The game has good background music and sampled sound effects - mainly from the Amiga version or from the programmers. The screen is updated during the vertical blank period so there may be speed problems with early - that is, two years or older - vga cards.
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As each pinball table needs 200K video memory, the programmers developed a software fix that allowed mode 13 to use the cards full memory. This means 64K on a 256K or 128K on a 512K card. The 256 colour mode on a vga card is mode 13, where only a quarter of the memory is available. How did Spidersoft (who wrote the program) manage that? Each table is three screens long and the ball canons around without a hitch. The graphics are in full 256 colours and feature some of the smoothest scrolling Ive seen on a pc.
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Those of you who played Pinball Dreams on the Amiga will immediately say: What about the graphics? What about the sound? After all, these are areas in which the pc has tended to dawdle behind other machines. A pity too, if youre a deaf dumb and blind player who wants to use the home keys. There is no way to redefine these - a pity, as I would be more comfortable using the enter key for tilt. The cursor down arrow fires the ball, P pauses and esc quits. The two shift keys for the flippers and the space bar to tilt. Each table needs particular tactics for success and an entry on that ever elusive high score table.Ĭontrols are simple and naturally the same for all tables. Beat-Box has ramps, tour bonuses and music references, and the last, Nightmare, is the most complex and based around a graveyard. Next is Steel Wheels which has a railway theme with ticket bonuses and a tunnel. The theme is space, so you have a sun run and warp roll-overs. Ignition is the least complex but the hardest to play. Pinball Dreams comes with four tables: Ignition, Steel Wheels, Beat-Box and Nightmare. This the first time you played pinball? And so on.
Or, of course, the Neanderthal that leans over and says: See that Baz on the high score? Thats me right? Played this table for years. Imagine all the thrill of playing pinball without people coming over and demanding your dinner money, or old men sidling up to you and offering a bag jelly beans if you touch their willies. After Defenders, Breakout, Tempest and Asteroids (see Off the Boards) comes pre-electronic Pinball. Recent software has drawn inspiration from the arcades of the 70s. Anyone over 30 feels as if theyre in a socially aware play of the 60s. I dont know about you, but I feel conspicuous in an arcade. This has to be welcomed since it saves you lots of 50 pences and you dont get sneered at by nerdy kids with braces on their teeth. Anothhr game translated from an arcade in Brighton to a pc near you.
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