3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

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3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
3-D Ultra Pinball Creep Night cover.jpg
Developer(s) Dynamix
Publisher(s) Sierra On-Line
Series 3-D Ultra Pinball
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Macintosh
Release1996
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s)Single-player

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is a video game released in 1996 for Windows and Macintosh, and is the second game in 3-D Ultra Pinball video game series.

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Gameplay

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is a game in which players use the flippers and pinballs to defend against monsters, using the Castle, Tower, and Dungeon as settings for each table. [1]


Reception

Charlotte Panther reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , recommended it for beginning and experienced players, and stated that "Creep Night is an entertaining game with plenty of scope for replayability." [1]

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night received a score of 3 out of 5 from MacUser . [5]

Robert Edvardsson from Mac Game Gate praised the sound effects, music, and graphics, calling it "one of the finest pinball simulators available for the Mac." [6]

The reviewer from PC Multimedia & Entertainment rated the game 88% and said that "Creepnight offers the right balance of excellent sights and sounds, with non-stop addictively compelling gameplay!" [7]

Monica Stoscheck for German magazine PC Player gave the game 4 stars, [8] while German magazine PC Joker rated the game 74%, [9] and Czech magazine Score only rated it 3 out of 10. [10]

Chuck Miller from Gamecenter said that "A belfry of configurable preferences, multiple skill-level adjustments, and a brood of toggleable detail options make Creep Night one of the most adaptable pinball games to scare up attention." [11]

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