Pinball Gold Pack

K. Fields
2018-06-30T18:18:57-04:00
Video Games

Back in the 1990s, 21st Century Entertainment was a computer game publisher best known for its pinball games. Its first such game was Pinball Dreams, which was written for the Amiga by Swedish developer Digital Illusions. It was later ported to DOS for PCs. I bought their second pinball release, Pinball Fantasies. It was one of my favorite games and I played the heck out of it. I was in the mood to revisit this game. Therefore, I was thrilled to find it on GOG as part of the Pinball Gold Pack. It is an excellent value as it contains five pinball games with a total of twenty tables. The best tables are in the games developed by Digital Illusions (Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, and Pinball Illusions). The others (Pinball Dreams 2 and Pinball Mania) were developed by Spidersoft and aren’t as good. I’ve played all twenty tables several times now. Pinball Illusions is the newest and most polished offering but Pinball Fantasies still holds the nostalgic edge for me.

Pinball Dreams: Ignition, Steel Wheel, Beat Box. and Nightmare
Pinball Dreams 2: Neptune, Safari, Revenge of the Robot Warriors, and Stall Turn
Pinball Fantasies: Party Land, Speed Devils, Billion Dollar Gameshow, and Stones ’N Bones
Pinball Illusions: Law ’n Justice, Babewatch, Extreme Sports, and The Vikings
Pinball Mania: Tarantula, Jailbreak, Kick-Off, and Jackpot