Williams

Tales of the Arabian Nights

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This game received 887 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.497 _/10

8.497

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #29 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.452

Artwork: 8.727

Sounds/Music: 8.094

Other Aspects: 8.51

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9.051

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8.276/10

4 years ago

JEW

marc99

Inactive member

Auckland

11y 28,150 2 11 15

Great game sold and searching for another.
Cool theme and shots.
A general fun game with unique aspects a top 10.

marc99 edited previous rating on September 22, 2020.
marc99 currently owns this game.

9.336/10

4 years ago

RED

drredness

Pinside member

Burlington, ON

8y 32,650 55 9 8

would love to own TOTAN. Not the deepest rules, but not easy to get to wizard mode eihter. A juicy lamp is the best!

9.622/10

4 years ago

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scasteel

Pinside member

Nashville, TN

7y 23,400 3 8 8

The proud owner of Mike Chestnut's TOTAN, I am a huge fan of this game. Top 10 no doubt. Super fun. Beautiful. Engaging. Creative. All of the ingredients in a winning pin. Another pin that could use a little love with updating to bring out the best. My machine is brassed out with LEDs and spots. Put a spot on the Genie and enjoy the difference!!!

scasteel currently owns this game.

9.860/10

4 years ago

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Zoomtop

Inactive member

Liverpool

4y 8,250 2 20

Really like this game considering the age it really stack up as a great pinball with nice shot play great art work with a great theme that compare well with modern pinballs and a good rule set a keeper in any pinball collection

10.000/10

4 years ago

JAU

Bestgrip

Inactive member

Niagara-on-the-lake, ON

4y 15,250 1 7

The king of pins !

8.856/10

4 years ago

TOM

marioparty34

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 176K 1,454 123 1

Interesting concept. Looking forward to getting a code update.

marioparty34 edited previous rating on February 23, 2020.

10.000/10

4 years ago

NJA

Pinball-NJA

Pinside member

Toronto, ON

4y 38,300 239 8 14

One of the greatest games ever made

Pinball-NJA has owned this game in the past.

9.027/10

4 years ago

FJB

Viggin900

Pinside member

Union, KY

5y 80,300 1,734 6 18

This game has many surpises which keeps me coming back. Hopefully I will own one someday.

Viggin900 has this game on the wishlist.

7.735/10

4 years ago

DAD

ss-pinball

Pinside member

Kalamazoo, MI

5y 68,550 515 6 31

Played this for the first time today. Great fun. Lots of targets. Scoring and rules seem pretty straightforward. Will definitely take the time to play this pin in the future.

7.632/10

4 years ago

MCM

middaleman

Pinside member

20y 64,300 14 47

Finally got to spend a good amount of time with this game and I see what the hype is about. Really fun game.

7.751/10

4 years ago

JCM

Homebru

Pinside+ Frequent

Indian Land, SC

4y 56,550 191 4 20 1

I don't get why this one is so wildly popular. Maybe I didn't spend enough time with it. It seemed frustrating, and the theme/art doesn't do a lot for me.

8.156/10

4 years ago

ADM

PinDoctor82

Pinside member

5y 77,050 278 6 103

I finally found one of these to play and it was a ton of fun. It lived up to the hype. A very cool theme that is captured very well by the game itself. Plenty of shots, cool playfield toys...you name it, this game has it.

5.661/10

4 years ago

DCA

Maurice

Pinside member

Den Haag

21y 57,550 178 4 18

Beautiful to look at, way to easy to play and extremely repetitive. Ramp is unique since it can divert the ball 3 ways. Music is getting boring soon and even if there are only 7 modes some of them use the same background music when active. Most modes are too easy since you can finish some with just 1 shot.
If you want to increase the looks of your gameroom: buy it. If you look for a challenge and lastability: move on.

Maurice has owned this game in the past.

8.175/10

4 years ago

PLL

PeteLawtPin

Pinside+ Addict

Littleton, CO

5y 38,650 10 7 18

there are more and more tricks that I find every time I play this game. More games should make the ball disappear like this game. the ball save is wicked cool and all of the orbit shots are a blast. if they want to make a remake of Monsters bash maybe they should do a remake on this game. Naaahhh never mind. this game is perfect the way it is.

PeteLawtPin has this game on the wishlist.

8.656/10

4 years ago

JAR

John37

Inactive member

8y 32,150 9 11

Really fun game. Lamp feature definitely can mix things up for you makes for a unique gameplay/layout experience, along with all the cool gimmicks. Theme is well integrated, although not my favorite. Fireball ring is a super cool toy. Genie is a good bash toy. Some of the sounds are a big grating. We found ourselves loving it when we played at Universal Sales Pinball/Todd's place here and then at the recent Rocky Mountain Pinball Festival (which was awesome); however, we found that we would only play a few games even if we had "unlimted" time.

8.268/10

4 years ago

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PinballinAZ

Inactive member

Gilbert, AZ

4y 10,750 2 6

Played this game quite a bit. Love the magnet and the primary toy "genie". Can get a bit repetitive, but many games can. The theme is fun...might look into owning one of these if the price was right, but these are generally hard to find and expensive.

10.000/10

4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Pinside Moderator

Rockwall, TX

5y 266K 10,114 23 271

For me, this is the perfect game: excellent for home use or on location, great callouts, awesome theme and artwork. There are NO flaws...except price. If you can afford it...get it.

5.538/10

4 years ago

TEE

Grandnational007

Pinside member

Berlin, CT

6y 64,300 1,144 12 17 1

I played this a ton when it first came out as a wee lad. The theme really captured the imagination, and the playfield was packed with all kinds of gimmicks.

Fast forward 20 years, and it just doesn't hold up well gameplay wise. As a discriminating enthusiast, this game has poor replay value. I don't find myself wanting to hit the start button one more time after playing one occasionally at a show these days.

As with most JPOP games, newbies and non-pinheads love it; seasoned players, not so much.

Yes it's BEAUTIFUL. Yes it has a cool ramp with a diverter. But it's much too easy. The double-entendre callouts are funny, but grow tiresome quickly. Bashing the genie gets old quick. Shooting the same things over and over is boring. I'll catch flak for this review, but it is what it is.

I'm sure it looks great next to MM, CV, TOM, CC, AFM, TZ, AF, MB, and IJ in the classic "power 10" though.

9.140/10

4 years ago

MAS

SuperMas77

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 73,650 409 42

One of my favorite pins. Simple and fun. Keeps me coming back time after time after time.

SuperMas77 edited previous rating on February 03, 2024.

9.860/10

4 years ago

KEY

Keithisonfire

Pinside member

Victoria, BC

7y 27,750 17 30

What a game. This game was made to turn heads.
It is just beautiful.

It’s one fatal flaw is that it’s too easy to get gems which brings you to the final wizard mode.
I do understand why they did this though. It’s basically in permanent attract mode. It was designed to quickly move beginner players through modes to the climatic “save the princess” wizard mode.
Maybe at this time Pinball was on its way out and they wanted to draw in new players? I don’t know.

Regardless, I LOVE this machine.
A bit easy, but the game is just fun to play.

Keithisonfire currently owns this game.

5.242/10

4 years ago

SFA

KCViking

Pinside member

Lenexa, KS

6y 32,250 2 6 29

This game looks amazing. I had difficulty enjoying it. Difficult to put my finger on it. Played it a few times and did not like the playability. Great theme, great artwork. Maybe I will try it again and have a different opinion.

9.260/10

4 years ago

DAD

GranpaDave

Pinside+ Frequent

Xenia, OH

5y 85,800 382 39 41

Everyone should play this game. The layout is a little different with the central spinning lamp which generates a lot of points. Beginning players can usually pick up the rule set quickly and get a decent score (one that will make you want to play again!).

This is a 90s game- so no LCD screen and limited animations, but most of us don’t spend much time looking at the back glass while playing.

This is a popular table for complete and amazing restorations.

8.096/10

5 years ago

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HawkmanBK

Pinside member

Orlando, FL

5y 25,750 5 16

Possibly the best gadget pin ever made with great lastability.

8.876/10

5 years ago

PSN

Paul1478

Pinside member

Peachtree City, GA

9y 51,050 86 3 39

Great game. I wish I could afford one. It would be a keeper for me. I have played it so much on my I-pad but never get sick of it. I will always jump on it every time I see one on location.

7.935/10

5 years ago

BJO

otakudre5

Inactive member

Solingen

11y 19,900 8 1 7

Stunningly beautiful, but shallow in the rules section make this a "been there, done that" pin for me. A machine for a larger collection. The problem for me is one rule gimmick, that has to do with the wishes. Once you make a wish and collect a jewel, you are closing in on the final battle too quick. Layout and playability are top notch.

otakudre5 has owned this game in the past.

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