3-D Ultra Pinball

3-D Ultra Pinball is a series of pinball computer games developed by Sierra Entertainment's Dynamix. The games try to escape from the traditional, arcade pinball and feature animation, more than one table at once, and "temporary targets"(such as spaceships, goblins and dinosaurs appearing throughout the table).

3-D Ultra Pinball

The original game, released in 1995, is based on the space simulation game Outpost. There are three tables (Colony, Command Center, and Mine), each with a set of five challenges. Each table features smaller "mini-tables" with its own set of flippers. The overall goal is to build and launch a starship.

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

The second game, Creep Night(1996) had a horror film set, and 3 different tables(and after finishing all challenges in a table, you could travel to the other ones):
*Castle, fragmented in town, castle area and graveyard. Its challenges are Zombies (three zombies appear for you to knock down), Goblins(goblins randomly appear in the table), Runaway (a goblin riding an ATV runs through the table), Vortex (multi-ball, in which you must shoot in the vortex) and Wraith (a female magnetic ghost tries to capture the ball).
*Tower, a mad scientist lab. The challenges are: Rat (similar to the "Runaway"), Energy Gate (similar to Vortex, but "single-balled"), Beast (a squid appears in the table's giant water tank, and you need to hit is tentacles), Goblin and Dynamo (you need to a hit a dynamo). After finishing all 5 challenges, you revive a "Frankenstein monster" and need to hit him 5 times.
*Dungeon. The Challenges are: Gobbler (a ghost chases the ball to eat it), Spiders (similar to "Goblin"), Dimension Door (that if hit, activates a "Simon"-like game), Trapdoor (similar to "Vortex") and Skeleton Escape (six skeletons come out of the cells for you to hit). Like in Tower, after beating them a Catapult appears, and you have to hit it some times.

And after finishing all the 3 tables, you go to a changed Castle table, with 5 new challenges.

3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent

Lost Continent(1997) had a Jurassic Park-like set. It followed a storyline, in which a plane falls on an island where an evil genius, Heckla, creates dinosaurs of other animals. After a plane crash, a scientist, his daughterand the adventurer Rex try to escape the place and stop Hekla.

It has no challenges, but features 16 tables, divided in 3 "sectors": Jungle, Temple and Lab.

3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball

As the title reads, it is a NASCAR-themed pinball. Released in 1998.

3-D Ultra Pinball Power

Power(1999) was a compilation released in 1999, featuring the first game, "Creep Night" and "Lost Continent", and as a bonus, The Incredible Machine and a demo of "3-D Ultra Golf".

3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrill Ride

The last released, Thrill Ride(1999) also received a Game Boy Color version. It is set in Hersheypark.

External links

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* [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:459 3-D Ultra Pinball] , [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:14500 Creep Night] , [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:6305 Lost Continent] , [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:17640 NASCAR Pinball] , [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:20010 Pinball Power] , [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:26756 Thrill Ride (PC)] and [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=1:28065 Thrill Ride (GBC)] at Allgame
* [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/3dultrapinballcreepnight/ Creep Night] , [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/3dultrapinball3thelc/ Lost Continent] , [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/3dultrapinballnascar/index.html NASCAR] and [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/3dultrapinballthrillride/index.htm Thrillride] at GameSpot