Video Pinball

[noiseredux]

I picked up Revenge of the Gator (GBC)

you mean GB. It was never released for GBC.

I stand corrected. It appears to look like it has color. I played it on my GBA - does that add color to GB games? Am I going crazy?

yeah it throws a color pallet onto the old GB games.

[Hobie-wan]

dsh, now that I have a PS2 I think there's a lot more options for me pinball-wise eh?

Williams Hall of Fame is excellent. I'd say get the 360/PS3 version in stead since it has more tables, but IIRC you don't have either of those and the PS2 version will do ya.

As for Flipnic? I'd say try before you buy. It looks nice and should be good, but IMHO there are too many interruptions for stupid videos when you activate a special mode or head to another area of a table. Pinball is about keeping a good flow going with each ball but the game just keeps interrupting you all the time.

[Hobie-wan]

Recently acquired Revenge of the Gator for GB and Last Gladiator for Saturn. Gator is pretty fun for an older simpler pinball game. Obviously not as cool as Pinball of the Dead on the go, but more variety is always good. Gladiator is pretty good too, though the Knight table kept dropping stuff out of the bumper jets and right down the middle of the drain immediately after launching a ball.

[AmishSamurai]

Revenge of the Gator has been on my to-get list for a while, and as a kid I was in love with Pokemon Pinball. I have the game somewhere, but I'm afraid I've ignored it for so long the rumble battery may have melted something. I remember I liked the Blue table better than the Red.

[Bikeage]

Check this out:
http://hackaday.com/2011/03/14/diy-digi ... -of-games/

[nathey]

Slamtilt for me will always be my fave pinball game =)

Night of the demon table, hello there.....

[geozeldadude]

glad to see the video game pinball love. i've become a fan of the genre as well, and so far have played a lot of the original NES version, pokemon pinball GBC, galactic pinball for VB, and recently revenge of the ‘gator, an early GB release (review here: http://geozeldadude.wordpress.com/2011/ ... -the-gator). pokemon pinball is excellent and addictive, although a bit hard; i've played some of the GBA version and it already looks like it'll be much easier to "catch 'em all". i have a lot of other ones as well; will probably tackle the kirby one next.

[Rurouni_Fencer]

glad to see the video game pinball love. i've become a fan of the genre as well, and so far have played a lot of the original NES version, pokemon pinball GBC, galactic pinball for VB, and recently revenge of the ‘gator, an early GB release (review here: http://geozeldadude.wordpress.com/2011/ ... -the-gator). pokemon pinball is excellent and addictive, although a bit hard; i've played some of the GBA version and it already looks like it'll be much easier to "catch 'em all". i have a lot of other ones as well; will probably tackle the kirby one next.

If you enjoyed the Pokemon games and Revenge of the Gator, Kirby is going to be a blast! Get it ASAP! To quote Noise:

Kirby's Pinball Land (GB) is great, as is Revenge Of The Gator (GB) -- both by Hal Labs, both built on the same engine. If you like one you'll like the other.

Also, you have to check out Devil's Crush for the TG-16.. I'll never be able to recommend that game enough! It's the best!

[Weekend_Warrior]

My favs:

Pinball (NES)
Pin-Bot (NES)
Crue Ball (Genesis)
Pro Pinball series (PS1)
Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators (Saturn)
True Pinball (Saturn)
Pinball Hall of Fame: Gottlieb Collection (PS2)
Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection (PS2)

Interested in: Austin Powers Pinball (PS1), Patriotic Pinball (PS1), Pure Pinball (Xbox), Pinball FX/Zen Pinball (360/PS3)

Playable but sucks: Kiss Pinball (PS1)

Worst ever: Extreme Pinball (PS1)

[o.pwuaioc]

Not a console game, but still simple fun.