Stern Pinball Arcade
Stern Pinball Arcade is a pinball simulation video game developed by FarSight Studios and a spin-off of their earlier title The Pinball Arcade. This game includes recreations of pinball machines manufactured or licensed by Stern Pinball Inc., which also owns the rights to machines from Data East and Sega Pinball. Available for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows and macOS (through Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Samsung Gear VR, Nintendo Switch.
Stern Pinball Arcade
- Date
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Genre
- casual game · simulation video game
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Stern Pinball Arcade is a pinball simulation video game developed by FarSight Studios and a spin-off of their earlier title The Pinball Arcade. This game includes recreations of pinball machines manufactured or licensed by Stern Pinball Inc., which also owns the rights to machines from Data East and Sega Pinball. Available for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows and macOS (through Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Samsung Gear VR, Nintendo Switch.
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• Title — Stern Pinball Arcade • Developer — FarSight Studios, Stern Pinball Inc. • Publisher — Stern Pinball Inc. System 3 (EUR) • Platforms — Android, iOS, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Samsung Gear VR, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • Released — Samsung Gear VRJune 2, 2016PlayStation 4November 15, 2016Xbox OneNovember 28, 2016AndroidDecember 24, 2016iOSDecember 24, 2016Steam (Windows, macOS)December 24, 2016Nintendo SwitchDecember 12, 2017
Development
Development
The game was announced on September 20, 2015 by FarSight Studios in partnership with Stern Pinball Inc. The game was revealed on May 2, 2016 to promote the subsequently cancelled Kickstarter campaign for the AC/DC pinball machine. Due to a new partnership, the intended funding was no longer necessary. The first four tables launched for the game on Samsung Gear VR included Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Star Trek and Starship Troopers. With the exception of Star Trek, these tables were previously released for The Pinball Arcade. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was released as a free table for the game. The Steam (Windows) version released on December 22, 2016 to "Very Negative" reviews, owing to widespread frustration with an apparently incomplete and buggy interface and inability to purchase DLC. Players recommending the game praised Farsight granting access to tables already purchased for The Pinball Arcade and expressed hope that issues would be resolved in the future.
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• Table — Table Type — Manufacturer — Year — Season — Table Pack — iOS — AND — WIN/mOS STM — PS4 — XONE — NS — Wii U — Oculus Rift — Gear VR • Ripley's Believe It or Not! — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Stern — 2004 — 1 — data-sort-value="-1"|Core • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Sega — 1995 — 1 — data-sort-value="0"|Free • Star Trek (Vengeance Premium/Enterprise Limited Edition) — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Stern — 2013 — 1 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Starship Troopers — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Sega — 1997 — 1 — data-sort-value="0"|Core — | • AC/DC (Premium/Let There Be Rock and Back in Black Limited Editions) (Delisted July 1, 2019) — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Stern — 2012 — 1 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Mustang (Premium "Boss") — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Stern — 2014 — 2 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Harley-Davidson, 3rd Edition — Solid State (Dot Matrix) — Stern (Originally Sega Pinball) — 2004 (1999) — 2 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Last Action Hero — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Data East — 1993 — 2 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • High Roller Casino — Solid State (Dot Matrix) — Stern — 2001 — 2 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Phantom of the Opera — Solid State (Alphanumeric) — Data East — 1990 — 2 — data-sort-value="0"|Core • Ghostbusters (Premium) — Solid State (Dot-Matrix) — Stern — 2016 — DLC — data-sort-value="0"|DLC
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Lewis Ward for IDC said the static frame of reference leant itself to prolonged VR gameplay.
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