Akira Psycho Ball (アキラ・サイコ・ボール, ''Akira Saiko Bōru'') is a 2002 digital

pinball game Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...

based on the popular '' Akira'' series created by

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of '' Akira'', in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of t ...

. It features the original storyline and a soundtrack inspired by that of the film. The game was released on the Japanese market to coincide with the release of the newly remastered DVD Japanese edition. In 2003, the game was translated by Bandai's European division, and distributed in Europe by

Infogrames Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive and Atari, Inc. It is the current owner of the Atari brand through Atari Interactive. ...

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The pinball is made of four stages inspired by the movie: Neo Tokyo battlefield, the "A-room", the "Olympic Stadium" and the "Laboratory" transformation. When the player succeeds, like getting an extra ball or clearing a stage, a short clip taken from the movie is displayed on screen.

Reception

On release, ''

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'' magazine scored the game a 31 out of 40.''プレイステーション2 - AKIRA PSYCHO BALL''. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.91. 30 June 2006.

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