My family have had ours for ten years now. It has had its fair share of issues, but nothing we couldn't fix. It has been working without issues for a while. My dog used to love watching the balls move around and he loved the sounds as if you told him "pinball" he would run over and bark. When it would get noisy, he would bark at it. If you pick him up, he will watch the ball. He also would jump on a nearby chair to watch.
Dude. I live and breathe UA-cam, but never comment. I comment probably once a year on UA-cam. This is one of them. Please keep this up. Your direction, editing, tone, personality, character, etc. is nothing short of forthright and commendable. Keep up the great work. You have a subscriber.
Nice video. I had a Taxi pinball machine back in 1993. The fellow that maintained it for me also owned an arcade and told me about a great new machine called Twilight Zone. He ordered one straight from the factory for me and it has been sitting in my rec room since. One of my better purchasing decisions.
I've owned mine (a "sample" version) since 1995. In 2019 (pre Covid), at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, it ran for the entire weekend with zero faults aside from a single burned out bulb. Proof positive that once properly repaired and brought "up to snuff", even Twilight Zone can be a reliable game.
Bro Kev, please do White Water next. A huge fan of your videos. Please keep them coming. Subbed. P.S. I’m huge UA-cam fan, but it is very unusual for me to comment.
Great video! That's my game at 13:02! Adding that 3rd magnet during my restoration was a real pain, but entirely worth it. Shown in that clip is how the 3rd magnet operates during "The Spiral" mode, but the real treat is how it loads a ball onto each magnet and releases them all at the same time for multiball start.
Thanks for the footage haha. Yeah it’s super cool, you were one of the few people that actually demonstrated it. I would love to see how it handles multi ball
@@KevinCarrington I have a video of that as well! It was originally unlisted for use on pinside, but I just made it public. It's not as well filmed as the spiral video. ua-cam.com/users/shortsOvaD6wVxVeM
I've had this in my "to watch" list for ages, and I finally did after ""The Twilight Zone" has started a re-run here in the U.K. Loved playing this one back in the day, and in The Pinball Arcade! Fantastic video! Subbed!
One of my favorite tables. Happy to say I used to suck at it in the 90s irl. My wife worked at a socal Golf&stuff that had a wicked pinball collection that had all the Williams and Bally classics. Hope they do Adam’s Family and Star Trek TNG.
IIRC, the red button is a Pat Lawlor signature, found somewhere on every single Lawlor pin. For example, Buzz is holding it in NGG, and the getaway driver holds it in Safe Cracker.
This pinball machine is one of the best memories of my youth. We had one in my little town's arcade, in Italy. It must have been a hacked specimen, or maybe the installer left some dip switches on, because it had some very advantageous features turned on: - during the clock bonus phase, you could max out the 255.000.000 points just by pushing the plunger! Pushing the plunger had the same effect as hitting the needed bumper. - by pressing the start button, you could stack points during the drive-in bonus phase, as if you hit the needed bumper. This way, one could keep winning extraballs and keep playing forever ^_^ Also, when you get the extraball, the machine woule make a resounding *SNAP* noise.
Whoa! As a pinball and video essay enthusiast, this video ticks all the boxes I’ve been wanting in pinball related content. Subbed, and godspeed to 1k 🫡
I went to a local pinball dealer in 2001, and he suggested this machine to me, because it had the most complex rule set at the time. I have had it since, and am glad I took his advice on what machine to buy. I don't have any other machines, but do play some in VR, or with on the PC. I plan on buying or building a virtual pin machine.
Very cool! Thanks for all your hard work on putting these videos together. I havent explored your channel too much yet. But have you done "Creature from the Black Lagoon" yet?
I got myself a twilight zone back in may 2022 for 8,3k with a illuminated apron, color dmd, and so many other mods, it is truly a amazing machine and I will never sell it. I didnt know about the doho Easter egg even though I have over 2k plays on it. This video has like all the others a amazing quality and is very entertaining.
Great job once again Kevin. I just played this yesterday at FGW. The damn magna-flip power field always frustrates. I feel like you have clarified the goals of play extremely well. I look forward to my next game... and your next Pinball feature:). Keep it up man.
I live in Binghamton ny he grew up here wentbto the same school I did. Abunch of episodes were filmed here along with the movie had its world premiere here . Man I'dove this pin
It also shares the same playfield layout as the Adams family pinball machine! just different art & mechanics etc,,pat lawor is the best though he designed funhouse as well, one of my favorites,
I've had mine since the late 90's. Just a little info for any owner out there...make sure you change the batteries behind the back glass! If they are old and start to leak, they are going to fry the cpu board. There is a replacement that is available without needing batteries.
Back in 94 my girl friend worked at pizza hut , I would go to pick her up a little early so I could play this game in the entrance way. I got really good with it like a half an hour on one quarter
Yet another great history retroprective on a pinball machine, Speaking of that blue version of the powerball it would have fitted perfectly on the monocromatic mod of the table, playfield/backglass in black and white edit: could i request Big Bang Bar for a future video?
We’ve got to get a game with the blue powerball! Honestly they could make a whole playfield around it. I’m sure you could create some wild ramps and unique physics with the lighter ball. I just got some personal footage of big bang bar a couple of months ago! It’s definitely a planned video
This series of videos is fantastic! I've been obsessed with pinball since working a summer job in an arcade for a couple of summers back in the 80s where they had a Xenon machine which I loved. I hope you continue with these, I'd love to see more. I've neither the money nor the space for real machines but I can at least enjoy the virtual versions. My favourites are Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars and Bride of Pinbot. Top work, sir 👍
I own a near mint Twilght Zone owned it for 20 years. I would agree best pinball ever, Medi Evil Maddness and Addam Family. I was a pinball tech for almost 20 years back in the pinball glory days. I also owned a STNG and Xenon. I maintained 20+ pinball machines plus all the other video games and jukeboxes. Mine was in payment for some work on a few bartop video games from a small opperater. I'll have to get the black light out and check if it a bootleg. I suspect it was as there was some pretty shady sides to the business. I did the clock led mode long time ago so clock is mint. We had 2 TWZ in the field and they got well used and pretty beaten up. Any idea how many of the 15k are still with us?. I might do the full led mod, maybe next time I need to service it. Really cool video, good job and thanks, brings back a few of memories .......
Thank you! Good question I do not know how many surviving machines are out there but that would be a good data point. ipsnd.net has people submit their serial codes, it’s perhaps the closest version we will get to knowing. But only about 8% have been accounted for on there.
It was Pat Lawlor who did a great job producing many Pinball Cabinets compared to his previous game, The Addams Family. However, it's a great pinball cabinet. And Fun Fact: It was originally gonna be the first to have Williams DCS sound system, but it recomposed for the YM2151 synth to be the last if anything Chris Granner could have been. The First to have the new DCS Sound was Williams' Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure which Chris Granner also composed it.
I was watching a pinball expo vid where they were talking about how different it was to make music for different boards. I never considered the creative challenges new technology would present
I find it disturbing when a video claims to be discussing the history of a certain machine but then shows several heavily modified machines without acknowledging what should and what should not be mounted in the original set-up.
Although a lot were made (based on Lawlor coming off Addams Family's record sales) the game did poorly on location. It didn't become a hit until years later, when the home market started booming. A later code update helped it's popularity in the home market.
Fuck yeah Kevinnnnnnnn, not going to watch it yet but y'know ya boi is going to enjoy this with my dinner of sausages and pasta tonight. Knew clicking 'SUBSCRIBE' was going to pay out eventually :)))))))))))))))))))))))
@@KevinCarrington Forgot to write another message saying I found the video fun and informative, really appreciate your content mate :) However, with that being said. Your Rod Serling impression was bad and my day is ruined.
Here are a few pins that I would love the see you cover Indiana Jones the pinball adventure Scared stiff The shadow Apollo 13 Creatures of the black lagoon
@@KevinCarrington I got it from a literal dive bar. The bars owner told me it sat in the corner for years, untouched. It had a layer of dirt on the playfield, but I stripped it down and gave it a good cleaning. He wanted it gone so he could buy a Harley Davidson pin. The only drawback was it took a LONG time to get rid of the cigarette smoke odor.
It's hard to take this video credibly when right off the bat the overhead narrator mispronounces the last name of the creator and host of The Twilight Zone. It's Serling, not Sterling. Makes it painfully obvious you didn't do enough research.
@@KevinCarrington doesn’t surprise me how toxic that commenter is. You can just tell from the way his comment reads that he’s old and unfortunately I’ve learned that this hobby is cursed with a large online presence of old snobby elitist men who love being condescending
My family have had ours for ten years now. It has had its fair share of issues, but nothing we couldn't fix. It has been working without issues for a while. My dog used to love watching the balls move around and he loved the sounds as if you told him "pinball" he would run over and bark. When it would get noisy, he would bark at it. If you pick him up, he will watch the ball. He also would jump on a nearby chair to watch.
Dude. I live and breathe UA-cam, but never comment. I comment probably once a year on UA-cam. This is one of them. Please keep this up. Your direction, editing, tone, personality, character, etc. is nothing short of forthright and commendable. Keep up the great work. You have a subscriber.
Wow thank you so much for your comment, it means a lot to me. I will keep up the work for the community and pinball as a whole.
Why do you comment so little and what kind of stuff do you comment on when you do?
Exact... continue dude
Who cares?
Nice video. I had a Taxi pinball machine back in 1993. The fellow that maintained it for me also owned an arcade and told me about a great new machine called Twilight Zone. He ordered one straight from the factory for me and it has been sitting in my rec room since. One of my better purchasing decisions.
I've owned mine (a "sample" version) since 1995.
In 2019 (pre Covid), at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, it ran for the entire weekend with zero faults aside from a single burned out bulb.
Proof positive that once properly repaired and brought "up to snuff", even Twilight Zone can be a reliable game.
So true. If operators spent just a little bit of time keeping their machines nice the world would be a better place
@@KevinCarrington yep!
YES KEEP MAKING THESE DUDE
I'll keep them coming!
Bro Kev, please do White Water next.
A huge fan of your videos. Please keep them coming. Subbed.
P.S. I’m huge UA-cam fan, but it is very unusual for me to comment.
Wow thank you! Your comment means a lot.
Great video! That's my game at 13:02! Adding that 3rd magnet during my restoration was a real pain, but entirely worth it. Shown in that clip is how the 3rd magnet operates during "The Spiral" mode, but the real treat is how it loads a ball onto each magnet and releases them all at the same time for multiball start.
Thanks for the footage haha. Yeah it’s super cool, you were one of the few people that actually demonstrated it. I would love to see how it handles multi ball
@@KevinCarrington I have a video of that as well! It was originally unlisted for use on pinside, but I just made it public. It's not as well filmed as the spiral video.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsOvaD6wVxVeM
I've had this in my "to watch" list for ages, and I finally did after ""The Twilight Zone" has started a re-run here in the U.K.
Loved playing this one back in the day, and in The Pinball Arcade!
Fantastic video! Subbed!
The games was released by Williams, under the Bally label.
Facts
Automatic 👍, I watched your other pinball history videos and really was enjoyed it. I subbed, Keep it up.
Thank you so much! More to come
Good stuff Mr.Kevin!
Thanks so much!
One of my favorite tables. Happy to say I used to suck at it in the 90s irl. My wife worked at a socal Golf&stuff that had a wicked pinball collection that had all the Williams and Bally classics. Hope they do Adam’s Family and Star Trek TNG.
I've owned my TZ since 1998, love it! Great video.
Never sell it!
@@KevinCarrington Never!
A unique spinning spotlight effect was intended for the playfield similar to the fifth dimension, you can see it in wizard blocks
Woah I never even heard about that game until you mentioned it. I want to do some segments in pinball 2000 games
@@KevinCarrington That would be incredible, love your addams family video. ua-cam.com/video/6GsYoEwdwXM/v-deo.html here's a link to the effect
Very well made Video!
Thanks!
Awesome. Keep making these.
Will do!
MOAR!!!!!! 😅😅😅
IIRC, the red button is a Pat Lawlor signature, found somewhere on every single Lawlor pin. For example, Buzz is holding it in NGG, and the getaway driver holds it in Safe Cracker.
8:30 Sweeeeet Whirlwind footage! I legit just got done restoring mine with my dad a couple weeks ago. We had it since I was maybe 5 back in the 90s.
This pinball machine is one of the best memories of my youth.
We had one in my little town's arcade, in Italy. It must have been a hacked specimen, or maybe the installer left some dip switches on, because it had some very advantageous features turned on:
- during the clock bonus phase, you could max out the 255.000.000 points just by pushing the plunger! Pushing the plunger had the same effect as hitting the needed bumper.
- by pressing the start button, you could stack points during the drive-in bonus phase, as if you hit the needed bumper.
This way, one could keep winning extraballs and keep playing forever ^_^
Also, when you get the extraball, the machine woule make a resounding *SNAP* noise.
Love this overview of the Twilight Zone great work , i see you have also included footage from my TZ Mini switchless playfield @4:50 cheers fella
You have a beautiful machine thank you
Whoa! As a pinball and video essay enthusiast, this video ticks all the boxes I’ve been wanting in pinball related content. Subbed, and godspeed to 1k 🫡
Thank you so much! I’m glad it was satisfactory haha. This is the content I want to watch too lol. Thanks for the support
My local laundry mat had this!! It is my favorite pin, I’m saving to buy one
Great choice! I love those random laundry pins
I went to a local pinball dealer in 2001, and he suggested this machine to me, because it had the most complex rule set at the time. I have had it since, and am glad I took his advice on what machine to buy. I don't have any other machines, but do play some in VR, or with on the PC. I plan on buying or building a virtual pin machine.
You have a great pin. It’s still incredibly mechanical complex by todays standards! I truly love this game.
Clips from YEGPIN!. I was there and spent plenty at the nitro booth. Damn I learned a lot from this video and I’ve owned TZ since 2011. Never selling
I just cast this to our 65”. AMAZING WORK!!!
*SUBSCRIBED!* on to your other vids!
I’m on the big screen!
Very cool! Thanks for all your hard work on putting these videos together. I havent explored your channel too much yet. But have you done "Creature from the Black Lagoon" yet?
Thank you so much for this Series.
I watched every Episode several times and still like it.
Please Go on!!!
Omg thank you so much! More to come working on the next one right now
Please!
I need more!!!
You’re right. I’ve been focusing on other projects but I’ll focus on getting the next one out
My personal Hero!
Indiana Jones?!?
That’s on the list for sure. Not the next one I’m working on. I’ll do that afterwards. I also have TNG on the short list too
Super super super....
Great professionnel contribution
It s awesome
Continue pleasssse
And thx
Dino from belgium
Thanks!
IMHO the best pin ever made.
It's criminal that you don't have more views/subscribers. The quality of your content is ricidulously good. I hope you keep up the great work!
I appreciate that haha. I do it for the fans
Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was building an audience on deep-cut informative pinball history videos.
I got myself a twilight zone back in may 2022 for 8,3k with a illuminated apron, color dmd, and so many other mods, it is truly a amazing machine and I will never sell it.
I didnt know about the doho Easter egg even though I have over 2k plays on it.
This video has like all the others a amazing quality and is very entertaining.
Thank you so much I really appreciate that. I plan on continuing this trend. Learning more with every video.
Great video and great pinball. I'm finishing restoring one 😀
Oooo that’s awesome! One day I’d love to restore a pin
My all time favorite
Great job once again Kevin. I just played this yesterday at FGW. The damn magna-flip power field always frustrates. I feel like you have clarified the goals of play extremely well. I look forward to my next game... and your next Pinball feature:). Keep it up man.
Thank you so much! I’ve got to get back to FGW for another day of pinball soon
The voice you have it reminds me of one of the old Williams pinball trailers I watch
Hahah I'm glad! It's super fitting for these videos then
I live in Binghamton ny he grew up here wentbto the same school I did. Abunch of episodes were filmed here along with the movie had its world premiere here . Man I'dove this pin
This pin is very special to you then
@@KevinCarrington It's not too bad I can't afford that my wife would kill me lol I already have too many arcades in the house
It’s great but very overpriced
@@KevinCarrington yea very
In my opinion one of the best.
Amazing video :)
Hope we see more soon
Thanks! More to come
It also shares the same playfield layout as the Adams family pinball machine! just different art & mechanics etc,,pat lawor is the best though he designed funhouse as well, one of my favorites,
Very well made as usual 👌
Ty ty
That was awesome thanks for making it!
Pinball live's still!
It’s aliiiiive!!!
@@KevinCarrington It's the missing link between the button and physical reality these days.
Very true. There’s a magic in mechanical gaming that is hard to find these days.
Can't believe I'm just now coming across this awesome channel! I would love to see you do Fish Tales and White Water next!
Oooo water themed rides! They are definitely on the list
I'd never noticed the Doho on the bumper section. Doho is also hidden in Bram Stoker's Dracula in the background when you lock a ball in the coffin.
Doho is everywhere 😳
You just made the price for Twilight Zone go back up $2,000!! 🤣
You take that back right now 😂
I've had mine since the late 90's. Just a little info for any owner out there...make sure you change the batteries behind the back glass! If they are old and start to leak, they are going to fry the cpu board. There is a replacement that is available without needing batteries.
I hope these videos never stop. Amazing work!
Thank you so much! I’ll keep them going
This is great, keep them coming! Theatre of Magic or White Water perhaps? 😇
These are fantastic suggestions. I must cover these
Great video
Why thank you
Excelente video
Back in 94 my girl friend worked at pizza hut , I would go to pick her up a little early so I could play this game in the entrance way. I got really good with it like a half an hour on one quarter
They had this table at my local bowling alley spent hours playing😊
Yet another great history retroprective on a pinball machine,
Speaking of that blue version of the powerball it would have fitted perfectly on the monocromatic mod of the table, playfield/backglass in black and white
edit: could i request Big Bang Bar for a future video?
We’ve got to get a game with the blue powerball! Honestly they could make a whole playfield around it. I’m sure you could create some wild ramps and unique physics with the lighter ball. I just got some personal footage of big bang bar a couple of months ago! It’s definitely a planned video
@@KevinCarrington good to hear, was it an original you played or one of the re-issues?
You know, I’m not actually sure. I wonder how I could confirm that
I played this one when I worked at a pizza place, I'd say this and Addams Family are probably my favorite pins
Absolute classics. Pat hit it out of the park with those
This series of videos is fantastic! I've been obsessed with pinball since working a summer job in an arcade for a couple of summers back in the 80s where they had a Xenon machine which I loved. I hope you continue with these, I'd love to see more. I've neither the money nor the space for real machines but I can at least enjoy the virtual versions. My favourites are Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars and Bride of Pinbot. Top work, sir 👍
Thanks so much! I’ll keep the coming
I own a near mint Twilght Zone owned it for 20 years. I would agree best pinball ever, Medi Evil Maddness and Addam Family. I was a pinball tech for almost 20 years back in the pinball glory days. I also owned a STNG and Xenon. I maintained 20+ pinball machines plus all the other video games and jukeboxes. Mine was in payment for some work on a few bartop video games from a small opperater. I'll have to get the black light out and check if it a bootleg. I suspect it was as there was some pretty shady sides to the business. I did the clock led mode long time ago so clock is mint. We had 2 TWZ in the field and they got well used and pretty beaten up. Any idea how many of the 15k are still with us?. I might do the full led mod, maybe next time I need to service it. Really cool video, good job and thanks, brings back a few of memories .......
Thank you! Good question I do not know how many surviving machines are out there but that would be a good data point. ipsnd.net has people submit their serial codes, it’s perhaps the closest version we will get to knowing. But only about 8% have been accounted for on there.
i love the soundtrack my favorite is the the lock lit song.
(idea: can you do funhouse or white water?)
UPDATE: And now as of April 2023, there is a new licensed digital version available for Zen Studios FX pinball.
It was Pat Lawlor who did a great job producing many Pinball Cabinets compared to his previous game, The Addams Family. However, it's a great pinball cabinet. And Fun Fact: It was originally gonna be the first to have Williams DCS sound system, but it recomposed for the YM2151 synth to be the last if anything Chris Granner could have been. The First to have the new DCS Sound was Williams' Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure which Chris Granner also composed it.
I was watching a pinball expo vid where they were talking about how different it was to make music for different boards. I never considered the creative challenges new technology would present
I'd love jjp to do a twilight zone machine with all the new technology available I think it would be unbelievable plus jjp always go above and beyond
True jjp continued the legacy with stacked games. Maybe Chicago gaming company would pick it up
Awesome series. Possible to do one on Black Rose?
I love black rose! So underrated
The twilight zone is now playable in Pinball FX. Zen studios now have the rights to many digital Williams tables
Rod Sterling?
Don't forget Get Away HS 2 :D
Absolutely on the list to do
Ha. I saw my games at the YegPin clip in this video. Side by side ! Ha. that was cool.
Please do Monster Bash :)
I find it disturbing when a video claims to be discussing the history of a certain machine but then shows several heavily modified machines without acknowledging what should and what should not be mounted in the original set-up.
Wait, is it Rod Serling or Rod Sterling?
Serling I messed it up 😭
Although a lot were made (based on Lawlor coming off Addams Family's record sales) the game did poorly on location. It didn't become a hit until years later, when the home market started booming. A later code update helped it's popularity in the home market.
What was the code update that helped it become popular again?
Super busy, top tier wpc game.
Stupidly collectable.
Fuck yeah Kevinnnnnnnn, not going to watch it yet but y'know ya boi is going to enjoy this with my dinner of sausages and pasta tonight. Knew clicking 'SUBSCRIBE' was going to pay out eventually :)))))))))))))))))))))))
Hahah yesss! I won’t keep you waiting as long for the next one
@@KevinCarrington Forgot to write another message saying I found the video fun and informative, really appreciate your content mate :)
However, with that being said. Your Rod Serling impression was bad and my day is ruined.
Thanks! Hope your sausage and pasta was delicious. So what I’m hearing is do more Rod Serling? Got it
@@KevinCarrington Y'know ya boi got the mint and rosemary beef sausages on lock.
Also, congratulations you've made me cry. Haha
Actually that sounds delicious where can I buy that
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it till dead🥰❗️❗️❗️❗️
Same! I’m lucky enough to have one 7 min away
Here are a few pins that I would love the see you cover
Indiana Jones the pinball adventure
Scared stiff
The shadow
Apollo 13
Creatures of the black lagoon
All great suggestions. These are definitely on the list
I got lucky and bought one a few years back for $2200. Still have it. A TZ these days fetches anywhere from $10-$15k.
When I hear how much lower the cost was on these games I almost tear up. I’m jealous
@@KevinCarrington I got it from a literal dive bar. The bars owner told me it sat in the corner for years, untouched. It had a layer of dirt on the playfield, but I stripped it down and gave it a good cleaning. He wanted it gone so he could buy a Harley Davidson pin.
The only drawback was it took a LONG time to get rid of the cigarette smoke odor.
Ewwwww. There’s an uncensored playboy at a dive bar down the street that I want to steal haha. Lots of smoke on that too
Twilight Zone was manufactured by Williams®️ under it’s ownership of the Bally/Midway®️ brand. 0:28
The HOST was Rod Serling NOT Sterling
30 years later we get Toy Story 4
Hahahahaha. Wrecked
What a beauty. Just dont destroy your TZ with LED bulbs. I also find pretty ugly colored DMDs on 90s games but this TZ animations are pretty cool
Black and white DMDs look great on this.
Pinball Arcade, PC
More of a tutorial than history of.
S-E-R-L-I-N-G - - - - - not Sterling
hi ! watched this video and it seems you're plagiarising the wikipedia article of this game word for word !
It's hard to take this video credibly when right off the bat the overhead narrator mispronounces the last name of the creator and host of The Twilight Zone. It's Serling, not Sterling. Makes it painfully obvious you didn't do enough research.
I mispronounced it in the beginning and I pray to the Pinball Gods everyday to wash away my sins
@@KevinCarrington doesn’t surprise me how toxic that commenter is. You can just tell from the way his comment reads that he’s old and unfortunately I’ve learned that this hobby is cursed with a large online presence of old snobby elitist men who love being condescending
@@KevinCarrington 😂😂😂