Williams
White Water Pinside Rating
This game received 954 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.372 /10
White Water
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.562
Artwork: 8.301
Sounds/Music: 7.657
Other Aspects: 8.609
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8.540/10
10 years ago
Coogee
I am not big on the theme - but it has been integrated well. This one really shines with shots and all those awesome ramps. Quite a buzz if you get into a rhythm. Really has that one more game feel to me. Don't think it will leave my collection - unless I can get a better example. Fairly good rule set when you consider the era. Keeps me entertained that's for sure !
Zagreb
9.360/10
10 years ago
Okotoks, AB
Great game, feels very smooth while playing and im not sure why people complain about it being difficult to follow the ruleset. Seems very straight forward to me. Love all the ramps, really like how its SOOO easy to mod, if you wanted, you could change the entire look of the game with the white mountains and Yettie. Overall, I really enjoy this game and I cant see it leaving my collection anytime soon.
8.192/10
10 years ago
Roswell, GA
Fun game, rising in value. Thought of as one of the best set of ramps on a pin ever, for good reason. Very satisfying to hit the whirlpool shot, etc. I feel there's not much to shoot at on the left and everything goes around to the cool looking "boulder" bumpers, but overall a very solid, top 30 all time pin.
edited: have played the game a lot more and really love it now. Love the skill shot uphill...the ramps are among the best ever and I totally get it now.
edited: have played the game a lot more and really love it now. Love the skill shot uphill...the ramps are among the best ever and I totally get it now.
7.838/10
10 years ago
Really gaining appreciation for whitewater. it's a great tournament game but definitely requires game knowledge.
8.492/10
10 years ago
The overly intelligent ruleset for its time. You could compare it to Professor Frink from "The Simpsons".
There's a wide assortment of shots on this game, and all of them are required for the huge Vacation Jackpot payoff, a 200m+ award and an insane light show that makes the game looks like its going to explode. The flow caused by making these shots, particularly the ramps, makes this game one of the best early 90s machines (it's up there with TAF and TZ IMHO). Always go for those 5x Jackpots, or, if nothing else, 5x Multimillions or 5x Wet Willie's Stage 1. It was the first double-playfield done right (BK2K was kinda meh). Best 3-way shot combo (eg. FH, TAF) in a machine. Even though multiball is unbalanced in scoring, it gets tougher to activate. Awesome music, I love how there's a different tune for each raft. EB target is unforgiving!
Cons are relatively low. The mountains at the top of the playfield often look like they were crushed by the foot from Monty Python on some examples. The lock stand ups take a major beating. The 5x Playfield timer is a bit too short, and I hate how it still runs during the Whitewater Multiball intro. The Lost Mine provides suicidal kickouts and is impossible to hit. Awarding Class VI River in Mystery Canyon sucks eggs. The end of ball bonus is a joke.
Great game by Dennis Nordman and one of my personal favorites! Indy 500 is more of the same, and also one I really like.
There's a wide assortment of shots on this game, and all of them are required for the huge Vacation Jackpot payoff, a 200m+ award and an insane light show that makes the game looks like its going to explode. The flow caused by making these shots, particularly the ramps, makes this game one of the best early 90s machines (it's up there with TAF and TZ IMHO). Always go for those 5x Jackpots, or, if nothing else, 5x Multimillions or 5x Wet Willie's Stage 1. It was the first double-playfield done right (BK2K was kinda meh). Best 3-way shot combo (eg. FH, TAF) in a machine. Even though multiball is unbalanced in scoring, it gets tougher to activate. Awesome music, I love how there's a different tune for each raft. EB target is unforgiving!
Cons are relatively low. The mountains at the top of the playfield often look like they were crushed by the foot from Monty Python on some examples. The lock stand ups take a major beating. The 5x Playfield timer is a bit too short, and I hate how it still runs during the Whitewater Multiball intro. The Lost Mine provides suicidal kickouts and is impossible to hit. Awarding Class VI River in Mystery Canyon sucks eggs. The end of ball bonus is a joke.
Great game by Dennis Nordman and one of my personal favorites! Indy 500 is more of the same, and also one I really like.
8.296/10
10 years ago
Great game, always worth a few quarters. Although the theme is a bit off the wall, it holds up well on the playfield and the art. Love the whirlpool. Very cool addition and fits the pin well.
8.412/10
10 years ago
Hamburg
The first machine i owned and I still love it. I played many other machines since then and keep coming back to this one. Love the ramps, the gimmicks and the rules, which offer much strategy. Although the backglass isn't my cup of tea, the topper's simply great. Many people don't like the soundtrack that much. But as the music changes throughout the game and pushes you more and more, the closer you get to Wet Willys Ranch, it's even one of the highlights of the machine in my opinion. First vacation jackpot - when everything gets dark and the frenzy starts just a few seconds later - is simply a blast. Never gonna sell this one!
Linköping
8.812/10
10 years ago
I really dig the music on this pin and how it changes so subtlety when you advance the raft. Great layout, really novel. Nothing else really like this game. Though I’m not a huge fan of the theme the theme is very well integrated.
* I’ve updated my rating. This is a game I wouldn’t mind owning a second time, the rules are great and it is well balanced scoring. Very well polished game.
* I’ve updated my rating. This is a game I wouldn’t mind owning a second time, the rules are great and it is well balanced scoring. Very well polished game.
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