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Highlight: DAS 1.7B Lost in the Zone - Twilight Zone (Bally 1993)

Mystery Pinball Theater 3000·video·52m 38s·analyzed·May 4, 2019
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TL;DR

DAS plays Twilight Zone with expert strategy and reaches wizard mode in MPT3K gameplay highlight.

Summary

A gameplay highlight video of Mystery Pinball Theater 3000 (MPT3K) featuring 'DAS' (a skilled player introduced as 'Santa Claus') playing Twilight Zone (Bally 1993) with commentary from co-hosts. The video showcases advanced gameplay strategies, mode stacking, multiball sequences, and wizard mode completion, with emphasis on shot timing, ramp angles, camera shots, and bonus collection mechanics. The commentary includes rules explanations, strategy discussion, and frequent interruptions/banter from the co-hosts and audience.

Key Claims

  • Twilight Zone has a very short ball saver and power to flippers is reduced in certain modes

    high confidence · DAS explaining magnetic field mechanics during gameplay

  • The skill shot on Twilight Zone can be worth up to 10 million points

    high confidence · DAS and co-host discussing skill shot value on ball three

  • 'Collect Bonus' is the most powerful camera award in Twilight Zone because it lets players collect bonus mid-ball and claim it again after drain

    high confidence · DAS explaining camera award mechanics during gameplay

  • Fun House was the first pinball machine with an auto-plunger in the trough lane

    medium confidence · DAS mentioning Fun House feature during gameplay commentary

  • The highest score recorded on Twilight Zone's wizard mode is 525 million

    medium confidence · DAS stating during wizard mode: '525 is the highest score anyone's gotten on this road'

Notable Quotes

  • “I can't talk and play pinball at the same time somebody's got to talk”

    DAS@ 1:01 — Sets up the dynamic of the video—DAS playing while co-hosts provide commentary

  • “The metal ramp there is the same angle as the shop”

    DAS (describing playfield design)@ 2:06 — Notes deliberate playfield design feature where ramp angle mirrors shot angle

  • “I would take Twilight Zone over Indiana Jones of pinball adventure really”

    DAS@ 13:32 — Personal preference statement comparing two classic Bally pinball machines

  • “The skill-shot so like do we go for the skull shot or do we ignore it in this situation”

    Co-host@ 19:02 — Raises strategic question about risk/reward of skill shots late in game

  • “I need to lock the ball to get the Powerball out of here so I have to hit some ramps”

    DAS@ 22:06 — Explains mode stacking and mechanical constraints of Twilight Zone

  • “That collect bonus if you have a really great ball going with lots of points toward in bonus and the camera award is collect bonus you collect that bonus and it stays there”

    DAS@ 21:46 — Deep rules explanation of Twilight Zone's most powerful camera award mechanic

  • “525 is the highest score anyone's gotten on this road”

    DAS — References wizard mode scoring benchmark

Entities

DASpersonTwilight ZonegameMystery Pinball Theater 3000organizationBallycompanyIndiana JonesgameFun HousegameAddams FamilygameTinaperson

Signals

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: DAS demonstrates sophisticated mode stacking, multiball sequencing, and strategic camera award targeting in Twilight Zone

    high · Extended discussion of Collect Bonus mechanic, Powerball mania setup, and wizard mode strategy

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Analysis of playfield geometry—ramp angles mirror shot targets; metal ramp design intentional

    high · DAS: 'The metal ramp there is the same angle as the shop'

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Twilight Zone exhibits deep rules complexity with multiple layers: skill shots, multiball sequences, camera awards, mode stacking, wizard mode

    high · Extensive rules discussion throughout gameplay; multiple interactive mechanics explained

  • ?

    content_signal: Video functions as tutorial/strategy guide for Twilight Zone—co-hosts pause gameplay to explain rules and strategy

    high · Regular interjections explaining camera awards, bonus collection, mode structure, and optimal strategies

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Reference to 525 million as highest wizard mode score on Twilight Zone establishes competitive benchmark

    medium · DAS: '525 is the highest score anyone's gotten on this road'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Strong enthusiasm from audience and co-hosts for Twilight Zone gameplay; positive reinforcement throughout video

Transcript

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0:05
you my friend are going first alright here we go I'm gonna have we're still with we're still what's your pseudonym introduce yourself my pseudonym is Santa Claus Santa Claus
0:52
so dass what am i what am I doing here what am I trying to do I can't I mean I can't talk I can't talk and play pinball at the same time somebody's got to talk we got the right ramp let's go for the ramp right now to start locking know what we got a ringer right here he's acting dumb John you see is that the art does show you like where the ball should go in most cases you can see that from the bottom right flipper has it has the line that would be the hitch-hiker shot which I never shoot on purpose but it works and then the other one is a camera that has an arrow that's exactly where he wants that thing to go upper left flipper also has the little yellow flames coming out I've even noticed I'm dialed in that the metal ramp itself and on this one actually as well the metal ramp is the angle yeah yeah we got so the metal ramp there is the same angle as the shop and the piano would be sometimes I look like that is like an ordinary name for that guy but so now we're just playing for fun and I'm gonna go straight multis and extra balls are in play I mean I'm actually
2:38
missing my socks which to get back there we go all right now you do a three-week combo right we're at nope
2:56
you guys got a root for me of course did not make it all the way I have not the shot see one there we go are you know you're up but you must introduce yourself to the hey everyone I'm Ursa Major over here follow me on Twitter Instagram myspace Bebo you know a message on like ghost network HotBot even though Amit I'm playing it alright here we go here we go I don't like to go for this skill shot man My Damn
@ 35:18

  • “Well did you guys see never let it be said that das doesn't tilt”

    Co-host@ 47:46 — Humorous reaction to DAS tilting after strong performance

    • Jersey Jackcompany

    high · Frequent applause, encouragement, and celebratory reactions to skilled shots and mode completions

  • ?

    design_innovation: Twilight Zone's camera award system highlighted as innovative—'Collect Bonus' award allows bonus persistence across drains

    high · DAS detailed explanation of how Collect Bonus doubles effective bonus when claiming before drain

    • 3:55
    let's see if I get it up no piano today no I'm not gonna do it I'm not gonna do didn't get save with the alright so I'm playing a real game now here we go [Music] as opposed to playing with myself
    4:30
    [Applause] get in there that's a cheesehead are you [ __ ] once it starts going over here you're in big trouble
    4:55
    houses keep eating you're in the lead though he's gonna leave [Music] the technology in Tennessee news today it's just weird
    5:27
    [Applause] Oh [Applause] [Music] that's a slob shot that was not deliberate extra balls good yeah door panel extra box them we're complaining because of a [ __ ] both another way you cannot claim that extra bone so Clank their high scores that's a reaction ball
    6:48
    [ __ ] [Music] big bonus games the others points of class Phillipsburg bonus so handy total 40 million
    8:09
    that is an illustration of why that skill shot is alright so that's what's up a good one 16 above - I have 13 blocks are lit so I'm gonna go four locks before my gun actually this is the point the gumball I see two metal balls that means power balls next this is the time to go for gumbo because then gumbo could get me to a big multi ball to catch up alright so now the Powerball was shooting out of my slot machine hopefully it bounces well here and I get it there Little Miss Oh coming around okay
    9:00
    there we go ten million and now the right ramp will bring me to the magnetic field for 50 million jet boxes I can do it this one does have a very short ball saver I believe the power oh there we go it's good to like not hold the ball in this one cuz the power to your flippers is reduced so the magnet doesn't have as much power as soon as I flip the balls I wasn't holding them I had some motion so now I want that left ramp that's get control left ramp of lights it
    10:09
    if you get enough to power before it registers you can still play for that jackpot I did not do it in time I still wanted you to get that bro
    10:21
    I still wanted you to get the viral mode so the Spyros are worth points in this mode not a time someone ignore it e much
    10:34
    I might as well let's see how my stress spiral through ten million not bad on this one if you flip a lot and sometimes it doesn't go into the pot
    11:22
    really two dancers come on yeah I know this games limits i justed it hundreds of times if I get away with two I play like this for the rest usually I hid it there I'm kind of get that four points and it will start a mode and spotted door panel so I got that I believe those points are hitchhiker no point not eight million okay man I felt those moves down here these games are too close all right claim the lock extra bond one more ramp so it's something like I've got some cumin going here
    12:15
    whoo all right so now the left ramp to start mochi balls only available on your first multi ball and in tournaments it's usually not available at all
    12:36
    oh yeah right now move the ball so I'm not going through that I got hopefully some errant ball flies that never took this that's it this [Music]
    13:00
    [Applause] totally accidental but I'll take it to relight I need to hit the camera shot now which is uh off the left or betrayed almost there
    13:17
    so that magnet sound means it's setting it up for you double go on I said it I didn't claim it I would take Twilight Zone over Indiana Jones of pinball adventure really oh I missed it huh if you drain and you get a replay you can double click them for five extra million all right Wow hold on dear but ladies and gentlemen I just got 100x my floor right now [Applause]
    14:24
    alright alright and it's an animal pass Oh all right all right let's not mess things up again
    14:43
    right go I pray all right so call to come back [Applause] [Music] that's no grind here we go that gumball gotta get that gumball it's all about that candy all right where did that gumball on our time [Music]
    16:28
    these guys are making it hard for me here Wow hey don't distract me or at least if you do come over here so they can hear you why did I say that I'm gonna get you guys here we go I'm gonna get you guys I got at least die with dignity all right
    17:22
    that's probably not a smart move right now there's nothing to shoot for up there yeah la I got locked but I don't want to shoot the camera right because there's no camera right now so there's no camera right now [Applause]
    18:02
    I'll get them ball three I'll get him ball three okay so so in this so in this situation so we're talking about the multi-ball before and in the skill-shot so like do we go for the skull shot or do we ignore it in this situation it's ball three you need to get points I would know we're gonna start at multi ball you know where it or it because the best you can get is ten million right so who cares
    20:29
    ja wohl I want you to throw the game by leaving the gumball please emeritus I can take advantage of it from the audience if you don't want them to know where's we're stopping the game here fill in the ballot this
    21:22
    I got extra ball ready I can't stop gosh don't stop the sestina I have a camera late I don't know what it is so I'm not gonna waste it now but in case it's really good so they're the number one most powerful camera ward is called collec bonus because if you have a really great ball going with lots of points toward in bonus and the camera award is collect bonus you collect that bonus and it stays there bonus so then you drain right after you've got double bonus so after a Powerball mania if you collect bonus with it here which it is look at that so I am I need to lock the ball to get the Powerball out of here so I have to hit some ramps just one wrap
    22:29
    I know there's one ball before the Powerball because the multi ball happened so you know might not work out for me no it's not this is a regular ball there was a someone had a multi ball so there's more than one ball down there I was I was incorrect in what I said but I have a gumball stat so I'm gonna try for it there's no gumbo there's no Powerball in the gumball machine it's down here
    23:03
    all right so now I'm trapped I have to light another gumball which is another two ramps to get locked to you and light the gumbo I'm gonna ignore that I have bigger bigger fish in mind right now
    23:25
    and I'm not collecting that because there's way more value in that collect phone and if I could get Powerball mania first because then I can claim all those points in the drain and get them again oh and I can accidentally instinctually do it anyway oh well that'll be worth much yeah see if I done Powerball mania got even 50 I could have collected it and then drained for another 50 but instinct to hit that camera shot is higher too we got some ghetto FC dumped stops hopefully I get the Powerball
    24:11
    yes no still no Powerball man that thing's hiding where is it our balls now it is but it doesn't know it does it just to embarrass you know I heard okay here we go
    24:52
    actually it's a comment from men their early thirties alright that's over I got nothing out of that no restart yeah I got that one ready let's go so you got to collect them now that you know I I already collects the bonus on that yeah
    26:54
    oh let the jackpot in this yeah yeah fun house has the first Auto plunger in the trough lane that somehow does that for some reason there's a little weird Auto plunger sometimes it's it's there and then sheep sit there and you dream I don't know why but I think he was a
    27:58
    when it goes to this outer lane if you meant the orbit it advances leaves they can get you to another extra ball when you're playing for wizard mode thanks for the bits benches radio [Applause]
    28:14
    bumble back to hit Gramps that's a lobster gumbo yeah tournament was I don't want that gumbo because I don't want my bonus that just says I want to see how they're being play I am gonna cook but at the same time when you're farther in the game it takes longer to light more gumballs take some more work so it would be a good idea to leave it up there foods more likely I wouldn't make it back it's more likely for one of you together I'm doing
    29:23
    so I'm getting somewhere near the wizard mode hey I'm gonna start trying to see the slot machines no more multi balls we've seen that I'm gonna try to get the modes I backhanding that and then I got to relight them by hitting each ramp so this is another opportunity for an extra ball yeah it's actually way easier so now if I hit the Left ramp you get a super skill shot which can be an extra ball useless in the tournament but that's one time when I'm playing alone I will get that that's a hard extra ball I don't claim it now it disappeared that's too I don't want to stand forever so I'm gonna punch my extra Bob I'm getting good yet Nina I'm sorry I love you hanging I'm done now I know it's gonna punish me no here's another extra ball actually sorry I can't play these extra Bob there's too many that's too many extra balls for one man but just to show you I can do it Tina every animation is different - that's every extra ball you can get in the game Thank You Tina I'm sorry there's one more extra ball I've never played
    30:43
    [Applause] there we go that's another door panel now my stuff's lit again so I'm gonna I'm gonna keep going for those no more multi balls I'm going for the wizard mode
    30:59
    whoa that lucky bounces so I have three more I'm gonna hit this wizard mode
    31:38
    whoo four-handed it - I am - away from wizard mode now folks let's go let's go
    32:19
    whoo go two more I need to relight him with the grips [Applause]
    32:40
    what do I get with the camera athletes don't care that's a special earn extra ball which extra balls good I need I need a break man
    32:59
    oh it's okay are we gonna get lost in his own vows I got two extra balls I got one panel so yeah there's no way I'm not getting this I fail completely who are you guys your bonus don't tilt on this game cheer him on keep it going yeah Tina baby go gosh don't get greedy don't get greedy be careful look yep hi I'm cocky Tina here's your extra box alright so I think I got to calm it down this time I got a little clealy I just need to hit either the piano the camera and then I need to hit either one again two shots away so calm it down
    34:10
    one shot away now camera or slot we are at wizard mode Oh on the fly back in here we go folks here we go now every ball comes out everything's worth stuff there's really no goal just play 45 seconds of unlimited ball yeah do not tilt does this cool thing though
    34:46
    this is definitely a flail fest you can't aim there's too many Bob
    34:55
    this is where you kind of want to drain a few balls at the beginning to get some shots
    35:05
    I don't even know what shots are worth what but when the sunni boss you're not gonna make any shots okay so that's what's hitting everything yeah nice
    35:18
    so 525 is the highest score anyone's gotten on this road I don't know how I got like a - I'm not going to play the rest of game well that's where I want to go and I want everyone else at some chance here look at that that's not your guy sir door so I hit that bill and I'm not thinking I'm close enough to her high score - what's our minimum high score
    36:24
    back in those gumballs right back to Powerball I have never gotten there twice [Applause]
    37:52
    another extra ball can you get to I don't know if I'm in trouble [Applause] that's how you get these super long English maximising extra balls
    38:16
    wait wait wait you got it oh I'm gonna get at least one initial on this guy
    38:24
    that opened another effort thanks for the pitch so now on the third multi ball you need to do the ramps three times which means if you're doing it you're letting a lot of gumballs worth a lot of points up here we go fast lob that I must have skipped this one I don't remember playing
    38:46
    [Applause] No Oh super skill oh this game to go for an ER just like Addams Family
    39:38
    whoo Thank You Tina Tina when I touched the door Tina in the door it's a new knob
    39:55
    one still coming out that's only two there's one more ball down here there we go
    40:28
    that's great [Applause] oh my god [Music] so where are we going to keep doing it
    41:04
    yeah I am for that yellow target above it and your instincts will adjust I think that's how I started figuring it out I feel like I'm gonna miss but it works today I go wrapping up these gumballs you stack every time you light a lot
    41:40
    I need to hit that lock target then get more gumballs 43 rub their letterhead symbolic 45 a man is I meant honesty lady or game
    42:09
    [Applause] whoo [Applause] [Music] extra balls but again oh my god folks we got this moon we got cheese see on this
    42:38
    back to the Powerball mania baby remember not till I have a lot of barn Sabonis right now
    42:45
    I think you have an insane bonus right now so even if you never get jackpots you still get a lot of points system the ball can't stuff in this mode
    43:17
    [Applause] believe it's like a switch-hit thing Tina what are you doing I thought I already got you boss [Applause]
    44:26
    back to regular I play this game I'm only I'm gonna highlight this one ball
    44:56
    ah save it don't worry about it count it up to the town square there's a restart
    45:13
    [Applause] I'm gonna be able to make it but I'm alive gumballs alright I got the high score for now maybe I don't know what bonus we'll see you got high score for you definitely got high score for remember we're already lost in the zone already I'm getting really close together
    46:24
    I should probably stuck on to the zone again but [Applause] oh it's one danger I can not tell right now [Applause]
    47:10
    the zone is coming back [ __ ] I'm far away again extra boat I'm not worried about points I want to do this zone again there was a lot of Jersey jive 500 if this was a Jersey Jack machine it would have told you who tilted alright well did you guys see never let it be said that das doesn't tilt [Applause]
    48:01
    we're going to bring over GC tonight [Applause] I wish I'd that would have been that would have helps if I gotten that but don't don't don't I hope you guys got your popcorn [Music]
    48:30
    Oh God Oh God don't lose a mojo so lose the mojo to shut three shots three shots right now I might have another extra 12 man I got more exposed I knew exist nope
    49:00
    slowed-down do something else this game is sick Scott our ball again I want to tone it I'll take it hi I listen to myself
    49:31
    now my ball is stuck in a place that will knock them out that it tilts oh that's it yep you can never get out of there may-maybe this is RIT yeah judge judge actually the ceramic ball I might be able to hit out the other one is heavier whoa never works for the metal ball
    50:01
    all right you're gonna come back oh really blade 45 no big deal nice shot da face job done alright here we go we thought that was a great game keep secrets happens next
    50:47
    talking Tina's revenge alright this is going to do it I'm gonna beat his score
    51:01
    I'm gonna kick the haces ass you can do it biggest comeback of all you know if I actually did come back from from this you guys will be here for like 45 minutes
    51:25
    oh you know what oh that's it I'm done that's it player two here I'll do it for you [Music] [Applause]