Prepare to enter the vast expanse of the Milky Way. Put your pinball skills to an interstellar test with four incredible space tables. Blast your pinball at rotating planets and turn them into dust in the Cosmic world. Send your puck flying through galactic formations in the deep-space Colony. Defeat an evil skeleton and hit the ultimate UFO jackpot! Knock down multiple rings and destroy wicked assailants in an Alien place. Defy arduous obstacles and save the world from impending devastation!
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A pretty solid pinball offering
This one makes use of the 3D by tilting the viewing angle of the table so that the bottom end is closer and the top end is off in the distance. There's good use of layering with rails appearing on different levels and the 3D effect is quite good overall. They also decided to go with a puck instead of a ball, possibly because it might be easier to animate in 3D? I'm not sure but the puck slides along the table with the physics you would expect, almost like it's an air hockey puck. Each D-pad controls one of the flippers and it plays a good game of pinball.
Each of the 4 available tables offers their own gimmicks to help keep each table feeling fresh and each one carries a space theme.
Cosmic is a pretty basic table, There's a planet like object in the top left you can enter for bonuses and bumpers in the top right but otherwise it is your standard pinball table
Colony is the the standout for me. A list of locations appear in the middle of the table and there's arrows pointing to which hole you need to hit the ball into to progress to the next area which helps keep you going for things other than a high score. On top of that you'll be attacked by asteroids every so often and your puck will lift off the table and transform into a shooter that will let you shoot the asteroids for bonus points. It's a really engaging table and I love it.
UFO starts off with a giant UFO at the top and you can earn bonus points by entering the left hole before it flies off. Otherwise it's a pretty standard table and may be a bit too small.
Alien is the other highlight. This one seems like your standard double flipper table but if you can get the ball into the hole at the top, you can cause the bumpers to morph into an alien that will net you plenty bonus points if you can hit it enough times and enter the right hole. It's a fun and engaging table overall.
4 tables for a pinball game from around this era isn't too bad and each one offering a unique experience is pretty cool too. On top of that Galactic Pinball makes pretty good use of the 3D effect, helping emphasise the layers of each table and making this a pretty solid Virtual Boy title
This one makes use of the 3D by tilting the viewing angle of the table so that the bottom end is closer and the top end is off in the distance. There's good use of layering with rails appearing on different levels and the 3D effect is quite good overall. They also decided to go with a puck instead of a ball, possibly because it might be easier to animate in 3D? I'm not sure but the puck slides along the table with the physics you would expect, almost like it's an air hockey puck. Each D-pad controls one of the flippers and it plays a good game of pinball.
Each of the 4 available tables offers their own gimmicks to help keep each table feeling fresh and each one carries a space theme.
Cosmic is a pretty basic table, There's a planet like object in the top left you can enter for bonuses and bumpers in the top right but otherwise it is your standard pinball table
Colony is the the standout for me. A list of locations appear in the middle of the table and there's arrows pointing to which hole you need to hit the ball into to progress to the next area which helps keep you going for things other than a high score. On top of that you'll be attacked by asteroids every so often and your puck will lift off the table and transform into a shooter that will let you shoot the asteroids for bonus points. It's a really engaging table and I love it.
UFO starts off with a giant UFO at the top and you can earn bonus points by entering the left hole before it flies off. Otherwise it's a pretty standard table and may be a bit too small.
Alien is the other highlight. This one seems like your standard double flipper table but if you can get the ball into the hole at the top, you can cause the bumpers to morph into an alien that will net you plenty bonus points if you can hit it enough times and enter the right hole. It's a fun and engaging table overall.
4 tables for a pinball game from around this era isn't too bad and each one offering a unique experience is pretty cool too. On top of that Galactic Pinball makes pretty good use of the 3D effect, helping emphasise the layers of each table and making this a pretty solid Virtual Boy title
played on 3ds in stereoscopic 3D.
Fine version of pinball, I don't think the 3D effects made a big difference here. There were a couple instances where it was cool, like shooting the comets, but it would have been fine without it.
Fine version of pinball, I don't think the 3D effects made a big difference here. There were a couple instances where it was cool, like shooting the comets, but it would have been fine without it.
Virtual Boy Complete - Game #4
There are echoes of a great pinball game in Galactic Pinball, the physics are fantastic, and I had no problems getting the puck where it needs to go, even without using the tilt (which is there, mind you). The game feels a bit less gimmicky than Nintendo's IP-based pinball offerings (even if a bit more so than something like generic NES Pinball or Revenge of the 'Gator), which is welcome to me at least.
So, why is it only getting 5 out of 10 stars? Simple: the boards. The boards are barren and deserted, most of them are just empty space with a single gimmick either in the middle or to the left, and maybe something at the top - the most populated is the Colony board, which is also the most fun (even if it still doesn't feel as zippy and bumpy as a 3D pinball game should be), if every board was fun as the Colony, this would be a 7/10, but even that suffers from having a meteor-shooting minigame with strange controls, where it's basically impossible to time the shooting right.
Good soundtrack though, as to be expected from the red menace.
There are echoes of a great pinball game in Galactic Pinball, the physics are fantastic, and I had no problems getting the puck where it needs to go, even without using the tilt (which is there, mind you). The game feels a bit less gimmicky than Nintendo's IP-based pinball offerings (even if a bit more so than something like generic NES Pinball or Revenge of the 'Gator), which is welcome to me at least.
So, why is it only getting 5 out of 10 stars? Simple: the boards. The boards are barren and deserted, most of them are just empty space with a single gimmick either in the middle or to the left, and maybe something at the top - the most populated is the Colony board, which is also the most fun (even if it still doesn't feel as zippy and bumpy as a 3D pinball game should be), if every board was fun as the Colony, this would be a 7/10, but even that suffers from having a meteor-shooting minigame with strange controls, where it's basically impossible to time the shooting right.
Good soundtrack though, as to be expected from the red menace.
THIS SHIT'S GALACTIC
A decent lil pinball game. While not the best pinball I've seen (mostly due to the platform it's on) it's still a pretty fun time. One problem tho, UFO is one of the worst pinball tables I've ever played.
1. Alien
2. Cosmic
3. Colony
4. UFO
A decent lil pinball game. While not the best pinball I've seen (mostly due to the platform it's on) it's still a pretty fun time. One problem tho, UFO is one of the worst pinball tables I've ever played.
1. Alien
2. Cosmic
3. Colony
4. UFO
It's a decent Pinball game. I enjoyed playing it for a bit. I don't really have much else to say, I mean if you like Pinball you will probably find some enjoyment in this game.
The virtual boy’s least offensive game.
It’s fuckin’ pinball for the 50th time on a Nintendo console what do you want me to say! I’m really sick of Pinball games it’s always the same damn thing and this one has no visual flair, even Space Cadet Pinball looks cooler!
But hey, if you want to play pinball and you only have a virtual boy on you that’ll do the trick, that scenario is more likely than you might think.
It’s fuckin’ pinball for the 50th time on a Nintendo console what do you want me to say! I’m really sick of Pinball games it’s always the same damn thing and this one has no visual flair, even Space Cadet Pinball looks cooler!
But hey, if you want to play pinball and you only have a virtual boy on you that’ll do the trick, that scenario is more likely than you might think.