summary:
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The next pinball simulation from Maxis. Again good physics and
imaginative tables. Worth playing with lot´s of fun and
animated targets!
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points | points | points |
| Win/DOS | win95 (runs without problems under XP) | VP | ||
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| year of release/ producer | 1997 by Maxis CD-titel: Pinball 97 |
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| scrolling %/% screen |
no, 100/90 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2D/3D | 3D | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| configuration | enough | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| # of balls | 3 | |||
| multiball | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| restart | easy | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| physics | Seems it has still improved a bit. Its a fast ball. | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| graphics | nice and imaginative | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| difficulty | special tasks are difficult to finish | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| fun | usually long games posssible (and necessary) | 11 | 16 | 14 |
| layout / gameplay | well done; it uses the possibilities of the PC, it has a widening in the upper playfield | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| specials | Mad Scientist: "square" balls Captain Hero: animated targets and MB´s with over 3 balls Alien Daze: MB with 5 balls |
4 | 7 | 5 |
| tilt/nudging | kind of weak | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| comments | they do have some nice new features | |||
| purchase | sometimes in auctions, rare in shops | sometimes | ||
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points
(max of 111) |
reached score | 84 | 94 | 87 |
| personel highscore | 50.242.200 | 50.417.250 | 167.667.750 | |
