Description
After Epic Megagames' two releases
Epic Pinball and
Extreme Pinball, Apogee finally got their own pinball game in late 1997, Balls of Steel. It features five testosterone-packed tables, each with its own theme, missions, and special bonuses. Like the Epic games and the classic "21st Century" pinball games on Amiga, BoS has a top-down scrolling screen, with an animated dot matrix display at the bottom. It also features a full-table view. Very high scores are awarded with a "powerball" end bonus mode, and could be posted on the "WorldScores" net site (no longer available). Being a Windows game, all tables boast high-resolution graphics.
This game was included in Encore's "Pinball Madness 2" collection in 1999.
Alternate Titles
- "BOS" -- Common abbreviation
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Mega Score |
Apr, 1998 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Feb 08, 1997 |
     |
90 |
| Imperium Gier |
Oct 10, 2001 |
8.3 out of 10 |
83 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Jan 07, 1998 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Computer Games Magazine |
May 07, 1998 |
     |
80 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Jan, 1998 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| PC Action |
Jan, 1998 |
76 out of 100 |
76 |
| GameSpot |
Feb 23, 1998 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Apr, 1998 |
72 out of 100 |
72 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Jan, 1998 |
66 out of 100 |
66 |
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Trivia
Pinball Wizards is actually a project group of Apogee. In 1997, Apogee
decided not to develop/release games under their own name, but rather
specialized divisions of themselves. Most of their new releases have
gone under the roof of 3D Realms, but Pinball Wizards was created for
Balls of Steel (after all, it's not 3D, and 2D Realms probably seemed
silly :). It's possible the Pinball Wizards name will never be used
again. If the need arises, Apogee will create other divisions in the
future.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Andy Voss (1623) on Feb 19, 2000.