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Real Pinball

Real Pinball, known in Japan as Fire Ball!!, is a video game developed by Japan Dataworks and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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Real Pinball
North American cover art
DeveloperJapan Dataworks
PublisherPanasonic
Platform3DO
Release
  • JP: March 20, 19941
  • NA: 1994
  • EU: 1994
GenrePinball
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Real Pinball, known in Japan as Fire Ball!!a, 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.2 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, 1994.3

Reception

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."2

Notes

Notes

  1. Japanese: ファイアボール, Hepburn: Faiabōru
References

References

  1. Famitsu staff (April 29, 1994). "新作ゲームクロスレビュー" [New Games Cross Review]. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 280. ASCII Corporation. p. 75.
  2. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 2. Imagine Media. February 1995. p. 90.
  3. "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: Real Pinball". 3DO Magazine. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. p. 56. ISSN 1355-9621.
  5. Ação Games staff (August 1994). "Real Pinball". Ação Games (in Portuguese). No. 65. pp. 23–4. ISSN 0104-1630.
  6. "Test Express: Real Pinball". Génération 4 (in French). No. 73. Yellow Media. January 1995. p. 166. ISSN 1624-1088.
  7. MAN!AC (October 1994). "Overseas Import: Real Pinball". MAN!AC. No. 12. Cybermedia. p. 39. ISSN 2191-012X.
  8. Super GamePower (September 1994). "3DO: Real Pinball". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 6. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 44.
  9. Schaedle, Wolfgang (April 1995). "Reviews: Total Tilt! Real Pinball". Video Games (in German). No. 34. Future Verlag. ISSN 0946-0985.
  10. VideoGames staff (December 1994). "Capsule Reviews: Real Pinball". VideoGames. No. 71. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 132. ISSN 1059-2938.
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