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summary:
A collection of 7 tables from 1930 to 1992 (conversions of real tables - the oldest one is flipperless) with excellent graphics and good physics.
The old ones weren´t made for long games. The new ones are playable but not the easiest.
Quite nice pinball collection.
CD cover Pinball Arcade
 
  
   
    
     
      
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Win/DOS win9x (seems to run without problems under XP)  
year of release/ producer 1998 by Microsoft
CD-titel: Pinball Arcade
 
scrolling
%/% screen
no, 100/90 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2D/3D 3D 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
configuration rather poor setting possibilities 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
# of balls 3 or 5 depending on the age of the pinball 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
multiball yes no no no no no yes yes
restart the game has to be started all over again 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
physics not brilliant but of the better ones 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
graphics good 9 8 8 8 9 9 9
difficulty rather difficult tables 6 1 1 2 3 4 4
fun they have a very different funfactor 1 7 4 5 6 8 10
layout / gameplay depending on the year of construction from poor to interesting 0 1 1 1 3 7 5
specials again depending on the year of construction with nothing to videogame (Cue Ball Wizard)
Haunted House: 3 playfield levels!
0 1 0 1 0 4 5
tilt/nudging not bad 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
comments relativ difficult to play  
purchase sometimes in auctions, sometimes still in shops sometimes
points
(max of 111)
reached score 58 60 56 59 63 74 75
  personel highscore           864.580 539.088.980