The Pinball of the Dead

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The Pinball of the Dead
System(s): Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Sega (Japan, Europe), THQ (US)
Developer:
Distributor: Infogrames (Europe)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Español
  • Italiano
    • Release Date RRP Code
    Game Boy Advance
    JP     		¥4,800 (5,040)4,800 (5,040)[3] AGB-P-AZOJ
    AGB-AZOJ-JPN
    Game Boy Advance
    US     		$39.9939.99[2] AGB-P-APDE
    AGB-APDE-USA
    ESRB: Teen
    Game Boy Advance
    EU     		AGB-P-APDP
    AGB-APDP-EUR
    PEGI: 7+
    Game Boy Advance
    DE     		AGB-P-APDP
    AGB-APDP-EUR
    USK: 6

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    The Pinball of the Dead (ザ・ピンボール・オブ・ザ・デッド) is a spin-off from the The House of the Dead series, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. As the name suggests, it is a pinball game, and is based on areas seen in The House of the Dead and The House of the Dead 2.

    Production credits

    SOA PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
    THQ PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
    • Vice President-Product Development: Michael Rubinelli
    • Executive Producer: Brian Christian
    • Producer: Derek C. Smith
    • Director of Quality Assurance: Jeremy S. Barnes
    • QA Technician: Mario Waibel
    • QA Database Administration: Jason Roberts
    • QA Manager: Monica Vallejo
    • Lead Testers: George Erwin Keith Michaelis
    • Tester: Shaun Denes
    THQ MARKETING
    • Vice President-Marketing: Peter Dille
    • Group Marketing Manager: Alison Quirion
    • Associate Product Manager: Heather Hall
    • Director- Creative Services: Howard Liebeskind
    • Creative Services Manager, Senior: Kathy Helgason
    • Creative Services Manager, Associate: Kirk Somdal
    • PR Manager: Reilly Brennan
    • Package Design: JAM Advertising
    • Special Thanks: Brian Farrell, Jeff Lapin, Alison Locke, Germaine Gioia, Robert Riley, Gordon Madison, Jack Suzuki, Ricardo Fischer, Christian Kenney, Paul Rivas, Stacey Mendoza, Julian Brummitt, Chaille Stidham
    Source:
    US manual

    Magazine articles

    Main article: The Pinball of the Dead/Magazine articles.

    Artwork

    • SegaTHQGBAArtAssets tPotD Boards r01.jpg
    • SegaTHQGBAArtAssets tPotD Boards r02.jpg
    • SegaTHQGBAArtAssets tPotD Boards r03.jpg
    • SegaTHQGBAArtAssets tPotD Boards r04.jpg

    Physical scans

    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Score Source
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    Based on
    0 review
    Sega Retro Average 
    Publication Version Score
    Advance (UK)
    70
    		[4]
    Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
    67
    		[5]
    Game Station (UK)
    80
    		[6]
    NGC Magazine (UK) PAL
    55
    		[7]
    Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
    70
    		[8]
    Nintendo Power (US) NTSC-U
    80
    		[9]
    Game Boy Advance
    		 70
    Based on
    6 reviews

    The Pinball of the Dead

    Game Boy Advance, US
    TPotD GBA US Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngTPotD GBA US Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    Game Boy Advance, EU
    TPotD GBA EU Box Front.jpg
    Cover
    Game Boy Advance, JP
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    Cover
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    Cart

    Technical information

    ROM dump status

    System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
    Game Boy Advance
     ?
    CRC32 a9dd7efa
    MD5 1b6af74f06ac7982e32f4f9803ba5f7c
    SHA-1 cc63fe2263ea43f6ae73d7fa06fc11148657623f
    		8MB Cartridge (EU)
    Game Boy Advance
    ✔
    CRC32 1a7efbd0
    MD5 fd844c83c46c99046204678f60646302
    SHA-1 72e54b0d7b305deef719087299a80c763e9debdf
    		8MB Cartridge (JP)
    Game Boy Advance
     ?
    CRC32 0a09c517
    MD5 627b22d7e3c4dbce8191c7765c58e17a
    SHA-1 a685c3e88abe3a008fd2c721d75bbec14fbe0401
    		8MB Cartridge (US)

    External links

    • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Game Boy Advance (archive)
    • Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US (archive)

    References

    1. ↑ http://nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=847&showMe=1 (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-16 17:02)
    2. ↑ File:SegaTHQGBAArtAssets tPotD PODGBAOneSheet.pdf
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://sega.jp/gba/pod/ (Wayback Machine: 2002-08-06 21:01)
    4. ↑ Advance, "Winter 2002" (UK; 2002-xx-xx), page 87
    5. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 2002" (US; 2002-06-04), page 126
    6. ↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
    7. ↑ NGC Magazine, "April 2004" (UK; 2004-03-24), page 70
    8. ↑ Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel, "Février 2004" (FR; 2004-0x-xx), page 102
    9. ↑ Nintendo Power, "July 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 149


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    The House of the Dead (Remake) (1996) | The House of the Dead 2 (1998) | The House of the Dead III (2003) | The House of the Dead 4 (2005) | The House of the Dead: Overkill (Extended Cut) (2009) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn (2018)
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    Music
    		 The House of the Dead 2 (1999) | Zombie Revenge (1999) | The House of the Dead 4 Original Sound Tracks (2005) | House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn Original Sound Tracks (2019) | The House of the Dead 2 (2022)
    Book
    		 The House of the Dead Official Guide (1998) | The House of the Dead Dennou Shinan: Dr. Curien no Houkoku Sho (1998) | The House of the Dead 2 G's File (1999) | The House of the Dead 2 Perfect Guide (1999) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: The House of the Dead 2 (1999) | The House of the Dead 2 Official Strategy Guide (1999) | Dreamcast Hisshou Hou Special: Zombie Revenge Perfect Guide (1999) | House of the Dead (2003) | The House of the Dead III Perfect Guide (2003) | Prelude to an Overkill (2009)
    Book
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    Film
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