Stern

Led Zeppelin (Pro)

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This game received 181 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 6.899 _/10

6.899

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks 3rd in the game group "Led Zeppelin". The group itself ranks #63 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 6.347

Artwork: 6.638

Sounds/Music: 8.006

Other Aspects: 6.627

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This title is part of group: "Led Zeppelin"

Led Zeppelin
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Led Zeppelin
(Premium)

Led Zeppelin
(LE)

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8.116/10

2 years ago

BJD

Nesman

Pinside member

Colbert, WA

5y 35,800 1 32 16

So normally I would have agreed with these bad sub par ratings, and about a month ago I would have joined them. But on a whim I rented LZ pro For a couple months to get a real feel for the game. And I absolutely enjoy playing it now. Yes the art sucks on the backglass and sides, I do like the playfield art, and stern could have definitely added that ramp on the pro for that upper right flipper to make this game fantastic to shoot. But all and all Music, code and fast flowing shots, and a great light show really make this game fun. Plus the Top of the charts mode is a very fun way to play the game.
This game will grow on people, and I expect it to be like stranger things when everyone decides to play it, Rather than mock it.

3 Pinsiders starred this!

5.984/10

2 years ago

TCB

Multiballmaniac1

Pinside member

6y 97,800 3,388 2 15

A subar release. No features on the pro that have a wow factor.

8 Pinsiders flagged this. 2 Pinsiders starred this!

1.000/10

2 years ago

MAT

mathewrs

Pinside member

Sherwood Park, AB

7y 34,400 32 24 6

Boring... and the music sucks!

5.176/10

2 years ago

AOK

NetherFredo

Pinside apprentice

Cushing, MN

3y 35,400 7 9 92

This game really came up short for a modern music game. When the theme was announced I was strongly considering ordering before even playing it, I saw the play field pics and was worried so I waited until I could get some games in before ordering it, it was worse than I expected. Playfield seems painfully empty. Not very fun. Code is repetitive and boring. Some shots seem like Hail Marys. Led Zeppelin’s music is great and timeless it’s too bad it will forever be burdened with being on a not good pinball machine.

NetherFredo edited previous rating on February 12, 2022.

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6.616/10

2 years ago

MEH

ThePinballCo-op

The Pinball Co-op

9y 115K 1,752 40

I played this game in a tournament not that long ago. I was really looking forward to it.

The Good:
-- Music, obviously
-- The left and right ramps are very fun to hit
-- The playfield looks awesome imo
-- It's lit up very well

The Bad:
-- That tiny ramp next to the zeppelin isn't so fun to hit
-- It's wide open in the center. I literally had the ball bounce far left, then right, then left again, and not hit a single thing. It seemed to take forever to roll around and do nothing. So much wasted space. I felt like I was playing on a barren waste land.
-- The upper flipper is fun but it's just for one little shot... I wish it was used for more than that.

I like most stern games but this felt stripped down. Maybe the premiums and LEs are better, but this is such a waste of money imo. There's nothing fun to hit or anything. If I never play it again, I won't care.

ThePinballCo-op edited previous rating on October 07, 2022.

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5.422/10

2 years ago

DWD

KnockerPTSD

Pinside member

Hamilton, ON

6y 95,850 3,910 3 100 1

Well that was disappointing

6 Pinsiders flagged this. 5 Pinsiders starred this!

2.859/10

2 years ago

???

t2000

Pinside member

Tampa, FL

10y 50,800 77 10 33

Box of lights with music. Stern thought they could strip down the game because of the title. What a shame!

18 Pinsiders flagged this. 11 Pinsiders starred this!

5.237/10

2 years ago

TAS

MegadethHangar18

Pinside member

Bennett Springs

5y 37,300 71 15 8

I really wanted this to stack up against GNR but even though it shoots smooth with good orbits ... that pop up spinner was so unbelievably crap and then drained my balls most of the time coming back through!! Not sure witch game is worst Led Zep or the Rolling Stones. After I played Led Zep at Varsity Bar in W.A. Perth Morley I then Played Elvira it was a 1000 times better. A very empty playfield but the long shots are ok. Very average artwork and pin all round. This is brutal but it wouldn't bother me if I never played this game again.

10 Pinsiders flagged this. 7 Pinsiders starred this!

4.288/10

2 years ago

NEO

CaptainNeo

Playfield restorations

Burlington, WI

11y 148K 22,438 37 77 1

Wanted this game to be awesome. It wasn't. Far from it.

CaptainNeo edited previous rating on June 12, 2023.

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9.020/10

2 years ago

???

Billr317

Pinside member

Medford, NJ

6y 30,050 24 14 16

Led Zeppelin is a fun game to play! The music is classic and sounds great! Really love this game!

Billr317 has owned this game in the past.

5 Pinsiders flagged this. 5 Pinsiders starred this!

5.625/10

2 years ago

BUZ

buzz11

Pinside member

Gold Coast

12y 33,000 5 29

Put a bunch of games on this today at my local , it shoots smooth,, good orbits , brutal out lanes , looking at the playfield it seems bare but the long shots make up for it . The artwork is just lazy and really lets it down . It’s just ok.

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10.000/10

2 years ago

729

newpinbin

Pinside member

Ocala, FL

8y 52,550 1,535 9 27

Finally own this machine. Brings me back to the 1970s!!! Great lighting with the express kit. All around fun machine.

newpinbin edited previous rating on October 10, 2023.

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6.831/10

2 years ago

CJF

Sharkeysday

Pinside member

3y 30,400 9

First plays were ok, long playfield but bored me. I finally like it enough to be good, just for feel and flow. I have played it in 3 different locations and I would love to crank up the sound over everything else but I have never gotten the chance. Good game but underwhelming.

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3.417/10

2 years ago

TAN

Northrad

Pinside member

Daphne, AL

8y 18,700 1 7 8

So excited to play this game and love the band. Made a special trip to play it for a whole evening and after after a couple plays I moved on to play other games in this small collection for the rest of the night. Watched others and tried again and was blah...Game was empty and a Photoshop slap of playfield art was disappointing. No incentives or payoffs worthy for a new era game where the expectations would be high. So very disappointed. Designers should have realized an older appeal group would know their pinball. Save the shallow effort pinball for the youngster-flavored Intellectual Property. My ratings are based on the release year expectations just like folks that complain and knock rate about sound on an old machine doing the best it can for the period. Not enough songs on the machine as memory space is not an issue in 2021. Sorry, this machine was phoned-in and broke zero ground and took a steps back on flow and shot layouts. Felt like incomplete. I'll revisit after possibly a code update but that's not going to change the playfield and flow.

13 Pinsiders flagged this. 9 Pinsiders starred this!

5.485/10

2 years ago

RCA

alexanr1

Pinside member

12y 74,550 1,337 85

I played a handful of games at a barcade over the weekend. I really tried to give the game a chance. It was horrible. Nothing flowed, it was wide open on the middle of the field.

One general problem I have with many of the new Stern pins is, the goal of pinball is to watch the playfield. If you have to look up at the giant TV, you take your eyes off the playfield you lose the flow of pinball.

Overall, the poor play appears to be the product of mass production of machines.

alexanr1 edited previous rating on February 07, 2022.

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6.045/10

3 years ago

FU2

jbrady65tv

Inactive member

Pussy Tank, AZ

14y 52,550 122 79

Stern brass: "Our Rolling Stones has been much maligned for years. Is it possible to create a playfield that makes Mick on a Stick seem like a brilliant design?"

And this game was the answer.

jbrady65tv edited previous rating on April 13, 2021.

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3.811/10

3 years ago

WAB

FlySlyde

Inactive member

3y 19,750 57

The overuse of virtual mechs (ball lock/kickback) really suck the kinetic soul out of this game. Music is just background filler and you start to drown it out. There is flow but all of your other senses seem neglected.

FlySlyde edited previous rating on April 12, 2021.

11 Pinsiders flagged this. 7 Pinsiders starred this!

6.479/10

3 years ago

JTJ

LesManley

Pinside member

Woodbury, MN

12y 127K 5,825 9 46

It's hard to believe that this is what Stern delivered for a "dream theme" like Led Zeppelin. The rules are fine, the layout is pretty standard and ok, the shoots feel good (minus the upper flipper shot), but the Led Zeppelin specific theme integration is terrible. This game has nothing integrated into it that screams LZ like other Stern music pins do. I didn't think they could go any more bare bones for a huge license then they did with Star Wars, but apparently I was wrong. Not having the upper ramp on the Pro is ridiculous. The features of this game on the Pro are equivalent to a home model pin version. I'll play it on route when I see it, but I don't have any desire to seek it out to play and/or buy one for home use.

6 Pinsiders flagged this. 7 Pinsiders starred this!

6.258/10

3 years ago

GRV

GravitaR

Pinside member

Saginaw, MI

12y 129K 2,920 31 71

This game will appeal to the novices very well. The pro's will find it way to easy and have long balltimes. Playfield is the most barren of any modern game and it suffers due to it replay wise. Was very easy to hit all ramps forehand / backhand which makes the game flow real nice for combo hitting. I thought the Angus face on ACDC was bad, the faces on LZ are even worse.

Have yet to find a LZ of any model on location that I can hit the middle ramp over and over on. Notified various operators of the problem, yet not a one will fix it.

GravitaR edited previous rating on August 10, 2021.

15 Pinsiders flagged this. 6 Pinsiders starred this!

8.031/10

3 years ago

JRC

Nintendoguy

Pinside member

North Canton, OH

3y 29,550 5 5 9

I was underwhelmed

7 Pinsiders flagged this.

6.847/10

3 years ago

???

Mattmz1

Inactive member

Unknown

3y 10,000 27

The music, cabinet, and backglass are amazing. Man is it sparse though. There are three basic ramps, the one small valkyrie toy...and that's pretty much it. The playfield and layout could be reskinned to be basically any theme. The music variety is great, it plays clean not a lot of cheap drains, but I couldn't imagine paying full price for this. It feels like they took very cookie cutter and basic pinball layout and just threw Zeppelin music and graphics on it.

5 Pinsiders flagged this. 8 Pinsiders starred this!

5.318/10

3 years ago

MAT

THX1138

Inactive member

Columbia, MO

3y 12,250 6

I had a chance to plan this unlimitedly for free, after just a few games I was board. The only toy is that springy angel guy. The missions are not clear. The shots easy, but not very rewarding. I am a huge fan, so I wanted to love this, but not so for me.

6 Pinsiders flagged this. 8 Pinsiders starred this!

8.620/10

3 years ago

???

BigMike

Pinside+ Frequent

Bakersfield, CA

3y 38,150 32 6 22

It was a great Pin to play. I love how loud you can crank out the sound! Lots of Fun!

3 Pinsiders flagged this. 2 Pinsiders starred this!

7.284/10

3 years ago

TMR

sliprose

Pinside member

4y 36,300 83 9

I've played this on location enough times now that I feel I can give it a proper rating.

The first time I played it I was underwhelmed, it seemed so barren across the bottom part of the playfield. As I played more, I started liking the long shots, but the game just feels like it's missing something. It just seems like a mediocre effort.

The third flipper is way high up and making the shot to hit a standup target is the most unsatisfying third flipper shot I can think of. I played a number of times thinking my shot was rejected, but in reality I was making the shot and the ball just bounces back off the standup. The LE/Premium has this shot feeding a ramp and that would be a major improvement. It seems like this was an afterthought of how Stern could cheapen the Pro and get people to buy a Premium. Seriously, how much could the ramp pieces cost to manufacture? $30 is a generous estimate, even including the additional labor.

The zeppelin does nothing but sit there. The Icarus is not much of toy, just one of those things that bounces up when you hit it. A bit too many shot lights, I find it hard to figure out where I should be shooting and the inserts have some art on them that doesn't show up well when lit, it just looks like the insert is worn and dirty. I wish some of the standups were replaced with drop targets - that would be more satisfying than the 3 banks of standup targets.

The music is good. The multiballs are fun.

I would think even huge Led Zep fans would take pause before writing out a check. It really seems like Stern phoned this Pro in. Maybe the LE/Premium will be better, the third flipper ramp would be an improvement and the riser feature looks interesting, but I can't imagine the additional features being worth the additional price.

Is it a bad game? No, but it isn't one I would have in my collection.

11 Pinsiders starred this!

5.852/10

3 years ago

TNJ

Chicago1985

Pinside member

Gilbert, AZ

3y 24,400 6 2 34

Shout out to Electric bat arcade for having all the new stuff! I love the music but this game was hard to in joy.

Chicago1985 edited previous rating on January 04, 2023.

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