I never saw this table in my local bowling alley growing up, so I never had the chance to play it. Fast forward nearly 30 years, here I am enjoying it at home thanks to the virtual pinball community. Such an amazing table, like all of pinball, it's timeless fun!
Yup! Out of all the pins I’ve owned over the years, TZ really stands out with its creativity and implementation of win/lose gameplay. Simply a masterpiece!
20:40 one of the nasty things about this game is that its tilt warnings are extremely subtle. The screen flashes "DANGER" like usual, but the sound effects for it blend in with the rest of the board. Surprise tilts out of nowhere!
We got this game at my work and I’m addicted to it. I probably spent at least 200 bucks on it, I always play it 20 times a day. I’m trying to get the highest score and this video helped me a lot on how everything works and what everything means
In 2007, I bought one locally off an individual. I paid less than $2900 for it and a no fade cabinet. If you look on Ebay ... currently, this machine is commanding prices of $8000 and up. I When it comes to pinball designers .... Pat Lawlor is KING !!!!
Pat Lawlor makes the most perfect machines because they are made up in layers. 1. Just for the casual playthrough. Multiball, extra ball, some fun elements of the machine. 2. Balls to the wall action with more challenges and action and keeping the game going until you get in the Zone and all hell breaks loose! =D
I use to be so good at this game when i was younger. The pads on the one i played were so used and soft that it made the game so mutch easyer to play and get the balls were you wanted it to go. I MISS THIS GAME SOOOOOO MUTCH 🥰🥰🥰
I'm restoring a TZ machine I bought for $1000, the clock does not work and there a few other minor maintenance problems. Cabinet, play field, and back glass are in very good shape. I think it was a good deal considering how much they go for now.
Plan on changing the clock board & I would swap all bulbs for LED. This pin pushes the power limits and LED's reduce the energy load. Good find! A great TZ will sell around $6-10K in California.
Thank you very much! I found this quite useful! Now, some folks, purists likely, would say I don't "really" play the game as I can only get access to it via Farsight Studios' Pinball Arcade program, but in a place with as few working pinball machines as Winnipeg is, it's the only chance I got. I did, however, love this game when it was available back home for me when I was younger. Even if I didn't understand a single thing about it, it seems.
Hello Pinball Arcade on the iPad is how I got hooked on TZ. It's way more random and chaotic in real life, but they did an amazing job recreating it. Hope the tutorial was helpful! Keep pinballin!
If you hit both flippers while the slot machine is spinning towards extra ball, you get 5 million. I believe it's when you've earned the EB based on points.
Such bonus will be awarded if the end of ball bonus happens to make the score go above closest replay threshold. You'll have to flip both flippers while the replay animation is displayed on the DMD.
AWESOME!!! Many thanks for video and especially some tips and tricks! 45 minutes like one second) Again, thank you very much and take care, let the Force be with you!)))
Hey thanks for this video, I'm a big pinball fan and have never really took the time to understand this pin. I love the theme and remember playing it as a kid but I never understood what was going on, or the logic. I had Never made it to the mini playfield or saw the powerball. I watched this video, went to a local bar and got a 400,000,000 score my first game. It's a great game, and I think they used it as inspiration for the wizard of oz pinball, a lot of the shots are similar.
well I've been back to that bar several times just to play twighlight zone since that last comment. my highest score is 1,850,000,000. Almost got lost in the zone mode twice! I think thats pretty respectable for having the pocket change limitation. I cant get enough of it, Ive definitely got to find one in great condition like yours!
Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield IL has one of these. I’m kinda new to pinball so when I went there, I didn’t really know how to play it. Now I want to go back and try again.
Incredible video. Thank you. I'm using the home ROM as well and will add a 6th steel ball. What is your gumball light mod? I can't get a light in there without needing to drill a hole somewhere
Just got a killer Simpsons Pinball party. Playing about 10 games a day on this bad boy! I will shoot a tutorial in the coming weeks. Just want to wrap my head around some new strategies...maybe discover different approach and List some danger spots to avoid. Keep pinballin!
Hi thank you for doing this. Greates tutorial I saw so far on youtube. Unfortunaly I only have twilightzone on pinball arcade and there is no location which has this machine in my whole country I think. Greets from Belgium.
Awesome one of my favorite tables! Thanks for all the tips! I'm going to go with a virtual pinball machine, I've played this table on PlayStation and was impressive Oh, I hope that my 49 inch cabinet , UHD screen, 10 solenoids, tilt Bob , Shaker motor, we'll get close to this game play, It's coming on Friday
Hello, Boerekable Wow! TZ can be found at lots of spots in USA. If you made it to California, I'd buy you a beer and we'd play TZ all night. Take care, buddy!
Hello, Pinheads My new pinball tutorial video for Popeye Saves The Earth is being uploaded now. Should be available tonight. Hopefully this video will show the world what a deep game Popeye is.
Thanks for the vid! Just got my First Pinball machine, the TZ. I wonder if its correct when you drop all six balls in the drain for the autoload the first time you play. Three steelball was loaded to the gumballmachine and the two others plus the powerball is in the machine ready for play. That means that the powerball comes into play everytime. One of your three balls Is that right?
Hello That's probably correct if your settings require 6 total balls. I purchased the home rom 9.4. The home rom gives the options for the gumball machine to accept 4 balls for a total of 7 total balls. The home rom was only $10 and is simple plug and play. I like having 6 steel balls and 1 porcelain ball loaded into my TZ. Makes the power ball a bit more special. Hope this info helps. Keep pinballin'! -Steve
UltimateEnd0 I like The Amber glow of the incandescent bulbs, but swapping this table to LEDs reduced the overall power load significantly. It also reduced the heat coming off the table. This was huge for me considering my pins are in a small room.
Plastic piece 1/4” x 2” heated up and bent in the center. Used a dab of gorilla glue to hold the quarter On the plastic and screwed it down using a factory screw.
