Pinball World

box for 1995 European release
DeveloperSpidersoft
Publisher21st Century Entertainment
Platforms
original release: DOS

2014 release: Linux, Windows

Release1995

Pinball World is a 1995 video game from 21st Century Entertainment.

In 2014 GoG released a version for Linux.

Gameplay

part of "Far East" table

Pinball World has a world travel motif with players going through nine main themed tables based on the United Kingdom, Germany, Africa, Australia, Far East, New York, Hollywood, South America, and the North Pole. The player does not plunge the ball, instead it appears in the middle of the table. An animation or skill-based mini-game is played between tables.

All tables scroll vertically, with wider tables also scrolling horizontally.

Reception

Computer Gaming World said "Although Pinball World gives you 20 tables, while more extravagant pinball games usually offer only four or five, in overall appearance this game just can't compete with the more sophisticated titles. So, unless you've exhausted the other options, you might want to pass on it"

Software Gids found the graphics to be lackluster, and while the music from the CD was good, that played through the soundcard was mediocre. The ball physics were called merely passable, and the game was not a pinball simulator.

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2014-07-24). "Linux users: GoG.com lauches more than 50 games for you". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  2. ↑ "21st Century Pinball". Hardcore Gaming. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pinball World" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. May 1996. p. 160-162. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Pinball 3D-VCR". Software Gids (in Dutch). No. 38. July–August 1996. p. 12. ISSN 0926-0501.
  5. ↑ "Pinball World". Joystick (in French). December 1995. p. 204. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pinball World". PC Joker (in German). January 1996. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Pinball World". PC Player (in German). January 1996. p. 182. Retrieved August 7, 2025.