This was definitely a middle-of-the-road review. I wish I could vote "ambivalent."

Do you remember Kirby Pinball? Do you remember Space Cadet? This is more of that, for better and worse. I probably enjoyed about 8 hours of my time I spent 100%'ing this game. There are interesting features to each level of the pinball table, and fun things you can only do with "video game" pinball tables (bullets, varied challenges). That said, Pinball FX does a far better job of this on most of its tables. It took some fiddling and getting used to where the game places your "view", especially during multiballs--You have to 'know' the table or you're going to have a bad time. The help documentation needs a little more descriptions in it (what's a secret passage, how do I spend Pachi?), but if you play this long enough, you figure out the shot locations and names.
If you're looking for a quick little SNES-era arcadey pinball game, this is totally acceptable. I don't regret buying it, but I don't recommend it.
Oh, a final point-you really do need to nudge a LOT on the 'advanced' table variant, and the only way to do it consistently is to use a controller. If you're trying to from a keyboard, you're going to have a bad time. Luckily, I had a controller handy.

This was definitely a middle-of-the-road review. I wish I could vote "ambivalent." Do you remember Kirby Pinball? Do you remember Space Cadet? This is more of that, for better and worse. I probably enjoyed about 8 hours of my time I spent 100%'ing this game. There are interesting features to each level of the pinball table, and fun things you can only do with "video game" pinball tables (bullets, varied challenges). That said, Pinball FX does a far better job of this on most of its tables. It took some fiddling and getting used to where the game places your "view", especially during multiballs--You have to 'know' the table or you're going to have a bad time. The help documentation needs a little more descriptions in it (what's a secret passage, how do I spend Pachi?), but if you play this long enough, you figure out the shot locations and names. If you're looking for a quick little SNES-era arcadey pinball game, this is totally acceptable. I don't regret buying it, but I don't recommend it. Oh, a final point-you really do need to nudge a LOT on the 'advanced' table variant, and the only way to do it consistently is to use a controller. If you're trying to from a keyboard, you're going to have a bad time. Luckily, I had a controller handy.