So close to perfection... and yet with an Achilles' Heel the size of a monster truck... :/ Today on Ancient DOS Games, Gemini's taking a look at the Pinball Gold Pack, a 1996 culmination of all FIVE of the DOS Pinball releases published by 21st Century Entertainment up to that point in time, with the developers involved being Digital Illusions on some of the original Amiga releases, Spidersoft on one Amiga release and three DOS releases, and FrontLine Design handling two of the DOS releases. Strap in; there's TWENTY pinball tables to go through here! :o ------------------------------------------ Additional Information and Corrections: * To grab a copy of the Pinball Gold Pack from GOG, follow this link: https://www.gog.com/en/game/pinball_gold_pack/?pp=91dfde1d6e005e422f64a59776234f1f4c80b5e4 * Something I neglected to mention since it only shows up in Pinball Fantasies is that is has a Match feature in its tables, which is odd considering that normally a Match feature in Pinball is simply for awarding additional credits after a game is finished. In Pinball Fantasies, hitting a match awards an extra ball, thus why the match is run BEFORE high scores are input! * Most of the tables in these programs also have a feature to give you your ball back if you lose it without hitting any scoring elements on the table, again something you find on real pins, however the Pinball Illusions pack goes one step further by having a timed ball save in all of its tables at the start of every ball, again much like most pins from the 90s! ------------------------------------------ Pixelmusement Website: https://www.pixelships.com ADG on Pixelmusement: https://www.pixelships.com/adg Alphabetical Index of ADG Episodes: https://www.pixelships.com/adg/index2.html Kris' Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/kasick @Pixelmusement on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pixelmusement ------------------------------------------ Chapters: 00:00 Title and Intro 03:27 Game Stats 06:01 General Gameplay 11:20 Pinball Dreams 12:34 (Dreams) Ignition 13:09 (Dreams) Steel Wheel 13:50 (Dreams) Beat Box 14:29 (Dreams) Nightmare 14:52 Pinball Dreams 2 15:23 (Dreams 2) Neptune 16:05 (Dreams 2) Safari 16:32 (Dreams 2) Revenge of the Robot Warriors 17:33 (Dreams 2) Stall Turn 18:01 Pinball Fantasies 18:46 (Fantasies) Party Land 20:17 (Fantasies) Speed Devils 20:57 (Fantasies) Billion Dollar Game Show 21:22 (Fantasies) Stones n' Bones 22:11 Pinball Mania 23:03 (Mania) Tarantula 23:57 (Mania) Jailbreak 24:50 (Mania) Kick Off 25:36 (Mania) Jackpot 26:03 Pinball Illusions 26:41 (Illusions) Law 'n Justice 28:09 (Illusions) Babewatch 29:08 (Illusions) Extreme Sports 29:36 (Illusions) The Vikings 31:19 Overall 32:23 DOSBox Configuration 33:51 Credits