Editing Pinball

|release='''Famicom/NES:'''<br>{{release|Japan|February 2, 1984|USA|October 18, 1985|Europe|January 9, 1986}} '''VS. System:'''<br>{{release|Japan|August 1984|USA|October 1984}} '''Disk System:'''<br>{{release|Japan|May 31, 1989<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/pinball-fds Date info of Pinball (FDS) from TMK], retrieved 11/25/2012</ref>}} '''e-Reader:'''<br>{{release|USA|September 16, 2002<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/pinball-e Date info of Pinball (e-Reader) from TMK], retrieved 11/25/2012</ref>}} '''Wii (Virtual Console):'''<br>{{release|USA|November 19, 2006|Japan|December 2, 2006|Europe|December 15, 2006|Australia|December 15, 2006}} '''Wii U (Virtual Console):'''<br>{{release|Japan|October 23, 2013<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/fbnj/</ref>|USA|October 24, 2013<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/gMPhXsN2Ko1VQUoTKbr68CkvBKesOiif</ref>|Europe|October 24, 2013<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/NES/Pinball-820146.html</ref>|Australia|October 24, 2013}} '''Nintendo Switch (''Arcade Archives''):'''<br>{{release|Japan|August 30, 2019|USA|August 30, 2019|Europe|August 30, 2019|Australia|August 30, 2019}} '''Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online:'''<br>{{release|USA|May 26, 2022<ref>Nintendo (May 26, 2022). [https://youtu.be/n_-LqmGv7ig NES & Super NES - May 2022 Game Updates - Nintendo Switch Online]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 27, 2022.</ref>|Japan|May 27, 2022<ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (May 27, 2022). [https://youtu.be/T0POVi_YY8Q ファミリーコンピュータ & スーパーファミコン Nintendo Switch Online 追加タイトル <nowiki>[2022年5月27日]</nowiki>]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 27, 2022.</ref>|Europe|May 27, 2022<ref>@NintendoEurope (May 27, 2022). [https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1530111585808678912 "''These classic #SuperNES and #NES games are now available for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! ☑️ Congo's Caper ☑️ Pinball ☑️ Rival Turf!''"] ''Twitter''. Retrieved May 27, 2022.</ref>|Australia|May 27, 2022}}

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|platforms=[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[VS. System]], [[Family Computer Disk System]], [[e-Reader]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Wii]], [[Wii U]]), [[Nintendo Switch]] (''[[Arcade Archives]]'', [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]])

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|input={{input|arcade=1|nes=1|wmsideways=1|classic=1|wiigcn=1|wiiusideways=1|wiiuclassic=1|wiiupro=1|joy-con=1|nspro=1|nsnes=1}}

'''''Pinball''''' is a game released for the [[Family Computer]] in 1984 and the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1985. It is based on the [[arcade]] {{wp|Pinball|machine of the same name}}. A competitive multiplayer version of this game was released on the [[VS. System]] under the name '''''VS. Pinball'''''. [[Hudson Soft]] had planned to release ports of ''Pinball'' for home computers in Japan in 1985, but these ports were cancelled for unknown reasons.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC-1985-06/page/n191/mode/1up micomBASIC Magazine, June 1985 issue]</ref> The Family Computer version was preceded by a [[Game & Watch]] version in December 1983.<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/pinball.htm ''Pinball'' at In the Attic]. Retrieved 29 April 2022.</ref> However, this version has no ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' elements.

The NES version of ''Pinball'' was re-released on the [[Family Computer Disk System]], for the [[Game Boy Advance]]'s [[e-Reader]] as part of Series One, on the [[Virtual Console]] for the [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]], and on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online]] application for the [[Nintendo Switch]]. ''VS. Pinball'' was re-released worldwide for the [[Nintendo Switch]] as part of {{wp|Hamster Corporation}}'s ''[[Arcade Archives]]'' series on August 30, 2019.<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/arcade-archives-pinball-switch/</ref>

[[File:Pinball gameplay 2.png|thumb|left|200px|Gameplay of Scene A]]

Gameplay begins when the player launches a ball with the [[striker]] from the bottom of scene A to the top of scene B. Gameplay switches between scene A and scene B depending on where the ball moves. In scene A and scene B, the player controls the flippers on either side of the screen to deflect the ball. If the ball falls off the bottom of scene B, the player loses the ball. If the ball falls through the hole in scene B, it enters the Bonus Stage.

 

*{{button|nes|A}} {{button|nes|B}} – activate striker; control left flipper

*{{button|nes|Pad}} – control right flipper; control Mario in the Bonus Stage

''VS. Pinball'' made several changes to the original game in graphics, music, and gameplay. If the player hatches three pink chicks and the ball falls off the bottom of Scene B, [[Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)|Bubbles]] from the game ''{{wp|Clu Clu Land}}'' or [[Family BASIC#Sprites|Achilles]] from [[Family BASIC]] appears and returns the ball.

{|width=fit border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;"

!bgcolor=black|[[File:PinballMarioSprite.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:PinballPaulineSprite.png]]

|align=center|[[Pauline|The lady]]

|Mario must catch the lady when she falls down, then carry her safely to the exit.

{|width=fit border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;"

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Ball.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Flippers.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Striker.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Slot Window 3.png]] [[File:Pinball Slot Window 7.png]] [[File:Pinball Penguin.gif]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Slot Target.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Block Post.png]]

|align=center|[[Block post]]

|The block post prevents the ball from falling in between the flippers, and can appear in scene A and scene B.

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Targets.png]]

|align=center|[[Target (Pinball)|Target]]s

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Bumper blue.png]] [[File:Bumper pink.png]] [[File:Bumper yellow.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Cards Face Up.png]]

|If the ball turns all five cards face up, the block post in scene B is raised.

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Egg.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Stopper.png]]

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Pinball Hole.png]]

|If the ball reaches the hole in scene A, it enters the Bonus Stage.

!bgcolor=black|[[File:Bingo lamp sprites.png]]

*[[Family BASIC]]: This accessory to the Famicom features sprites of the lady and a [[penguin]], which are very similar to the ones found in ''Pinball''.

*Hirokazu Tanaka - Music Programmer

*Satoru Iwata - Programmer

PinballMarioSprite.png|Mario

PinballPaulineSprite.png|The lady

Pinball Penguin.gif|Slot window (penguin)

==Media==

|title3=Bonus Stage

==Trivia==

*''Pinball'' is the first released video game that [[Satoru Iwata]] programmed for Nintendo; his first Famicom project, a 1983 home conversion of the 1982 arcade game ''{{wp|Joust (video game)|Joust}}'', remained unreleased for over four years until its eventual 1987 production by [[HAL Laboratory]].<ref>[http://shmuplations.com/iwata/ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com]</ref>

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*[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/NES/Pinball-820146.html European website]

 

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