Ruiner Pinball
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| Developer(s) | High Voltage Software |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Platform(s) | Atari Jaguar |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Pinball |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Ruiner Pinball is a 3D pinball video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by Atari for Atari Jaguar in 1995.
Plot
Ruiner table setting: Set in 1962, during the Cold War, as nuclear war is imminent. The player has to bring down the DEFCON level from level 5 to 1 and launch the attack on an enemy country while defending his own.
Tower table setting: An adventurer enters a sinister tower to defeat the wicked sorceress and her evil minions. The player has to make her cast three spells to bring down her tower and then escape before it's too late.
Reception
While originally planned as one of the system's definitive titles (such as Tetris for the Game Boy, or the Mario Brothers series for the Nintendo product line), sales of the Jaguar system suffered due to increased competition from Sega and Sony systems [1] As a result, few players had an opportunity to play the game, substantially impacting its uptake among the gaming public. A latter reliease of the Jaguar in the UK in partnership with retailer Game brought modest sales, but little acclaim as the game was by then years behind current technology.