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The Most Realistic Pinball Simulation Yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 21
Date: February 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm a pinball fan, and I've spent the last few months trying every computer pinball game I could get my hands on. Most of them are terrible, with poor ball and flipper physics, choppy animation, etc. A couple are okay, but still aren't that fun to play.

And then there is Timeshock. The physics is very realistic, and it feels like you are playing on a real table. Furthermore, the table is very well designed, with a seemingly limitless supply of challenges for even the most skilled pinball aficionado. The other pinball games pale by comparison. It is the sweetest pinball simulation around.

Bottom line, if you are going to buy ANY computer pinball game out there, buy this one. I tired of the rest within a day or two. Timeshock has kept me coming back every day for several months, and it still has many challenges I haven't beaten. I love this game!

Very addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: February 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love computer pinball games, just as much if not more than the real thing. You can have up to four people taking turns. Just the other day three of my friends and I could not stop playing this game, sweat little competition we had. Its a good addictive challenge, trying to beat the different continents and time periods. There's a really fun video game mode you can reach as well that just racks in the points. Last but not least the host is a sexy woman computer voice. Give this game a shot. Everybody likes pinball.

Necomer in Wichita, Ks.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: March 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is, I think, for the advanced player. In my opinion it's to complex and doesn't offer a variety of optional tables/games. It takes to long to advance levels. Sound effects and music is very good, though. Definitely not for beginners, like me.

Simple perfection.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: March 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Timeshock! is as good as video pinball can get. It's as simple as that.

Beautiful graphics that'll make you think they photographed a real machine (ah, if a real Timeshock only existed!) Hordes of modes, bonuses and hidden features. Near-perfect ball physics. Lots of targets to shoot at. Fun for the novice, and configurable so that novices can practice and improve, but still challenging for the wizards among us. What more can I say? It's on a par with the classic tables from Williams, and that's something I never thought I'd say about video pinball.

(This game is difficult at first, but persevere. It feels so much like a real machine that if you're not good at the real ones, a sim this complex can be daunting -- but the rewards are WELL worth it.)

Great game for pinball enthusiasts

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: July 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Owning this game is like owning an actual pinball machine. The table graphics, the ball movement simulation, and the various mechanical sounds on the table are incredibly realistic. The internal record-keeping, table settings & features, and testing modes of the table can be accessed or adjusted just as you would a real machine. Even the manual resembles a real pinball machine's operation manual. And of course you get great gameplay, since the table design is terrfic.

Casual gamers beware. This is HARD game to play. Missions and quests are lengthy, and subquests are abundant, including a video game mode on the matrix display which I've never passed 2nd level. This is also, I think, the hardest game in the Pro Pinball series. You can make it easier by adjusting table settings such as giving yourself extra balls and so on, but you won't be able to do those unless you've completed several hours of gameplay.

Stunning

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

PRO PINBALL TimeShock is a pinball addict's dream. It has many challenges and goals that are played on the table's video screen. It can run quick on even the slowest of computers. It's audio and music is all done in Dolby SurroundSound to produce a very amazing effect when using your stereo earphones. It is truly a state of the art experience. This is a cheap way to relive the excitement of the past's exciting pinball machines, which unfortunately, are few and far between nowadays.

Pro Pinball's worst

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I own all the Pro Pinball series games and DO NOT like this one. I stopped playing after 5 minutes and haven't touched it since. An extremely challenging game, it was just to difficult to be fun. I'd recommend any one of their other games (The Web, Fantastic Journey, Big Race USA) over this one any day.

INCREDIBLE game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I played this game almost nonstop for a week! If you love pinball, heck, even if you DON'T love pinball, this game is AWESOME!! The physics are VERY realistic, the graphics are INCREDIBLE, and its just a BLAST to play!

There is a large variety in what can happen in this game, so replay value is very high. You can play this game hundreds of times and just not get bored of it!

I HIGHLY recommend this game!

BEST PINBALL GAME EVER!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Pro-Pinball Timeshock is the best game because it's so realistic, and now there's no having to go out to try and find a pinball game to play. With this game you can have all the fun of playing pinball right at home. My husband and I just can't get enough of it, we spend endless hours playing it. It's the best thing that Empire Interactive invented.

big fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Its a verry good game and I played it a lot on my old computer (system windows 98)but Ican hardly play it on my new one (windows xp)can you tell me if I can download other drivers or are they not availeble.
With friendly greetings J.J.Vermeulen (Holland)

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