CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (pinball)

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Manufacturer Stern Pinball / Steve Ritchie Productions
Release dateNovember 2008
SystemStern S.A.M. Board System
Design Pat Lawlor
ProgrammingLonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr., Keith P. Johnson
ArtworkJohn Youssi, Margaret Hudson
MusicDavid Thiel

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a Stern pinball game machine designed by Pat Lawlor and released in November 2008. It is based on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series. [1]

Contents

Design

The game includes speech by Robert David Hall in his role as Dr. Al Robbins, [2] with call-outs from other actors pulled from the television series. [3]

Layout

The playfield and the outlanes are separated by "Crime scene do not cross" which is also used as artwork in the bumper area on the left of the playfield. [4]

Gameplay

The game includes a skull where balls are locked for a multiball; [2] this skull was suggested by the creator of the show. [5] There is a Microscope mechanism which captures the ball for another multiball. [2] [6]

Reception

Pinball News gave the table a 53/70 score. While praising the complex multiball modes, they felt that the game lacked depth in rules and theme integration. They also criticized the mini-flipper shots, finding them unsatisfying, and the up-posts in the orbit shots, which they felt disrupted the game's flow. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine . Stern Pinball. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Shalhoub, Michael (2012). The pinball compendium: 1982 to present (revised and expanded 2nd ed.). Atglen, Pa: Schiffer Publishing. p. 294. ISBN   978-0-7643-4107-6.
  3. ↑ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation press release". Pinball News. November 11, 2008. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  4. ↑ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation In-depth Review part one". Pinball News. 2008. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  5. ↑ Lawlor, Pat (January 14, 2009). "Interview: Lawlor On Modern Pinball Market, Small Team Creativity". Game Developer. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  6. 1 2 "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation In-depth Review part two". (November 2008). Pinball News. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
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