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5 outta 7 aint bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

First off understand this, if you are looking for flash which most of the people who wrote negative reviews here were, skip this. However, if you want a really good trip into retro pinball land then this package is a sure winner and a great value. Lets face it, I can't go down to my corner drugstore and play Knockout or Slick Chick or any of the other oldies. What is wonderful about this package is I can sit home in my underwear in front of my PC and experience pinball the way 2 generations before me did. On my first few plays on Humpty Dumpty I was like, "this is dumb", the ball just drains, no flippers at the bottom. But spend some real time with this game and you see why Microsoft choose to include it in the package. My thoughts are that the 1st five games are totally retro and I enjoyed them immensely, however, the last 2, Haunted House and Cue Ball could of been left out and I wouldn't of cared, hence the 4 stars.

Very Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: July 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You would think being able to play on a 1931 pinball table would be pretty cool, wouldn't you? Well, in Microsoft's Pinball Arcade it proves to be pretty bad. None of the pinball tables are really that great. The 1931 pinball table, "Baffle Ball", is certainly baffleing to us, with no real guide as to how to play it, you only can guess on what to do, and the best way to go about scoreing points. Game critics tend to say that the best feature about Pinball Arcade is the sound, and I'll have to agree with them on that, but thats not saying much considering the ball physics of Pinball Arcade are frustrating and unrealistic, and the designs of the tables are unimaginative. All in all, the tables are either too easy, or because of the lack of realism, very difficult. It almost put me to sleep the first few times I played it. The ball drifting around the table makes me sleepy just thinking about it. Buy Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey, it's much much better.

Leader...

MS Pinball Arcade

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I agree with David Wolf about the animation and ball control. However,as one who was a leg-kicking, glass-pounding wizard wanna-be, I must say that all the little design quirks you loved to hate on the original machines are built into these also. I especially love to hate Slick Chick and Spirit Of '76. (That dates me). All in all, Arcade ain't bad but its a shame it isn't a lot better.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've had this game about a year now and I love it. I play it almost every day. It has a pinball table from every decade starting with 1930s all the way to the 90s. It shows the evolution of pinball. The graphics on this game are immaculate and game play is sensational. If you like pinball, this is a great game!!!

Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. Good graphics. Just like a real pinball machine. Fun to play. I enjoy playing this game. The handling is awsome. Cool tables to play on. I've heard people think this game is the best pinball game ever to be made. I hope that when you buy it you have just as much fun as I had.

Big disapointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: June 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

only two of the five game are ok to play. and those are just not worth it.

I am a truck driver. I play the real game in truck stops. This game does not cut it.

The ball just does not move well in any of the five games.

I would give it no stars but that was not a choise. Whoever gave it a good rating has never played the real games....

Very disappointing!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: April 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was very surprised to to find that the pinball game that came with my computer is far better that this. Did not have "the feel" of real pinball. This is compared to the other game. I expect much, much more from Microsoft. I do not recommend it.

Microsoft Pinball Arcade

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To love this game, your giving up your age. So be it! A fun
trip down memory lane. If you loved the older, slower e.m.
games this is a must have. Great fun. Thanks Bill

Just as real but should be upgradable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Its great!!! I mean I was surprised of the detail and sound, you actually feel like it's the real one, but it should be upgradable, cause once you played it a few days you start to get bored of the models featured in this software.

Huge Disappointment!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The box looks exciting, but the looks are decieving in my opinion. If you expect flashy arcade fun, pass this one by. The older games are no classics in my book, and if I had found a demo to download I would have NEVER bought this one. I expected more from Microsoft, but was left very dissatisfied. As an avid pinball player, I would have never feed quarters to these games. I had much more fun with others, this one was uninstalled after seeing it the first time.

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