The Unreality of UNHINGED Pinball

Pinball is quite possibly the most visceral arcade game. Can you bend the laws of physics to your will to keep the ball in play and rack up a massive score? Translating that to a video game format seems like a natural fit... but video games aren't bound to the real world. Every game of video pinball has to ask, "What is pinball?" Unsurprisingly, each game we'll look at has a wildly different response. Let's take a journey through increasingly unreal (and unhinged!) pinball games. -- Patreon (Bonus Videos & Early Episodes):   / iamadot   Socials, etc. https://bsky.app/profile/iamadot64.bs...   / iamadot64   -- Games Discussed: 3D Pinball for Windows (Space Cadet) Pin Pong (1974) / Platform: Arcade / Publisher: Atari / Developer: Atari / Genre: Pinball Video Pinball (1981) / Platform: Atari 2600 / Publisher: Atari / Developer: Atari / Genre: Pinball, Simulation Midnight Magic (1986) / Platform: Atari 2600 / Publisher: Atari / Developer: Atari / Genre: Pinball, Simulation Pinball (1984) / Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Nintendo / Genre: Pinball, Simulation PIN-BOT (1990) / Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Rare / Genre: Pinball, Simulation Devil's Crush (1990) / Platform: TurboGrafx-16 / Publisher: NEC, Naxat Soft / Developer: Compile / Genre: Pinball, Horror Alien Crush (1988) / Platform: TurboGrafx-16 / Publisher: NEC, Naxat Soft / Developer: Compile / Genre: Pinball, Science Fiction Kirby's Pinball Land (1993) / Platform: Nintendo Game Boy / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: HAL Laboratories / Genre: Pinball, Adventure, Mascot Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (1993) / Platform: SEGA Genesis, SEGA MegaDrive / Publisher: Sega / Developer: Sega Technical Institute / Genre: Pinball, Adventure, Mascot, Platformer Metroid Prime Pinball (2005) / Platform: Nintendo DS / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Fuse Games / Genre: Pinball, Adventure Metroid Prime (2002) / Platform: Nintendo GameCube / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Retro Studios / Genre: Adventure, First-Person Shooter, Metroidvania Pinball Quest (1990) / Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Publisher: Jaleco / Developer: Tose / Genre: Pinball, Adventure Mario Pinball Land (2004) / Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Fuse Games / Genre: Pinball, Adventure, Mascot Epic Pinball (Enigma) (1993) / Platform: MS DOS / Publisher: Epic MegaGames / Developer: EpicMegaGames / Genre: Pinball, Simulation Odama (2006) / Platform: Nintendo GameCube / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Vivarium / Genre: Pinball, Simulation, Tactics, Real-Time Strategy Seaman (1999) / Platform: Sega Dreamcast / Publisher: Sega, Vivarium / Developer: Vivarium / Genre: Virtual Pet, Experimental Yoku's Island Express (2018) / Platform: Windows, Nintendo Switch, Paystation 4, Xbox One / Publisher: Team17 / Developer: Villa Gorilla / Genre: Pinball, Metrodvania, Adventure Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (2003) / Platform: Playstation 2 (PS2) / Publisher: Sony, Capcom, Ubisoft / Developer: Sony / Genre: Pinball, Experimental Screaming Mad George's ParanoiaScape (1998) / Platform: Playstation (PS1) / Publisher: Mathilda / Develoepr: Mathilda / Genre: Pinball, Experimental Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire (2003) / Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Jupiter / Genre: Pinball, Adventure, Mascot . . . . . . . . . . Topics Discussed: Pinball, Arcade, Arcade Games, Classic Arcade Games, Video Pinball, Pinball Video Games, Casual Games, Unhinged Games, Experimental, Video Game History, Retro Video Games, Retrogames, Retro, Video Essay, Video Game Review, Video Game Essay, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Kirby, Metroid, Samus, Horror, Strategy, Genre, Arcade, Best Games of All Time, Worst Games of All Time, Hidden Gems, Slept-On Games, Nintendo, SEGA, TurboGrafx, PC Engine, Playstation 2, Playstation, PS1, PS2, Game Boy, Indie Games, Experimental Video Games, i am a dot.