Plug and Play Classic Arcade Pinball

by Discovery Channel Plug and Play

Product Features

• Plugs directly into your TV
• No console required
• Play using 3 unique pinball tables each with 3 levels of difficulty

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001GBRNW
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,424 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Pinball wizards and novices will love playing pinball on the TV with this Pinball TV Games Video Game System. Just plug it directly into your TV and play using 3 unique pinball tables each with 3 levels of difficulty: Paleolithic Pete, Super Star Strike and Skate Scene Pinball. No game console is required and the system is portable enough to so you can play anywhere.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pinball Game With little Flaws, September 15, 2004

By 

Jesse Acosta (Spokane, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Plug and Play Classic Arcade Pinball (Video Game)

I started to get into these Plug N Play/TV Games made by Jakks Pacific and Radica Games, and had to pick up the Pinball one. I love pinball games, and this is a great outlet for me. There are a lot of classic features in these, and the replay value is outstanding. Its always fun, and its just a controller, so I can take it wherever I want without it being a nuisance.

There are only a few minor flaws Ive found. 1) Jakk's Pacific should have gotten liscenses from Midway/Bally to get some real pinball tables like PinBot. 2) The High Score does not save once the controller is off. This is a major drawback when trying to play to beat your previous highscores.

Other than that, this is an amazingly little setup. Ide recommend picking it up if you enjoy Pinball.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent purchase!, August 29, 2004

By 

djbaseball "djbaseball" - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Plug and Play Classic Arcade Pinball (Video Game)

If you are/were a borderline "Pinball Wizard" in the arcade like I once was you will get the most enjoyment from this game.

With three levels of play, the "arcade" level plays best.

The "kids" level is a dubed down version if you will. On the "kids" level you press one button and it operates both flippers.

The "arcade" level is just what it says. It plays like an arcade game would play. If you have good control of an arcade game you'll have good control of this video version. The video game plays well if you have the touch to play a real machine well.

The "wizard" level plays very fast and is not all that easy to handle. I was above average in the real arcades, so this level did not play well for me. Perhaps a real Pinball Wizard would find this level entertaining, but I did not.

The graphics were somewhat of a disappointment, but then again for $19.99 it's a great bargain. Better graphics would command a better price. (It looks more like an old Nintendo game than the newer generation of games.)

The build of the controller is solid! The "plunger" to put the ball in play is a neat part of this video game! Best play is achieved by holding it in an upright position. (With the round button facing you.) Use the round buttons for flippers. The top rectangular buttons are best saved to use for a table nudge. (I use only the right top button to nudge, I suppose a left handed person would be best suited to use only the top left to nudge)Flipping the round buttons in quick succession achieve a table nudge as well. So as I stated above if you have excellent control of a real table you'll have better control of this video version of pinball.

Use the menu button to select level of game play. After that it's just like in the arcade, (they never handed out instruction booklets) you play and see what you have to hit to activate bonuses and extra balls. Lack of superior graphics makes this difficult at times. Still 4+ stars overall, with a big 5 stars for fun! fun! fun!

Paleolithic Pete is the easiest to master, but still a very good play.

Super Star Strike is a bit more challenging, but it is soon mastered. I found the layout less desirable than "Pete"

Skate Scene Pinball is the more challenging of the three. Not easily mastered, but then again not too hard so that you want to quit. It keeps you wanting to play more and more.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly great, August 25, 2004

By 

Matt Roseboom "Editor/Publisher/Photographer" (Orlando, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Plug and Play Classic Arcade Pinball (Video Game)

I was expecting this to be really cheesy like the original pinball on the original Nintendo. But these games react just like a real pinball machine - and there's even multiball and extra mini tables. There are only three tables, so that moves the replay value down a notch, but all three tables are great fun to play. The plunger built into the controller works great and is a great idea.
The only improvement would be to have the high scores be kept even after turning off the game.