I dig this game. I'm not a pinball wizard or anything and have hardly ever played on a real one. I used to play the Windows space-themed pinball game a lot as a kid. Nostalgic for that this week.
I'm curious about what the B mode is all about; worth a Google, I guess.
You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.
Ha, hopefully. I never get complacent, in the rare event of my posting a decent score. Too many bonafied NES sorcerors on this forum. But it's all fun. Last night, I just turned the radio on and had a nice time playing and listening to my local alt rock station.
I want to keep pushing, but in response to your other post, I think a lot of it is definitely randomness. I mean, I've had balls completely escape me a bunch of times. It's disheartening. My latest score was almost entirely achieved on my last ball; it's so tempting to rage quit when I lose a ball with something low like ~3k, but I try to resist.
It sucks for the flippers to go invisible (that was so disorienting), but they come back at 150k, thankfully.
Check out the scores from the 2012 contest.
PINBALL HIGH SCORES
1st: 1,648,580 – MCMROSE +10 points
2nd: 633,170 – 2Legit28Bit +8 points
3rd: 600,140 – guillavoie +6 points
4th: 544,370 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 370,470 – lospunchados +2 points
PARTICIPATION
364,480 – Krunch +1 point
297,350 – aleckermit +1 point
262,610 – CLAYB1RD +1 point
257,910 – Dr.Pepper +1 point
247,270 – bimmy_lee +1 point
203,690 – rokubungi +1 point
181,610 – bearcat-doug +1 point
158,060 – Jono1874 +1 point
135,600 – eric430 +1 point
128,650 – Rengozu +1 point
125,500 – laserman81 +1 point
125,430 – otterpop +1 point
102,990 – duncan +1 point
37,650 – Luigi_Master +1 point
How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch
And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.
And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days
Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point
I dig this game. I'm not a pinball wizard or anything and have hardly ever played on a real one. I used to play the Windows space-themed pinball game a lot as a kid. Nostalgic for that this week.
I'm curious about what the B mode is all about; worth a Google, I guess.
You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.
Ha, hopefully. I never get complacent, in the rare event of my posting a decent score. Too many bonafied NES sorcerors on this forum. But it's all fun. Last night, I just turned the radio on and had a nice time playing and listening to my local alt rock station.
I want to keep pushing, but in response to your other post, I think a lot of it is definitely randomness. I mean, I've had balls completely escape me a bunch of times. It's disheartening. My latest score was almost entirely achieved on my last ball; it's so tempting to rage quit when I lose a ball with something low like ~3k, but I try to resist.
It sucks for the flippers to go invisible (that was so disorienting), but they come back at 150k, thankfully.
Check out the scores from the 2012 contest.
PINBALL HIGH SCORES
1st: 1,648,580 – MCMROSE +10 points
2nd: 633,170 – 2Legit28Bit +8 points
3rd: 600,140 – guillavoie +6 points
4th: 544,370 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 370,470 – lospunchados +2 points
PARTICIPATION
364,480 – Krunch +1 point
297,350 – aleckermit +1 point
262,610 – CLAYB1RD +1 point
257,910 – Dr.Pepper +1 point
247,270 – bimmy_lee +1 point
203,690 – rokubungi +1 point
181,610 – bearcat-doug +1 point
158,060 – Jono1874 +1 point
135,600 – eric430 +1 point
128,650 – Rengozu +1 point
125,500 – laserman81 +1 point
125,430 – otterpop +1 point
102,990 – duncan +1 point
37,650 – Luigi_Master +1 point
How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch
And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.
And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days
Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point
Score updated a bit. Ugh, I suck so hard at saving Paulina. Didn't save her once in that run, despite many attempts. Not good at that minigame. At all. And I feel like I get worse and worse because when I first started playing this week I was able to do it more. Go figure.
I'm only good at saving Paulina in weird streak where I do it like 5 times in a row and after that every time I get there my ball take the exit in no time.
The big/fast points are in the upper playfield anyway
Fun game, but I'm not having a whole lot of luck figuring it out. Dropping my participation score here, might try for a better one later.
94,870
It's fun _and_ infuriating. All too often the the game simply decides to bounce the ball down the side gutters or between the bottom flippers with nothing I can do about it. I played for hours the other night and a high score wasn't happening. I'm getting burnt out on this game and I'm about ready to call it quits.
I just realized I have this cart right on my shelf, and I've NEVER PLAYED IT ONCE!
Perhaps this is a reason to dust off said cart?
Playing seriously for high score can be a frustrating experience because of all those times where you'll lose a ball with nothing you could have done about it, but it is a fun game. I recommend it.
This game was an original 3 for me. Christmas morning in 6th grade I got my deluxe set with 3 games : Pinball , DK3 , and Soccer, along with gyromite and duck hunt of course. Always liked the simple challenge this game has.
Also not sure if anyone else noticed but this is the only other game that Mario's original lady Pauline appears in.
updated my score ..... had 235k on the first ball then the rest went straight down the chutes without any chance to play them . finished at 251k .... just high enough to make me the first loser .... thought for sure i had a 3 - 400 k run going
updated my score ..... had 235k on the first ball then the rest went straight down the chutes without any chance to play them . finished at 251k .... just high enough to make me the first loser .... thought for sure i had a 3 - 400 k run going
That's the thing with Pinball. It's equal parts luck and skill, or maybe even more luck than skill. You can be having the run of your life when the game finally decides to send the ball down the side with nothing you can do, but that's how pinball goes. I've been playing the heck out of this game and I'm just not lucking into that great run.
I wonder why noone has done a graphics hack to substitute the the penguins seals and cards for more nintendo type things like super mario or zelda themes ??
I'm done with this one. With pinball games it takes a lot of time...and you need that lucky run. I just didn't get it. Had more fun playing this one in 2012.
I'm done with this one. With pinball games it takes a lot of time...and you need that lucky run. I just didn't get it. Had more fun playing this one in 2012.
The worst part is you can be well on your way to an incredible run and then the game screws you over.
Playing this for a high score contest is brutal... with so much chance involved.
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Originally posted by: Krunch
Originally posted by: mbd39
Originally posted by: Krunch
Originally posted by: mbd39
Originally posted by: laddersandcakes
Originally posted by: mbd39
Originally posted by: laddersandcakes
I dig this game. I'm not a pinball wizard or anything and have hardly ever played on a real one. I used to play the Windows space-themed pinball game a lot as a kid. Nostalgic for that this week.
I'm curious about what the B mode is all about; worth a Google, I guess.
You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.
Ha, hopefully. I never get complacent, in the rare event of my posting a decent score. Too many bonafied NES sorcerors on this forum. But it's all fun. Last night, I just turned the radio on and had a nice time playing and listening to my local alt rock station.
I want to keep pushing, but in response to your other post, I think a lot of it is definitely randomness. I mean, I've had balls completely escape me a bunch of times. It's disheartening. My latest score was almost entirely achieved on my last ball; it's so tempting to rage quit when I lose a ball with something low like ~3k, but I try to resist.
It sucks for the flippers to go invisible (that was so disorienting), but they come back at 150k, thankfully.
Check out the scores from the 2012 contest.
PINBALL HIGH SCORES
1st: 1,648,580 – MCMROSE +10 points
2nd: 633,170 – 2Legit28Bit +8 points
3rd: 600,140 – guillavoie +6 points
4th: 544,370 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 370,470 – lospunchados +2 points
PARTICIPATION
364,480 – Krunch +1 point
297,350 – aleckermit +1 point
262,610 – CLAYB1RD +1 point
257,910 – Dr.Pepper +1 point
247,270 – bimmy_lee +1 point
203,690 – rokubungi +1 point
181,610 – bearcat-doug +1 point
158,060 – Jono1874 +1 point
135,600 – eric430 +1 point
128,650 – Rengozu +1 point
125,500 – laserman81 +1 point
125,430 – otterpop +1 point
102,990 – duncan +1 point
37,650 – Luigi_Master +1 point
How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch
And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.
And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days
Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point
I dig this game. I'm not a pinball wizard or anything and have hardly ever played on a real one. I used to play the Windows space-themed pinball game a lot as a kid. Nostalgic for that this week.
I'm curious about what the B mode is all about; worth a Google, I guess.
You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.
Ha, hopefully. I never get complacent, in the rare event of my posting a decent score. Too many bonafied NES sorcerors on this forum. But it's all fun. Last night, I just turned the radio on and had a nice time playing and listening to my local alt rock station.
I want to keep pushing, but in response to your other post, I think a lot of it is definitely randomness. I mean, I've had balls completely escape me a bunch of times. It's disheartening. My latest score was almost entirely achieved on my last ball; it's so tempting to rage quit when I lose a ball with something low like ~3k, but I try to resist.
It sucks for the flippers to go invisible (that was so disorienting), but they come back at 150k, thankfully.
Check out the scores from the 2012 contest.
PINBALL HIGH SCORES
1st: 1,648,580 – MCMROSE +10 points
2nd: 633,170 – 2Legit28Bit +8 points
3rd: 600,140 – guillavoie +6 points
4th: 544,370 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 370,470 – lospunchados +2 points
PARTICIPATION
364,480 – Krunch +1 point
297,350 – aleckermit +1 point
262,610 – CLAYB1RD +1 point
257,910 – Dr.Pepper +1 point
247,270 – bimmy_lee +1 point
203,690 – rokubungi +1 point
181,610 – bearcat-doug +1 point
158,060 – Jono1874 +1 point
135,600 – eric430 +1 point
128,650 – Rengozu +1 point
125,500 – laserman81 +1 point
125,430 – otterpop +1 point
102,990 – duncan +1 point
37,650 – Luigi_Master +1 point
How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch
And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.
And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days
Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point
Yeah, the new scoring system is much better IMO
The big/fast points are in the upper playfield anyway
Been having fun with this one all week.
For whatever the reason, the first time I turn my NES is always my best run.
Unlike Rollerball, where each new run made me feel like I was figuring out the table more/mastering ball movement more.
Both games are great fun. Just wish I could crack "Pinball's" mysterious table.
Final score update 107060
94,870
Fun game, but I'm not having a whole lot of luck figuring it out. Dropping my participation score here, might try for a better one later.
94,870
It's fun _and_ infuriating. All too often the the game simply decides to bounce the ball down the side gutters or between the bottom flippers with nothing I can do about it. I played for hours the other night and a high score wasn't happening. I'm getting burnt out on this game and I'm about ready to call it quits.
Perhaps this is a reason to dust off said cart?
I just realized I have this cart right on my shelf, and I've NEVER PLAYED IT ONCE!
Perhaps this is a reason to dust off said cart?
Playing seriously for high score can be a frustrating experience because of all those times where you'll lose a ball with nothing you could have done about it, but it is a fun game. I recommend it.
Also not sure if anyone else noticed but this is the only other game that Mario's original lady Pauline appears in.
251,530
updated my score ..... had 235k on the first ball then the rest went straight down the chutes without any chance to play them . finished at 251k .... just high enough to make me the first loser .... thought for sure i had a 3 - 400 k run going
That's the thing with Pinball. It's equal parts luck and skill, or maybe even more luck than skill. You can be having the run of your life when the game finally decides to send the ball down the side with nothing you can do, but that's how pinball goes. I've been playing the heck out of this game and I'm just not lucking into that great run.
Now at 213k. I finally lost a life, but I got the safeguards back somehow. Oh man. I need to not blow this run.
Now at 256k with 3 lives left and safeguards still in place. This is going to be it. I can feel it!
And I blew it. Only 317K. That's it. I'm done.
I'm done with this one. With pinball games it takes a lot of time...and you need that lucky run. I just didn't get it. Had more fun playing this one in 2012.
126,490
I'm done with this one. With pinball games it takes a lot of time...and you need that lucky run. I just didn't get it. Had more fun playing this one in 2012.
The worst part is you can be well on your way to an incredible run and then the game screws you over.
Playing this for a high score contest is brutal... with so much chance involved.