Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey

Rating:
Summary: Hallelujah - A Real Pinball Game
Review: Fantastic Journey lives up to the high standards of its predecessors (The Web, Timeshock! and Big Race USA). It's not quite as complex a layout as TS or BRU, which makes it a little more approachable for a novice -- there are still lots of shots to make and modes to begin, but the playfield doesn't feel as "crammed full" as many other pinball sims.

The music is great, the physics are as good as ever, the graphics are very sharp, and some new features (color dot matrix, morphing playfields, lots of awards and frenzies) make it an instant classic.

I still prefer Timeshock! in some ways, but if that's 5 stars, this is 4.95 stars. Any pinball fan will love them both.

Rating:
Summary: Yet another great one in this series
Review: Fantastic Journey lives up to the high standards of its predecessors (The Web, Timeshock! and Big Race USA). It's not quite as complex a layout as TS or BRU, which makes it a little more approachable for a novice -- there are still lots of shots to make and modes to begin, but the playfield doesn't feel as "crammed full" as many other pinball sims.

The music is great, the physics are as good as ever, the graphics are very sharp, and some new features (color dot matrix, morphing playfields, lots of awards and frenzies) make it an instant classic.

I still prefer Timeshock! in some ways, but if that's 5 stars, this is 4.95 stars. Any pinball fan will love them both.

Rating:
Summary: Hallelujah - A Real Pinball Game
Review: The graphics are terrific! I also enjoy the fact that this game allows you to make so many choices for yourself. ANYONE can play this game because you can choose your own difficulty level. There are also some more subtle choices that you are allowed to make if you happen to fall into the category of pinball junky (like age and condition of the table). The video part of the game (the drill, the submarine, etc.) really add to the whole experience. Getting into the video adventures has been fairly difficult because I usually lose the ball as soon as I manage to get the video sequence started. I guess that I would have appreciated a detailed set of instructions before I started playing this game- which is the reason this game gets 4 stars instead of 5. But overall, a good game.