Pinball skill : bang back

A so-classic bangback on a so-classic machine, Twilight Zone.

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[Undurrrdog1]

Can you death save off the other orbit on TZ?  I never get to play any classic machines. My only highlight was an IJ table the bolwling ally in surprisingly good shape. I would love to play TZ or monster bash.

[centinex88]

@Undurrrdog1 yep, it is possible to do bang back from both side on TZ. IJ and MB are great machines too, too bad that I've ran out of space in my gameroom before having the chance to lay my hands on them =)

[thedoorsfan71]

I have a TZ and I use this technique all the time. I dont know what it is about TZ but of all my games (Addams, Star Trek next Gen, BTTF, Jurassic Park, and Getaway), TZ is the ONLY one that I can bang back on and it is surprisingly easy. The trick is to hit the cabinet just above and to the right of the start button. People always want to hit the lock bar but this is way less effective. I think the wide body allows for more surface area to hit making it easier to do.

[centinex88]

@thedoorsfan71 Yep that is right, TZ is the easiest machine to bangback but I managed to BB lot of others, but you really needs to hit really hard (damn it hurts a lot =) ). And, as you say, the spot to hit is narrower than on a wide body (you have to aim just beside the coindoor. And if you miss and hit the coin door, then... ouch!).

Hitting the lockdown bar is a newbies way, its completly unefective as the lockdown bar is not firmly afixed to the cabinet, it act as a shock absorber.

[Nigaromia]

There is no way you can do this on an actual Bally/Wlliams machine. I've done it on a Stern/Sega/Data East no probs. You are using emulation!!!!

[centinex88]

@Nigaromia

Sorry Mister-Know-It-All but as you can see, this can't be a Visual Pinball table. VP just looks like crap, and there is no Twilight Zone table on Future Pinball (which really rocks and do not looks like crap). This is really my very own pinball machine, it is still in my gameroom of course, and I'm pretty used to this kind of trick and can bangback almost any machine, as far as there are no heavy duty wires under flipper bats.

Must have shown my hands on that video clip...

[benanaman]

I have just bought myself my first pinball... a TZ just like this one. Can you make a video demonstrating how to do a bangback? I want to be able to do something like this, but I'm scared of damaging a $5300 machine!!

[Undurrrdog1]

Thats really cool you have TZ though, it looks like alot of fun, and I can tell you appreciate it. After I graduate from college and get my career in programming going there will be one more Pin collecter out there to share vids and stories of great machines. My top 5 wishlist

Monster Bash

Dr Who

TZ

Mideveil Madness

LotR

[strikerk]

@Nigaromia

You have no proper perception of reality if you think this is an emulator. You need glasses.

[centinex88]

@Klimy

The hit on the cabinet is technicaly not a nudge, but a short an brief hit, thus the slamtilt do not register it.

It need a carfully adjusted slam tilt to register this kind of trick. Most of them are not adjusted tight enough.

I know about VP, but it's no use to emulate TZ for me : I have one in my gameroom =)