Real Pinball
{{short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Real Pinball
|image = Real Pinball cover.jpg
|caption = North American cover art
|developer = Japan Dataworks
|publisher = Panasonic
|designer =
|released = {{vg release|JP|March 20, 1994{{cite magazine | author=Famitsu staff | date=April 29, 1994 | magazine=Weekly Famicom Tsūshin | publisher=ASCII Corporation | number=280 | page=75 | language=ja | title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー |
trans-title=New Games Cross Review}}|NA|1994|EU|1994}}
|genre = Pinball
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = 3DO
}}
Real Pinball, known in Japan as
{{nihongo foot|Fire Ball!!|ファイアボール|Faiabōru||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}}, 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. 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.{{cite web|url=http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_3DO1994.html|title=3DO Soft > 1994 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206002908/http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_3DO1994.html | archive-date=December 6, 2022|publisher=GAME Data Room|accessdate=May 20, 2019|lang=ja}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|NGen = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=2|publisher=Imagine Media|date=February 1995|page=90}}
| rev1 = 3DO Magazine
| rev1Score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine | author=Wynne, Mark | date=December 1994 | title=Reviews: Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/3-do-01/page/56/mode/1up | magazine=3DO Magazine | publisher=Paragon Publishing | issue=1 | page=56 | issn=1355-9621}}
| rev2 = Ação Games
| rev2Score = 13/30{{cite magazine | author=Ação Games staff | date=August 1994 | title=Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/acao_games_50/acao_games_65/page/n22/mode/1up | magazine=Ação Games | publisher= | issue=65 | pages=23–4 | issn=0104-1630 | language=pt}}
| rev3 = Génération 4
| rev3Score = 10%{{cite magazine | author=Génération 4 staff | date=January 1995 | title=Test Express: Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-073/page/n83/mode/1up | magazine=Génération 4 | publisher=Yellow Media | issue=73 | issn=1624-1088 | language=fr | page=166}}
| rev4 = MAN!AC
| rev4Score = 26%{{cite magazine | author=MAN!AC | date=October 1994 | title=Overseas Import: Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/MANIAC.N012.1994.10/MANIAC.N012.1994.10-DURiAN/page/39/mode/1up | magazine=MAN!AC | publisher=Cybermedia | issue=12 | issn=2191-012X | page=39}}
| rev5 = Super GamePower
| rev5Score = 2.3/5{{cite magazine | author=Super GamePower | date=September 1994 | title=3DO: Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/super-game-power-124-agosto-2005/SuperGamePower%2006%20-%20Setembro%201994/page/44/mode/1up | magazine=Super GamePower | publisher=Editora Nova Cultural | issue=6 | page=44 | language=pt}}
| rev6 = Video Games (DE)
| rev6Score = 20%{{cite magazine | author=Schaedle, Wolfgang | date=April 1995 | title=Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1995-04/page/79/mode/1up | magazine=Video Games | publisher=Future Verlag | language=de | issue=34 | page= | issn=0946-0985}}
| rev7 = VideoGames
| rev7Score = 1/10{{cite magazine | author=VideoGames staff | date=December 1994 | title=Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball | url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_71_December_1994/page/n131/mode/1up | magazine=VideoGames | publisher=Larry Flynt Publications | issue=71 | page=132 | issn=1059-2938}}
}}
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."
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.giantbomb.com/real-pinball/3030-38079/ Real Pinball] at Giant Bomb
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3do/569440-real-pinball Real Pinball] at GameFAQs
Category:3DO Interactive Multiplayer-only games