Hollywood Pinball
Hollywood Pinball is a 1999 pinball video game developed by Tarantula Studios, first published by Take-Two Interactive Software in the EU for Game Boy Color in April 1999. Unreleased within the United States. A pinball game with several different themed tables taking inspiration from popular movies of the time.
Hollywood Pinball
- Date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Take-Two Interactive
- Genre
- pinball video game
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Hollywood Pinball is a 1999 pinball video game developed by Tarantula Studios, first published by Take-Two Interactive Software in the EU for Game Boy Color in April 1999. Unreleased within the United States. A pinball game with several different themed tables taking inspiration from popular movies of the time.
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• Title — Hollywood Pinball • Developer — Tarantula Studios • Publisher — Take-Two Interactive • Platforms — Game Boy Color • Released — April 1999 • Genre — Pinball • Modes — Single-player
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• Illustration — The Shark! table The game begins with a re-worked rendition of 20th Century Fox's fanfare. The game is played on seven tables each of which is unofficially themed on a Hollywood film. These are Shark (inspired by Jaws), Terror Dactyl, Ancient Temple of the Aztecs (Indiana Jones), Motel Hell (Psycho), Galaxy Wars (Star Wars/Star Trek), Double Agent (James Bond), and The Legend of Robin Hood. The tune on Robin Hood is recognizable, but the others have music similar to, but different from well-known theme tunes.
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Total Game Boy rated the game at 64%, with frustration at losing sight of the ill-defined ball. A second reviewer for Total Game Boy gave it 88%, but gave lower scores for individual elements such as sound which it called "functional at best". Planet Game Boy found it tolerable to play in black & white, but questioned a pinball game using such a small playing window. The game was criticized for being repetitive. CVG found the tables to be quite basic, and the scrolling to be nauseating.
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- 1.Hollywood Pinball. Kotaku. 2016-11-13.
- 2.Huhtala, Alex. Mini reviews. Computer And Video Games. 209. 54. April 1999.
- 3.Review Hollywood Pinball. Planet Game Boy. 1. 41. Summer 1999.
- 4.Reviews: Hollywood Pinball. Total Game Boy. 2. 34. 1999.
- 5.Total Game Boy reviews. Total Game Boy. 5. 31. September 1999.
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