![]() "Duo Pinball recreates the same tactile, immersive experience players will remember from real arcade pinball machines," said Mike Sievert, CEO at Discovery Bay Games. Realistic bump and tilt for enhanced gameplay.Spring-loaded plunger to bring back the arcade experience.Two side buttons to control on-screen flippers.To play, download the Pinball HD or Pinball HD Collection App and then wirelessly connect your iPad to the Duo Pinball controller. ![]() This Bluetooth-enabled wireless controller for iPad works exclusively with the massively popular Pinball HD and Pinball HD Collection Apps, now available on the App Store, which collectively have had more than 2.6 million downloads to-date. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Discovery Bay Games, the worldwide leader in iOS-exclusive gaming products, today announced Duo™ Pinball – an app-supported pinball controller for iPad® that provides consumers an authentic pinball gameplay experience. Don't get me wrong the three tables they have created on their own are really quite wonderful, but as pinball is a decidedly retro activity, it would be great to play some of the old classics rendered with the kind of loving care seen in Pinball HD.SEATTLE, Oct. I'd just like to see OOO Gameprom get the license for some classic pinball machines and begin porting them to the virtual world of the iPad. My only complaint really isn't a complaint at all. Sound effects are also well done, though some of the voice work (particularly in The Deep) could use some work. It's much more sensitive and responsive than I expected, which helps make any virtual pinball game more immersive. and from my perspective full screen is where it's at.Ĭontrol is spot-on, with a simple tap of the right or left thumb activating the game's flippers. Here, you get a choice of either the "follow the ball" view or a full screen view of the entire table. Fortunately for iPad users, the portrait mode version of the game rectifies this problem. This leads to numerous control issues, since without seeing the big picture it's difficult to see when the ball is about to drop near your flippers. Here, the camera follows the ball above all else, meaning that you don't get a clear view of the full table for long, if at all. Those who have played the iPhone version of these games will recognize the landscape mode as the same one used in those earlier games. There are two primary viewing modes for Pinball HD. Though it is at first a little unclear about where and how you need to navigate, it becomes second nature quickly. From here, you can choose to scroll to another pinball table (at game start the interface defaults to whatever pinball table you last played), to news from the publisher, or online/offline high scores. Launching Pinball HD takes users directly into a hub screen. When someone says that the iPad is just a giant iPod touch, there's some truth to the statement, but games like Pinball HD show what the increased screen real estate (not to mention the superior display) can do for an app. But where the iPhone games, though full of great graphics/sounds and consistent ball physics, felt cramped and fairly limited, Pinball HD feels like a real pinball game. In fact, Pinball HD consolidates all three OOO Gameprom iPhone virtual pinball games (The Deep, Wild West Pinball and Jungle Beat) into one. ![]() If you've already purchased one of OOO Gameprom's iPhone Pinball apps, you have a pretty good feel for what Pinball HD is all about. But what the game lacks in a catchy title it more than makes up for with all of the positives listed above, at a more than reasonable price. What do you call an iPad game with top-notch graphics, clever and responsive controls, a variety of play mechanics, great sound effects and what is probably the most generic, boring title in the history of the
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