Pinball Illusions

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| label14 = Release | data14 = October 1, 1995

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Pinball Illusions is a pinball video game developed by Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and published by 21st Century Entertainment in 1995 for the Amiga and MS-DOS.

Gameplay

Players can choose between playing with 3 or 5 balls, adjust the slope of the table, the maximum number of multiballs allowed, and the number of nudges before tilting. One of the views shows players the entire table on screen.<ref name=":2" />

The LED-style display includes animations such as coppers chasing robbers.<ref name=":1" />

Tables

"Law n'Justice" is based on police in a future city. "Babewatch" is based on performing a variety of tasks to attract women, and includes a jukebox with a choice of music. "Extreme Sports" includes bungee jumping, free-fall, cliff-diving, and off-piste. "The Vikings" involves collecting various Viking themed objects, and the Norse Gods Odin and Wotan.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />

Development

As with prior pinball games developed by DICE, Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies, the game was designed to have four tables, but The Vikings was unfinished for the Amiga versions and only appears in the PC CD-ROM version. This is the only one of DICE's three pinball games to require an AGA chipset, supporting 256 colours. The PC version had support for 800x600 resolution with the floppy disk release otherwise similar to the Amiga version. The CD-ROM release in addition to having the fourth table uses redbook audio instead of the MOD music in the other versions.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> Unlike the two earlier games, it features multiball.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

It also had a later 1996 MS-DOS release as one of five games in the Pinball Gold compilation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reception

PC Gamer said "The four tables may not be enough variety for some gamers, but this is as good as pinball gets on the PC -- and you don’t need quarters, so you won’t even have to take a hammer to your piggy bank"<ref name="PC Gamer"/> Maximum scored the PC version three out of five stars. They said the four tables are "all excellent in their own way" but that the game lacks the imagination and innovation of other pinball video games. They concluded it to be "solid, if uninspiring, entertainment."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Amiga Power enjoyed the multiballs and all three tables, although disliked the music on Extreme Sports.<ref name=":1" /> PC Power found the graphics to be immaculate and the ball behaved realistically, with the tables "fiendishly addictive".<ref name=":2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The game was ranked the 23rd best game of all time by Amiga Power in 1996.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

True Pinball

The same four tables were used for True Pinball which released in 1996 on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation.<ref name=":0" />

External links

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