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Best pinball sim I've seen yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played about half these tables in real life. All simulations of the tables I'm familiar with are accurate, including the annoying erratic flipper delay on machines that had annoying erratic flipper delay. The two-handed control (the left hand uses the nunchuk) is the most natural I've run across. The tables span several decades, which means you probably won't like all of them but you will almost certainly like some of them.

Pinball Hall of Fame

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is lots of fun as I have spent many hours on it already, and yes, you can tilt the "machine." It brought back memories of my youth and is almost like playing the real game!

Time Warp

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Most fun I've had playing video games at home. I'm having so much fun, my 9 year old would rather watch me play than play himself. Although we have and he too enjoys it. Very realistic!!

Cool Game - Recommend for all Ages!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is totally awesome. Our friends came by on a Friday night and ate pizza and beer, and played this pinball game for hours. You can also have a Williams Challenge which gives you extra credits. The Tournament was great also. I'm glad I purchased this game. The Graphics and Music are the best quality. I really enjoyed the FunHouse game the most.

fantastic fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

we purchased this game a few weeks ago and have not been able to stop playing. especially "funhouse". if we never used our wii for anything else, it was worth getting the console just to be able to play this pinball game. make sure you do get the nunchucks. it's a whole lot more fun to be able to use both hands when playing--it feels like you're at an actual machine. and be careful not to tilt!

surprisingly, my favorite wii game so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I saw this game about Williams pinball I had to pick it up and look, yet I almost didn't buy it because I didn't fall in love with pinball until High Speed and this didn't have any of my favorite tables in it. But due to a half-off your 2nd purchase offer, this was only ten bucks, and now I can say I would've gladly paid 50 bucks for it.

Little annoyances, like pulling the plunger with your left thumb when it's actually on the right, get forgotten after you've played a few times. Being so much like the real thing was surprising, the attention to detail astounding (you even hear the pinball clink when it hits metal). In trying to represent what was originally a real, physical, non-video game, the limitations of the Wii graphics stand out more than any other game, yet it still looks great. The actual game-play was, to me, almost indistinguishable from the real thing. The "camera" angle moves around the table effectively. And, these are still some good, fun tables.

If I had this much fun (and part of the fun is in the astonishment of how realistically this game mimics real pinball) playing games I didn't particularly like, I can't wait until they come out with my all-time favorites like Police Force, Addams Family, and the greatest one of all, Star Trek: The Next Generation. If you like pinball at all, buy this.

Nearly perfect simulations

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played a *lot* of pinball and have owned a number of games. The games included in this Wii title are pretty good reproductions of their "real" counterparts all of which I have played on many occasions. The one flaw in this game is the occasionally incorrect ball action. That is, balls sometimes behave in an unnaturally excited manner - moving much faster off the slingshots, pop bumpers, and posts than you would ever see on a real game. This, combined with the somewhat sluggish response of the flippers, can result in balls zipping past the flippers or into the outlanes in an unnatural way. As mentioned, the flippers are ever so slightly sluggish - not quite as responsive as those on a real game. This delay between pushing the buttons on the wiimote and nunchuck and the activation of the flippers is probably about 0.05 seconds more than on a real machine. It's just enough to be noticeable and a bit distracting if you are an experienced pinball player. You can adjust to this pretty quickly, however. Aside from these minor quibbles, the simulation is impressive - complete with very good instructions on all of the games, several viewing modes and angles for each game, and fun playing modes. You can jostle the game with each hand independently using the motion sensors on the Wiimote and nunchuck - very satisfying and natural. The use of the joystick on the nunchuck to pull back the plunger to launch balls with controlled force was a great choice. It's a great equivalent to the spring action on a real machine. It's great to see these classic games so faithfully reproduced on the Wii. I recommend the game to anyone who enjoys or is curious about pinball. I'd love to see more releases featuring other great games such as Addams Family, Twilight Zone, Theater of Magic, and so on. After all, they have the physics engine pretty well dialed in already - just need to fix some of the hyper-ball bugs!

As good as it gets!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Love this game. Awesome gameplay-- just like playing the real thing! I totally recommend it if you are a pinball fanatic.

Old times relived!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is such a joy to play. Reminds me of the old arcades. The one feature I wish they would have added was a backdoor to unlock every table within the game. Other than that, if you like pinball you will love this game.

Almost Like The Real Thing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I used to own the pinball machine Sorcerer years ago and have always missed it. I bought this hoping it would give me a taste of the "real" machine. After playing it, I'd have to say Williams Pinball Hall Of Fame has exceeded my expectations. It is a lot of fun to play and doesn't take up the space of a real pinball machine plus you get 10 machines in one. I would definitely recommend this Wii game to anyone.

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