Williams

White Water

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This game received 958 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.374 _/10

8.374

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #45 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 8.566

Artwork: 8.301

Sounds/Music: 7.659

Other Aspects: 8.613

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7.966

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8.863/10

8 years ago

CDF

Collin

Pinside member

Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

One of my favorite B/W DMD games.

Pros:
-Shots flow well. REALLY well.
-LOVE the music that changes as you progress. Music can make a game for me (see also: Congo)
-Fun theme
-Pretty game, topper looks sweet.
-Samsquanch ball diverter is cute and fun

Cons:
-um.... I guess I don't like the service rails on the games from '92 as well as the games from '93 on.
-Hard to shop or get to certain switches if they're not working

This is the best game Nordman has made.

Collin edited previous rating on October 04, 2015.
Collin currently owns this game.

8.419/10

8 years ago

K K

snowvictim

Inactive member

Warsaw

9y 66,050 549 4 29

A wonderful game that doesn't fail to take you on a rafting adventure. Definitely one of my favourites!

Pros:
- superb artwork
- a very adventurous game that takes you down a water run that you'll definitely enjoy
- amazing playfield layout, particularly the upper playfield with the 3rd flipper
- lots of ramps
- beautiful toys and gimmicks, especially the decorative rocks
- pop bumpers are made to replicate a rocky obstacle
- lots of great, but easy, shots to make

Cons:
- my only beef with this game is the sound, tune could be better, so could the quality

9.040/10

9 years ago

CNY

TheCnyPinGuy

Pinside+ Addict

Sherrill, NY

11y 123K 3,591 10 54 2

WHITE WATER !!!

TheCnyPinGuy has owned this game in the past.

9.160/10

9 years ago

SDC

Archytas

Pinside member

Kettering

10y 76,150 285 1 152

Love this game, lots of fun and plenty to do. One of the games produced when Pinball was having its second upswing and it shows. Williams put a lot of effort into this one. Love the up and down ramps, whirlpool and bigfoot diverter as well as everything else this game has to offer. Top game!

Archytas has owned this game in the past.

8.560/10

9 years ago

MTB

mtbpinball

Pinside member

Harleysville, PA

10y 77,550 581 27

Great pin! Fun to play this game. Great theme.

7.238/10

9 years ago

DZR

dzrossi

Pinside+ Frequent

Long Hill, NJ

9y 41,900 55 11 22

Game rated high but still not sure why I was having much more fun playing game next to it called junkyard.

9.436/10

9 years ago

TJF

KingDaddy

Pinside member

Marblehead, MA

9y 55,150 611 3 31

This would be a a near-perfect game - artwork, design, shots, rules, fun, theme are as good as it gets... And I still think it belongs in the Top 10. I just wish the music was a little bit better.

That being said to me this is one of the greatest pins of all time - endlessly fun. When I went to buy one, no one - and I mean no one - wanted to give theirs up. Even at top dollar - over market. There are only a very few games in that category - and that says a lot.

KingDaddy edited previous rating on August 13, 2015.
KingDaddy has owned this game in the past.

8.876/10

9 years ago

JDN

GarlandJenkins

Pinside member

11y 47,550 123 60

This pin has amazing shots, fun ramps, and a great rule set. Should be ranked much higher.

GarlandJenkins edited previous rating on June 23, 2022.

2 Pinsiders starred this!

9.600/10

9 years ago

AML

guarda

Inactive member

New York, NY

9y 29,150 163 1 9

In terms of fun, this is the pinnacle for me. 5x and mb, Wet Willie's, Vacation Jackpot for mucho points. The tempo of the music increases as you move up the river classes. Super challenging game and imo, Nordman's best game.

guarda has this game on the wishlist.

9.500/10

9 years ago

DJT

Taxman

In Memoriam

11y 90,950 6,228 34 30

To me this is a top 10 pin of all times. Love the shots, music and sounds. The better you do the more it makes your heart pump. You will never see a game of such a complex mix up ramps and the upper playfield ever made again.

Taxman edited previous rating on January 03, 2016.
Taxman currently owns this game.

9.176/10

9 years ago

XOR

Robotron2085

Inactive member

New Vernon, NJ

11y 22,900 3 2 36

Amazingly fun machine with the most amazing job of theming of any pin I can think of. Of all the pinball machines in the world, Whitewater truly looks most like a miniature world - an environment created under glass. Other machines look like pinball machines, Whitewater looks like a rushing river canyon that just plays like a pinball machine. A grand achievement.

Robotron2085 has this game on the wishlist.

2 Pinsiders starred this!

8.163/10

9 years ago

MLH

DylanFan71

Pinside member

Saginaw, MI

11y 105K 1,632 17 6

A fun, fast original theme. Played at Expo and was convinced I needed one. Easy game to understand and very fun. Not the best of the era but a solid game that gets a lot of play in my house.

DylanFan71 currently owns this game.

6.766/10

9 years ago

SIR

toasterman04

Pinside member

Saskatoon, SK

11y 99,600 1,733 30 22

A lot of hype might have been the demise for this game for me. I just don't love it... After such talk of how great it is, after about 30 games on it I wasn't feeling it

5.664/10

9 years ago

AJH

andypinster

Inactive member

Wamberal

9y 6,500 2 9

Can't connect with the theme at all which doesn't help - but doing my best to leave this aside I just don't get it. Some cool up & down ball returns that are interesting for a few games, & then boredom sets in. Maybe it's a good one for the kids, but I just don't like it - IMO a massively over-rated & downright dull game.

8.900/10

9 years ago

911

firefighter

Pinside+ Addict

Titonka, IA

9y 77,800 157 10 15

This was my first pin and bought it with out playing it but I did my research thru pinside . I am very happy with the machine and is bolted to the floor.

firefighter has owned this game in the past.

6.781/10

9 years ago

JCZ

Meegis

Pinside member

9y 100K 2,740 242

Im netiher here nor there on this game. I'll play it in others collections, but wont own one.

8.012/10

9 years ago

AJ

BoP

Pinside member

Albury

10y 70,050 460 20 30

Very cool pin, I always look forward to playing this pin. Must own one one day.

9.300/10

9 years ago

BBF

Bigbossfan

Pinside member

Oromocto, NB

10y 56,300 1,012 3 18

Absolutely love this pin. Close to the top of my faves currently in my collection.

Bigbossfan has owned this game in the past.

9.740/10

9 years ago

BEN

benbethel

Pinside member

Flagstaff, AZ

10y 33,400 40 1 8

I love this game - only my 2nd pin after owning The Machine Bride of Pinbot... and I have to say that this is an addictive game that I enjoy, my friends enjoy, and all of their friends enjoy. It probably gets played about 20 hours a week, no exaggeration, and people just keep wanting to play it. So, with that in mind, the rules are great, the music is great and not repetitive, it has just the right balance of ramps and gadgets and gimmicks, and it has extremely strong lastability. A definite keeper and perfect for any collection... my only critique initially would have been the backglass, but I now appreciate it for the 70s camp it is... even though the game didn't come out until the 90s.

benbethel has owned this game in the past.

8.600/10

9 years ago

RVG

Harley

Pinside member

Houten

14y 26,750 4 13

Super pin very Nice to play al lot of Nice shots and ramps

Harley has owned this game in the past.

2.465/10

9 years ago

DIS

Dis_Pinballer

Inactive member

10y 33,550 343 3 20

Overrated pin, Bigfoot looks like Wario covered in fur, most White Water pins are in poor shape, I like the theme and backglass, but rules and layout are subpar, cabinet is bland, the pin runs like Mater from Cars.

6 Pinsiders flagged this.

9.800/10

9 years ago

PHI

dirkhermans

Pinside member

Puurs

10y 24,050 66 8 20

For me this one should be in the top 5!
One of the best pinball ever made, very nice theme and very nice ramps....
Can play this one for hours...

dirkhermans currently owns this game.

8.696/10

9 years ago

JDM

jsyjay

Pinside member

Unknown City

10y 73,900 327 3 29

My grail pin which I managed to get a few months ago after a long wait and it still pays as I remember all those years ago.
Most people forget to mention the music which builds and builds as you move up the rafts.

jsyjay has this game on the wishlist.

8.156/10

9 years ago

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ForceFlow

Pinside Moderator

9y 238K 31,333 268 14

For a long time, I didn't like this game since I didn't understand the rules at all. I never really had much game time on it since it was a game that was hard to find.

But after I got a lot of time on the digital version of the table and learned the rules, I enjoyed the real one a whole lot more.

It has a really unique layout and good (and often funny) call-outs.

ForceFlow edited previous rating on August 18, 2019.

10.000/10

9 years ago

EMD

Stashkid13

Pinside member

Cherry Hill, NJ

9y 39,700 70 29 15 1

Great game! I can play this game for hours and never get bored.

Stashkid13 edited previous rating on June 22, 2016.
Stashkid13 currently owns this game.

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