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Pinball machines where there by the zillion… almost, and I was blown away by a machine I haven’t clapped eyes on in almost 25 years – Pinbot! In fact, I remember once doing so well on the machine at Uni that I played for THREE HOURS on a single 50p and missed one of my lectures. What attracted me to it is the way that if you do well enough, its ‘eyes’ open up at the top of the machin, and you have to get a ball into one of them. Then it’ll give you a replacement and THAT must also go into the other eye, at which point Pinbot tells you it can see you. Yes, it’s a Multiball game at that point, but it’s orgasmically good!
It was also joined by two sequels that I’d never heard of before: The Machine: Bride Of Pinbot and Jackbot: A Pinbot Adventure.
The machines below and many more are including in my Facebook pinball album.
Revenge From Mars in 3D was another triumph in uniqueness, since inbetween the usual top and bottom halves, there is a reflected videogame screen adding to the enjoyment. It must be incredibly complex to program but the end result is unsurpassable.
Last but not least was Nautilus, a pinball machine which pre-dates electronic score readouts and, even though my pictures don’t really do it justice, you can see right inside!
Go to page 7 for the PS4 games!
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.