Epic Pinball (DOS)

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Description

Epic Pinball is a pinball video game played from a 2D top-down view within a scrollable window. The game was distributed on floppy disks in three separate packs of 4 tables each:

• Pack 1 (Android, Pot of Gold, Excalibur, Crash and Burn)
• Pack 2 (Magic, Jungle Pinball, Deep Sea, Enigma)
• Pack 3 (Cyborgirl, Pangaea, Space Journey, Toy Factory)

The shareware version of the game (and an early retail version) included only the original "Android" table (later versions contained an updated version called "Super Android"). Some tables were available as a separate releases as well as in much bigger compilations.

Each table has up to four flippers, giving the player the possibility to control the ball uniquely during the game. The tables are themed, making each table individual on its own way.

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Part of the Following Group

• Epic Pinball series

User Reviews

The ratings only go up to five and I want to rate it eleven	piltdown_man (207475)
The only pinball game I own and enjoy	Depth Lord (1003)
The best pinball I've played	Adam Holman (5)
Brought addictive pinball to the PC masses.	Andy Voss (1875)	unrated
Rocks.	Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

PC Zone	Feb, 1994		100
Top Secret	Feb, 1994	10 out of 10	100
Secret Service / New S Service	May, 1994	92 out of 100	92
Power Unlimited	Jan, 1994	9 out of 10	90
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Aug, 1994	89 out of 100	89
The Retro Spirit	Dec 13, 2005	5 out of 6	83
Power Play	Mar, 1994	77 out of 100	77
Top Secret	Jul, 1995	7 out of 10	70
PC Player (Germany)	Oct, 1994	67 out of 100	67
PC Player (Germany)	Jan, 1994	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Artwork

Artwork for the tables Space Journey and Toy Factory was done by a member of the demo group Future Crew.

OEM version

Acer used to package Epic Pinball in their early to mid 90's desktop PCs. It came with three tables: Toy Factory, Space Journey, and Pangaea.

Registered version

The floppy disk 'registered version' does not contain Epic Pinball Pack 3.

Shareware version

The original Shareware version lets you play only the Android table, although all of the others are included on the menu. Selecting the other tables shows them, but tells you to contact Epic to access them.

Information also contributed by Andy Voss, Brandon Odorn and Garcia