''3-D Ultra Pinball'' is video game released in 1995, and is the first game in ''

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Gameplay

The original 3-D Ultra Pinball game was released in 1995. This game is based on the

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game '' Outpost''. There are three tables named "Colony", "Command Post", and "Mine". Each table holds a set of five challenges. Smaller "mini-tables" are featured with their own set of flippers. The goal is to build and launch a

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, completing the game's entire course.

Reception

Reviewing the Macintosh version, a ''

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'' critic commented that "there is some substance to the argument that pinball is not a game meant for the monitor, but ''3-D Ultra Pinball'' works, and it works very well". He particularly praised the fact that the graphics and physics both include elements not possible on a real pinball table, while remaining "true to the pinball spirit". Despite this, he gave it only two out of five stars. It received a score of 3.5 out of 5 from ''

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''. According to market research firm PC Data, ''3-D Ultra Pinball'' was the 18th-best-selling computer game in the United States for the year 1996. According to Sierra On-Line, its sales surpassed 250,000 copies by the end of March 1996.

Development

A port on the

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was planned, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Reviews

* ''

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'' (December 1995)

References

External links

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