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Description
Pinball Illusions is the successor to the
Pinball Fantasies, using an upgraded game engine. The tables are Babewatch, Law & Justice, Extreme Sports, and (on PC CD versions) The Vikings. These contain ramps, bonus areas, and combo sequences to set up. All the artwork was produced in true 256 colors from the ground up for AGA Amigas and the PC, rather than originating in 32 colors on older Amigas.
New to this version is multiball: Pinball Illusions supports up to six balls simultaneously, in which case it switches to high-resolution mode. CD versions use CD audio for music.
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
Amiga CD32 Gamer |
Amiga CD32 |
Jan, 1995 |
96 out of 100 |
96 |
Excalibur |
Amiga CD32 |
Mar 16, 1995 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
Joystick (French) |
Amiga |
Mar, 1995 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Amiga |
Apr, 1995 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
Amiga Games |
Amiga CD32 |
Jul, 1995 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
Play Time |
Amiga CD32 |
Jan, 1995 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
Score |
Amiga |
Mar, 1995 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
Power Play |
DOS |
Oct, 1995 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
PC Player (Germany) |
DOS |
Oct, 1995 |
71 out of 100 |
71 |
Génération 4 |
Amiga |
Jan, 1995 |
63 out of 100 |
63 |
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Trivia
Successor
Although Digital Illusions never programmed on the Amiga again, 21st Century released
Pinball Mania as a supposed continuation of the series. It was bundled with the Amiga when Escom relaunched it.
Tables
Digital Illusions used the same 4 tables of this game in the PlayStation / Sega Saturn release
True Pinball. The difference? On the PlayStation & Saturn the tables were modeled in 3D.
Version differences
The PC CD-ROM version has one more table that was not found in the original Amiga version: The Vikings.
This table was removed from the Amiga version at the last minute, as they felt it wasn't of a high enough quality to merit the game needing an extra disk. As both
Pinball Dreams and
Pinball Fantasies had four tables, as did most other pinball games of the day, this wasn't a popular decision.
Awards
- Amiga Joker
- Issue 02/1996 – #3 Best Simulation in 1995 (Readers' Vote)
Information also contributed by
Martin Smith and
Roedie