Balls of Steel, more tables, more duke, more balls Flip this -- the coolest, fastest, most innovative quicksilver ball-basher in the know universe! Across five savages, fully-animated tables, from the ricochet riot of Firestorm to the intense overload of Duke Nukem, Balls of Steel delivers all the authentic gravitational pyrotechnics of real pinball. View all the table at once or get close for some whiplash scrolling action! Go gonzo with 5 ball multi-ball mayhem! Squash scampering aliens to bloody oblivion! Hit rails, flippers, pops, sinkholes, targets, magnetic flippers, ramps, the 'cyclotron' ball accelerator -- every conceivable pinball feature in all its glory! Its authentic pinball action -- whiplash fast and finger-burning good! And hey, if its good enough for Duke... then its good for you!

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Box cover

Balls of Steel features five tables with edge and attitude. No lame circus, zoo, or cutesy themes here! We're talking blood and gore, with animated creatures getting splattered by your ball and laser cannons dishing out hardcore destruction.

Balls of Steel is realistic, first and foremost, with real physics behind the ball movement and table obstacles. This game behaves like you'd expect it to. On top of that, there are many special effects and table animations. Finally, we've added event triggered music, and each table has characters that speak during the gameplay, to you and to each other. This really adds life to the game compared to other pinball games you've played.

Balls of Steel has two methods of gameplay. Either via a scrolling screen, where you cannot see the entire table at once, or via a smaller static screen where the entire table is on screen at once.

There are 5 tables that comprise the entire Balls of Steel package (with a sixth available separately). You can click here to learn about the various tables that comprise Balls of Steel.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Pentium 100Mhz (133 recommended) - Microsoft Windows 95 (or 98) with DirectX v3.0 (or higher) - 16Mb of memory - 1Mb VESA compatible SVGA display card - DirectX compatible sound card - 2X CD-ROM drive - 70Mb hard drive space

Originally released December 12, 1997

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3D Realms website

GameWeek, the leading non-consumer game industry publication, just arrived and has a glowing review of Balls of Steel. Here are a few of the quotes:

"Balls of Steel is easily one of the most entertaining and attractively rendered pinball games ever developed for the home computer."

"Satirically inspired by the "Balls of Steel" pinball game depicted in Duke Nukem 3D, Balls of Steel is a champion in its own right, combining photo-realistic graphics and state-of-the-art special effects with smooth, utterly absorbing gameplay."

"Balls of Steel is a winner...one of the most addictive pinball games ever concocted, providing countless hours of engrossing gameplay at a reasonable price."

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3D Realms website: "What people are saying"

Ja, das ist Flipper, Flipper...

Rasende Kugeln, rasender Herzschlag. Der 3D-Flipper der Superlative fordert alles von Dir: absolut realistische Kugelbewegungen und blitzschnelle Kollisionen - der Wahnsinn mit bis zu fünf Kugeln. Das ist Automaten-Action auf fünf hochauflösenden 3D-Tischen. Laß es krachen - bis Du das Tilt in den Augen haßt! Balls of Steel - der absolute Kugelblitz für bis zu 4 Spieler. AB NOVEMBER

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Advertisement in PC Games, December 1997 (German)

Flip this - the coolest, fastest, most innovative quicksilver ball-basher in the known universe! Across five savage, fully-animated tables, from the ricochet riot of Firestorm to the intense overload of Duke Nukem, BALLS OF STEEL delivers all the authentic gravitational pyrotechnics of real pinball. View all the table at once or get close for some whiplash scrolling action! Go gonzo with 5X multi-ball mayhem! Hit rails, flippers, pops, sinkholes, targets, magnetic flippers, ramps, the "cyclotron" ball accelerator - every conceivable pinball feature in all its glory! It's authentic pinball action - whiplash fast and finger- burning good! And hey, if it's good enough for Duke...then it's good enough for you!

Features:

· 5 awesome tables to choose from!

· View Scrolling Mode and get close-up in-your-face action!

· View Single Screen and see all the action at once!

· Realistic Physics mean your balls will always roll true!

· Arcade Mode lets you earn extra lives for scoring big!

· www.worldscores.com saves and compares you to the world's best scores!

· Every table has a Unique Mission Objective!

· Make a bloody mess as you splatter scampering aliens!

· Ramps, rails, flippers, pops - every table feature is a solid 3D object!

· Full-On 4 Player Action!

· Customize Tilt Sensitivity, Nudge Strength, Gravity Strength, Plunger Speed and Max Ball Speed!

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GT website

Pinball to Rock Your World!

Balls of Steel features five tables with edge and attitude. No lame funfair, circus, or cutesy animal themes here! We're talking blood and gore, with animated creatures getting splattered by your ball, and laser cannons dishing out hardcore destruction.

Balls of Steel offers arcade realism, with accurate physics behind the ball motion and table obstacles - the game behaves like you'd expect it to. The tables are all fully animated, with special effects for ball locks, multiballs and mission modes. Finally, there is atmospheric mission-based music, and each table has characters that speak throughout the game, both to you and to each other. This really adds life compared to other computer pinball games.

Each of the five tables in Balls of Steel is displayed at 800x600 resolution, and can be played in either a scrolling view, to get up close to the action, or a single-screen view, for maximum control of the game. An auto-switching feature allows changing to single-screen for multiball and back to scrolling for normal play.

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Worldscores' website

Balls of Steel is realistic, first and foremost, with real physics behind the ball movement and table obstacles. This game behaves like you'd expect it to. On top of that, there are many special effects and table animations. Finally, we've added event triggered music, and each table has characters that speak during the gameplay, to you and to each other. This really adds life to the game compared to other pinball games you've played.

Balls of Steel has two methods of gameplay. Either via a scrolling screen, where you cannot see the entire table at once, or via a smaller static screen where the entire table is on screen at once.

Five tables comprise the complete Balls of Steel experience. The tables are titled: Darkside, Barbarian, Firestorm, Mutation!, & Duke Nukem.

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Steam Store Description

You’ll flip out over the coolest, fastest, most innovative quicksilver ball-basher in the known universe! Across five savage, fully-animated tables, from the ricochet riot of Firestorm to the intense overload of Duke Nukem, Balls of Steel delivers all the authentic gravitational pyrotechnics of real pinball. View all the tables at once or get close for some whiplash scrolling action! Go gonzo with the 5 ball multi-ball mayhem! Squash scampering aliens to bloody oblivion! Hit rails, flippers, pops, sinkholes, targets, magnetic flippers, ramps, the 'cyclotron' ball accelerator -- every conceivable pinball feature in all its glory! Its authentic pinball action -- whiplash fast and finger-burning good! And hey, if it’s good enough for Duke... then it’s good for you!

Balls of Steel is realistic, first and foremost, with real physics behind the ball movement and table obstacles. Each table behaves like you'd expect it to. On top of that, there are many special effects and table animations. Rock out to event-triggered music, and go wild about characters that speak during the gameplay, to you and to each other. Balls of Steel! More tables! More Duke! More balls!

• Splatter scattering aliens to bloody oblivion!
• Every table has unique missions and scoring secrets!
• Ramps, rails, flippers, pops--every table feature is rendered in full 3d!

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GOG store description