pinball

With the exception of Sonic Pinball Party, Pinball of the Dead, & Pokemon Pinball, you don't see alot of pinball action of the Gameboy advance. That being said, Hardcore Pinball is one of the best games of its' type to give you a real feel of arcade play. With four challenging tables, realistic physics, superbly animated flippers, bumpers, rails, kickers, spinners, and silver ball & outstanding music and sound effects...all combined...make this an outstanding simulation. I really enjoyed it and I'm sure you will, too.
Telegames, if you're out there reading this...how about giving us a Billiards game for the GBA now...now that would be great.

I was looking for good pinball and found it here. You have 4 different themed tables from which to choose, and all of them actually play differently--the physics are different; they're not just changing around the graphics. On some, the ball bounces higher (less gravity), the flippers move at slightly different speeds...you get a unique experience at each table.

I would have liked to have seen a few more scoring options other than the ramps--they could have been a bit more creative in that area, but it's still great fun.

If you're a pinball fan, you'll love it.

I'm a pretty huge fan of pinball, both of real tables and virtual ones, and I own every pinball title released for the GBA thus far except for Muppet Battle (Sonic Pinball Party, Pinball of the Dead, Pokemon Pinball, and this one). This game is definitely the worst of all of them. If you're looking for anything remotely similar to a real-world experience, do not look here. All four of the included tables are incredibly sparse, consisting of just a couple of bumbers and a ramp or two. The flipper action is horrible, so that instead of a quick snap when you hit a button, there is a long delay before it reaches full extension. This makes it very difficult to get the ball anywhere accurately. The entire game has a very basic, low-budget feel to it that is even more pronounced by the simple-looking boxcover and what is probably the shortest instruction manual ever written (literally 4 tiny pages long).

If you want a great pinball experience at home, your best bet by far is to seek out Empire Interactive's superlative Pro Pinball games for the PC (Timeshock, Big Race USA, Fantastic Journey, and The Web), which are all available in a single compilation called Gamefest Pinball Classics. Otherwise, both Sonic Pinball Party (sold only at Target stores) and Pokemon Pinball are solid GBA games if you want to go that route.