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Pinball Illusions

Pinball Illusions (Second Review) Pinball Illusions (Second Review) Title Pinball Illusions (Second Review) Publisher 21st Century Entertainment (1995) Game Type Sport Players 1-8 HD Installable Yes; CD32 version also available Compatability AGA-only (CD32 works on AGA-CD systems) Demo aminet: game/demo/p3_demo.dms Game data/utils Show scores - aminet: game/misc/PinHi.lha Set parameters aminet: game/patch/PinIlluPref2_0.lha Submission [email protected] Review Well, this is the third game in the series. What, you may ask, could Digital Illusions do to warrant the release (and purchase) of yet another pinball simulator? The answer is this: They've polished the simulation engine until it shines brighter than a very bright thing indeed. Then they've added new features like multi-ball (yeah!) and hi-res mode. Finally, making the game AGA only allowed them to really work on the graphics until they look fantastic. If you were a bit disappointed with the AGA visuals in Fantasies, prepare for a shock to the vision system. Illusions looks every inch an AGA game. For the two and a half of you out there that aren't quite convinced by all that, here's a slightly more in-depth review. Unlike its predecessors, Illusions provides only three tables, but don't let that put you off, since each table has been worked on until it plays like a dream, something that was not always true of all the tables in the previous releases. For instance, although I just love Stones n Bones and Partyland from Fantasies, I very rarely play Billion Dollar Gameshow or Speed Devils. On the other hand, all three Illusions tables get regular use, so for me, Illusions is better value for money, as I get three great tables rather than two great and two so-so tables. Of course, some of you might still have preferred four tables, and I'll admit that if Digital Illusions had provided four tables, I wouldn't have complained. However, this is absolutely NO REASON for not buying the game. A quick description of each table s

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