The ridiculously hi-res mode options are still intact, and consequently the table is incredibly detailed. They're nutters!Īs well as overhauling the mechanics of the game, it's also changed a lot graphically. The balls now spin and actually roll -they can even bounce and hit the glass. It's all a lot more subtle now, which means you can do all sorts of different tricks and shots. Previously, the flippers would affect the ball now the ball actually affects the flippers as well. That's something we're really proud of now. That's why we've basically rewritten everything: the ball physics, the whole flipper thing. When you play Timeshock! and then go back to The Web it just feels really primitive.
I'm actually a bit embarrassed by it now. Lead programmer Ade Barritt agrees, but admits that compared to Timeshock! the original game was very basic. Not being anything of a wizard on the flippers myself (suffice to say my scores on The Web were more akin to my yearly income than Paul McCartney's) I just thought it was a nice pinball game. Accurate ball physics, realistic flipper movement and a classic table design counted for a lot more than five or six tables which were essentially the same, and that was why The Web cleaned up. Some shallow types criticised it for being too samey because there was only one table, but real pinball fans thought this was irrelevant. This was largely due to two factors: a) it was very, very playable and b) the developers, all being pinball mad (as we've already mentioned) clearly knew better than everyone else what it is that makes a good table.
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Pro Pinball - The Web (we'll just refer to it as CThe Web' from now on, shall we?) was clearly the best pinball game released for the pc ever, and it was quickly adopted by pinball addicts all over the globe as the definitive pinball sim.
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Their development hq situated just outside Oxford is crammed with pinball machines, bits of pinball machines and more bits of pinball machines that they've taken apart and measured, textured and probably cracked in their teeth to check the authenticity. In fact, they're totally obsessed with it. To Say That The Chaps At Edo Are into pinball is a bit like saying the Pope's a bit religious. Unfortunately though, Bruce Foxton and Jake Burns are once again responsible for the music. It even sounds better, thanks to Dolby Surround Sound and sampled effects taken from real pinball tables. The mechanics are better - you can even trap a ball behind a flipper.
It plays better - the game is more structured, and you have a much better idea of what you're supposed to be doing at any given point. If you have the hardware, at which resolution you can practically see your face in the balls. The table can be viewed at up to 1600x1200 resolution in Truecolour Shine those ballsĪs I said, Pro Pinball: Timeshock! is better in every way. Now, lock those balls." is obviously intentional. Best of all, though, is the return of "The Voice" - voted World's Dirtiest Computer Game Voice of the Year. And there's a Tournament mode for ninjas, with no random awards or bonus balls.Īnoraks can access a pretend 'operator's menu', which lets you customise game elements and check fascinating facts, such as the average game time. Like a prominent Nazi leader, you only get one ball, but you're allowed a minimum of two minutes on the table no matter how many times you cock up. (Now that will certainly help spread harmony among your chums.) There's a Novice mode that lets the complete morons among us learn more about the table. New features include a Challenge mode, in which whatever wonderful multi-ball bonuses you've spent hours setting up for yourself are passed on to the next player if you don't capitalise on them. Just by sending balls up ramps and into holes at the right time, you'll find yourself climbing Mount Rushmore, winning a chariot race, or even digging the Channel Tunnel - although apparently the opportunity to later set fire to the opentopped goods trains travelling through the tunnel has been overlooked. What's new, pussyface? (Whoa-oh-oa-oa-on)īasically, the whole game has a 'plot' which is based around a revolving time crystal, set in the top of the table, which spins around and takes you to different time zones, each of which has different objectives and different sub-game sequences. Now we have the next table in the series. But Pro Pinball: The Web was one of them.
There Aren't That Many Games knocking about that inspire saddoes (Er, better make that aficionados - Ed.) the world over to get all excited and start their own unofficial Websites, brimming over with hints, tips, cheaty codes and suchlike.
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