Lost in the Zone (LITZ) is the ultimate wizard mode in Twilight Zone pinball that requires significant effort to achieve.
Here’s how it works:
Requirements
To reach Lost in the Zone, you must:
- Collect all 14 door panels located around the central door artwork on the playfield
- The door panels can be collected through:
- Shooting the Slot Machine when lit (awards random panel)
- Shooting the Player Piano when lit (awards currently flashing panel)
- Defeating the Power in the mini-playfield
Starting the Mode
Once all panels are collected:
- The doorknob (with question mark) becomes lit
- The mode can be initiated by:
- Shooting the Player Piano
- Shooting the Slot Machine
- Winning a Battle the Power round
Gameplay Features
When Lost in the Zone activates:
- It’s a 6-ball multiball mode (including the ceramic Powerball)
- Players get approximately 45 seconds to score as many points as possible
- Lost balls are automatically returned to play
- Multiple scoring modes are simultaneously active:
- Clock Millions
- Activated at the center Clock Millions target
- Score value corresponds to the current hour shown on the clock
- Highly dangerous shot due to center target location
- Town Square Madness
- All playfield switches award points
- Pop bumpers increase the value of each target hit
- Creates a “switch frenzy” scoring opportunity
- Greed
- Lights all 5 Million targets for a brief period
- Can generate substantial points when multiple targets are hit
- Super Slot
- Dead End
- Battle the Power
- Odd Change
- Clock Millions
Aftermath
When time expires:
- All flippers and targets deactivate
- Balls are allowed to drain
- Total score is tallied
- The Gumball Machine refills with balls
- Normal gameplay resumes with all door panels unlit
- If you beat the highest recorded LITZ score, you can enter initials as “Lost in the Zone Champion”
Lost in the Zone is considered the single most point-rich mode on the table, though it requires significant time and skill to achieve