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Summary: The Ultimate Pinball Game!
Review: Let's see... A real pinball table cost anywhere from [$$$$] to [$$$$]. So, I would say that you are getting your moneys worth with Microsoft Pinball Arcade wich has seven classic Gottlieb pinball machines.I have had this game for over a year now, and my family and I play it several times a week. I can honestly say that this game offers the best artwork, realistic sounds effects, ramps, multiball and traps of any other pinball game out on the market. There is a high score section for each of the seven tables, you can costomize your keyboard, joystick and game pad controls, and you can also control the volume of the background theme music or the tables sound effects. No, they are not real pinball machines... But Microsoft got as close as they could to the real thing. A must buy for anyone who enjoys pinball and wants a more realistic feel.
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Summary: The Ultimate Pinball Game!
Review: Let's see... A real pinball table cost anywhere from [$$$$] to [$$$$]. So, I would say that you are getting your moneys worth with Microsoft Pinball Arcade wich has seven classic Gottlieb pinball machines. I have had this game for over a year now, and my family and I play it several times a week. I can honestly say that this game offers the best artwork, realistic sounds effects, ramps, multiball and traps of any other pinball game out on the market. There is a high score section for each of the seven tables, you can costomize your keyboard, joystick and game pad controls, and you can also control the volume of the background theme music or the tables sound effects. No, they are not real pinball machines... But Microsoft got as close as they could to the real thing. A must buy for anyone who enjoys pinball and wants a more realistic feel.
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Summary: Here there be PINBALL!
Review: Microsoft Pinball Arcade is the most successful marriage of today's personal computer technology with the experience of playing pinball. Working in conjunction with Gottlieb, one of the world's leading pinball machine makers, the legendary "TETRIS" design team recreates 7 Gottlieb tables, ranging from the passive tabletop "Baffle Ball" to the rowdy, rootin', tootin' "Cueball Wizard". In between, the player can try Gottlieb's first (and thus, not-too-well-thought-out) flipper game "Humpty Dumpty", the animated "Knockdown" (complete with a tiny boxer who hits the mat), "Slick Chick" which MUST hold the record for most bumpers on a single table (9 of 'em), the Bicentennial-themed "Spirit of 76" and the first 3-level playfield game "Haunted House". The designers have addressed well such items as scorekeeping and the presentation of an uncluttered view. Instead of a scrolling playfield, which induces motion sickness in your humble critic, Pinball Arcade presents a fixed perspective view of each playfield. Incredibly detailed graphics, all the way down to ball and playfield reflections, give the impression, at times, that you're watching a real pinball machine on a TV screen, not a computer simulated one on a monitor. Score counters are placed in unobtrusive parts of the screen. Completing the experience are the actual sounds of these historic machines, from the gentle "ping" of the tiny spheres in "Baffle Ball" lazily bouncing off of a pin to the nonstop banter ("You sure need that ramp shot!") and background music in "Cueball Wizard". Microsoft Pinball Arcade is the most stunning example of how well today's PCs can recreate the look and feel of yesterday's pinball machines. Let's hope a Williams collection is in the works! :)
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Summary: Big disapointment
Review: only two of the five game are ok to play. and those are just not worth it. I am a truck driver. I play the real game in truck stops. This game does not cut it. The ball just does not move well in any of the five games. I would give it no stars but that was not a choise. Whoever gave it a good rating has never played the real games....
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Summary: The absolute BEST Pinball CD for your computer...so far!
Review: Since Gottlieb has been known at the "cadillac" of the pinball industry, it is only fitting that this CD contains Premier/Gottlieb games. The realistic action, features and sounds make it a wonderful addition to a CD game library. That's coming from someone who has been in the commercial side of the coin operated amusement industry since 1975! The only thing missing is changing light bulbs and waxing the playfield! This is a great CD and a great place to start playing pinball on CD rom....Have fun!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: The best on the market....If your looking to play real pinball tables, this is a must. This is the real-deal. It's like having the real pinball table. About the negative reviews, some dont seem to understand. Yes, some old tables, like knockout that has a big gap at the bottom. If you put a little effort in it you will find it can be fun. You must certainly use the NUDGE for the tables. Set your NUDGE KEYS WITH THE CAPS LOCK AND ENTER and you will find as your playing much easier to control the ball. The thrill of knockout is to keep the ball in play and learn to put it in the side-holes. It can be one of the best tables to play if you give it a chance. And for the person complaining about HAUNTED HOUSE KEYS......Set the extra flippers ( the upstairs and the downstairs flippers) to the same key (SHIFT) and it will control all the flippers so there is no complications. And CUEBALL WIZARD....Fantastic with the sound track and voice.....The saying " get the ball up the ramp there" might get a little annoying, but nevertheless a great table. Go more for the bank shots on CUEBALL.(WHICH ARE AT THE TOP BACK OF TABLE) and you will be rewarded with several video modes and extra balls and " HURRY GET THE NINE BALL". LOL.....I love it when it says that. A must for any PINBALL NUT LIKE MYSELF...LOL. If your thinking about getting it.......it's a must have.....YOU WILL LOVE IT......TRUST ME.
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Summary: Huge Disappointment!
Review: The box looks exciting, but the looks are decieving in my opinion. If you expect flashy arcade fun, pass this one by. The older games are no classics in my book, and if I had found a demo to download I would have NEVER bought this one. I expected more from Microsoft, but was left very dissatisfied. As an avid pinball player, I would have never feed quarters to these games. I had much more fun with others, this one was uninstalled after seeing it the first time.
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Summary: Not what you would expect or is it?
Review: The graphics for the game are amazing. If you like the old style pinball machines, you'll like it. You don't have a lot of flashing lights or bumpers, there is not much control. Frankly, if I wanted to play the old style machine, I would rather locate an arcade with these machines. With a plethora of pinball games out and most of them using more modern style games, I would recommend something more in tune with them. It is definately for the pinball fanatic, if they don't want to play on a real machine. Go figure.
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Summary: I enjoyed playing it
Review: The physics in these games are very amazing, like for example playing upside down in the Haunted House. Also the tables look exactly the same, and also each table has the music of it's time period, except Haunted House, and Cue ball Wizard which already had music on the original tables. Also not only they talk about the history about these tables they talk about a whole bunch more.
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Summary: Classic pinball at it's best
Review: Think of the room you save by not having 7 full size machines in your house! Plus you get the chance to play on machines that are not that common. Spirit of 76 is a blast, Control keys can be customized... My only complaint is that the "TILT" is very touchy :)
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