also one of it's greatest downfalls. The sniper drop targets are fun to hit and aim for, but everything else on the game falls flat. The ramp shot is tough to make, and not rewarding enough, and the layout just makes you wish you were playing a Firepower. Lack of multiball is disappointing, and spotting a standup target with the scanning lights is more luck than skill. The helicopter that spins it blades when you hit the spinner is a neat gimmick, though.

Artwork, Sound, and Music: Bad translight, underwhelming cabinet artwork, and a poor focus on sound make this game as disappointing to look at as it is to play. The only redeeming feature is the playfield art: It is detailed and well thought out. It's a shame that the rest of the game doesn't follow suit.

Overall: This is certainly a below average game. Definitely a dud. Worth playing only for the sole reason to say "I've played that game before!"

4.055/10

8 years ago

CPI

cait001

Pinside member

10y 114K 4,847 37

I try hard to love the underdogs of the pinball world, but Raven has fallen flat for me. The first time I shot for the orbits to get the rollovers done to lower the ramp, then made that ramp... and scored only 50k... well, my heart drooped. That was it? That was the big reward?
The key shot is going over the inlanes to light the spinner for 10k a spin momentarily.
So many standup targets, you'd think it'd be more interesting to shoot at all 10? In the end the sniper modes tend to be more tedious than anything, and at first I had such high hopes for them.
Props to the developers for having so many rules controlled via the dipswitches, but even with them I couldn't find an intriguing ruleset that made the game more fun.

With a modern CPU and new programming this game could ACTUALLY be tonnes of fun. My mind spins with the clever rules one could theoretically put in place. Progress saved between balls! Completed standup banks build rewards! Better ramp utilization! Pops modes!
But alas, we are currently stuck with what we have, and it's just not that great.

2.500/10

9 years ago

ZZZ

sevenrites

Pinballer

9y 129K 2,200 97

Well, I'm not sure what happened here. Maybe they were trying to capitalize on the Rambo movie franchise, without paying the licensing, and also trying to do a bit of girl power at the same time. Whatever happened here, I'm not exactly sure. What is clear is that they managed to produce and sell some of these Raven machines. So I have to give them credit for that. It lights up, it plays, it has shots. But there's nothing special about this machine at all that makes me want to play it even on free play - unless there's nothing else at all around to play, that is.

8.396/10

9 years ago

CET

Ven

Pinside+ Frequent

Carlyle, IL

10y 71,800 452 20 18 1

I have had this game for going on a year now, I still enjoy playing it. The backglass art isn't the best but it isn't the worst, Playfield art isn't too bad and the cabinet also isn't bad. The key to enjoying this game over the long haul is to not worry about the score. If you you want to have fun with it, work on getting the special and extra ball. The snipers are challenging as is the drop down ramp.

I am guessing the people who really don't like this game are focusing on points. If you just want points bang on the spinner all day, but that isn't where the fun is.

This is a good game to hone your ball control on. Alley pass, tap pass, post transfers and drop catching are key to enjoying this game.

Ven currently owns this game.

6.997/10

9 years ago

JLM

jlm33

Pinside member

Villejuif

11y 152K 5,892 7 169

The one thing you cannot but notice for Raven is its backglass. One of the worst of all times. But the game is better than that. Give it a try. It is not a hidden gem, but it plays decently. The Helicopter is a cool toy. Building up the bonus multiplier is fun. The left ramp is a bit too tight. Shooting the snipers is fun.

8.475/10

11 years ago

YAR

Gangplank

Pinside member

11y 32,900 86 4 23

Though the backglass isn't the best, there are worse out there, the gameplay itself is excellent and the playfield artwork is alright, the ramp is cool and so are the snipers and the helicopter toy, an under rated game, don't judge a book by its cover! (or a pin by its backglass)

Gangplank has owned this game in the past.

6.463/10

11 years ago

KLC

keanan_connell

Pinside member

Wilmington, DE

11y 38,550 45 20 20

its a decent game for its time. Art is terrible and the sounds are nothing special. The sniper targets are cool. That's the only really good thing I can say about this game. I got one very cheap and kept it for about a year. Wouldn't consider buying one again unless it was an incredibly good deal.

keanan_connell edited previous rating on January 07, 2022.
keanan_connell has owned this game in the past.

8.260/10

12 years ago

BKB

the96stang

Bushey Bro's

Enfield, CT

12y 122K 2,943 16 13

If only it sad rambo. Love the helicopter tho.

the96stang has owned this game in the past.

6.339/10

13 years ago

GSL

glilly-BOA

Pinside member

Port Orange, FL

13y 44,900 465 10 60

Rambo!! - NOT!! I wa never much of a Gottlieb fan, especially during that era (I liked some of their older machines). This one was a poor attempt to capitalize on current Pop culter (they didn't even go with a guy for Raven??)

The playfield theme was at best a jumbled combination of gimicks that were mostly unimpressive. Whose big idea was it to put the little plastic hellicopter in a playfield with a large steal ball flying around? I think the one we had broke the first week it was on location!

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