7.2 /10 1 Votes
7.5/10 GameSpot Genre(s) 3D Pinball Developer Cunning Development | 4.2/5 GOG 60% Metacritic Initial release date 28 December 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pro pinball fantastic journey 4 175 715 530 points
Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey is a 3D pinball video game for PC, Macintosh and PlayStation and is the fourth title in a series of games. The game was developed by Cunning Developments and released by Empire Interactive on December 28, 1999 with an Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating of Everyone (E). Elements of the game include combinations of Victorian era settings, steam powered machinery, steampunk style nautical adventures, and fictional islands.
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- Pro pinball fantastic journey 4 175 715 530 points
- Pro pinball fantastic journey 01 23 13
- Gameplay
- Reception
- Awards
- References
Pro pinball fantastic journey 01 23 13
Gameplay
The player's perspective of the pinball table in Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey is from approximately one foot above the table. The pinball flipper and plunger controls are operated by joystick, gamepad, or keyboard, depending on the operating system. Game options allow the table to play as if it were in an aged condition and at a slight angle, and players are also given the option to change the number of extra balls they receive, how many times a ball can be saved, as well as adjusting the table slope, plunger power, and general game difficulty.
There are five adventures in the game, each requiring the user to trigger certain elements of the board to keep the game moving forward. Levels of the game include tunneling to the earth's core, navigating to the bottom of an ocean, traveling to a fictional island setting, and flying through mountainous terrain.
Reception
Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey was received with mixed reviews from gaming publications. Most reviewers rated the game poorly in terms of gameplay substance and originality, but gave high ratings to the game's graphic properties, physics engine, and overall very good pinball simulation. One IGN author wrote of his experience playing the game: "I've had more fun watching my dog clean herself." The same author also commented that the game's pinball simulation was superior, with physics, movement, and design that very closely replicated those of an actual pinball table.
Awards
In 1999 Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey was recognized as the best puzzle/classic game for PC of the year in Computer Gaming World and Electronic Gaming Monthly's Game Blast 2000 awards.