Software:Hollywood Pinball
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| Developer(s) | Tarantula Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Color |
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| Genre(s) | Pinball |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hollywood Pinball is a 1999 pinball video game developed by Tarantula Studios,[1] first published by Take-Two Interactive Software in the EU for Game Boy Color in April 1999.[2] Hollywood Pinball was unreleased within the United States.
Hollywood Pinball is a pinball game with several different themed tables taking inspiration from popular movies of the time.
Gameplay
The game begins with a re-worked rendition of 20th Century Fox's fanfare.[2] The game is played on seven tables each of which is unofficially themed on a Hollywood film. These are Shark (inspired by Jaws), Terror Dactyl, Ancient Temple of the Aztecs (Indiana Jones), Motel Hell (Psycho), Galaxy Wars (Star Wars/Star Trek), Double Agent (James Bond), and The Legend of Robin Hood. The tune on Robin Hood is recognizable, but the others have music similar to, but different from well-known theme tunes.[3][4]
Reception
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Total Game Boy rated the game at 64%, with frustration at losing sight of the ill-defined ball.[4] A second reviewer for Total Game Boy gave it 88%, but gave lower scores for individual elements such as sound which it called "functional at best".[5]
Planet Game Boy found it tolerable to play in black & white, but questioned a pinball game using such a small playing window. The game was criticized for being repetitive.[3]
CVG found the tables to be quite basic, and the scrolling to be nauseating.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hollywood Pinball" (in en-US). 2016-11-13. https://kotaku.com/games/hollywood-pinball.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Huhtala, Alex (April 1999). "Mini reviews". Computer And Video Games (209): 54. https://archive.org/details/computer-and-video-games-magazine/Computer%20and%20Video%20Games%20209/page/n53/mode/2up.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Review Hollywood Pinball". Planet Game Boy (1): 41. Summer 1999. https://archive.org/details/Planet_Game_Boy_Issue_01_Summer_1999/page/n39/mode/2up.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Reviews: Hollywood Pinball". Total Game Boy (2): 34. 1999. https://archive.org/details/Total_Game_Boy_Issue_02/page/n33/mode/2up.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Total Game Boy reviews". Total Game Boy (5): 31. September 1999. https://archive.org/details/total-game-boy-05/page/n29/mode/2up?q=%22Hollywood+Pinball%22.
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