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Any good console Pinball games out there?


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#1 benjam138 OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:46 PM

I'm really looking for a cool pinball game. Something like Pinball Jam on the Lynx. I had KISS Pinball and it sucked pretty bad. Anyways, anybody know of any? Thanks!

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Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:42 PM

Let's see, I hear Alien Crush or whatever it's called on TG-16 was good, Midnight Magic on 2600 is sweet, Pinball on intellivision is pretty cool...

#3 Nukey Shay OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:42 PM

I recommend Pinball Construction Set. It's not a real "authentic" simulation compared to something like Visual Pinball, but you'll have so much fun designing your own tables that it won't matter (especially since a table can be created in less than an hour...try that with VPB!)

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Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:53 PM

Nukey Shay said:

I recommend Pinball Construction Set.  It's not a real "authentic" simulation compared to something like Visual Pinball, but you'll have so much fun designing your own tables that it won't matter (especially since a table can be created in less than an hour...try that with VPB!)

This sounds right up my alley. Did it come out for any systems, or is it a PC game?

My favorite pinball sim is Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey for PSX. I'm highly addicted to that one. Midnight Magic for the Atari 8bit computers and 2600 is a lot of fun as is Bumper Bash for the 2600.

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Posted Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:35 PM

Pinball of the Dead on GBA is pretty interesting :)

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:24 AM

Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, and Pinball Illusions are all very good, although they'll probably seem a little dated by today's standards.

There's a Dreamcast game called Pro Pinball Trilogy that is extremely well done. The tables look photorealistic (although they're not done in 3D), and the physics are almost perfect. I don't know if this game was ever released in North America though, I found it on the newsgroups, and hadn't heard of it anywhere else.

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:18 AM

AFAIK Pinball Construction Set was made by EA and released only on C-64.

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:02 AM

Galactic Pinball for the Virtual Boy was and still is the best Pinball game ever....and as much as I hate it, Pokemon Pinball isn't bad...get it for your gameboy player

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:20 AM

moycon said:

AFAIK Pinball Construction Set was made by EA and released only on C-64.

:lol:

Sidney J. Mussburger said:

Sure sure


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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:19 AM

I'm guessing Apple II as well?
Either way, I dont recall a console version.

#11 Nukey Shay OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:29 AM

Yup...at first. Bill Budge designed Raster Blaster on the AppleII using some of the tools that he made...which would end up in PCS. This spawned the AppleII version of PCS, and then he ported it to Atari800 and Macintosh. C64 and PC versions followed (which were not ported by Budge himself). And he rewrote the game to create Virtual Pinball on the Genny.

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:47 AM

I do recall it receiving rave reviews at the time. I can still remember seeing the PCS cut-outs in mall store windows. And it seemed like it kicked off a "construction set" period.
I remember having had an Adventure construction set. And a similar golf game.

Ahhh but back to pinball. You would think they COULD release an extremely great pinball constuction set these days. Pinball Construction Set was awesome, but has dated visuals these days. Seems to me you could create a game with the exact same features with outstanding quality graphics now. Im not a HUGE pinball fan, I wouldn't buy just a set pinball game (Like Kiss) but one like that where you could creat your own field and background...Hell yeah.

Just think..... Bikini Babe Pinball

#13 Nukey Shay OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:55 AM

Visual Pinball looks pretty decent. Though it takes much longer to design tables from scratch :) All of the tables playable in PinMame were created with it.

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Posted Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:35 AM

Not modern but i'd recomend pinbot, rollerball and highspeed for the NES.

Pinball fantasies on the amiga, not really a console? Pinbo for mame. Of course u could go crazy with visual pinball on the PC. Try 8-ball deluxe!

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Posted Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:33 AM

Pinball Construction Set needs an modern-day update. I played with the Apple II version back in the day. It was a real slick interface and fun to build new tables.

Another great one was the Music Construction Set.

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Posted Sun Mar 14, 2004 3:32 PM

I still stick by Nintendo Pinball as the best. Pinball of the Dead is good too

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Posted Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:38 PM

NovaXpress said:

Pinball Construction Set needs an modern-day update.  I played with the Apple II version back in the day.  It was a real slick interface and fun to build new tables.

Another great one was the Music Construction Set.

here's the updated version freeware..
http://www.randydavis.com/vp

go here for the complete details and help..
http://www.vpforums.com

This program w/ VPinMAME (cousin of MAME) allows emulation of modern pinballs as well as the old electro-mechanical machines.. follow the direction located at VPForums.

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Posted Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:54 PM

I agree, Galactic Pinball for VB is awesome.

Pinbot for NES is also pretty good. Spents some hours a day playing that as a kid.

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Posted Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:38 PM

if you want a good laugh, you can try Crue Ball for the Genesis :D




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