I've been enjoying a game on Switch recently called the Pinball Wizard, which is fun, it's like you go through a dungeon of all these different levels that you interact with like a pinball table even though they look nothing like pinball tables (unless you squint I guess). You have to defeat enemies and can get new items and abilities which is cool. I've never really liked most pinball games because the majority of them have like 1 or 2 tables and that's it, which always just seemed lazy to me. Even the best pinball games often only have one table. At least one of my favourite ones ever, the pokemon pinball game for gameboy color, had 2, but yeah. But this game solves that cos it has dozens of pre-made levels/tables, and also there's a daily challenge sort of thing you can do if you want, so there's always more tables to play on. It's technically a roguelite so there's effectively infinite levels/tables. But it's just one of those games where it plays exactly like a pinball game should, but it's got a completely different context and style and you actually play through levels of it, levels of this dungeon, rather than there being only about 10 minutes of content like with a lot of 16 bit pinball games. I would have been well annoyed back in the day if I'd bought say the Crush pinball games for the Turbografx16, like Devil's Crush, Alien Crush, and Jaki Crush (a Japan-only SNES game in the series) because they'd got such good reviews, only to find out they only had 1 table each! A full priced game, with only one table. Might as well make a mario kart game with only one track, or something like that. They're great to emulate because no money was exchanged, that way. But I would have been mad back in the day if that'd happened to me after I'd paid full price for the game. 1 table! Ooh looking it up now, I didn't realise there was a new game in the Crush pinball series, apparently called Demon's Tilt. It's out for switch so I may actually get it, tbh, if its not too expensive. Definitely wouldn't pay £60 for it. But yeah I love The Pinball Wizard. And you, of course, play as a wizard. Otherwise they'd probably be sued by the Who. But yeah if you're like me and dislike how pinball games always come with very few tables, check it out. At least back in the day we had Sonic Spinball which had tons of tables/levels for a pinball game, yep, 4 tables. It may not sound like a lot but for a pinball game that's so so many, lol
For something more contemporary to Pinball Quest which actually some good pinball physics for an NES game is Pin-Bot. It's just one table arrangement, but it's very faithful to the real-life model. If you ignore the ball-eating amoeba, the rockets that blow up your flippers, or the spaceships that can carry your ball off the table. They even did some solid chiptune renditions of all the music the pinball cabinet had. But all the rules are in place, the skill shot and score multipliers work the same, and multi ball is even triggered in the same fashion - opening the faceplate and shooting balls into the sockets where Pin-Bot's eyes should be.
Fascinating something like this existed, and agreed it's very limited how "RPG" the game could be, but still gets points for trying. As for Co-op pinball, I wonder if you ever played Kabounce. Anyway, have a great rest of your day too, everyone ✌🏼
@@RogerStaubachPoolCleaner I mean, sure. If you ignore the existence of Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies and Slamtilt and Pinball Prelude. At least.
This was one of my favorites as a kid. I loved pinball and fantasy RPGs, so I practically begged my dad to buy it for me when I saw it blurbed in Nintendo Power. And I had a ton of fun with it! I'd always steal from the shopkeeper till I got lucky and got either devil flippers or the permanent stopper, then I'd plow through to the final boss. Good times!
I always forget this is on my list to play because it’s so obscure and it looks way ahead of it’s time, conceptually at least. Thanks for reminding me to give it a go SNES Drunk.
Pinball FX3 or Pinball FX2 has a couple tables that are RPG's. The Skyrim table and the Epic Quest table and maybe the Fallout table, too, but I've never had a very long game on that one. The Skyrim table lets you load your character from your last attempt. Pinball FX is a great series!
Pinball Quest's game concept sounds more like a modern indie game rather than a classic NES title. Maybe this should be remade, its weird and ambitious.
Thank you for giving this one a fair shake! A lot of reviewers out there play the first few stages, say "it sucks", and move on, but it really is an interesting game and fun idea worth experiencing. I'm very happy to have it in my collection.
Same here. I found it in a bargain bin back when NES cartridges of unloved games were all but refuse, and I couldn't believe I'd never read anything online about such a bizarre and charming concept.
i was 10 when this came out, and dad was a pinball wizard so of course we rented it. i remember there was a combination of one of the flashing screens, the music, and one of the baddies in the skull level that really unsettled me. watching it now i don't understand what scared me about it, but there were several games i can remember like this (the reaper guys in kid icarus and their weird, discordant, music were another example).
It's funny what scares you as a kid, isn't it? The mugshot in Wolfenstein 3D and Doom getting bloodier as you lost health always scared me for some reason. Heck, to this day, I still get antsy any time a percentage goes below 80%.
It's so great that you covered this one. I've wanted to try it since the first time I heard of it but I keep forgetting it exists! This might be the first time I've seen footage of it. I was just happened across the game cover earlier this week, randomly enough. I think I'll give it a try soon.
This was one of my first NES games!!! I absolutely loved it as a kid and recommend anyone to play it. Hopefully, we can get something similar to this on the current get consoles.. A similar game is Peggle.
Great breakdown of a very interesting concept. I appreciate how you address the execution of the ideas and the pros and cons of it all in an objective-as-can-be way, instead of just latching on to Good or Bad and ranting about it.
The RPG mechanic alone made me interested in giving it a try. I have always had a pinball hobby of sorts and inherited a full size machine from my dad. Thanks for letting us know about this neat lil NES game!
I loved this game growing up! In fact, I enjoyed many of the pinball offerings on NES. My dad was into pinball so he bought many of them. Now I'm into pinball. HIGH SPEED and PIN-BOT are legendary, imo.
Oh man, I remember this game. My cousin borrowed my NES Pinball game and his dad loved it, so he wanted to keep playing pinball, so he bought this game. Me and my cousins played this a ton. Lots of fun!
I remember playing this back when it was brand new and it blew my little kid mind. An RPG combined with a pinball game was about the coolest thing ever. Back then I wasn't bothered by the control or physics but there was really nothing to compare it to so as far as I knew, they were perfectly fine. If somebody is interested in this RPG-Pinball hybrid idea nowadays, I would recommend Rollers of the Realm which is very much the same idea built with modern technology.
Yup, for every game on the NES that's still amazing there are literally dozens that are nearly unplayable by the vast majority of the public now. The level of time and commitment required just isn't worth it.
I freaking love this game, the music is amazing and all the levels are so fun! My second favorite level after the RPG is the circus and trying to get the mini game. I would play for hours and yes because it does have a lot of repetitiveness as you said. I also very much enjoyed your thoughts on this game.
Good review! A Pinball RPG? Very nice! I love pinball games, so this might be worth a try. I still enjoy games like Kirby's Pinball Land and Pokémon Pinball. I've also played other pinball adventure games like Sonic Spinball and Mario Pinball Land, which were a bit more frustrating than fun. Curious if anyone knows of any good indie pinball adventure games? I have Yoku's Island Express, but didn't know if there were many others.
There’s a game called Rollers of the Realm which is a pinball adventure/RPG indie game. I have it on Steam, but I’m not sure if it’s on other platforms. If you have a decent PC it’s only 10 bucks when it’s not on sale, so I’d say check it out!
I like this game quite a bit. It can be almost unbearably frustrating, but I sat down and decided I wasn't going to stop until I beat it once...it took like 6 hours but I did it! And it was a really rewarding feeling.
In a weird way I'm interested in this despite the review, maybe because it's been ages since I played a novelty pinball game. God, this is giving me nostalgia for the time my friend and I visited this amazing retro arcade in Tokyo that was full of pinball machines and had a few old arcade games too.
It's been a long time since I saw anything on this game. It was a fun rental back in the day but not a game that I ever wanted to own. Thanks for the vid now I'll have that music stuck in my head for a while again! LOL
Tose bunts again! They must really like first base. My favorite NES pinball game is probably Hal's Rollerball. Hal had a knack for good video pinball early on, and that continued with Revenge of the Gator and the Pokemon Pinball games. Rare went for realism with their licensed NES pins and did pretty well replicating the source material.
Huh, pretty cool indeed caught me a little off guard. It reminds me of the Sega Genesis title "Bad Omer / Devilish" that had a similar quest mode albeit without the shop. Also that game was more akin to Breakout or Arcanoid but with a goth-esque setting. Killer music as well.
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. It was kinda like Jackal for me, in that it was a nice easy game to unwind with after getting stressed out by another one. And the RPG mechanics were pretty neat, if limited.
I'm always counting on you to say the word "wonky". I love that word. I could make it into a drinking-game with your videos. But you usually just say it one time.. so a drinking-game with espresso maybe? Also love your reviews by the way.
I grew up in the NES era, and my God, I could live to be 100 and still never see all the games released for that system. This game looked like it had a good idea, but was limited by the hardware of the time. There was a strategy pinball sim on the Gamecube, but I forget the name, and then you had a breakout style RPG on the PSP called Wizrobe I believe. But you can see in both of those how much better hardware allowed for a much better gaming experience. So while this game maybe missed the mark it was shooting for, it was creative thinking like this that led to others doing it better.
I have to admit I was laughing out loud to find out that a pinball game had an RPG within it. I mean that is just something I would never have expected from a pinball game but the way you described it does sound kind of interesting. Ultimately though I don't really have any intention of playing this game although I might look up some gameplay footage out of curiosity
It kinda reminds me a lot like Sonic Spinball on the Genesis. Where they turn a simple pinball game,and turn it into a story driven based adventure game.
Gain Ground, another arcade game later portet to various home consoles. I have never again played something similar and once you get the hang of it, it's quite awesome. All the characters, their weapons... I wished you'd make a video of it, already. =)
@@goatbone Yeah once I became an adult & got into emulators I flew through this game. Conquering a lot of these NES games later in life was very satisfying
With my nostalgic-Valiant Vision glasses on, this game is a pure classic, it was a blast to rent and play as a kid. But, I think your criticisms are fair.
Pretty interesting concept for a game. And if this seems interesting, would recommend trying the indie game Yoku's Island Express on most current systems even if it's more so pinball meets Metroidvania than RPG.
You summed up the gripes but I still think it's a great NES game. My advice is take breaks between boards in Quest. Its never game over unless you fall at 1st board but failing bosses like you said can be very tedious
Pinball and RPG? Such an odd combination, though it is still pretty neat. Developers had a lot of creativity back in the day. Nowadays it is generic as generic can be. Devil's Crush got a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port. Probably the best pinball game on the console.
Anyone interested in a modern interpretation of this concept should check out Rollers of the Realm and, even MORE recently, Yoku's Island Express. There have been a few others over the years (there's even a gacha game) but those two are probably the most popular.
This reminds me a lot of Sonic Spinball. That game is very interesting and ambitious, but very difficult. It's not bad on the Sega Genesis collection on the XBox 360 because there are save states.
I might be one of the few that actually owned this game. the soundtrack was fantastic. gameplay was predictable but also in a good way where you knew exactly where the ball was going to go. made it pretty easy.
I enjoyed this one, too, but you're right...the janky physics are gonna be a deal breaker for many folks. Either you're on board with the premise and will put up with the jank or the premise isn't your thing and the jank will make you moonwalk right out of the game altogether.
Never heard of this game. I'm in my 40s so I grew up with the NES. But I do think its interesting and I like the concept and them trying something new. Maybe if there was ever a remake with better pinball pyshics and better control settings it could be fun.
This is a very cool concept, a modern version would be great in this generation.
There is something of a spiritual sequel available on steam, Rollers of the Realm.
What's updawg?
Try Yoku's Island Express. It's a pinball metroidvania game.
Came here to recommend both of the aforementioned games lol
I've been enjoying a game on Switch recently called the Pinball Wizard, which is fun, it's like you go through a dungeon of all these different levels that you interact with like a pinball table even though they look nothing like pinball tables (unless you squint I guess). You have to defeat enemies and can get new items and abilities which is cool. I've never really liked most pinball games because the majority of them have like 1 or 2 tables and that's it, which always just seemed lazy to me. Even the best pinball games often only have one table. At least one of my favourite ones ever, the pokemon pinball game for gameboy color, had 2, but yeah.
But this game solves that cos it has dozens of pre-made levels/tables, and also there's a daily challenge sort of thing you can do if you want, so there's always more tables to play on. It's technically a roguelite so there's effectively infinite levels/tables.
But it's just one of those games where it plays exactly like a pinball game should, but it's got a completely different context and style and you actually play through levels of it, levels of this dungeon, rather than there being only about 10 minutes of content like with a lot of 16 bit pinball games. I would have been well annoyed back in the day if I'd bought say the Crush pinball games for the Turbografx16, like Devil's Crush, Alien Crush, and Jaki Crush (a Japan-only SNES game in the series) because they'd got such good reviews, only to find out they only had 1 table each! A full priced game, with only one table. Might as well make a mario kart game with only one track, or something like that. They're great to emulate because no money was exchanged, that way. But I would have been mad back in the day if that'd happened to me after I'd paid full price for the game. 1 table!
Ooh looking it up now, I didn't realise there was a new game in the Crush pinball series, apparently called Demon's Tilt. It's out for switch so I may actually get it, tbh, if its not too expensive. Definitely wouldn't pay £60 for it.
But yeah I love The Pinball Wizard. And you, of course, play as a wizard. Otherwise they'd probably be sued by the Who. But yeah if you're like me and dislike how pinball games always come with very few tables, check it out.
At least back in the day we had Sonic Spinball which had tons of tables/levels for a pinball game, yep, 4 tables. It may not sound like a lot but for a pinball game that's so so many, lol
Fascinating. Yoku's Island Express was a more recent pinball adventure game, I imagine that's a little easy to get into nowadays.
There's also Rollers of the Realm, which is about ten years old now but still basically the RPG mode from this done in modern style.
For something more contemporary to Pinball Quest which actually some good pinball physics for an NES game is Pin-Bot. It's just one table arrangement, but it's very faithful to the real-life model. If you ignore the ball-eating amoeba, the rockets that blow up your flippers, or the spaceships that can carry your ball off the table. They even did some solid chiptune renditions of all the music the pinball cabinet had. But all the rules are in place, the skill shot and score multipliers work the same, and multi ball is even triggered in the same fashion - opening the faceplate and shooting balls into the sockets where Pin-Bot's eyes should be.
I’ve been playing the crap out of it on my steam deck
There's also The Pinball Wizard which is like this too, with you exploring through dungeons and defeating enemies with pinball.
I would also recommend the "Epic Quest" table available in Pinball FX. It's a fun table with some basic RPG elements thrown in.
Fascinating something like this existed, and agreed it's very limited how "RPG" the game could be, but still gets points for trying. As for Co-op pinball, I wonder if you ever played Kabounce. Anyway, have a great rest of your day too, everyone ✌🏼
Wow - I never knew this existed. This could really use a reboot. I always loved PINBOT on the NES.
There was an "Ultimate Pinball Quest" on the Amiga, though I don't think it actually had any relation
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PINBOT is the gold standard! Only contender would be the pinball game that came with Windows.
@@RogerStaubachPoolCleaner I mean, sure. If you ignore the existence of Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies and Slamtilt and Pinball Prelude. At least.
Pinbot was great
@@TheTurnipKing right. But for an NES effort, I'd say "gold standard" fits Pin-Bot. Another one of those games Rare did.
This was one of my favorites as a kid. I loved pinball and fantasy RPGs, so I practically begged my dad to buy it for me when I saw it blurbed in Nintendo Power. And I had a ton of fun with it! I'd always steal from the shopkeeper till I got lucky and got either devil flippers or the permanent stopper, then I'd plow through to the final boss. Good times!
I always forget this is on my list to play because it’s so obscure and it looks way ahead of it’s time, conceptually at least. Thanks for reminding me to give it a go SNES Drunk.
Pinball FX3 or Pinball FX2 has a couple tables that are RPG's. The Skyrim table and the Epic Quest table and maybe the Fallout table, too, but I've never had a very long game on that one. The Skyrim table lets you load your character from your last attempt. Pinball FX is a great series!
Pinball Quest's game concept sounds more like a modern indie game rather than a classic NES title. Maybe this should be remade, its weird and ambitious.
Thank you for giving this one a fair shake! A lot of reviewers out there play the first few stages, say "it sucks", and move on, but it really is an interesting game and fun idea worth experiencing. I'm very happy to have it in my collection.
I freakin' loved this game!
Same!
Same here. I found it in a bargain bin back when NES cartridges of unloved games were all but refuse, and I couldn't believe I'd never read anything online about such a bizarre and charming concept.
I played this a fair bit as a kid. Circus Circus was my favorite table.
i was 10 when this came out, and dad was a pinball wizard so of course we rented it. i remember there was a combination of one of the flashing screens, the music, and one of the baddies in the skull level that really unsettled me. watching it now i don't understand what scared me about it, but there were several games i can remember like this (the reaper guys in kid icarus and their weird, discordant, music were another example).
It's funny what scares you as a kid, isn't it? The mugshot in Wolfenstein 3D and Doom getting bloodier as you lost health always scared me for some reason. Heck, to this day, I still get antsy any time a percentage goes below 80%.
It's so great that you covered this one. I've wanted to try it since the first time I heard of it but I keep forgetting it exists! This might be the first time I've seen footage of it. I was just happened across the game cover earlier this week, randomly enough. I think I'll give it a try soon.
This was one of my first NES games!!! I absolutely loved it as a kid and recommend anyone to play it. Hopefully, we can get something similar to this on the current get consoles.. A similar game is Peggle.
I had this game as a kid and thought it was fantastic. So glad you covered this one!
Great breakdown of a very interesting concept. I appreciate how you address the execution of the ideas and the pros and cons of it all in an objective-as-can-be way, instead of just latching on to Good or Bad and ranting about it.
The RPG mechanic alone made me interested in giving it a try. I have always had a pinball hobby of sorts and inherited a full size machine from my dad. Thanks for letting us know about this neat lil NES game!
I loved this game growing up! In fact, I enjoyed many of the pinball offerings on NES. My dad was into pinball so he bought many of them. Now I'm into pinball. HIGH SPEED and PIN-BOT are legendary, imo.
I love that box art so much
Oh man, I remember this game. My cousin borrowed my NES Pinball game and his dad loved it, so he wanted to keep playing pinball, so he bought this game. Me and my cousins played this a ton. Lots of fun!
I remember playing this back when it was brand new and it blew my little kid mind. An RPG combined with a pinball game was about the coolest thing ever. Back then I wasn't bothered by the control or physics but there was really nothing to compare it to so as far as I knew, they were perfectly fine. If somebody is interested in this RPG-Pinball hybrid idea nowadays, I would recommend Rollers of the Realm which is very much the same idea built with modern technology.
I had a lot of patience in the 90s. You needed it to play NES games. That time has long passed.
Yup, for every game on the NES that's still amazing there are literally dozens that are nearly unplayable by the vast majority of the public now. The level of time and commitment required just isn't worth it.
This game was so fun, and the soundtrack was pretty good too. I never made it to some of those upper levels of the story mode though.
Loved this video, and all your videos! Thanks for all the frequent uploads, your channel is AWESOME
This is the coolest game that I've ever seen and I'm an elder millennial!
Year you was born sir.
You might like Zen’s RPG pinball tables Epic Quest, Fallout and Skyrim if you haven’t played them.
I freaking love this game, the music is amazing and all the levels are so fun! My second favorite level after the RPG is the circus and trying to get the mini game. I would play for hours and yes because it does have a lot of repetitiveness as you said. I also very much enjoyed your thoughts on this game.
Rollers Of The Realm is a more modern take on this idea, give it a look!
im never gonna play this game but your videos are calming and legit so thanks for sticking with it
This is one of those games that would have definitely benefitted from a remake or a port, I think.
Always fun to see all the games that I´ve never even heard about. Definitely one for the ¨Games that needs a SNES version/sequel¨
Great review! I was waiting for this one. I have the original cartridge on my collection still, since my childhood.
whoa this would be great for a remake today. reminds me of that adult swim game where everything was a billiards game
This reminds me so much of Wizorb.
Thanks for the suggestion, this is the type of game I would have loved as a kid.
This feels like the spiritual predecessor to Mario Pinball Land for the GBA
Good review! A Pinball RPG? Very nice! I love pinball games, so this might be worth a try. I still enjoy games like Kirby's Pinball Land and Pokémon Pinball. I've also played other pinball adventure games like Sonic Spinball and Mario Pinball Land, which were a bit more frustrating than fun.
Curious if anyone knows of any good indie pinball adventure games? I have Yoku's Island Express, but didn't know if there were many others.
There’s a game called Rollers of the Realm which is a pinball adventure/RPG indie game. I have it on Steam, but I’m not sure if it’s on other platforms. If you have a decent PC it’s only 10 bucks when it’s not on sale, so I’d say check it out!
Psycho pinball on genesis was good
I still have this game. I loved it when I was younger.
Describing all the things happening to my ball in so much detail really reminded me of my young adulthood... aw, fun times.
I like this game quite a bit. It can be almost unbearably frustrating, but I sat down and decided I wasn't going to stop until I beat it once...it took like 6 hours but I did it! And it was a really rewarding feeling.
I used to love Sonic Spinball! I'd like to play this.
In a weird way I'm interested in this despite the review, maybe because it's been ages since I played a novelty pinball game. God, this is giving me nostalgia for the time my friend and I visited this amazing retro arcade in Tokyo that was full of pinball machines and had a few old arcade games too.
It's been a long time since I saw anything on this game. It was a fun rental back in the day but not a game that I ever wanted to own. Thanks for the vid now I'll have that music stuck in my head for a while again! LOL
Always loved console pinball games. I would love to see a video breaking down pinball games across the years. Or a Steamdrunk on newer pinball games.
I absolutely loved this game when I was 13 and wish there was a modern version. I only ever played the story mode.
Nice job, dude
Naxat pinball games are litterally the only ones i seem to have time for these days ...
For an 8 bit nes game - damn this ambitious i must say.
wow this looks so cool! not sure how long it would keep me entertained for these days, but love the idea
Wow talk about ambitious. I feel like we need more of stuff like this.
Picked this game up a few years back. One of those games people look over.
That was one of my favorite rentals, back in the day!
I used to love this rpg mode, it had bizarrely good music; the physics are a bit frustrating though, as you mentioned.
Tose bunts again! They must really like first base.
My favorite NES pinball game is probably Hal's Rollerball. Hal had a knack for good video pinball early on, and that continued with Revenge of the Gator and the Pokemon Pinball games. Rare went for realism with their licensed NES pins and did pretty well replicating the source material.
Effin love this game. Used to check it out from the library after my karate classes
Looks cool. You might also like a game called Devilish on Sega Genesis.
I remember renting this and playing it over the weekend. Fun game
YEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!! This game is awesome and so glad you covered this. I thought I was the only one who knew what it was
Huh, pretty cool indeed caught me a little off guard. It reminds me of the Sega Genesis title "Bad Omer / Devilish" that had a similar quest mode albeit without the shop. Also that game was more akin to Breakout or Arcanoid but with a goth-esque setting. Killer music as well.
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. It was kinda like Jackal for me, in that it was a nice easy game to unwind with after getting stressed out by another one. And the RPG mechanics were pretty neat, if limited.
I'm always counting on you to say the word "wonky". I love that word. I could make it into a drinking-game with your videos. But you usually just say it one time.. so a drinking-game with espresso maybe?
Also love your reviews by the way.
Just when I thought you've covered every obscure retro game you come out with a video like this. Freaking awesome
this game wasn't obscure when it came out. I had it as well as one of my friends.
I grew up in the NES era, and my God, I could live to be 100 and still never see all the games released for that system. This game looked like it had a good idea, but was limited by the hardware of the time. There was a strategy pinball sim on the Gamecube, but I forget the name, and then you had a breakout style RPG on the PSP called Wizrobe I believe. But you can see in both of those how much better hardware allowed for a much better gaming experience. So while this game maybe missed the mark it was shooting for, it was creative thinking like this that led to others doing it better.
A modern update to a pinball RPG style game would probably go over really well nowadays.
Recently I played a metroidvania-pinball called Yoku's Island Express and I loved it.
Man, that’s one badass skeleton on the cover for a game called Pinball Quest.
I completely forgot this existed until now I remember liking it a lot
For me Pokemon Pinball is in the same category. You “fight” pokemon, you evolve them and also there is bonus stages with bonuses and bosses.
yes more snes drunk I love it when this guy posts
This game is so ambitious for its time you gotta love that!
This sounds like something an indie developer would make nowadays. Its almost too creative for a Nes era game.
awesome hope this channel never dies
This game was recently released on the Switch as part of City Connection’s Famicom Jalecollection line.
There's a fusion of genres I never thought I'd see.
I have to admit I was laughing out loud to find out that a pinball game had an RPG within it. I mean that is just something I would never have expected from a pinball game but the way you described it does sound kind of interesting. Ultimately though I don't really have any intention of playing this game although I might look up some gameplay footage out of curiosity
My aunt had this game when I was a kid I loved it pinball/rpg worked somehow
That's gotta be the most METAL pinball video game box art ever.
LOVED this game back in the day.
It kinda reminds me a lot like Sonic Spinball on the Genesis. Where they turn a simple pinball game,and turn it into a story driven based adventure game.
Gain Ground, another arcade game later portet to various home consoles. I have never again played something similar and once you get the hang of it, it's quite awesome. All the characters, their weapons...
I wished you'd make a video of it, already. =)
Great game. Love the genesis pinball games as well!
have a great rest of your day as well champ .
I hear the warnings but the game still looks so cool. I wish there was a spiritual successor today.
Thanks for sharing!
Just got this game the day this video came up!
I owned this game as a kid, could never beat quest mode!
Get the stopper and it becomes so easy.
@@goatbone Yeah once I became an adult & got into emulators I flew through this game. Conquering a lot of these NES games later in life was very satisfying
Very cool idea, especially for back then
Looks like a game I would have liked to try back in the day.
Cool concept. Didn’t finish, but respect it.
I got this as I “I hate this game you can have it”
I played it all the time and loved it lol
With my nostalgic-Valiant Vision glasses on, this game is a pure classic, it was a blast to rent and play as a kid. But, I think your criticisms are fair.
Cool ideia! Thanks for sharing!
Pretty interesting concept for a game. And if this seems interesting, would recommend trying the indie game Yoku's Island Express on most current systems even if it's more so pinball meets Metroidvania than RPG.
You summed up the gripes but I still think it's a great NES game. My advice is take breaks between boards in Quest. Its never game over unless you fall at 1st board but failing bosses like you said
can be very tedious
Pinball and RPG? Such an odd combination, though it is still pretty neat. Developers had a lot of creativity back in the day. Nowadays it is generic as generic can be.
Devil's Crush got a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port. Probably the best pinball game on the console.
Anyone interested in a modern interpretation of this concept should check out Rollers of the Realm and, even MORE recently, Yoku's Island Express. There have been a few others over the years (there's even a gacha game) but those two are probably the most popular.
5:15 - Clever.
I kinda missed that, I guess it sounded more like a pun for a video about a bowling game.
This reminds me a lot of Sonic Spinball. That game is very interesting and ambitious, but very difficult. It's not bad on the Sega Genesis collection on the XBox 360 because there are save states.
Seems like an idea that would be rip for a retry with something in the vein of those sports RPGs that were coming out a lot a few years ago.
Yoku's Island Express (2018) is very good slightly similar game with pinball mechanics and story elements
Definitely recommend that one. It’s way different in its setting tho, no actual pinball tables to be seen
Holy shit, the idea Is SO cool.
I want a remake yesterday
I might be one of the few that actually owned this game. the soundtrack was fantastic. gameplay was predictable but also in a good way where you knew exactly where the ball was going to go. made it pretty easy.
I enjoyed this one, too, but you're right...the janky physics are gonna be a deal breaker for many folks. Either you're on board with the premise and will put up with the jank or the premise isn't your thing and the jank will make you moonwalk right out of the game altogether.
Never heard of this game. I'm in my 40s so I grew up with the NES. But I do think its interesting and I like the concept and them trying something new. Maybe if there was ever a remake with better pinball pyshics and better control settings it could be fun.