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Twilight Zone Pinside Rating
This game received 1584 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.726 /10
Twilight Zone
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.919
Artwork: 8.699
Sounds/Music: 8.202
Other Aspects: 8.779
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Southlake, TX
Niagara-on-the-lake, ON
9.540/10
4 years ago
My favorite 90s pin! It’s unbelievable how loaded this game is... The layout feels perfect - plenty of flow and danger with risk/reward decisions for your four flippers. The rules make it both a great one player home use and multiple tournament pin.
8.900/10
4 years ago
I been wanting this pin for several years and finally several months ago I had an opportunity to purchase one. I wasn’t disappointed I enjoy the feel and the the fun factor of playing this pin. It a beautiful looking pin with a lot of toys, making this pin challenging which is why Twilight Zone remaining in the top ten.
7.940/10
4 years ago
TZ was ahead of its time, but it has since been surpassed. Still an all time classic with great shots and innovative toys and gimmicks.
9.840/10
4 years ago
this is the perfect home game. So many toy and gimmicks galore!!! I think this is a game a collector must own at least once in their line up to truly appreciate all the amazing work that went into creating this masterpiece. Simply work of art imo.
9.240/10
4 years ago
Cartagena
My brother has owned it for eight years, it was our first family pinball. So,what can I say??? Incredibly complex,sometimes quite frustrating, but other very exciting, and always challenging. We have been able to get the final mission once,but it was worth. Good skill shot,incredible difficult the hole of the town square madness, lovely battle power, outstanding powerball....Sometimes the game stops and nothing happens,but well balanced in the end. The art looks beautiful in general. A must have, we will never leave it,unless an earthquake destroys our building,and even it that case we will try to save it instead of our jewelleries!!
Unknown City
9.940/10
4 years ago
Frustratingly complex at times, but otherwise this is one of the greatest pins ever made. There will never be another like it. If I had the money for one, i'd probably buy a .50 cal rifle first, but if i had the money a second time I'd definitely get one.
9.400/10
4 years ago
"Not an ordinary game." It's well known that Pat Lawlor was given more freedom in designing this masterpiece than he himself thought was prudent. In Disney animation they call it "plus-ing": you keep improving and improving, adding more toys and gimmicks and gags until it's either bursting with delightful content...or it bursts at the seams into an unplayable mess. Somehow with all of the toys--a clock that keeps time, a working gumball machine, a system that detects the reflectivity of the ball in play for the Powerball feature, a magnet-driven mini-playfield--this game and its deep yet manageable rules never fails to impress. Twilight Zone was the pinnacle of pinball before the industry’s late-90’s collapse.
9.060/10
4 years ago
Fontainebleau
TZ is the ultimate stop and go pinball, It is challenging and fun and also hard enough for a good player. Toys are great and the powerball always welcome. It is a modder dream if you are inclined. I will never sell my TZ.
9.052/10
4 years ago
One of the best all time. A ton of toys and shots to make. The artwork, callouts, and music are all great. I'm not a huge fan of upper playfields but this one is better then most because of the magnets. It plays slow like all wide bodies which means its a little slow but doesn't impact the fun factor much on this game because of the amount of toys and shots. Highly recommend!!!
5.981/10
4 years ago
Den Haag
You can most certainly have some fun while playing TZ. But the game becomes boring soon. Only the battlefield remains challenging. Getting to LitZ is fairly easy. Some modes are not really modes: they just award something. Sound quality is poor, since it is the last pre-DCS game.
I used to play this game a lot, but I’ve seen it all too many times. Fun game for a new pinhead, but just not for me anymore.
I used to play this game a lot, but I’ve seen it all too many times. Fun game for a new pinhead, but just not for me anymore.
8.820/10
4 years ago
TZ has consistently been for me one of the top pinballs of all time, despite the fact I've never been particularly good at it. The magnetic upper playfield is a fun gimmick, but definitely more of a gimmick than a functioning upper playfield to me. The shot layout is unique with great shots off all the flippers. I love loading the gumball machine and when you get the powerball! Also love the mech that catches the ball in the habitrail to the upper playfield and flips it right down to the upper left flipper to make the clock shot. All in all, it's just a classic with a much more intriguing layout some of the other classics (MM or AFM).
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