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Where in the world did that little silver ball go?

Pinball World, a remarkable pinball game with 19 tables to play on as you trot around the globe, is available on GOG.com 100% DRM-Free for just $5.99.

Not enough games pioneer a new space in the plot-based geographical exploration pinball sim genre, and that's a shame. You've got your Pinball Worlds, you've got your..hm. Other than rumors of a Carmen Sandiego / pinball FPS that was abandoned back in 1998, we can't think of much. Each of these genres singularly is something special, and when you mix them all together, you get a truly remarkable achievement. Pinball World creates a grand vista of interconnected pinball tables that are all united around the theme of travelling around the world via small tables trapped under lucite.

It lacks some of the majesty of travelling to destinations in real life, but it's hard to knock the convenience.

With 9 main tables set in the UK, Germany, Africa, the Big Apple, the Far East, and more, each table brings a number of special effects, cool features, and even unlockable bonus tables. As one of the very few pinball games with a save/load feature to help you make the most of the sprawling, interconnected nest of tables, it also has cool little driving minigames between each of the tables, giving you a break in between ceaseless flipping flippers and bumping bumpers.

For just $5.99, it's hard to say no to a game like Pinball World that pushes the limits of what can be conceived for a pinball game, and manages to turn out an excellent experience in the process.
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Matruchus: Thanks for the giveaway! Will try the game at once!
No problem, and hope it works out well :-)
I love pinball so I'll probably pick it up when it's on sale. I've already got the other pinball games on GOG. Some of them are quite good. I don't know why some people are complaining. If it's not your thing, don't buy it. Some of us are glad it's here.
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CharlesGrey: Hah hah. In a way it's good that modern gamemakers don't have to worry about such limitations any more. On the other hand, back in the day these very limitations caused developers to work much more efficiently and lead to a certain "perfectionism" and degree of optimization which modern games usually seem to lack.
I also find that imagination was more important in old games...we let our minds fill in the story at times (since the graphics surely couldn't). That's why some old games are hard to go back and play....I've forgotten how "plain" they were....Crush, Crumble and Chomp was a recent one that I replayed...fun, but only for a few minutes at a time.

edit - and I agree, it is nice that gamemakers can go crazy.... :)
Post edited May 02, 2014 by Russonc
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Elmofongo: GOG when are you going to release what I consider my first PC game 3D Ultra Pinball by Sierra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Q5Wk6m1yE
I love the whole series but 3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night was muuuch better and definitely the best of them all.
Would sell my soul to get that one here. And by "soul" I mean my collection of soul music.
Post edited May 05, 2014 by F4LL0UT
Yeah, a version of Sierra´s 3D Ultra Pinball (especially "Creep Night") which runs on modern systems would be an instabuy for me :D
I still have some old CDs with the games but it is damn hard to get them working without sound stuttering or graphical problems nowadays...
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Ophelium: Pinball...my only weakness. On the wishlist and it really doesn't look that bad.
I remembered playing Pinball Dreams on my Commodore Amiga 500 intensely, in particular this table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKWHNHBgMQ

Funny how the sounds set off such nostalgia! :)