3-D Ultra Pinball (video game)

3-D Ultra Pinball is video game released in 1995, and is the first game in 3-D Ultra Pinball video game series.

3-D Ultra Pinball
Cover art for 3-D Ultra Pinball
Developer(s)Dynamix
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Series3-D Ultra Pinball
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Macintosh
ReleaseOctober 25, 1995
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The original 3-D Ultra Pinball game was released in 1995. This 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.

Reception

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]

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.[3] According to Sierra On-Line, its sales surpassed 250,000 copies by the end of March 1996.[4]

Development

A port on the Sega Saturn was planned, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.[5]

Reviews

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. Archived from the original on 1999-02-25. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  3. Staff (February 26, 1997). "1996 PC Best Sellers". Next Generation. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. Sierra On-Line Form 10-K (Report). Bellevue, Washington. March 31, 1996. pp. 7–9. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018.
  5. "File:SSM JP 19960726 1996-12.pdf" (PDF). Sega Retro. 2021-04-03. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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