Software:Real Pinball

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Short description: 1994 video game
Real Pinball
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 Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist., is a video game developed by Japan Dataworks and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Famitsu18/40[1]
Next GenerationStar[2]
3DO MagazineStar[4]
Ação Games13/30[5]
Génération 410%[6]
MAN!AC26%[7]
Super GamePower2.3/5[8]
Video Games (DE)20%[9]
VideoGames1/10[10]

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Famitsu staff (April 29, 1994). "新作ゲームクロスレビュー" (in ja). Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (ASCII Corporation) (280): 75. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (2): 90. February 1995. 
  3. ↑ "3DO Soft > 1994". GAME Data Room. http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_3DO1994.html. Retrieved May 20, 2019. 
  4. ↑ Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: Real Pinball". 3DO Magazine (Paragon Publishing) (1): 56. ISSN 1355-9621. https://archive.org/details/3-do-01/page/56/mode/1up. 
  5. ↑ Ação Games staff (August 1994). "Real Pinball" (in pt). Ação Games (65): 23–4. ISSN 0104-1630. https://archive.org/details/acao_games_50/acao_games_65/page/n22/mode/1up. 
  6. ↑ Génération 4 staff (January 1995). "Test Express: Real Pinball" (in fr). Génération 4 (Yellow Media) (73): 166. ISSN 1624-1088. https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-073/page/n83/mode/1up. 
  7. ↑ MAN!AC (October 1994). "Overseas Import: Real Pinball". MAN!AC (Cybermedia) (12): 39. ISSN 2191-012X. https://archive.org/details/MANIAC.N012.1994.10/MANIAC.N012.1994.10-DURiAN/page/39/mode/1up. 
  8. ↑ Super GamePower (September 1994). "3DO: Real Pinball" (in pt). Super GamePower (Editora Nova Cultural) (6): 44. https://archive.org/details/super-game-power-124-agosto-2005/SuperGamePower%2006%20-%20Setembro%201994/page/44/mode/1up. 
  9. ↑ Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1995). "Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball" (in de). Video Games (Future Verlag) (34). ISSN 0946-0985. https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1995-04/page/79/mode/1up. 
  10. ↑ VideoGames staff (December 1994). "Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball". VideoGames (Larry Flynt Publications) (71): 132. ISSN 1059-2938. https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_71_December_1994/page/n131/mode/1up.