Pinball (video game)

Infobox VG
title = Pinball


developer = Nintendo
publisher = Nintendo
designer =
release = Arcade version
1984
NES version
^JPFebruary 2, 1984
^USAOctober 18, 1985
^EUJanuary 9, 1986
FDS version
^JPMay 30, 1989
Wii version
^NANovember 19, 2006
^JPDecember 2, 2006
^EUDecember 15, 2006
^AU December 15 2006
genre = Pinball
modes = Single player, Multiplayer
platforms = Arcade, NES, e-Reader, Virtual Console
cabinet =
input = 4-way joystick, 1 button

"Pinball" is a 1984 arcade game created by Nintendo. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System later that year. In 1985 it reached North America as one of 18 launch titles. The Nintendo Entertainment System version added an alternating two-player mode. It was later re-released as an e-Reader Card game, and is also playable as an unlockable mini-game in "Doubutsu no Mori" (Nintendo 64) and "Animal Crossing" (Nintendo GameCube). It is available on the Wii's Virtual Console.

"Pinball" also had a secondary "Breakout"-like mode; by hitting the ball into a bonus hole, the player is taken to a bonus stage where they control Mario carrying a platform. The object of this mode is to rescue Pauline (previously seen in "Donkey Kong"). The player achieves this by bouncing the ball off Mario's platform and hitting various targets, the destruction of which also earns them points. When the blocks under her are all gone, she will drop. Catching her on Mario's platform earns the player bonus points, but allowing her to hit the ground causes the player to lose.

"Pinball" cameos

* "Hot Dance 2000" - 2000 - included with a pirated Japanese version of Pac-Man as alternatives to the main game (with a "Dance Dance Revolution" theme)
* "" (Game Boy Advance) - 2005 - One of 9-volt's games is based on the Arcade Pinball's bonus game.

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*KLOV game|id=10364|name=Vs. Pinball