Pro Pinball: The Web

Pro Pinball: The Web
Developer(s) Cunning Developments
Publisher(s)
Series Pro Pinball
Platform(s) PlayStation, MS-DOS, Sega Saturn, Macintosh (Mac OS 9 or earlier)
Release

PlayStation

  • EU: July 1996
  • NA: 30 September 1996

MS-DOS

  • NA: 31 August 1996

Sega Saturn

  • NA: 30 November 1996
  • EU: 1996
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Pro Pinball: The Web was the first of the Pro Pinball series of realistic computer pinball simulations.

Pro Pinball: The Web (Pro Pinball in North America) is an action video game developed by Cunning Developments for PlayStation, MS-DOS and Sega Saturn. It is the first game in the Pro Pinball series.

Background

Pro Pinball: The Web is notable for using graphics pre-rendered from an intricate 3D model.[1] Consequently, the game had superior graphical capabilities to other popular pinball games of the time, while playing at full speed on MS-DOS. The Web supports screen resolutions up to 1024x768 with 32,768 colours, and features Red Book CD-DA audio tracks.[2]

Reception

Pro Pinball: The Web received mixed reviews. Aggregating review website GameRankings gave the PC version 74.00% based on 1 review,[3] the Sega Saturn version 55.00% based on 2 reviews[4] and the PlayStation version 53.67% based on 3 reviews.[5]

The Web was named the 64th best computer game ever by PC Gamer UK in 1997. The editors wrote, "Nothing else has quite come close [...] to Pro Pinball's utterly convincing physics and slick presentation."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Compatibility - Pro Pinball: The Web - CodeWeavers". www.codeweavers.com. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Pro Pinball - The Web - Technical Specifications". Archived from the original on 1999-05-01. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  3. ↑ "Pro Pinball: The Web for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pro Pinball: The Web for Saturn". GameRankings. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Pro Pinball: The Web for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Flynn, James; Owen, Steve; Pierce, Matthew; Davis, Jonathan; Longhurst, Richard (July 1997). "The PC Gamer Top 100". PC Gamer UK (45): 51–83.
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