Microsoft Pinball Arcade

Microsoft Pinball Arcade

released on Dec 15, 1998

Microsoft Pinball Arcade

released on Dec 15, 1998

The programmers at Microsoft are porting a game from their operating system over to the Game Boy Color with MICROSOFT PINBALL ARCADE. This pinball game was great fun on the PC, and now it is in a form that can be taken anywhere. There are seven different tables that are actually representative of real boards made by pinball giant Gottlieb throughout the last century. Each board carries a different theme, whether it is space travel or a haunted house. The boards also contain a varying number of paddles and paddle locations to make each a different playing experience. The graphics in this version are not as shiny as its computer counterpart, but they do translate well to the small color screen. The sound effects and music remain largely the same, adding to the game's arcade feel. The cartridge also contains a short but detailed history of pinball and how it has evolved over the years. MICROSOFT PINBALL ARCADE gives players the classic game with enough boards and extras to keep even the experts busy for quite a while.


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This was available for free on the PC when I was around 12, but only the haunted house table was available as a trial. I enjoyed playing it and wanted to relive the nostalgia, so I downloaded it. However, I did not enjoy any of the tables apart from the haunted house one. I find pinball to be somewhat pointless and I have never been good at it, as I always lose all the balls within minutes lol. Ok as a time waster, but it’s a game which has no ending if you’re good at it. I prefer games to have an end.

It's pinball but not as interesting due to it not being physics based (its digital).