Pinball Dreams
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'''''Pinball Dreams''''' is a [[Commodore Amiga]] game from 1992 developed by [[Digital Illusions CE]].
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga title.png|right|thumb|Title screen (Amiga)]]
It spawned several sequels, ''[[Pinball Fantasies]]'', ''[[Pinball Dreams 2]]'', ''[[Pinball Illusions]]'', ''[[Pinball Mania]]'' and ''[[Pinball World]]''. ''Dreams'', ''Fantasies'' and ''Illusions'' are the best known, each having come from the same developer stable: ''[[Digital Illusions CE]]''.
The ball moved according to reasonably realistic physics, and the game was restricted to using table elements which would also be possible to build in reality.
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga tableselect.png|right|thumb|Table selection (Amiga)]]
==Tables==
Its four tables each had a theme, as do most real life [[pinball]] machines. Although Nightmare was nominally the most difficult, it usually gave out the highest scores of all due to bonuses such as ''double score''. The version of Pinball Dreams bundled with the [[Amiga 1200]] had a bug which rendered most of Beat Box's advanced features non-functional.
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga Ignition.png|right|thumb|Ignition table (Amiga)]]
*'''Ignition''', themed around a rocket launch, planets, and space exploration.
**The [[Expert Software]] [[Pinball 2000]] port of the game renamed this table '''Rocket'''.
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga Steel Wheel.png|right|thumb|Steel Wheel table (Amiga)]]
*'''Steel Wheel''', themed around steam trains and the Old West.
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga Beat Box.png|right|thumb|Beat Box table (Amiga)]]
*'''Beat Box''', themed around the music industry, charts, bands and tours.
[[Image:Pinball Dreams Amiga Nightmare.png|right|thumb|Nightmare table (Amiga)]]
*'''Nightmare''', themed around a graveyard, ghosts, demons, nightmares and generally evil things.
**Unlike the other tables in the game, the name of the table in the menu did not reflect the name displayed on the table itself—'''Graveyard'''. Some ports of the game (notably the [[GameTek]] port to the [[Game Boy]]) name this table "Graveyard" in the menu as well.
==Community==
An alternate PC only sequel, ''[[Pinball Dreams 2]]'', was released in 1995. It was released by [[21st Century Entertainment]] (like ''Pinball Dreams'') but was developed by [[Spidersoft]].
==Conversions==
*[[Atari Falcon]]
*[[Commodore 64]]: Currently in the making. A preview was released at the [[Breakpoint demo party]] in April 2006.
*[[Game Gear]]
*[[GBA]]: Under the title Pinball Challenge Deluxe, with tables added from [[Pinball Fantasies]]
*[[GP32]]: Released in October 2002.
*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]: A mostly accurate conversion, including all four tables and near-perfect sound.
*[[IBM PC compatible|PC]]: An inferior conversion due to the technical limitations of PCs at the time.
== External links ==
* [http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24499 Pinball Dreams Preview c64] at [[Pouët|Pouet.net]].
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[[Category:1992 video games]]
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[[Category:Super NES games]]
[[Category:Game Boy games]]
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[[Category:Pinball video games]]
[[Category:Digital Illusions CE games]]
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