UK Machine Record
Bally · 1993 · at 8 UK venues.
Twilight Zone is one of the most ambitious pinball machines of its era. Pat Lawlor took the strange logic of the television series and turned it into a game packed with magnets, modes and mechanisms that constantly change what the ball is doing. The Clock, Gumball Machine, Powerfield and Camera all have their own jobs, but they are woven together into a much bigger game.
It is not a machine that gives everything away immediately. The rules are deep, and working out which features to pursue and when to pursue them is a large part of becoming good at it. The more you play, the more the apparently chaotic playfield starts to make sense.
If you only remember one thing before you play: don’t try to understand everything at once. Learn one feature at a time and let the weirdness come to you.
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Silverball guide · Twilight Zone
Twilight Zone always has six things lit and no obvious order to take them in, which is why most players wander. Almost every route through the machine runs through one combo, and learning it turns the game from noise into a plan.
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A working gumball machine at the top left, down to the knob, except that what it holds is pinballs. One of them is the lighter ceramic powerball, and getting it out of there is a game in itself.
A real analogue clock, hands and all, up on the right. It is not a shot — it is the timer, running down the game's rounds, and it winds itself back to twelve when one ends.
The little triangular playfield above the bumpers, with a magnet where each flipper would be. The plaque beside it gives you the whole instruction: get the ball out through the top of the pyramid.
The door printed across the middle of the playfield, with the awards down both sides of it. It is the spine of the game — most of what you are chasing here is a panel on this door.
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Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
If you get a replay or extra ball due to score on bonus, press both fllippers as first reel stops for an extra 5 million
Do not tilt this game! Most of the modes and multiballs pay off big in bonus points.
Easier to make the camera shot if you hold upper left flipper up!
Shoot left ramp (GUM) and right ramp (BALL) to light locks. Lock balls by shooting upper right.
Save gumball shots until you have enough to get the Powerball out (they stack) so you don't help your opponents get closer to the Powerball.
Avoid and save the "Collect Bonus" Camera award for after Powerball Mania. It awards a huge bonus.
Light EB via door first. If you collect any EB first, door prize is awarded and you miss out. You can light other EBs, just don't collect.
Multiball jackpot is the piano. Relight is the camera.
In Powerball Mania, if a ball breaks the upper powerfield opto but doesn't fall through, if you shoot a ball into the camera for a jackpot.
GUM & BALL ramps qualify the lock shot. Locking qualifies MB on left ramp. Lock up to 3 balls. Hitting the left ramp or 3rd lock starts MB.
Use Powerball to collect the jackpot during GUM-BALL Multiball, to get a double jackpot.
Shoot the right ramp early in LITZ for a good chance at "cheat" jackpots from the camera even if you don't get real jackpots.
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Community tutorials on YouTube, not made by Silverball.
Twilight Zone Pinball Tutorial & Gameplay (Bally 1993) WIZARD MODEMajestic Pinball · 2026 · on YouTube
Twilight Zone - Pinball TutorialPAPApinball · 2026 · on YouTube
Twilight Zone Pinball TutorialPAPApinball · 2011 · on YouTubeVideos 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.
How Twilight Zone was sold to operators — Bally, 1993. 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 Bally’s.
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