Real Pinball

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Real Pinball
Real Pinball cover.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) Japan Dataworks
Publisher(s) Panasonic
Platform(s) 3DO
Release
Genre(s) Pinball
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Real Pinball, known in Japan as Fire Ball!! [a] , is a video game developed by Japan Dataworks and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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Gameplay

Real Pinball features five pinball machines to choose from, that become increasingly more complicated. [2] Allows for multiball play.

Development and release

Real Pinball was developed by Japan Dataworks and originally released by Panasonic in Japan as Fire Ball!! on March 20, 1994. A Japan-exclusive sequel by the same developer and publisher titled Battle Pinball was released for the 3DO on November 25, 1994. [3]

Reception

Real Pinball received very negative reviews. Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "3DO owners will have to wait a little bit longer for a 'real' pinball game to appear." [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ファイアボール, Hepburn: Faiabōru

References

  1. 1 2 Famitsu staff (April 29, 1994). "新作ゲームクロスレビュー" [New Games Cross Review]. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 280. ASCII Corporation. p. 75.
  2. 1 2 3 "Finals". Next Generation . No. 2. Imagine Media. February 1995. p. 90.
  3. ↑ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: Real Pinball". 3DO Magazine. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. p. 56. ISSN   1355-9621.
  5. ↑ Ação Games staff (August 1994). "Real Pinball". Ação Games (in Portuguese). No. 65. pp. 23–4. ISSN   0104-1630.
  6. ↑ Génération 4 staff (January 1995). "Test Express: Real Pinball". Génération 4 (in French). No. 73. Yellow Media. p. 166. ISSN   1624-1088.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ MAN!AC (October 1994). "Overseas Import: Real Pinball". MAN!AC . No. 12. Cybermedia. p. 39. ISSN   2191-012X.
  8. ↑ Super GamePower (September 1994). "3DO: Real Pinball". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 6. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 44.
  9. ↑ Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1995). "Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball". Video Games (in German). No. 34. Future Verlag. ISSN   0946-0985.
  10. ↑ VideoGames staff (December 1994). "Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball". VideoGames . No. 71. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 132. ISSN   1059-2938.
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