Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball

by Capcom

Product Features

• Tilt, tumble and whirl through five themes - Biology, Metallurgy, Optics, Geometry and Theology
• Over 70 different areas to explore
• 100+ missions of addictive, challenging gameplay
• Take on friends in challenging two-player games

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00083HJWQ
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 7, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,717 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball will make you forget all that you thought you knew about pinball. Go on a wild journey through surrealistic 3D environments -- and encounter outrageous gameplay that must be seen to be believed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun for pinball fans, August 20, 2005

By 

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (Video Game)

If you're a pinball fan, I highly recommend Flipnic. This isn't a simple mock-up of a pinball board. It's a fully 3D pinball style action game, including fun multiplayer.

First, the pinball. You get a number of "worlds" to play in - natural, metallic, light based, and so on. You play on a number of different boards in each level. The boards are all attached to each other by ramps, so the current board you have on screen is always manageable and visible. You can easily get to the ramps to send you off to another board, and rack up the points. There are a number of cool interactive features on each board, including special multi-ball and other situations. You really get the hang of each board combination and style.

The visuals are really quite nice, from the bumpers and flippers to the surrounding environment. The sounds go well with each world, too.

Just as good, though, are the multiplayer games. Each world offers one. There's a basketball game, a 3-tier pong game, and a game that is in essence two simple pinball maps side by side where you try to get your opponent to lose balls faster than you do. The one that shines is the foozball game, though. It looks simple enough at first - you raise and lower your bumpers to move the ball into your opponent's goal. Once you get the hang of it, though, it is amazingly fun.

Well recommended for any pinball fan!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for real pinball fanatics, September 4, 2007

By 

Guy Leaders - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (Video Game)

I was hoping for more of a traditional Pinball game. This wasn't it. Although the Graphics and Physics are comparable, it quickly becomes just another idiot box. Being a 58 year old Pinball fanatic for about 48 years I have come to enjoy the finer skills of Pinball such as catching the ball, passing it from one flipper to the next, bankshots, etc.. Although you can do those things with this game, they serve no benifit. You are better off just to flip away. You don't have to worry about low scores, getting extra balls is so easy it is almost automatic, in fact after an hour or two of playing the same game, I purposely just let my balls drop just to be able to post a score. It seems that you spend more time watching the ball travel around the field and going from one level to the next than actually flipping which in my opinion, makes this game more of a roller coaster ride than a pinball game. I suppose there are some people this game would appeal to, the graphics are adequate and the actual ball physics are pretty accurate accept that you don't seem to be able to control the english or rather the spin of the ball off the flipper.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neverending 3-D pinball, March 13, 2006

By 

Dennis H. Harlan (Poland,In USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (Video Game)

Great game with many levels. It takes some time to play all of the levels. As an older player (58) I really enjoy this modern pinball game.