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[prog]

I now officially agree wth mmcirvin and rserocki that Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection is a hot little number and totally worth $20, especially if you spent a lot of time around pinball machines during the 1980s and 1990s. The level of simulation is truly amazing, and evident that true pinball otaku had a hand in creating this disc. The tables look,

Comments

[dougo]

It's dangerously close to making me actually want a Wii. Cheaper than buying a real Funhouse machine, and doesn't require maintenance! But, no attract mode, which is a serious oversight. "Hey Spunky, play again!"

[dougo]

Oh, and, no fan in Whirlwind. That was so great on hot summer days. They should sell a Wii-controlled fan as an acessory!

[dougo]

Oops, you already said that. AGREE

[rserocki]

If you have a PS2, you could get the PS2 version. Or if you have a PSP, you could get that version. Although I don't think those versions have two pinball machines the Wii does have, Sorceror and Jive Time. At least, the PS2 version does not.

[dougo]

For the record, I don't have any videogame machines, just a Linux desktop and an older Windows laptop. I generally don't feel like I have time for videogames, but Funhouse is seriously tempting.

[rserocki]

Ah, I understand. Indeed, I find it much easier to pick up this over something like a console role-playing game and play it for a few minutes at a time.

[mmcirvin]

There also seems to be a thriving scene in free Windows pinball simulators, like Virtual Pinball and Future Pinball. I suspect that's what has killed a lot of commercial pinball sims (well, along with the fact that only old dudes like pinball any more).