Ruiner Pinball
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Ruiner Pinball is a collection of two fantasy pinball tables: Ruiner and Tower.
Ruiner is a two screen wide table that features flashy scaling and rotation effects. There are lots of ramps and animated moving targets to score on. Ruiner has a cold war nuclear holocaust theme.
Tower is an extra-tall table that features a medieval horror motif. Like Ruiner, it contains animated targets and scaling effects. Both tables contain missions, or series of targets to increase the scoring opportunities available.
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Average score: 53% (based on 10 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 7 ratings with 1 reviews)
Video pinball just isn't the same thing.
The Good
To my eye, the graphics look pretty good. The artwork is smooth and are nicely blended. Still, it's just video pinball.
Even considering that you just activate the right or left flipper, the controls are responsive.
Besides all the standard pinball gadgets such as bumpers and flippers, the two tables also have moving targets such as airplanes and bats. The screen scrolls smoothly as the ball zips around. Both tables have plenty of color, sound effects and wackiness.
The Bad
Ruiner really doesn't seem to flex the Jaguar's 64-bit muscles. Honestly, it resembles pinball games on various 16-bit platforms. There isn’t anything happening in Ruiner that couldn't have been done on a Super Nintendo or an Amiga. Even the lowly Sega Genesis has pinball games that aren't much behind this one in terms of graphics and sound.
The Bottom Line
Ruiner is a decent enough game if you can find it on the cheap, but frankly it just doesn't stand out from the crowd.
Jaguar · by Bruce Clarke (60) · 2006
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Game added by quizzley7.
Game added July 16, 2002. Last modified August 17, 2023.