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An old pinball game made in the time of Nintendo's NES development.
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Pinball games really dated back to the 50's. You could think that those 50's pinball games were the first games we could play like video games.
Well, the first pinball game ever made on the very successful Nintendo Entertainment System was just called, "Pinball" It was created in 1983 before the system was even developed. This game was amazing for its time. It was one of those high score games but it was fun and to think that this was one of the many NES launch titles, this game got popular. For a small time period, anyways. Let's pull the plunger to get the review ball sent to the bumpers labeled as threads on vizzed. Needed to make the joke. ------------ Graphics - 7 ------------ The graphics do look very cool, for the standards of 8x8 graphic power. The bumpers pop out of the dark background with the blue colored table. The cards are detailed and look decent. Surprisingly, Mario and Princess Pauline appear in the bonus round, but in like, a beta-ish state. Not that true, but Donkey Kong came 3 years before this and that's when Mario, known as Jump-Man in the game appeared and such, wasn't actually Mario. ------------ Sounds - 6 ------------ The sounds the ball makes as it hits the flippers and bounces all over the bumpers are good and simulate the fact that you are playing pinball like a real pinball machine. There is music that plays. Only 3 times though: - Title Screen - Get all 5 cards unveiled on bottom floor - Save princess Lack of music during gameplay, but oh well. Sounds good anyways. ------------------ Addictiveness - 5 ------------------ I know it's a game where you simply go for a high score, but you could be seeing how high of a score you can get. The max you can get seems to be 999,990 though. It's simple and not much to see what's next of and I believe that for a pinball game, not sure how often you would sink your time into a game of pinball which I wonder what happens when you score 100,000 points. ------------- Story - N/A ------------- Like all pinball games ever made, there really isn't a story. You mainly just shoot a ball with the flippers and score points. There's a princess you can rescue if you go into a bonus round, but that's it. ----------- Depth - 4 ----------- It has two floors seperated into 2 screens. The former screen has special functions on the board. There's a switch that gives you points, and flashes the screen in white whenever hit, along with increasing in points whenever hit multiple times in a single ball. There's seals on the board that bounce a ball on their nose if you shoot the ball to the left ramp all the way. The latter floor has cards which you can get by getting the ball into the 5 different sections. They appear to be the cards required for a Royal Flush in Poker. There is also an appearance of Mario and apparently the early Princess "Pauline" where if you launch the ball into a bonus hole after hitting 6 switches on the latter floor, you can access a bonus game where you control Mario and have to open the gate the Princess is trapped in by making the colors of one of the three columns the same. Catch her and guide her to one of two exits on the sides, and you can earn (?)3000 points along with be rewarded with nice music. If you don't save her when she's falling... You lose a ball in punishment!? I'm sorry but are you kidding me? That's more of a punishment than a bad ending in a video game, but "Not even close!" ------------- Difficulty - 4 ------------- The controls are simple to use. The A button shoots the right flipper, and the B button shoots the left flipper. There isn't a tilt feature in this game, so the d-pad isn't used once! The Anyone on Vizzed know what this means, because I have never noticed anything different. You use the start button to pause, but that's it. It makes the ball go away when pausing, though. -------------- Overall - 6.7 -------------- Meh, the game is okay. The graphics stand out well with seals and even gives a nice feeling to itself. Pinball games aren't that liked compared to newer games, but this game did get known as a launch title. ----------- Fun Facts ----------- This game was made in 1983, and the same year of the infamous video game crash of E.T. I found some secrets while playing. See if you can spot them. Lastly, I think this game could have been remade for a slightly newer retro console. Meh, it's good though. Well, the first pinball game ever made on the very successful Nintendo Entertainment System was just called, "Pinball" It was created in 1983 before the system was even developed. This game was amazing for its time. It was one of those high score games but it was fun and to think that this was one of the many NES launch titles, this game got popular. For a small time period, anyways. Let's pull the plunger to get the review ball sent to the bumpers labeled as threads on vizzed. Needed to make the joke. ------------ Graphics - 7 ------------ The graphics do look very cool, for the standards of 8x8 graphic power. The bumpers pop out of the dark background with the blue colored table. The cards are detailed and look decent. Surprisingly, Mario and Princess Pauline appear in the bonus round, but in like, a beta-ish state. Not that true, but Donkey Kong came 3 years before this and that's when Mario, known as Jump-Man in the game appeared and such, wasn't actually Mario. ------------ Sounds - 6 ------------ The sounds the ball makes as it hits the flippers and bounces all over the bumpers are good and simulate the fact that you are playing pinball like a real pinball machine. There is music that plays. Only 3 times though: - Title Screen - Get all 5 cards unveiled on bottom floor - Save princess Lack of music during gameplay, but oh well. Sounds good anyways. ------------------ Addictiveness - 5 ------------------ I know it's a game where you simply go for a high score, but you could be seeing how high of a score you can get. The max you can get seems to be 999,990 though. It's simple and not much to see what's next of and I believe that for a pinball game, not sure how often you would sink your time into a game of pinball which I wonder what happens when you score 100,000 points. ------------- Story - N/A ------------- Like all pinball games ever made, there really isn't a story. You mainly just shoot a ball with the flippers and score points. There's a princess you can rescue if you go into a bonus round, but that's it. ----------- Depth - 4 ----------- It has two floors seperated into 2 screens. The former screen has special functions on the board. There's a switch that gives you points, and flashes the screen in white whenever hit, along with increasing in points whenever hit multiple times in a single ball. There's seals on the board that bounce a ball on their nose if you shoot the ball to the left ramp all the way. The latter floor has cards which you can get by getting the ball into the 5 different sections. They appear to be the cards required for a Royal Flush in Poker. There is also an appearance of Mario and apparently the early Princess "Pauline" where if you launch the ball into a bonus hole after hitting 6 switches on the latter floor, you can access a bonus game where you control Mario and have to open the gate the Princess is trapped in by making the colors of one of the three columns the same. Catch her and guide her to one of two exits on the sides, and you can earn (?)3000 points along with be rewarded with nice music. If you don't save her when she's falling... You lose a ball in punishment!? I'm sorry but are you kidding me? That's more of a punishment than a bad ending in a video game, but "Not even close!" ------------- Difficulty - 4 ------------- The controls are simple to use. The A button shoots the right flipper, and the B button shoots the left flipper. There isn't a tilt feature in this game, so the d-pad isn't used once! The Anyone on Vizzed know what this means, because I have never noticed anything different. You use the start button to pause, but that's it. It makes the ball go away when pausing, though. -------------- Overall - 6.7 -------------- Meh, the game is okay. The graphics stand out well with seals and even gives a nice feeling to itself. Pinball games aren't that liked compared to newer games, but this game did get known as a launch title. ----------- Fun Facts ----------- This game was made in 1983, and the same year of the infamous video game crash of E.T. I found some secrets while playing. See if you can spot them. Lastly, I think this game could have been remade for a slightly newer retro console. Meh, it's good though. |
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