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Electronic Pinball

aka: 19. Flipper, Cassette 23: Flipper, Cassette 23: Pinball, Micro Processor System Cartridge 25: Electronic Pinball, Millon Electronico, Pimball Electrónico, Video Pinball
Moby ID: 131770
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Description

Pinball is an early pinball game with support for one or two players.

The playfield features six obstacles, whose labeled point values increment sequentially from one to nine when struck by the ball. Two turning mills at the top of the screen can be struck to close gates on the left and right sides of the playfield. After the score exceeds 200 points, the flippers become shorter, leaving more space between them for the ball to fall through.

There are four different variations of gameplay, allowing the player to choose one or two pairs of flippers with normal or fastball speed. Each player is allotted five balls per game.

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Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 1 ratings)

A nice, primitive pinball game

The Good
Electronic Pinball (also known as Flipper) is an early example of simulated pinball. It was released for the Interton Electronic VC-4000 (part of the 1292 APVS family), and the best thing about it is the way you don’t have to insert a quarter. The game is not as sophisticated as much later pinball sims, such as Pinball Dreams, but it does include all the basic elements, such as flippers and bouncing balls.

The score for hitting one of the six circles in the center of the screen varies depending on what number is in the circle. I had spent a lot of time in one game watching the ball fly from circle to circle. Two twirling mills above them open or close the gates on both sides of the screen; let the ball go through them, and a life is lost. You have to keep an eye on the ball at all times; it tends to go down in between the flippers when you are not watching.

Several variations are available, and these include allowing a second player to join in, enabling two pairs of flippers to appear on screen instead of one, and switching between different ball speeds. The graphics and sounds may be rudimentary, but this is what you’d expect from such an early console.

The Bad
A tilt feature is also available, but all this does is send the ball back to the launching area. This is accompanied by flashing lights and a rather annoying sound that repeats until you launch the ball again or start a new game. The flashing lights are a major problem for people who suffer from epilepsy. There was no reason why the developers could not have restricted these for half a second.

The Bottom Line
In conclusion, Electronic Pinball may be primitive, but it is quite a joy to play. I had a good time watching the ball fly from circle to circle, so there was less time that I had to use the flippers in each game I have played. Minus one for the flashing lights.

1292 Advanced Programmable Video System · by Katakis | カタキス (43102) · 2022

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Game added by Hipolito Pichardo.

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Game added October 18th, 2019. Last modified August 8th, 2023.