Gamedaily writes: "Creating a video pinball game is tricky. Do it right, though, and you'll have a huge following. Farsight Studios achieved this years ago with Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection for PS2, Xbox and GameCube, recreating several classic pinball tables right down to the interactive dot matrix screens. Now it's back with another visit to the Hall of Fame, this one dedicated to a more current Williams Collection for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP. Surprisingly, it's even better.
Upon starting the game, you visit an old-school arcade, resembling a mom and pop locale from the '80s. You'll be able to browse through 10 different Williams tables including Taxi, Gorgar, Space Shuttle, Funhouse, Sorcerer, Jive Time, Pin-Bot, Firepower, Black Knight and Whirlwind. A few of the games are unlocked so you can play them endlessly. Others, however, require quarters, but you'll have plenty on hand. Each table has a set of goals to complete, including skill shots and jackpots. Unlocking them earns you more credits, along with other features including deactivating tilting (which freezes the table) and using customized pinballs."
Gamesta.com gets news from BigBen Interactive that they'll be bringing Pinball Hall of Fame to Nintendo 3DS with The Williams Collection 3D. Remember pinball? Pre-internet days seem so far away now. Time to feel old.
"Ah, pinball. Whenever you'd enter an arcade in the 90's, you would be almost instantly greeted by a whirlwind of various colours and sounds, all vying for your attention. However, one thing that you could almost guarantee is that, even though their presence has diminished over time, you would hear the sounds of the pinball machines, no matter where they were in the arcade. This constant has always reassured me, as I love traditional pinball. Games such as Metroid Prime: Hunters, for instance have tried to capture the feel of Pinball in a more "video game-y" style, but that is not what I wanted. I wanted a way to play my favourite pinball classics again; and Farsight Studios delivered." -- Wiiloveit.com
Gamertell has posted a mixed review of Crave's 3DS game, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection.
From the review:
"As with the Williams Collection on other devices, you can play the Williams Challenge (achieve the target score on one table in order to progress), Arcade Mode (play any machine you’ve unlocked until you’ve run out of tokens) and Tournament Mode (the format used for most pinball championships). Unlocking all the tables isn’t that difficult but there are fewer tables here than in the console version. You get Gorgar, Black Knight, Space Shuttle, Pinbot, Taxi, Whirlwind and Funhouse."
