Pinball Madness 4

by Encore

Product Features

• World's largest collection of arcade pinball simulation games
• Includes 30 extreme tables
• Some games offer full 3D tables with real ball physics and 3 viewing angles
• Hidden bonus levels and special power-ups
• From 1 to 4 players

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068XL2
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 23, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,909 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The World's Largest Pinball Collection with 30 Extreme Tables! Get ready for head-spinning, heart-thumping pinball madness!

Includes:

Williams Pinball Classics: Bring home an instant arcade for your PC! Experience the excitement of owning authentic Williams tables: Tales of the Arabian Nights, Black Rose, Lost World and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

• 4 tables painstakingly recreated for maximum authenticity
• In-game scorekeepers decide who's worthy of the winner's list
• Fast and frenzied multi-ball motions for spine-tingling excitement!

Pro Pinball Fantastic Journey: Travel back to Victorian times in the latest and greatest Pro Pinball adventure ever. With five steam-powered adventures, use your flippers to tunnel to the center of the earth, journey to the depths of the sea, fly over the tallest mountains and speed to a mysterious island to stop the evil General Yagov.

• Customize your table by altering its age, flipper power and more!
• Three different viewing angles
• Full 3D tables with real ball physics and gravity

Adventure Pinball Forgotten Island: Journey through a series of linked pinball tables, each one more difficult to master than the last. It will take lightning-fast reflexes, a steady aim and an abundant supply of good luck to survive the exciting adventure that awaits you on Forgotten Island!

• 9 levels of excitement
• Menacing beasts and exploding volcanoes
• Hidden bonus levels and special power-ups

Platinum Pinball: These 23 premium tables never give up! Enjoy hours of fast-paced pinball action and unrivaled table design. Hyper-realistic ball dynamics and 8 multi-ball action keep you glued to the game!

• 23 uniquely themed tables
• 47 challenging game modes
• Fast & furious 4-player action

3D Pinball Express: 4 totally unique games including The Big Top, The Happy Kitchen, Incoming! and Terrormeister. Each head-spinning table features ramps & tunnels, ball traps, jackpots & bonuses, rollovers, drop targets and more!

• Featuring 3D authentic pinball action
• Awesome sound effects and music - unique for every game!
• Full tilting on every table

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bumper Basic Blasters, August 6, 2004

By 

Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
(HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pinball Madness 4 (CD-ROM)

Computer games really keep coming & going time & time again. That also goes with the classic case of Pinball. There just isn't anything classic other than that classic feeling of bumper-driving action. Nevertheless, computer companies really haven't made any decent pinball video games recently. Still, that really hasn't change much for die hard fanatics. Arguably, many people don't really play those kinds of games as much as the kinds of dimensional action and violent video games come & go. Still, Pinball does always have a way of coming & going. and Encore Software really has done it well.

Pinball Madness 4 is a collection and a variety of over 30 different kinds of pinball tables on 5 CD-ROM discs. All in all, the software ranges from Williams Pinball Classics, Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey, Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island, Platinum Pinball, and 3D Pinball Express. All in all, each game does arrange itself differently. The Platinum Pinball is really the standout in this collection. This one offers over 20 different tables to play with including The Tomb, Jackpot, with a casino like atmosphere, and games with true dimensional appeal. Especially The Avengers, which actually shows clips of the classic TV series from the 60's & 70's. That one really was the surprise grabber. The pinball action is just amazing and with full detail. The only dissapointment is the Williams Pinball Classics, which actually doesn't seem to be featured with nothing but computer errors. Largely, because everytime it is loaded up, it just says DOH 1024x786x8 Failure. Unfortunately, that remains the dissapointment. Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey, is a great game with all the fatures of Pinball, with a classic Time Machine setting. It really is very exciting and worth the graphics. Nevertheless, just because one breaks down, the others don't fail. All in all, a lot of great games and tables can be found here, especially for the die hard bumper fanatic.

I truly suggest you go get this pinball masterpiece collection. It is just great, but you do get pretty bored on the same table after awhile. Pinball Madness 4 is a great collection. I really suggest you add this multiplex of balls and multiball locks as a part of your collection. Overall, I would've given this game a higher ranking, if the Williams Pinball Classics worked from the beginning, instead of just saying that error message.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money., March 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pinball Madness 4 (CD-ROM)

Gets boring very quickly. Out of the 5 disc set, only 3 installed properly and work. Installation was hard. The pin "ball" does not move as it should. Sometimes the sound pops and crackles. Out of 30 pinball tables, only 3 are fair. I was very disapointed. My advice... Buy the Microsoft Pinball Arcade.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks like such a great deal, right?, April 6, 2006

By 

Linda (United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pinball Madness 4 (CD-ROM)

But, unfortunately, 95% of the games in Pinball Madness 4 will not work properly on most XP Pentium computers. The balls in these games only move in a very jerky fashion (and the ball physics is already quite bad as it is in these old, low-end pinball titles). Almost all of the games in Pinball Madness 4 are completely unplayable due to this problem, except for "Fantastic Journey" (the only premium title in this entire CD compilation). If you want the ultimate pinball game, then try and find "ProPinball: Timeshock!" -- but avoid "Pinball Madness 4".