Silverball guide · The Flintstones
Everything runs at once
Most machines of its era make you finish one thing before starting another. The Flintstones lets almost everything overlap, and that is where its scoring hides.
UK Machine Record
The Flintstones
Williams · 1994 · at 9 UK venues.
9
UK venues
9
machines mapped
#20
most-located of 246
1994
released
Dot matrix4 playersSolid state
DesignJohn Trudeau
ArtKevin O'Connor
SoftwareJeff Johnson
About
The Flintstones is one of Williams’ great licence machines from the 1990s, designed by John Trudeau and packed with the humour and visual style of the original cartoon. Fred, Barney, Wilma and the rest of Bedrock provide the theme, while the game turns everyday Flintstones activities into pinball objectives.
The layout is fast and relatively open, with ramps, loops and character targets providing a satisfying mixture of flow and precision. The various modes give you plenty to work towards without making the game feel overly complicated.
It is a particularly good example of a machine where the licence and gameplay work together naturally. Don’t just chase the flashing characters; work out which objective is actually advancing your game.
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The playfield
What you’re looking at · 3
- Dino
The green dinosaur standing over the top right of the playfield.
- C-O-N-C-R-E-T-E
Eight letters across the middle of the playfield, with the machine own instruction printed under them: complete for multiball.
- The modes
Stacked down the middle: Fred Choice, Joe Diner, Bedrock Water Buffalos, Dino Frenzy.
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The playfield
Strategy tips · 6
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Top tipMultiball 6 votes
Top lanes and drop target sets progress "Concrete" for main multiball. Jackpots alternate between center shot and small loop on the left.
Multiball2 tips
- Multiball
Shoot the ramp lit for bowling and the ball will return to the right side. Shoot for the center pin for a strike. 3 strikes is multiball.
- Multiball
Dino Frenzy is a multiball mode that can you can bring into the main multiball.
General3 tips
- General
Hit ramp lit for 1-2-3 and it will put the ball on the flipper needed to make the shot for the next number. Complete numbers for modes.
- General
You can shoot for super jackpot with left flipper, shoot the middle of the targets and the ball can bounce in.
- General
7 shots on centre ramp = EB, 18 shots on centre ramp = pop bumper millions (2M a pop).
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A closer look
Close-ups of the The Flintstones playfield, with our note on what each one is showing you.
Dino, curled over the Bedrock Bowl-O-Rama sign.
Photographs via the Internet Pinball Database. The captions are ours.
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The original flyer
How The Flintstones was sold to operators — Williams, 1994. 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.
Flyer scan via the Internet Pinball Database. The artwork is Williams’s.
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