Pinball (game)

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Pinball
Pinball Boxart.png
Developer Nintendo EAD[citation needed]
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) NES, VS. System, Family Computer Disk System, e-Reader, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U), Nintendo Switch (Arcade Archives)
Genre Pinball
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Media
Arcade:
Built-in
NES:
Game Pak
FDS:
Floppy disk
Wii:
Digital download
Wii U:
Digital download
Input
Arcade:
Joystick
NES:
Wii:
Wii Remote (horizontal)
Wii U:
Wii Remote (horizontal)
Nintendo Switch:

Pinball is a game released for the Famicom in 1984 and the NES in 1985. It is based on the arcade machine of the same name. A competitive multiplayer version of this game was released on the VS. System under the name VS. Pinball. Hudson Soft had planned to release ports of Pinball for home computers in Japan in 1985 but they were cancelled for unknown reasons.[1] The Famicom version was preceded by a Game & Watch version in December 1983.[2] However, this version has no Mario elements.

The NES version of Pinball was re-released on the Family Computer Disk System, for the Game Boy Advance's e-Reader as part of Series One, and on the Virtual Console for the Wii and Wii U. VS. Pinball was re-released worldwide for the Nintendo Switch as part of Hamster Corporation's Arcade Archives series on August 30, 2019.[3]

Gameplay

Gameplay of the bottom screen in Pinball
Pinball gameplay, the ball has just been shot.

Pinball is a game where the player controls the paddles of a virtual pinball machine. The game has two screens to represent the traditional pinball table and one for a bonus mode. Play begins when the player launches a ball with the plunger from first screen—the bottom of the pinball table—through the top of the screen to the second screen. Play will move to the first screen if the ball falls through the bottom of the top screen and will return to the top screen if the ball is hit back through the space at the top of the first screen.

If the ball falls through the hole to the right at the bottom level, the player will enter a mini-game featuring Mario and Lady.

The player controls the paddles on either screen to deflect the ball to keep it from falling off the bottom of the lower screen.

Mario mini-game

In this Breakout-like mode, the player controls Mario (in his NES Mario Bros. palette) carrying a platform. The objective of this mode is to rescue Lady (previously seen in Donkey Kong and also as her first appearance as a brunette, predating the 1994 Donkey Kong for Game Boy). The player achieves this by bouncing the ball off Mario's platform and hitting various targets, the destruction of which also earns them points. When the blocks under her are all gone, she will drop. Catching her on Mario's platform earns the player bonus points, but allowing her to hit the ground causes the player to lose.

VS. Pinball

Gameplay for VS. Pinball. This version has some unique features like the pink chicks which grant an extra ball if it drops. Bubbles is seen here floating up with wing-like arms. She will transform into the extra ball.
Extra ball floating up.

VS. Pinball made several changes in graphics, music, and gameplay. One example is that hatching three pink chicks will grant an extra ball.

References in later games

Staff

Hirokazu Tanaka is credited for creating original music for Pinball.

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Gallery

  • The game's logo

    The game's logo

  • Title screen

    Title screen

  • The top of the pinball table screen

    The top of the pinball table screen

  • Bonus stage

    Bonus stage

  • Sprite of Mario

    Sprite of Mario

  • Sprite of Lady

    Sprite of Lady

  • Animated sprite of a penguin

    Animated sprite of a penguin

  • Japanese Famicom box art

    Japanese Famicom box art

  • PinballJpalternateBoxart.jpg

    Japanese alternate Famicom box art

  • VS. Pinball title screen

    VS. Pinball title screen

  • VS. Pinball English instruction card

    VS. Pinball English instruction card

Media

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Trivia

  • Pinball is the first released video game that Satoru Iwata programmed for Nintendo; his first Famicom project, a 1983 home conversion of the 1982 arcade game Joust, remained unreleased for over four years until its eventual 1987 production by HAL Laboratory.[4]
  • Pinball is a playable NES game in Doubutsu no Mori for Nintendo 64 and its GameCube port, Animal Crossing.

External links

Pinball coverage on other NIWA wikis:
Websites

References

  1. ^ micomBASIC Magazine, June 1985 issue
  2. ^ Pinball at In the Attic. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/arcade-archives-pinball-switch/
  4. ^ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com
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Pinball / VS. Pinball
Characters Mario • Lady
Pinball Parts Flipper • Lane • Slot window • Slot target • Up-post • Target • Lane light • Hole kicker • Bumper • Striker • Card • Card lane • Hole • Egg • Chick • Stopper • Side lane • Bingo lamp • Floor
Scenes Scene A • Scene B • Bonus Stage

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Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System games
Super Mario franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Pinball (1984) • Golf (1984) • Family BASIC V3† (1985) • Wrecking Crew (1985) • Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Dr. Mario (1990) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) • Mario is Missing!* (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1994)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson† (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984) • Donkey Kong Classics* (1988)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992)
Wario franchise Wario's Woods (1994)
Family Computer Disk System Golf (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Golf: Japan Course (1987) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987) • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987) • Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987) • Donkey Kong‡ (1988) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988) • Donkey Kong Jr.‡ (1988) • Kaettekita Mario Bros.‡ (1988) • Wrecking Crew‡ (1989) • Pinball‡ (1989)
Miscellaneous Nintendo World Championships 1990* (1990) • Nintendo Campus Challenge* (1991)
* NES only
† Famicom only
‡ Disk Writer only

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