Pinball Dreams (PC)

"Pinball Dreams" is a pinball game. It was first released to the personal computer in 1992 by 21st Century Entertainment and was distributed through floppy diskettes. I was not able to immediately find an age guidance rating but would deem this title appropriate for all ages. The game requires the MS-DOS environment which is not readily available on modern Windows operating systems. Unless available, this game requires third party DOS emulation software for operation. Pinball has always been a timeless classic in gaming and has seen many versions released to several different systems and consoles. Pinball Dreams is yet another installment in the ...  Read the complete review

Pinball machine emulators in general are a genre of computer game that have dated very little in terms of design and control, and the modern PC versions still have much in common with Gametek?s classic release ?Pinball Dreams.? Four themed tables with a variety of modes and options made this a best-seller in 1990 on the PC, Amiga and other contemporary computers, however there were still a number of major problems: for a start, it was too hard. STYLE The tables are viewed from directly above, which can cause a little confusion in terms of the gravity and the ball?s abilities at ...  Read the complete review