Video Pinball (Atari 2600)
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Video Pinball is a video game released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1980. Although its graphics are blocky and crude by modern standards, Video Pinball was among the first video game pinball simulations. Earlier attempts at pinball simulation, such as the earlier multi-game Atari Video Pinball dedicated console and Chicago Coin's Super Flipper arcade game, were simply variations of earlier Pong or Breakout games. Video Pinball for the Atari 2600 featured actual simulations of a pinball machine ball shooter, flippers, bumpers and spinners. The game also implemented a crude simulation of a real ball's actual physics. The game also features a unique rollover bonus with an Atari logo on the playfield; hitting the logo four times results in an extra ball. [1]
[edit] Gameplay
Most of the gameplay involves learning how to perform specific functions, such as launching the ball or activating the flippers, with the Atari 2600 joystick. Moving the joystick controller down pulls the pinball machine plunger back while pressing the joystick button shoots the ball into the playfield. The left and right flippers are activated by moving the joystick controller left or right. The ball can be nudged (as in nudging a table gently in real life) by holding down the joystick button and moving the controller in a particular direction.
[edit] See also
- Video Pinball (arcade game)
- Raster Blaster
- Midnight Magic (Atari 2600)
