David's Midnight Magic

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Description

David's Midnight Magic is a simple pinball game designed for 1-4 players. The game was modeled on the popular Black Knight pinball table released by Williams. Unlike Black Knight, however, David's Midnight Magic contains a mixture of bright colors. Featuring dual flipper controls, upper and lower playing fields, tilt mechanism, multiple ball play, electromagnetic deflectors, and many special effects, the game represents the first generation of home computer pinball simulations available with relatively realistic pinball features.

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Alternate Titles

• "Midnight Magic" -- Atari 2600 title

User Reviews

One of the earliest pinball games available for home computers

Commodore 64

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Critic Reviews

The Atari Times	Atari 2600	Jan 12, 2005	95 out of 100	95
neXGam	Atari 2600	Jun 27, 2013	8.6 out of 10	86
Pixel	Commodore 64	Jan, 1985		80
Woodgrain Wonderland	Atari 2600	Jun 18, 2017	B	75
Tilt	Commodore 64	Jul, 1985		67
The Video Game Critic	Atari 2600	Sep 23, 2001	B-	67
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games	Atari 8-bit	Jun, 1983	2.5 out of 4	62
Power Play	Atari 2600	Feb, 1988	5.5 out of 10	55
Atari Gamer - XL-XE Game Review Edition	Atari 8-bit	Dec, 2013	4 out of 10	40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Apple II	Mar, 1982	Unscored	Unscored

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Cover art

In 1982 when Marc Ericksen was commissioned by the Carlston family to illustrate the David's Midnight Magic package art cover, the original concept sketch he drew showed that player's face reflected in the foreground on the floating chrome pinball. This was accepted, and that's how the game art was painted. When the game was adopted for Atari, they directed that the face be removed, on the grounds that it might have restricted a broader buying audience. Marc was paid to retouch out the face on the painting. All other iterations of the packaging followed suit, leaving the original Commodore 64 box as the only one showing the reflected face scene.