Real Pinball

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 Fire Ball!![a], 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

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

  1. ^ Japanese: ファイアボール, Hepburn: Faiabōru

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Finals". Next Generation. No. 2. Imagine Media. February 1995. p. 90.
  3. ^ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: Real Pinball". 3DO Magazine. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. p. 56. ISSN 1355-9621.
  5. ^ Ação Games staff (August 1994). "Real Pinball". Ação Games (in Portuguese). No. 65. pp. 23–4. ISSN 0104-1630.
  6. ^ Génération 4 staff (January 1995). "Test Express: Real Pinball". Génération 4 (in French). No. 73. Yellow Media. p. 166. ISSN 1624-1088.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ MAN!AC (October 1994). "Overseas Import: Real Pinball". MAN!AC. No. 12. Cybermedia. p. 39. ISSN 2191-012X.
  8. ^ Super GamePower (September 1994). "3DO: Real Pinball". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 6. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 44.
  9. ^ Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1995). "Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball". Video Games (in German). No. 34. Future Verlag. ISSN 0946-0985.
  10. ^ VideoGames staff (December 1994). "Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball". VideoGames. No. 71. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 132. ISSN 1059-2938.