3-D Ultra Pinball Series

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3-D Ultra Pinball Series


3-D Ultra Pinball Series
Release Dates:  1995-2000
Developer(s): Dynamix
Publisher: Sierra
Release Label: Sierra Attractions
Designer(s): Kyle Miller
Category: Games
Type: Full
Genres: Action, Arcade
Themes: Pinball, Top Down Top Down
Engines: Unknown or Unnamed
Platforms: Windows 3x, Windows, Macintosh, Game Boy Color
Localizations: English, French, German, Portuguese
Website: www.dynamix.com (Web Archive)




Description

Dynamix's 3-D Ultra Pinball series is part of the 3-D Ultra series. These original game is based on the space simulation game Outpost. There are three tables named "Colony", "Command Post", and "Mine". Each table holds a set of five challenges. Smaller "mini-tables" are featured with their own set of flippers. The goal is to build and launch a starship, completing the game's entire course.


Games in Series


About

Wikipedia wrote:

Reviewing the Macintosh version, a Next Generation critic commented that "there is some substance to the argument that pinball is not a game meant for the monitor, but 3-D Ultra Pinball works, and it works very well". He particularly praised the fact that the graphics and physics both include elements not possible on a real pinball table, while remaining "true to the pinball spirit". Despite this, he gave it only two out of five stars.[1] It received a score of 3.5 out of 5 from MacUser.[2]

CNET said "For pinball players who like the idea of computer razzamatazz to enliven the game and suggest new playing possibilities, 3-D Ultra Pinball is a great twist on an old classic"[3]

According to market research firm PC Data, 3-D Ultra Pinball was the 18th-best-selling computer game in the United States for the year 1996.[4] According to Sierra On-Line, its sales surpassed 250,000 copies by the end of March 1996.[5]


Series Collections


Compilations


Freeware/Extras/Mini Games

  • None


Demos


Downloads

Links to individual game installers can be found on each game's page.

Patches

  • None Available


References

  1. ↑ "3-D Ultra Pinball". Next Generation. No. 13. Imagine Media. January 1996. p. 168.
  2. ↑ LeVitus, Bob (June 1996). "The Game Room". MacUser.
  3. ↑ Scisco, Peter. "3-D Ultra Pinball". CNET.
  4. ↑ Staff (February 26, 1997). "1996 PC Best Sellers". Next Generation.
  5. ↑ Sierra On-Line Form 10-K (Report). Bellevue, Washington. March 31, 1996. pp. 7–9.


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