Extreme Pinball

Moby ID: 278
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Extreme Pinball is Epic Megagames' successor to Epic Pinball. It contains four pinball tables: Rock Fantasy, Medieval Knights, Urban Chaos, and Monkey Mayhem, each with a different theme. Compared to Epic Pinball, it has a larger, 320x400 resolution, as well as taller tables, both allowing for more objects. It also has a typical Dot Matrix Display where the scoreboard shows 3D-rendered animations as well. The controls are more sensitive with a faster ball. This is less true to real pinball gameplay, but it speeds up the game's pace and gives more power to the player to influence the movement.

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  • 梦幻弹子球 - Chinese spelling (Simplified)

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Average score: 56% (based on 21 ratings)

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Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 29 ratings with 4 reviews)

This is a cool game. Easy to play. Great CGI graphics.

The Good
The animated scoreboard is 100% accurate to the style on the best tables. The music rocks. The CGI animation is cool. Something I continue to play almost on a daily basis

The Bad
Multi ball really stinks. It only focuses on the main ball and if you lose that it forgets to switch focus to the ball in play.

The Bottom Line
One of the top pinball games for the PC.

DOS · by gametrader (208) · 2000

Impossible to play.

The Good
This game has the smoothest pinball engine I've ever seen! It's damn fast. The graphics are AMAZING and the music isn't that bad. The tables are very well done and the game does have a lot of potential.

The Bad
The game is just TOO GODDAMN FAST! I can barely see the ball, let alone control it. It ruins the game, because it's quite impossible to figure out what's going on on the table at any given time. Also, the menu system is HORRIBLE - where'd the cute Epic Pinball menu system (miniature table images included) go?

And, finally, the music player is the typically horrible Epic PSM player -- really, really low quality play of probably very high quality music. It's bizarre, because it is a far cry from the player used in the original Epic Pinball, which was very high quality.

The Bottom Line
A really good pinball game, rendered pointless by overly fast gameplay.

DOS · by Tomer Gabel (4539) · 1999

I'll always keep this one installed ..

The Good
I can't remember when I bought Extreme Pinball, but it's been installed on every computer I've owned since and will (hopefully) be playable on future computers. I've loved it for many, many years.

Whenever I need an action fix, I hop in and play it. I love all of the tables, but my absolute favorite is the Medieval Knights table with its awesome music and neat effects. Overall, the graphics and music are great - especially knowing how old this game is. Turn up the volume and you'll think you are in an arcade!

Extreme Pinball does not try to actually simulate a real pinball arcade machine. Rather it brings to the game unusual special effects that can only be achieved in a computer game. For instance, during play you will find your ball actually changes color and shape and, sometimes, the way it flies across the table. And ... it flies fast and furious to keep you mighty busy!

Flipper action is somewhat realistic. Once your ball is "caught" by your flipper, you can position it before plunging it into the play area. The keyboard reaction time and intensity of your touch does seem to effect how hard and fast the ball travels to its destination.

You can have up to 8 balls per game and multiple players can play any one game. (I've never been able to get the published cheats to work giving you 13 balls.) Each table has its own top scores too.

The game play is very similar to Epic's SilverBall, at least the demo which I played.

The Bad
After all of these years, I haven't mastered even one of the tables. (Maybe that's why I keep coming back to it!) It is hard to learn where all of the secret areas are, especially since the tables are basically 3 screens high. I can see why they did it this way because otherwise you'd be looking at a very small screen. But it is disorienting (at least at first) because you can't see everything at once.

With each new ball, you must repeat actions that you achieved the first time around (special buttons, etc.). Some things, like switches or bars, stay "down" but not enough of them. So you spend the first part of each new play doing things over again.

The Bottom Line
Extreme Pinball is a fast-paced, surrealistic pinball game that will keep you entertained and challenged for years. Each of the four tables has a unique theme with themed music and appropriate sound effects. None of the tables are alike in any way, so there is variety to keep everyone happy. This is one of those games that may stay on your computer forever, as it has on mine.

DOS · by Jeanne (75956) · 2002

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Game added by Andy Voss.

PlayStation 3, PSP added by Lance Boyle. PS Vita added by Charly2.0. PlayStation added by Shawn Gwinn.

Additional contributors: CaesarZX.

Game added September 17, 1999. Last modified March 4, 2024.