Real Pinball
Real Pinball, known in Japan as Fire Ball!!, is a video game developed by Japan Dataworks and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.
| Real Pinball | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer | Japan Dataworks |
| Publisher | Panasonic |
| Platform | 3DO |
| Release | |
| Genre | Pinball |
| Modes | 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.
Gameplay
[edit]Real Pinball features five pinball machines to choose from, that become increasingly more complicated.[2] Allows for multiball play.
Development and release
[edit]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
[edit]| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Famitsu | 18/40[1] |
| Next Generation |   [2] |
| 3DO Magazine | [4] |
| Ação Games | 13/30[5] |
| Génération 4 | 10%[6] |
| MAN!AC | 26%[7] |
| Super GamePower | 2.3/5[8] |
| Video Games (DE) | 20%[9] |
| VideoGames | 1/10[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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "Finals". Next Generation. No. 2. Imagine Media. February 1995. p. 90.
- ^ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: Real Pinball". 3DO Magazine. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. p. 56. ISSN 1355-9621.
- ^ Ação Games staff (August 1994). "Real Pinball". Ação Games (in Portuguese). No. 65. pp. 23–4. ISSN 0104-1630.
- ^ "Test Express: Real Pinball". Génération 4 (in French). No. 73. Yellow Media. January 1995. p. 166. ISSN 1624-1088.
- ^ MAN!AC (October 1994). "Overseas Import: Real Pinball". MAN!AC. No. 12. Cybermedia. p. 39. ISSN 2191-012X.
- ^ Super GamePower (September 1994). "3DO: Real Pinball". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 6. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 44.
- ^ Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1995). "Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball". Video Games (in German). No. 34. Future Verlag. ISSN 0946-0985.
- ^ VideoGames staff (December 1994). "Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball". VideoGames. No. 71. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 132. ISSN 1059-2938.