''South Park'' is a 1999

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game based on the American adult animated sitcom of the same name and released by

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. This game was Sega's last pinball game; production would be continued by

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, the successor to Sega Pinball.

Features

Aesthetics

Inlanes light up and can start Super Fart Bumpers. Outlanes can be lit for special. There are three standard bumpers, the left lane is a shot through the bumpers. Targets are located on each left lane entrance side. There are also 8 townsfolk targets. Minor characters include Mr. Hankey located in front of the toilet. Major characters include Chef, a large rubber

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, Stan, and Cartman. There is also a Cartman hole. Scoreboard includes various character graphics and sounds.“South Park Rulesheet Version 1 (May/18/1999), by Robert Macauley.” N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.

Character modes

In total, there are five character-related missions which the individual player must complete. The main goal in ''South Park'' is to complete the Stan,

, Cartman,

, and Chef mode in order to unlock the secret wizard modes. In order to start a character mode, the player must hit each individual character's slot (or shot) a certain number of times. After a successful completion, the number of shots it takes to activate the next character mode will increase, making it more difficult to activate. Character modes can be replayed regardless of completion.

Censorship

The game's age-appropriate content level can be adjusted between two settings: "PG-13" mode (which features mild language, bleeped-out expletives and bathroom humor), and the family-friendly "G" mode (which eliminates all profanity and bathroom humor). For example, on the former setting, Kyle will utter " you bastards" after a successful "Kill Kenny" hurry up mode, which is replaced with "Rats!" in the latter setting. The family mode will also alter the match sequence which features

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belching instead of farting. The prototype ROM set for the game originally had all expletives unbleeped.

Digital remake

Fifteen years after the release of the original ''South Park'' pinball table,

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collaborated with

South Park Digital Studios ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand their ...

to develop and release a new virtual pinball adaptation of ''South Park'' as a paid mobile app (for

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and Android) and an add-on for ''

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'' and ''

Pinball FX 2 ''Pinball FX 2'' (stylized as ''Pinball FX2'') is a pinball video game for Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows ( XP and higher) and is the sequel to '' Pinball FX''. It was developed by Zen Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. It was ...

'', along with a bonus table, ''Butters' Own Pinball Game'', based on the character

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. Titled ''South Park: Super Sweet Pinball'', the virtual ''South Park'' pinball table behaves differently than the physical Sega Pinball ''South Park'' table. Adult humor and explicit language have been censored out of both tables, thus making the ''South Park Pinball'' pack the first and only ''South Park'' video game to be rated Everyone 10+ by the

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. Due to licensing issues, the Zen Studios ''South Park'' pinball tables were excluded from ''

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'', the joint sequel to ''Zen Pinball 2'' and ''Pinball FX 2'', and the mobile version is currently no longer available for purchase.

References

External links

* {{South Park Pinball machines based on television series Sega pinball machines South Park 1999 pinball machines