WIZA PINBALL

OUT NOW TBA

PINBA

CONTROL JOYPAD

GAM DIFFICULTY MEDIUM CONEINUES 5 SKILL LEVELS

RESPONSIVENESS SNIOOTHISH

Well, ifs Hippin pmball inniE 7 ball tables with As hashing lights i and Mips mid elneli-halls and n stuff. p i n -

MORI! diklikr

Flip those flip. pin' flippers. ballet those ramps and

notch up as many points as YOU can

EIZATWI

53 4 t i 0 0

can't help against It. not clever1 it. I'm sorry, I've fought toed myself its not big, it's and nobody's going to

impressed — most of you probably don't even remember The Who, never mind

1.61

, 111 rir as ei si ee l T o m m y , h u t t h e u r g e i s J u s t o v e r whelming._ oh, God, it's coming... it's here: "He's a pinball wizard it hes to be • twist, that pinball wizard got such a supple wrist (orhum) that deaf dumb and blind kid au plays a mean pinball... tumpty tun', etc. etc, ad lib to fade". Right, its out, could have belieworse. I guess, now, on with the review.

There's not a whole bell of a lot to say really' this is pinball pure and simple. Rev up your ball, put it into action then flip, flip and flip again with the see separate flippers at your disposal. bashing bumpers, mounting ramps. lighting lights and going hell for leather for extra bails. bonus levels or even better. multi-ball. l i o -

BALL

BLITZ

The best bit ot this game, as in the teal thing, is the multi-ball feature. its not easy to attain, you have to aim your ball at some hard to reach targets and then light all the MAGIC letters at the top. Once this is accomplished you're off with three fast-moving balls careering maniacally around the table.

if III] kTA

• o '

Look, Steve's Isere to welcome you to

his special bonus room.

tut

tr.

COMMENT

Compared to my all-time (awe pinball game. Dragon's Fury. Pinball Wizard sadly doesn't hack it. On first play, I was riveted Ibeing a cone plate pinball fanatic) the main table is fa attractive to the. ball movement is t fast and smooth a the flippers are a bi t y but you can't aspect miracles from the Game

Gear. I was also taken by the bonus lee. els until I really got into them and

realised their shallow quality. Theball feature is pretty good but it's muN ha to get it and pretty short-lived. Soon my fascination turned to dissatisfaction, degenerating rapidly to boredom. Not totally bad, but not much cop either.

Wizard's be for some ti must admit I appointed result. I like of the ball, and convincing. sot so sure about t of the game as a Developing a II table is a precise art. the programmars h t quite grasped the maw Hal need for helms levels to be more I !want and more rewarding. If these requirements aren't met then there's ing to play for. Saying this. Wizard i totally bad, just a bit boring. STRICTLY BALLtifiTil k

It ain't good enough to just have one main table — you've got to have subtle twisty and turny things, secret bits and above all: bonus levels.Y Pinball Wizard does not let us down. You have to bash a few ramps a prerequisite number of times then the dragons around the edge oblig-1 ingly open their mouths, allowing you access to the Pyramid Tombs.

THE PHARAOH'S TOMB

Several creepy crawlies are scattered around and there's a bog Pharaoh-15h type thing on the centre of the room Disappointment number one, the spiders don't move. Hitting them though, causes the Pharaoh's face to crack letting a little mummy pop out ljust the one mind)!

THE DUNGEONS

Mount a certain ramp enough times to spell out the word DUNGEON in lights and the next time you enter a dragon's gob you're transported to the Dungeon bonus level — and a more deadly dull bonus room you're not likely to seel Hit a few rings a few times and you're rewarded with a surprise_ Probably_

A reasonable looking but nothing to G R A P 1 4 1 ‘ shout home about in any respect

The ball movement is last and super smooth V The flippers ere on the jerky side and ammatiou is minimal

, p

Typical tinny Game

Gear plInkety4 plonks

— i EFFFfl n E lV Ditto = M E M Esr lar J

etammenurrr

Fluid controls and 7_ a nicely-executed , )/ feature. , V The bonus levels are a let down

V You might squeeze a few hours, maybe even a days fun Out of this one but the appeal soon

wanes..

OVERALL I

Good in spots but this pinball jaunt lacks longevity and real. ly could and should have been a lot better.