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<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19840901p/page/n12/mode/1up|title=''Game Machine''|date=September 1, 1984|page=25}}</ref>|USA|October 1984<ref>{{cite|url=flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3503&image=1|title=1985 VS. System flyer}}</ref>}} '''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>{{better source}}}} '''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>{{better source}}|Mexico|October, 2002<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20021013203220/http://www.nintendo.com.mx/Juegos/gameboy_advance/pinballe.html|publisher=Nintendo of Mexico|language=Mexican Spanish|accessdate=November 28, 2022}}</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>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/fbnj|title=ピンボール {{!}} Wii U {{!}} 任天堂|author=Nintendo|publisher=www.nintendo.co.jp}}</ref>|USA|October 24, 2013<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/gMPhXsN2Ko1VQUoTKbr68CkvBKesOiif</ref>{{dead link}}|Europe|October 24, 2013<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/NES/Pinball-820146.html|publisher=Nintendo of UK|title=Pinball {{!}} NES {{!}} Games {{!}} Nintendo|language=British English}}</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>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=May 26, 2022|url=youtu.be/n_-LqmGv7ig|title=NES & Super NES - May 2022 Game Updates - Nintendo Switch Online|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 27, 2022}}</ref>|Japan|May 27, 2022<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo 公式チャンネル|date=May 27, 2022|url=youtu.be/T0POVi_YY8Q|title=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>[</nowiki>2022年5月27日<nowiki>]</nowiki>|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 27, 2022}}</ref>|Europe|May 27, 2022<ref>{{cite|title=These classic #SuperNES and #NES games are now available for #NintendoSwitchOnline members! ☑️ Congo's Caper ☑️ Pinball ☑️ Rival Turf!|author=@NintendoEurope|date=May 27, 2022|url=x.com/NintendoEurope/status/1530111585808678912|publisher=X|accessdate=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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'''''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 reasons unexplained.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/micomBASIC-1985-06/page/n191/mode/1up|title=micomBASIC Magazine|publisher=Dempa Publications' Inc.|language=Japanese|date=June 1985}}</ref> The Family Computer version was preceded by a [[Game & Watch]] version in December 1983,<ref>{{cite|url=www.intheattic.co.uk/pinball.htm|title=''Pinball''|publisher=In the Attic|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}</ref> but unlike the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System releases, it is not a game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]].

[[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 B to the top of scene A. 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.

In the [[Bonus Stage (Pinball)|Bonus Stage]], the player controls [[Mario]] carrying a platform. Mario must rescue [[Pauline|a lady]] by bouncing the ball off of his platform so it passes through [[bingo lamp]]s, in order to decrease the size of the floor so the lady falls through. Mario must then catch the lady with his platform and bring her safely to one of the exits on either side of the stage. If the ball falls off the bottom of the screen, it exits the Bonus Stage and is ejected from the [[Hole (Pinball)|hole kicker]] in scene A.

''VS. Pinball'' made several changes to the original game in graphics, music, and gameplay. If the player hatches three pink [[chick]]s and the ball falls off the bottom of scene B, a character will appear and return the ball. In the Japanese version, it is a red [[Family BASIC#Sprites|Achilles]] from [[Family BASIC]]. In the international version, it is [[Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)|Bubbles]] from the then-upcoming ''[[nwiki:Clu Clu Land|Clu Clu Land]]''. The hole kicker in scene A has been replaced by another hole. If the ball falls into it, it will be ejected horizontally from the hole in scene B.

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

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

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

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

!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]]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Hirokazu Tanaka - Music Programmer

*Satoru Iwata - Programmer

===Arcade Archives===

==Media==

|Jap=ピンボール

|JapR=Pinbōru

|JapM=Pinball

==Trivia==