View Full Version : Hardcore Pinball for GBA -- anyone have it?
frodo2968
03-11-2005, 11:23 PM
I just bought a complete copy on eBay for $12 something total with a Buy It Now. The only copy of the game I saw on ebay was a cart only that sold for about that.
Anyhow, I'm a huge pinball fan, and so I don't really care what it's "worth" or anything...but do any of ya'll have it? Is it good?
frodo2968
03-12-2005, 09:42 AM
Nobody has it?
Lady Jaye
03-12-2005, 09:53 AM
On Metacritic, only 3 reviews are listed:
From Pocket Games (grade: 90%):
The ball reacts to the table and flippers exactly how you would expect. [Summer 2003, p.41]
From GameSpot (grade: 73%):
All that Hardcore Pinball is missing is some sort of gimmick to extend its replay value. It's easily the best pinball game available for the Game Boy Advance.
http://www.gamespot.com/gba/puzzle/hardcorepinball/review.html
From Nintendo Power (grade: 52%):
Fans of straight-ahead pinball without video game frills will give hardcore Pinball a high score. [Apr 2003, p.137]
Daniel Thomas
03-12-2005, 02:35 PM
I thought it was a nice little game. However, my all-time favorite video pinball game was Devil's Crush. If you're going to do video pinball, you've got to make it more, well, game-like.
Pinball of the Dead is a perfect example. I'd say stick with that one.
frodo2968
03-12-2005, 04:35 PM
Pinball of the Dead is a perfect example. I'd say stick with that one.
I just got that one the other day, and it's great :)
DLord0
03-12-2005, 04:46 PM
Oh yeah... The Pinball of the Dead is great. I've got to pick up that game somewhere again. Should be fairly cheap by now.
I still remember those old pinball games I used to play. There was Psycho Pinball for the Genesis and also some pinball game for the original Gameboy that I borrowed from a friend a long time ago. Nothing beats the real thing though, one of these days I've got to buy a proper pinball machine of my own.
frodo2968
03-14-2005, 08:39 PM
w00t! I got Hardcore Pinball today, and it's right nice :D.
Recommended to all hardcore pinball fans (if you can find it :P)
mikeetler
03-14-2005, 09:16 PM
Is it just me or do the flippers seem rather sluggish? The ball physics are excellent and I like the sparceness of the table layouts but the flippers really kill it for me. Definitey better then Pinball Tycoon (what a PoS).
-Mike
frodo2968
03-15-2005, 01:26 PM
Is it just me or do the flippers seem rather sluggish?
Maybe I little, but it doesn't really bother me...