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Pinball

Pinball is a pinball simulation for one or two players. You begin the game with five balls, and need to score as many points as possible by hitting the ball into the various bumpers and targets on the pinball…

31 December 1983

Pinball is an arcade developed by Mattel, released 31 December 1983 on Intellivision.

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What Pinball is

Pinball is an arcade game developed by Mattel and released in 1983. It was published by Digiplay. It is available on Intellivision only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pinball is a pinball simulation for one or two players. You begin the game with five balls, and need to score as many points as possible by hitting the ball into the various bumpers and targets on the pinball table. The pinball table consists of three different screens, each with a different layout and level of difficulty. To advance from one screen to the next, you need to use a single ball to hit several targets and then get the ball into a white cup that appears. If you are on the second or third screen and the ball falls off the bottom, you will be back to the lower screen; if the ball falls off the bottom screen you will lose that ball. The game ends when all five balls have been lost.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Pinball launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Pinball come out?
Pinball was released on 31 December 1983 for Intellivision.

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