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The Shadow

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This game received 640 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.315 _/10

8.315

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #49 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.797

Artwork: 7.508

Sounds/Music: 7.922

Other Aspects: 8.426

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8.711

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8.364/10

9 years ago

GGG

cropin

Inactive member

Zagreb

10y 23,500 14 31

Underrated game. Much more fun than it looks........ so let's give a higher rating.
Not too nice, but play it ........ that is something I like.

cropin has this game on the wishlist.

6.368/10

9 years ago

SEA

hillbilly

Pinside member

18y 82,400 264 104

Underrated game. Much more fun than it looks. In all honesty, a game that is fun to play but may not want to own.

hillbilly edited previous rating on October 12, 2014.

8.259/10

9 years ago

BB

Love The Shadow. So many cool aspects to it: battlefield, player controlled diverters, coolest magnet trick in all of pinball (well, maybe tied with BSD), and great skill shot.
I love the modes and the fact that it's SO difficult to make it to the final battle. Lastibility is great here. The light show is spectacular and this thing needs LEDS for sure.
This pin needs to be dialed in. Some things that need to be just right to operate well: wireform off left ramp--ball can fly off it. Battlefield drop target needs to be flush with pf if in down position or ball will sit in the divet.
Overall a wonderful pin and worth it's asking price these days. Lotta pin in that cab!

Blackbeard has owned this game in the past.

9.600/10

9 years ago

LYN

lynn32839

Inactive member

Orlando, FL

11y 22,900 39 12

I recently did some clean up and adjustments to my Shadow and starting playing it again (after a few months pause). I had forgotten just how fun the game is. For me the play is challenging and the theme & call outs corny / humorous. Just an all round great game.

lynn32839 edited previous rating on June 28, 2015.

8.461/10

9 years ago

TAM

tamoore

Pinside member

Grayling, MI

11y 123K 6,661 37 58

Edit:

A couple of days left for me with this machine before it moves along to the new owner, so I thought I'd update my review.

I enjoy the feeling of this game, but I never felt like I had fun playing it. I was always too pissed off and frustrated due to SDTM drains that seemed totally like they weren't my fault and that I was being punished by the game for doing what I was supposed to do.

I should have loved this game (and I still do like it) as it has everything I like in a game; orbits in both directions, an awesome inner loop, a cool ball lock and a novelty mini playfield toy that is quite inventive.

I wish I could keep it, but it's worth too much to have sitting here when the space and money could be occupied by something I'd like more.

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Fast.
Hard.

Nice flow, but don't miss the left hand ramp, or the ball will come sailing right back and drain before you know it.

Interesting idea on the ramps that allow you to change what flipper the ball will return to. Battlefield mini-game in interesting, though I've found weak shots to the drop target resort in a SDTM drain.

I can see why people like this game, but it may or may not be a keeper for me. I'll update this review as I've had more time with the game.

tamoore edited previous rating on August 23, 2014.
tamoore has owned this game in the past.

9.425/10

9 years ago

NMS

nikpinball

Pinside member

Cleveland, OH

10y 77,050 1,249 7 30

This game is so ridiculously good. Plenty of stuff to keep you interested and very challenging. Most need to try it solo at an arcade for an hour to really begin to like it because it's hard and will beat you up quick until you get the hang of it.

A must have in a collection and will make you a better player with some hours into it. Cheap now but that probably won't last too much longer as many are discovering this game and scooping them up.

nikpinball has owned this game in the past.

10.000/10

9 years ago

SWB

Scubascotti

Inactive member

Hillston

10y 13,250 1 25

Truly this game is my number #1

Lots of flow, strategy, & true lastability.
I paid a hefty price for this one because it was in really nice condition, sold 2 of my pins to buy this one, no regrets & I'm 100% happy with it, it will only leave my possession if I ever give up pinball.
The only thing on this game I would improve is the translite.

This is a players pin & not an easy table, from the makers of Medievil Madness & Attack from Mars this game stacks up with the best.

9.800/10

9 years ago

RGE

rgemagic

Inactive member

Chevening

9y 20,150 22 5 9

I think game play wise this is the one i enjoy playing the most, i love the mini playing field and the ball vanishing for multi ball.

this is a game which is a little harder but so enjoyable, if you want something to give a little bit more of a challenge than some of the easier machine you can't go far wrong with this.

love the purber, if thats how it spelt

rgemagic edited previous rating on May 11, 2014.
rgemagic currently owns this game.

9.840/10

9 years ago

BOY

vid1900

Pinside member

Sana'a

12y 164K 40,201 18

The Shadow is a HARD game. You could own it for years and never be sure you could just walk up and it would not own you.

Sounds are amazing and rich.

Backglass is not the best, but otherwise the game is beautiful.

4 Pinsiders starred this!

7.216/10

10 years ago

ROB

RobKnapp

Pinside member

Colorado Springs, CO

13y 110K 3,116 13 183

It Brain Eddy so you no it is going to be fun. Lots of unique shots

8.946/10

10 years ago

???

most71

Pinside member

Lenna

11y 31,000 8 51

Very fast and hard game ,flow flow flow I love it

most71 edited previous rating on December 16, 2018.
most71 currently owns this game.

7.794/10

10 years ago

DAB

Pinfidel

Pinside member

10y 99,800 3,924 9 51

First off...Thank God for alternate translites.

Now that that's out of the way, LOL This is a really fun game. I love the switching ramp set-ups and the upper playfield is really cool. I also loved the lighted rings on the one I played. Really cool feature. The coolest feature is definitely the Sanctum ball lock. I LOVE how the magnet holds the ball there and then boom...it's gone. So COOL!

Needless to say, this is a lot of fun for not a lot of money. Definitely worth having in your collection.

Pinfidel edited previous rating on June 24, 2014.
Pinfidel has owned this game in the past.

8.536/10

10 years ago

DMC

Pinside member

Orange

10y 50,900 514 22

Great game overall. Great sound, light show and gameplay. Recommended.

DMC has owned this game in the past.

8.669/10

10 years ago

AJA

Drano

Pinside member

Mississauga, ON

12y 110K 3,840 14 60

Here's a game that I just did not get at first.
The terrible art on the translite also didn't make me want to just walk up and play.

I got the chance to buy one really cheap and played around with it. Started to learn the rules a bit better... and now, I cannot say enough about shadow. Just a super well-rounded game with some of the coolest features in pinball.

Yeah, I'll be changing the stock translite, but aside from that, this is one of Eddy's top games and far outclasses MM and AFM in a dollar to fun ratio comparison.

Who knew???

Drano has owned this game in the past.

6.660/10

10 years ago

TAJ

jesster64

Inactive member

Hillsborough Township, NJ

11y 58,900 1,256 5 40

Just not fun for me. Should have more toys for theme.

7.665/10

10 years ago

???

rhpinball

Inactive member

Unknown

10y 2,500 9

Fun game with a lot of shots. Love the ball lock. Very challenging and usually kicks my butt

2.505/10

10 years ago

???

kazak_35

Inactive member

Drummondville, QC

11y 19,150 21 13

just not my type of game.

4 Pinsiders flagged this.

6.711/10

10 years ago

DAN

pindan3

Inactive member

Sarasota, FL

10y 49,900 272 19 106

Just does not grab me

8.916/10

10 years ago

YAR

Gangplank

Pinside member

11y 32,900 86 4 23

Played this at the Michigan pinball expo, very cool ball lock feature, I love the small upper "ping-pong" playfield, the only negatives I suppose are the call-outs and the artwork, but I tend not to expect a lot from movie pins in the artwork department, very fun and challenging pinball overall!

6.502/10

10 years ago

DFB

abaxas

Inactive member

Blagill

11y 9,900 54 2 14

The one that got away, the almost machine or 'doesn't quite hit the mark' are, by far, the best descriptions you can put on the shadow.

2.215/10

10 years ago

COK

Riffbear

Pinside member

12y 56,550 842 25

Found this game to be extremely dull in the art department. Very boring gameplay.

5 Pinsiders flagged this.

7.148/10

10 years ago

FUK

Fearless_Leader

Pinside member

North Vancouver, BC

20y 58,400 126 3 135

Deceptively good. For whatever reason, I never played Shadow until recently. Perhaps because it was such a bad movie. But the pinball is fun, challenging, and addictive like so few themed games are.

9.169/10

10 years ago

DUG

Prefect

Inactive member

10y 22,150 140 5 8

One tough SOB. It is very difficult to "accidentally" run up a high score on this one. Aside from collected a lot of points by doing the loop over and over, which is a lot harder than it looks, it is a very fair scoring game. It is a game that I have found to like the more I have played it. The flipside to being a pretty hard game, the few games that I have each night where I get everything to fall in place are very rewarding.

For those who think the theme is bad, watch the movie. The movie really isn't that bad. It isn't as good as the Rocketeer or the Phantom but I would say that it is better than Dick Tracy. Maybe, the movie would have been better if they would have made the movie really dark by making the Shadow more like a crime fighting vampire but no one at the time was doing that sort of thing yet with super heroes in Hollywood. I like pulp noir and maybe that helps some but it isn't a bad flick.

Prefect currently owns this game.

9.500/10

10 years ago

PAR

Prosedsp

Inactive member

Tucson, AZ

10y 33,900 317 9

Fast and brutal. This game is as good as all the hype says it is. To me, this is definitely a pinballers machine. It requires quick reflexes, impeccable timing and a lot of patience. If you haven't played one make sure to give yourself at least 10 games, like No Fear it takes a bit of time to get a good "flow" going.

9.540/10

10 years ago

DAD

unclebucky

Pinside member

Fenton, MI

11y 19,750 3 15

Super fun and the upper playfield is really good. A under-rated game at 20

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