Balls of Steel

Pinball that is!

And to be more specific, video pinball. The Nes has quite a number of them. Sure some have wonky controls. Some don't even has great ball physics, but most of them are pretty damn good! So let's get rolling (*snicker*).

The Nes features about 6 pinball titles, some are better than others of course. But I'll rank them out of the kindness of my heart. Aren't you lucky? ^>^

1. Pin*Bot
2. High Speed
3. Rollerball
4. Pinball Quest
5. Rock N' Ball
6. Pinball

Yeah the worst of the bunch is definitely the black box title Pinball. The physics, and sounds are just not that great. Plus you only get one table and nothing really much to do on it aside from the little bonus area with Mario and Paula.

Rock N' Ball is a different bird. The single player table is just about as boring as Pinball. But the multiplayer battle ball table is really neat! This one is worth a look as it sports tournament style pinball, as well as a bunch of wacky sports themed tables.

Pinball Quest is the weirdest of the group. It offers 3 standard tables, one which is Pop! Pop! Which looks the best and sounds nice too. But the main attraction though is the Quest Mode! You play as a pinball out to save your kingdom in full RPG/Action glory! You can buy, sell, and even steal new bumpers and flippers too! Check this one out.

Rollerball by Hal is a very long table. And I do mean LONG. You can tilt the table, the physics are pretty good too. And you have plenty to aim at and do in this game. Another good title.

High Speed is based off an actual pinball machine of the same name. You get some digitized voice work, a few bonus games, tilt function as well as a pretty nice lively table. All in all a very good and fast pinball game.

If you can only get one pinball game on your Nintendo Entertainment System, get Pin*Bot. You get voice work, a nice compact table that's very colourful, has multiball, multiplayer, tilt function, and has plenty of targets and goals for you to complete to get to the Sun. Yes, you're shooting for the Sun people! Grab this one.

Either way you choose, all the pinball games mentioned above are super. While others may be more exciting, more flashy, with more going on, you won't go wrong with any one. 

In the meantime, in between time!

-Will ^>^