Pinball Dreams
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It spawned several sequels, Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Fantasies is an Amiga pinball game developed by Digital Illusions CE in late 1992, as a sequel to Pinball Dreams. A further sequel was released in 1995 called Pinball Illusions.- Tables :...
, Pinball Dreams 2, Pinball Illusions
Pinball Illusions
Pinball Illusions is an Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS computer game from 1995 developed by Digital Illusions CE, as a sequel of Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Dreams. The original Amiga release featured three tables - the PC CD version added a fourth, 'The Vikings'...
, Pinball Mania, Pinball World. Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions are the best known, each having come from the same developer stable: Digital Illusions CE.
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Slam Tilt
Slam Tilt is a game from 1996 made for AGA based Commodore Amiga computers, developed by Liquid Dezign HB and published by 21st Century Entertainment....
is the very last and advanced Amiga game from the same editor.
The ball moved according to reasonably realistic physics, and the game was restricted to using table elements which would also be possible to build in reality. Sound and music were realized with Module file
Module file
Module files are a family of music file formats originating from the MOD file format on Amiga systems used in late 1980s...
s, with this technology several music tracks could be included on the limited space of floppy discs.
Tables
Its four tables each had a theme, as do most real life pinballPinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
machines. The version of Pinball Dreams bundled with the Amiga 1200
Amiga 1200
The Amiga 1200, or A1200 , was Commodore International's third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market...
had a bug which rendered most of Beat Box's advanced features non-functional.
- Ignition, themed around a rocket launch, planets, and space exploration.
- The Expert Software Pinball 2000 port of the game renamed this table Rocket.
- Steel Wheel, themed around steam trains and the Old West.
- Beat Box, themed around the music industry, charts, bands and tours.
- Nightmare, themed around a graveyard, ghosts, demons, nightmares and generally evil things. Unlike the other tables in the game, the name of the table in the menu did not reflect the name displayed on the table itself—Graveyard. Some ports of the game (notably the GameTekGameTekGameTek was a video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida well known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune...
port to the Game BoyGame BoyThe , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
) name this table "Graveyard" in the menu as well.
Conversions
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- Commodore 64Commodore 64The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
: Currently in the making. A preview was released at the Breakpoint demo party in April 2006. - Game Gear
- GBA: Under the title Pinball Challenge Deluxe, with tables added from Pinball FantasiesPinball FantasiesPinball Fantasies is an Amiga pinball game developed by Digital Illusions CE in late 1992, as a sequel to Pinball Dreams. A further sequel was released in 1995 called Pinball Illusions.- Tables :...
- GP32GP32The GP32 is a handheld game console developed by the Korean company Game Park. It was released on November 23, 2001, in South Korea only.- Overview :The GP32 is based on a 133 MHz ARM CPU and 8 MB of RAM...
: Released in October 2002. - Super NESSuper Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
: A mostly accurate conversion, including all four tables and near-perfect sound. However, the red "blood" under the top bumper in the Nightmare table has been changed to blue. Crosses were also removed. - PCIBM PC compatibleIBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...
: A conversion for MS-DOSMS-DOSMS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
based systems - iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
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: Released in January 2009 by Cowboy Rodeo as Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Dreams. - PSPPlayStation PortableThe is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
: Released in November 2009 by Cowboy Rodeo. - PS3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
: Released in December 2009 by Cowboy Rodeo. - iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
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: Released in July 2011 by Cowboy Rodeo as Pinball Dreams HD.
Sequel
An alternate PC only sequel, Pinball Dreams 2, was released in 1995. It was released by 21st Century Entertainment (like Pinball Dreams) but was developed by Spidersoft.It included four tables, including
- Neptune, themed to underwater exploration
- Safari, themed to an African safari
- Revenge of the Robot Warriors, themed to a battle against robots
- Stall turn, themed to aerobaticsAerobaticsAerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport...
Reception
Pinball Dreams was overall received positive by press reviews, with some of them noting weaknesses in the physical simulation.Reviews of the Amiga version:
- The One Amiga: 4/92: 89%
- Amiga Action 4/92: 87%
- Amiga Power 4/92: 87%
- Amiga Computing 4/92: 86%
- Amiga Joker 3/92: 86%
- Amiga Format 4/92: 84%
- ASM 4/92: 9 von 12
- Powerplay 4/92: 72%
External links
- Pinball Dreams Preview c64 at Pouet.net.