10 Strangest Pinball Video Games
A competent video game that is able to replicate the physics and feel of pinball can provide a great alternative to making a trip to the arcade to sink all your hard-earned coinage. Also, with pinball entering the virtual world, the limitations of real life need not apply. Take away the rules though, and things start to get a little out of hand. Here are the 10 Strangest Pinball Video Games!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: Simon Pike (@Sim198k)
Video Editor: Anthony Hambling (@anthambling)
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Video Transcript
the noble sport of pinball accumulate
points by guiding a ball around a
specially designed pinball cabinet use
patience poise and precise flipper
control to keep the ball in play while
hitting bumpers targets and ramps to
rack up scores in the millions found
mostly in arcades pinball machines are a
bit too hefty to fit comfortably into
most homes as such would-be pinball
wizards had to find other ways of
bringing the thrill of their favorite
ball based pursuit into the living room
time for video games to save the day
once again a competent game that's able
to replicate the physics and feel of
pinball can provide a great alternative
to making a trip to the arcade also with
pinball entering the virtual world the
limitations of real life need not apply
take away the rules though and things
start to get a little out of hand with
that said then let's look at some
pinball games that take the classic
combination of balls and flippers and
mix in some other ingredients that take
things in unexpected and wacky
directions just uh don't flip out when
you see some of these okay
and don't flip out over that pun either
i'm peter from triple jump and here are
the 10 strangest pinball video games
number 10. akira psycho ball
based on the 1988 animated movie famous
for its cyberpunk setting cool
motorbikes and large foreheads akira
psychoball for the ps2 attempts to
translate all the action and drama of
akira into four digital pinball tables
happily the lights and sounds of neo
tokyo proved to be a fine accompaniment
to the ball rolling shenanigans
futuristic ideas like transforming
tables complicate matters for the player
and just to make sure you know you're
enjoying an akira themed pinball game
clips of the movie will play when you
hit some of the targets or achieve
certain goals the game was released in
2002 in japan to coincide with a dvd