True Pinball
From Sega Retro
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
True Pinball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Ocean Software (US, Europe), Gaga Communications (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Digital Illusions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: 3D Planet (IT), Ecofilmes (PT), Roadshow Interactive (AU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (49 tracks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Table (Pinball) (テーブル(ピンボール))[1], Table[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-8 (alternating) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This short article is in need of work. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.
True Pinball, known as Tekkyuu: True Pinball (鉄球 トゥルー・ピンボール) in Japan, is a pinball game released for the Sega Saturn in 1996.
Contents
Gameplay
True Pinball is an enhanced remake of the Digital Illusions' 1995 Amiga/DOS game Pinball Illusions, featuring the same four tables (Law 'n Justice, Babewatch, Extreme Sports and The Vikings, the latter originally added as a DOS exclusive) with graphical and audio upgrades to suit more advanced hardware. The major difference between True Pinball and Pinball Illusions is the addition of pre-rendered 3D modes - whereas Pinball Illusions only allows you to play the tables from a top-down perspective, True Pinball renders them at an angle, simulating depth (and a more realistic perspective for the user) and reducing the amount of scrolling needed to see the entire table.
The game can be played either in a low resolution 3D mode, a high resolution 3D mode or in a similar 2D mode found in the original game. Other tweaks include altered music, more speech and altered menus.
Though the tables are more detailed in the Saturn version, it is still considered to be out-classed by the DOS version of Pinball Illusions, primarily due to the fact the maximum screen resolution there is 800x600, resulting in sharper graphics. Also, as the tables were not originally designed for 3D, many elements, particularly towards the top of the screen, are obscured by scenery. Also scrolling, which is not always desirable by the user, is not completely eliminated (unlike Digital Pinball: Last Gladiators, released for the Saturn a few months prior in 1995).
Tables
Law 'n Justice | |
---|---|
Babewatch | |
Extreme Sports | |
The Vikings | |
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
---|---|---|
English | True Pinball | True Pinball |
English (US) | True Pinball | True Pinball |
Japanese | 鉄球 トゥルー・ピンボール | Tekkyuu: True Pinball |
Comparisons
- Main article: True Pinball/Comparisons.
Magazine articles
- Main article: True Pinball/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: True Pinball/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Sega Retro Average | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
72 | |
---|---|
Based on 24 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: True Pinball/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:TruePinball Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 40
- ↑ http://sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-15 06:01)
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-05-20), page 17
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Computer & Video Games, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-02-09), page 40
- ↑ Consoles +, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 117
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 25
- ↑ Famitsu, "1996-04-12" (JP; 1996-03-29), page 1
- ↑ Freak, "2/96" (IL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Informer, "September 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ Joypad, "Février 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
- ↑ MAN!AC, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-08), page 59
- ↑ Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 145
- ↑ Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 70
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-0x-xx), page 82
- ↑ Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 177
- ↑ Player One, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 114
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 12" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 70
- ↑ Sega News, "Prosinec 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 15
- ↑ Sega Power, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-15), page 34
- ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-01-24), page 84
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 236
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16
- ↑ Sonic the Comic, "7 June 1996" (UK; 1996-05-25), page 10
- ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 59
- ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-29), page 84
- ↑ Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 96
True Pinball | |
---|---|
Main page | Comparisons | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Reception | Promotional material | Technical information
Prototypes: 1996-04-01
|
- 1-8 player games
- JP Saturn games
- All JP games
- US Saturn games
- All US games
- EU Saturn games
- All EU games
- DE Saturn games
- All DE games
- PT Saturn games
- All PT games
- UK Saturn games
- All UK games
- IT Saturn games
- All IT games
- PL Saturn games
- All PL games
- AU Saturn games
- All AU games
- Saturn games
- 1996 Saturn games
- All 1996 games
- Saturn table games
- All table games
- Saturn games with Cinepak video
- All games
- Stubs
- True Pinball