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Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island

Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island
Developer(s)Digital Extremes
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
EngineUnreal Engine 1[2]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: March 20, 2001[1]
  • EU: March 30, 2001
Genre(s)Pinball
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island is a pinball video game released in 2001 by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows.

Gameplay

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A pinball about to be launched into play on the first level of the game, Ooga's House. A pinball multiplier can be seen to the left, which ultimately earns the player more lives.

The game uses Unreal Engine 1[3] which was previously only used for first-person shooter games. The game is rendered in 3-D and has both a story mode consisting of 9 levels, where no actual pinball tables exist and a table mode. Most of the levels must be unlocked by completing other levels. There are hidden areas in the story mode to earn bonus points, and they also feature power-ups to help the player progress throughout the game.

Attempting to complete a goal in story mode involving Waterbugs, one of its unique features and differences from previous pinball games.

Rather than the standard pinball format, players were able to roam around a small world known as "The Forgotten Island". It also featured monsters and insects to eliminate or bypass while playing in story mode.

Story mode features unique gems to collect throughout the levels for special power-ups. A ruby gem is found here in a mushroom cave.

In addition to the instruction manual, a booklet is provided with the Windows version of the game that includes a short story in the appearance of the main character's personal journal.

Levels

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The levels for story mode and table mode are the same, but the difference is that story mode offers quests and objectives to unlock new levels for both story mode and table mode, as opposed to table mode which is used to set a high score for each level.

Development

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The game went gold on March 5, 2001.[3]

Reception

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Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Trey Walker of GameSpot said, "While it has its faults, it is for the most part successful in adding first-person shooter flash to a traditional kind of game."[9] Vincent Lopez of IGN said, "It's one of the few times where I would have liked less levels, with more quality construction."[10] However, Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said that the game "wants to be a lot more than just a pinball game, but while it offers something beyond the usual pinball gameplay, it also just doesn't handle the basics of pinball gameplay very well."[12]

References

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  1. ^ Ho, Jennifer (March 20, 2001). "Adventure Pinball ships today [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 7, 2001. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Spiele mit Unreal Engine - Von 1998 bis heute". www.gamestar.de (in German).
  3. ^ a b IGN staff (March 5, 2001). "News Briefs". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  5. ^ Matthias K. (April 17, 2001). "Test: Adventure Pinball [Forgotten Island]". 4Players (in German). 4Players GmbH. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  6. ^ Steinberg, Scott (May 11, 2001). "Adventure Pinball [Forgotten Island]". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on April 18, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Choquet, David (April 5, 2001). "Test : [Adventure Pinball:] Forgotten Island : jurassic flippe". Gamekult (in French). TF1 Group. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  8. ^ Silverman, Ben (March 2001). "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Walker, Trey (March 22, 2001). "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island Review [date mislabeled as "February 25, 2004"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  10. ^ a b Lopez, Vincent (March 28, 2001). "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  11. ^ pilou (April 17, 2001). "Test: Adventure Pinball : Forgotten Island". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Lundrigan, Jeff (June 2001). "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island". NextGen. No. 78. Imagine Media. p. 88. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  13. ^ Preston, Jim (June 2001). "Adventure Pinball [Forgotten Island] [score mislabeled as "42%"]". PC Gamer. Vol. 7, no. 6. Imagine Media. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  14. ^ Korda, Martin (May 2001). "Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island". PC Zone. No. 102. Dennis Publishing. p. 72. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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