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The Pinball of the Dead - Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Whoever came up with this must have been on some quality Hydro. I have been a fan of House of the Dead games since the Arcade shooter came out and I have to say, Pinball of the Dead keeps up with the theme. The graphics are great, grisly and clear. The Sound is choc-full of "house of the dead" sounds from the cheesy music to the horky comments. The game comes with a save feature, music, custom options... and what I like the best, It keeps a toll of your damage. Zombies killed, bosses beaten... ect. You can unlock added features as well as you get better and better with the game.

The game plays like a normal pinball machine, flippers, bumpers, ramps.. all the stuff. But with a added fun feature... Zombies and Creatures, LOTS of Zombies and Creatures. They move about on the screen and after a little practice you can kill them with a hard hit from the Ball. It comes with 3 different pinball machine layouts, all crusty and grizzly looking with 3 dimensional graphics and layers.

If you like freaky weird games... You will like The Pinball of the Dead. It's entertainment value is high and very enjoyable.

One heckuva a pinball game with much more than I expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Theres a lot of people that are old school fans of pinball games, and im not one of em. With that said, this is the best pinball game ive ever played!The physics are exceptional and the graphics are possibly the best on the GBA. There are 3 different tables that all have a distinct flare that differentiate themselves from the others. The HOTD flavor is apparent everywhere but, the coolest thing about this game is the boss battles. After filling different holes(dont laugh!) on the table, you can then open boss battles which are a blast to partake in. Please pick it up! Do it for SEGA, they deserve our buck.

KILLER GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the most long lasting fun on GBA ever. Lots of variations and it's got all the same bad guys you love from the Arcade House of the Dead 2. Destined to be a classic.

The Pinball of the Dead is sooooooooo cool....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I gotta be honest, I've never been much into Pinball games. But, I've definitely been a big fan of House of the Dead. So, when they put the two together, I decided to check it out. Was I glad I did. The game is awesome. I can't explain to you just how awesome. You'd have to find out for yourself. But, it definitely is worth it.
It's a really cool game. One I highly recommend to all.

Excellent Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yea everything about this game is excellent. The graphics and sound are impressive, the gameplay is right on (several very good sets of controls). The tables are great and so are the boss battles; this game is very innovative. If you like pinball you MUST get this game. The physics in the game are excellent, and the long tables with scrolling are done very well.. nice and smooth and it does not interfere with game play at all. The innovation for the tables is that there are actual zombies and other critters moving about on the table.. hit them hard and the ball goes straight through.. hit them light and they can change the path of the ball. Mini-bosses can pop right out of the table and big ones are fought on mini-tables of their own once you unlock them. Excellent pinball game with great replay value.

Pinball of the Dead... choose your blood color please.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Pinball of the Dead is highly addictive. The board setup and creatures in this game were very original. With themed boards, bosses to destroy with your pinball and user selectable blood colors, how can you go wrong?

Will turn you into a zombie like me

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I could'nt put this one down for a second. I did not sleep, eat, or do anything but play this game since I got it. All the other reviews pretty much sum up the specs, so all I got to say is if you can find this game (it's becoming a rare find) cop it - you won't be disappointed.

Entertaining change of pace

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm not the best at hand-eye coordination, and my reflexes are a lot slower than my teenage son's, but I liked Pinball of the Dead. Similar to a basic pinball game, with variables from wandering zombies, ghouls, and demons who are both targets and sources of interference. My only complaint is it should have a control on screen brightness. It's a little too dark to play anywhere but a well lit area. I don't know if the new back-lit GBA would help.

Great gameplay, great visuals and design, makes pinball fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pinball of the Dead is a strange combination of a modern day pinball machine and the House of the Dead arcade shooter. The graphics and design are stunning and the gameplay is good too.

There are 3 different machines to play, and they are all pretty different from each other. Before you shoot any ball you get to shoot a zombie via roving cross hairs. Hitting the zombie will net you some type of bonus, like multipliers or lost ball kickbacks,etc.

Within each machine (not really levels) there are the standard pinball sequences to hit like spelling out words to get big bonuses. More interestingly though, is the House of the Dead flair. All kinds of zombies are roaming the table. If the ball is going slow enough the zombies can deflect the ball. If the ball is going fast enough it squishes the zombies in a great big splat of green goo (color is configurable).

There are also special zombie battles and boss battles. The zombie battles are engaged by squishing a bunch of zombies and then dropping the ball in a hole. This will take you to a mini-game in which you have to squish a variety of flying/running/floating zombies.

The boss battles are even better. By engaging the right combination of table features (hitting areas, balls in holes, etc), you can cause a boss to rear his...ugly head in the middle of the table. Your immediate task of couse is to pound his ugly mug with the ball until he dies/goes away.

Of the 3 tables, I like the 3rd one the best (has hands for flippers) although the 2nd table has this neat pulsating heart/molecule thing that grows/changes as your ball rides the rails around it as well as a 2nd level area with extra flippers underneath the main table that see via a glass window in the main table. The first table is good too although I seem to have difficulty getting the ball out of the bottom area and up into play. The 2nd table is definitely the hardest to play.

Game play is good. Flipper action is accurate as is ball motion. NOTE: you HAVE to use "nudge" to be good at this game. The other note is that pinball tables are vertical and the GBA (SP) screen is horizontal which makes for a bit of machine controlled scrolling. There are plenty of times that you ball will drop between the flippers too quickly because the scrolling is not fast enough to keep up.

All in all this is an addictive game with a broad area to explore. The unlockable elements just add to the exploration.

This is a game definitely worth owning.

Zombies and pinballs...who thought this game up?!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First let me start out by saying, the game's not bad at all. If I ever find the guy who thought this game up though, I'd like to find out what he was drinking, 'cause it must've been some strong stuff. The combination of Sega's classic shooter, The House of The Dead with pinball, has garnished this title in which you can kill zombies with a pinball and flippers. The game itself has decent graphics, good sound, three pinball tables, and easy to learn controls. What makes this game a cut above the rest of the pinball games though is the boss battles. You can fight off the bosses from The House of The Dead in special boss arenas. The inclusion of this makes for a more interesting game. It's not your standard pinball game. Though the concept seems very awkward, the execution is good. The only reason this game lacks a star is due to the somewhat dull graphics, and the awkward table set ups. It's one of the better pinball games available for Game Boy.

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