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CNET editors' rating:
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- Reviewed on: 12/01/1996
- Updated on: 05/02/2000
- Released on: 09/30/1996
- Originally published on GameSpot: Pro Pinball (PlayStation) Review
Pro Pinball is a good simulation of real pinball. However, a video pinball game should have two overriding features: It should do things that regular pinball can't do, and it should provide replay value by including numerous tables in one package. Unfortunately, Pro Pinball does neither.
The lone table, titled "The Web," has the look and feel of many of today's pinball machines, and includes lots of bells and whistles, loops and combos, and a ball magnet. The only thing missing is the feel of the machine in your hands - the nudging controls don't come close to the real thing. Pro Pinball's rendered graphics look great, and the dot-matrix backglass animations are topnotch. The game also comes through in the sound department: The flippers, bumpers, and launchers all sound like they're on a real machine. The telltale replay "thwack" noise is even present. (Perhaps Interplay and Empire Interactive should have gone ahead and made a real pinball machine.) Unfortunately, the music is repetitive and ultimately detracts from the gameplay. Luckily, the music can be turned way down.
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