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This game was part of Williams/Midway's 'SuperPin' line of widebody games.

Additionally, slot volatility involves the amount of prize that comes with a slot game, and how generous the prize in question is. With high volatility, the prizes that you trigger will be high but far in between, while a low volatility slot comes with frequent but small wins.

HittingHittingVoice-over artist Tim Kitzrow provided the voice of Rod Serling.Machine
HowRod Serling's likeness had to be licensed separately from the 'Twilight Zone' name.
  • It should be noted, to hit the jackpot, you have to play Max Bet credits. Go big or go home, as they say. Megan from Texas did, and she won. But her win isn’t even close to the biggest payout ever from a McCarran airport slot machine. A $3.96 million jackpot back in 2005.
  • The goal of blackjack is simple - to get as close as possible to 21 without going over, and to have a higher hand than the dealer. If the dealer goes over 21, they bust and lose the game.
Retrofit instructions for third playfieldmagnet (removed in production games) available

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An article by Ted Estes about designing Twilight Zone is available at
GameRoom Magazine.

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Another article shows differences betweenprototype and production games. Here is an Italian language translation.
Twilight Zone was originally to be the first game to use Williams' then-new DCS Sound System (which would actually be introduced for Williams' 1993 'Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure'

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), but due to time constraints concerning the production of the DCS board, the music was recomposed for the Yamaha YM2151/Harris CVSD audio board. It is also therefore the last game to use that audio board.

We asked Chris Granner to tell us about the music for this game. He replies:

The main play tune for TZ is a WPC (synthesized) version of the loooonnnng guitar solo section from Golden Earring's 'Twilight Zone'. The Jackpot tune is a WPC version of the CHORUS of that song, where you hear the main melody of the song. There are snippets and takeoffs from dozens of TV show moments, way too many to list. The actual AUDIO from either of these sources is NOT reproduced in TZ pinball.

In this listing is an image of a playfield under blacklighting, revealing a serial number. We asked Pat Lawlor why the manufacturer did this. He replies:

The reason for the serial numbers seems strange by today's standards. In 1992, Williams' agreement with its distributors gave them exclusive sales right to a territory. They did not have the right to sell outside of their territory. But some were doing just that. In order to track the game's origin from a distributor into the wild, the blacklight number was added. Williams knew where the game was originally shipped. If the game turned up outside of that territory, it was assumed that the distributor had 'Bootlegged' the game outside of his territory. Then it was up to management to decide what penalty to incur on the offender. Remember, this was during a time when it was PROFITABLE to sell and operate pinball machines. This practice would be laughable today because ANY sale of a pinball machine is a good sale.