Addiction Pinball
Addiction Pinball is a pinball video game developed by Team17 and published by MicroProse for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It features tables based on two Team17 games, World Rally Fever and Worms. It was ported to the PlayStation in 1999 as Worms Pinball to capitalise on the success of the Worms franchise.
Also recorded as Worms Pinball
Addiction Pinball
- Date
- 1998
- Publisher
- MicroProse
- Language
- English
- Genre
- pinball video game
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The object
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The PlayStation version was published by Infogrames and was only released in Europe. A cut-down version for the Microsoft Windows was also released in 1998, also titled Worms Pinball, and was initially included in a Worms compilation pack containing Worms and Reinforcements United and Worms 2. It was also included with the first print run of Worms Blast for Microsoft Windows in 2002, and in 2012 was released on Steam. This version does not include the World Rally Fever table.
Documentary record
Addiction Pinball is a work recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (dated April 1998). The date recorded for Addiction Pinball is April 1998.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Addiction Pinball • Developer — Team17 • Publisher — MicroProse (PC) Infogrames (PS) • Platforms — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation • Released — Windows PlayStation • Genre — Pinball • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Tables
Tables
Addiction Pinball features two tables based on previous Team17 games.
World Rally Fever
World Rally Fever
• Illustration — World Rally Fever is the default pinball table in Addiction Pinball. Based on World Rally Fever, the WRF table is based around the theme of racing cars and car maintenance. The primary goal in this table, short of accruing the highest score, is to participate in various races.
Worms
Worms
• Illustration — Worms is the additional table included in Addiction Pinball. Based on the Worms series, the aim of this table is to complete missions and collect weapons in order to increase your rank and move on to the next of five areas—Arctic, Mars, Jungle, Desert and Hell. This table provides more space for the ball to travel and has more ramps and bonuses than its counterpart.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
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1998
Addiction Pinball published.
1998
Addiction Pinball is recorded as published in 1998.
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United Kingdom and England
Country
Addiction Pinball is associated with United Kingdom and England.
Country
Reception
Addiction Pinball received favourable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation called it "the smoothest-playing and best-looking pinball game we've seen." GamePro said, "One word sums up this game: Wow."
Re-releases
Addiction Pinball was re-released in 1999 on the Hasbro Interactive budget label as an "Action" title. It was also included in The Armageddon Collection, a 2000 compilation release pairing it with Worms Armageddon and a Worms Armageddon screensaver. The PSone version was also re-released in an Infogrames "Best Of" collection which also included Worms Armageddon and Infogrames' own Hogs of War. The Microsoft Windows version of Worms Pinball, itself a cut-down version of Addiction Pinball featuring only the Worms table, was included with the first pressing of Worms Blast in the UK. More recently the game was re-released on Steam at the same time as the latest spin-off title, Worms Crazy Golf.
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Licensing
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Addiction Pinball, revision 1349291443 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Ocampo, Jason. Game touted as hard-core pinball simulation. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. 19 May 1998.
- 2.CBS Interactive. Addiction Pinball for PC. GameRankings.
- 3.Dembo, Arinn. Addiction Pinball. Gamecenter. CNET. 25 June 1998.
- 4.D'Aprile, Jason. Addiction Pinball. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. 20 July 1998.
- 5.Clarkson, Mark. Addiction Pinball. Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 171. 233. October 1998.
- 6.Shamma, Tahsin. Addiction Pinball Review [date mislabeled as "April 29, 2000"]. GameSpot. Fandom. 18 June 1998.
- 7.Clarksmith, Ross. Addiction Pinball. Hyper. Next Media Pty Ltd. 57. 79. July 1998.
- 8.Harris, Craig. Addiction Pinball. IGN. Ziff Davis. 30 July 1998.
- 9.Kornifex. Test: Worms Pinball. Jeuxvideo.com. Webedia. 16 November 1999.
- 10.Imagine Media. Addiction Pinball. Next Generation. 45. 138. September 1998.
- 11.Pierce, Matthew. Worms Pinball. Official UK PlayStation Magazine. Future Publishing. 55. 126. February 2000.
- 12.Imagine Media. Addiction Pinball. PC Gamer. 1998.
- 13.Dan Elektro. Addiction Pinball. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. 119. 87. August 1998.
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