Galactic Pinball
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| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto (Director) Gunpei Yokoi (General Manager) |
| Composer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto Masaru Tajima |
| Platform(s) | Virtual Boy |
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| Genre(s) | Pinball |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Galactic Pinball (Japanese: ギャラクティックピンボール Hepburn: Gyarakutikku Pinbōru?) is a pinball video game for the Virtual Boy. The game was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan and on August 14, 1995 in the United States. It is set in the Milky Way galaxy, and has players maneuvering a puck (as opposed to a ball) around one of four pinball tables available in the game using two flippers situated at the bottom of the screen, with the goal of keeping the puck moving for as long as possible while accumulating points. Like all games released for the Virtual Boy, Galactic Pinball uses a red-and-black color scheme which was criticized for causing nausea, headaches, and eye strain. It also uses parallax, which allows the game to display three-dimensional effects.
Galactic Pinball is set in the Milky Way galaxy, and tells the story of the discovery of a new, strange world. At the Title Screen, players can choose from four pinball tables: Cosmic, Colony, UFO, and Alien. Players can also choose to look at the top scores. Each table has its own background story. The Cosmic table has players controlling a Space Federation pilot who is exploring the mysteries of the galaxy; the Colony table has players protecting a colony from asteroids; the UFO table has players in control of a character who is piloting a remote-controlled UFO to fight the Evil Skeleton; and the Alien table has players taking on aliens.
Players are given five pucks (as an alternative to balls), which players must keep going by using the flippers to hit it upward. The ultimate goal is to accumulate points and to avoid allowing the puck to drop to the bottom of the table. The game begins with players shooting a puck into the table by holding the A button to launch it with a plunger. The longer the button is held, the harder the puck is launched. Players can also push a button to "shake" the in-game table, though if it is used too often, the flippers will be disabled and the puck will fall. There are various bonuses that players can experience during play. Some tables allow players to activate a "Bonus Roulette wheel", and some will allow them to get bonus points by collecting letters that spell the table's name. Bonus points will be awarded when a puck drops out of play, which varies depending on how long a puck was in play. Each table features a bonus puck to find. Players can collect stars, and upon collecting enough of them, they will be able to choose to go to a Bonus Stage or collect bonus points instead.
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