Silverball guide · Godzilla
Where the points actually are
Godzilla looks like a game about monsters and plays like a game about cities. The scoring lives in a bonus most players never collect on purpose.
UK Machine Record
Godzilla
Stern · 2021 · at 26 UK venues.
26
UK venues
26
machines mapped
#1
most-located of 246
2021
released
LCD4 playersSolid state
DesignKeith Elwin
ArtJeremy Packer
SoftwareRick Naegele
Editions in the UKPremiumPro
About
Stern's Godzilla is one of the most-located machines in the country. Unusually, both the Pro and the Premium are out on floors here, so which game you get depends on where you go, the Premium's tilting bridge and magnet-driven building are the visible difference between them.
It rewards preparation more than most modern Sterns. The scoring is stacked around knowing which shot starts what, and the gap between a player who has read the tips below and one who hasn't is enormous. If you only remember one thing before you put a pound in: both ramps, then the scoop.
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The playfield
What you’re looking at · 4
- The building
The tower in the middle of the playfield, and one of the five shots this game keeps coming back to. It is also where the Destruction Jackpot lights, once you have done the damage to earn it.
- The bridge
The span across the top right. Knock its integrity down in stages and it comes down, either ramp then starts Bridge Attack Multiball while Bridge Out! is flashing.
- Godzilla himself
The figure standing at the upper left. He is one of the two models a Pro cabinet does not have, so if he is missing you are playing the other machine.
- Mechagodzilla
The silver figure guarding the right side, and the other model a Pro goes without. The multiball named after him is worked up through the right spinner.
Shot on a Premium. Another edition of Godzilla may not have every feature named here. Written by Silverball
The playfield
Strategy tips · 12
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Top tip 16 votes
Shoot both ramps and then the scoop to start a Kaiju Battle.
Multiball3 tips
- Multiball
The add-a-ball for Godzilla MB is qualified by making 30 spins at the right spinner.
- Multiball
Shooting both ramps and then building enables Godzilla multiball locks. 3 shots to building to start.
- Multiball
The Ally, Anguirus, allows the action button to act as a one-time add-a-ball during any Multiball.
General6 tips
- General
The ally Rodan starts 2X scoring for 60 seconds or until the ball drains.
- General
The ally Mothra lights a ball save on the left outlane.
- General
Right flipper will cycle through allies when ally is lit - select the ally ability you like simply by flipping (I always choose Rodan for 2x playfield scoring) then shoot the scoop!
- General
Center spinner 60x lights heat ray. It’s an additional 60x for each subsequent heat ray (120 for the 2nd, 180 for the 3rd, etc.)
- General
On the last ball, if you drain on right outlane, Oxygen Destroyer starts. You have 12 seconds to save your ball by shooting the building.
- General
Jet Fighter Attack, Powerline Attack/Tesla Strike, Godzilla MB, or Mechagodzilla MB can be activated during and stacked with Tier 1 battles.
Skill shot2 tips
- Skill shot
Short plunge skill shot to first switch not as lucrative but much easier than looping ball above upper flipper lane skill shot.
- Skill shot
Unique skillshot adds a +1x for the next one. go for short pl. mecha lower and sideline on ball 1 and 2 super skillshot + scoop on 3rd ball.
Tips belong to the players who wrote them. Read them all, vote, or add your own on PinTips, a Match Play project.
A closer look
Close-ups of the Godzilla playfield, with our note on what each one is showing you.
A moulded Godzilla beside the wireform ramp.
The skyscraper building, with the ramps running through it.
SHOOT AGAIN, lit in the artwork at the foot of the playfield.
The wire ramp passing over the Gigan artwork.
Photographs via the Internet Pinball Database. The captions are ours.
Community tutorials on YouTube, not made by Silverball.
Godzilla Pinball TutorialPAPApinball · 2025 · on YouTube
Stern Godzilla Pinball Tutorial | An Epic Battle of the Titans | Top Tips & Guide to reach Planet XGonzo's Pinball Flipperama · 2023 · on YouTube
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The original flyer
How Godzilla was sold to operators — Stern, 2021. The back is the feature list the manufacturer led with, which is a fair record of what the machine was meant to be famous for.
Front
BackManufacturer’s sales flyer — Stern’s own artwork. We haven’t been able to confirm the source of this scan.
One reviewer's opinion, not a Silverball verdict, and not a guide to playing.
Videos from YouTube, curated from channels we rate. They belong to their creators, who aren’t affiliated with Silverball; links open on YouTube so the view counts for them. A creator who’d rather not be listed can get in touch and we’ll remove it.
Where a machine sits is Pinball Map’s work, not ours, find Godzilla near you on their map. Ratings, tips and tournament results here are ours.