266 · Rock N Ball
Rock 'N' Ball is a pinball game with several gameplay options. The first is regular pinball game for one to four players. The second option is called nineball and the object is to shoot the balls into the playfield and have them land in the holes to form a bingo pattern (i.e. a vertical line, a horizontal line, etc.) This game is also for one to four players. Next is battle flipper. There is a set of flippers at both the top and bottom of the table, and two players try to knock the pinball past their opponents flippers. Lastly is sports pinball. In this game the pinball table is set up to look like a soccer or hockey field. Similar to battle flipper, each player tries to knock the pinball past their opponents goalie. There is only one flipper in this game, however you have a goalie to block shots and the flipper can be moved from side to side.
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Show notes
- Pinball is famous in video game history!
- NES Longplay
- Introductions
- Like the back of the box states this is Pinball, but with many different twist modes
- Gameplay
- Characters
- Tom, Billy, John, Paul, Lisa, and Diana
- Select: The little jig the character does on the character select screen.
- Dance: Their victory dance.
- Win: What they say when they win
- Lose: What they say when you defeat them.
- Tom, Billy, John, Paul, Lisa, and Diana
- "regular pinball"
- 50s themed?
- TV
- Shoe
- Jacket
- Burger
- up to four players
- unlimited tilt
- In the bonus level, you will have to hit waves of bald guys, and guys with hats and glasses for points.
- 50s themed?
- "nineball" where balls are knocked into a Pachinko Pattern
- -The field is dotted with little pegs to randomize the fall of your ball. You can use tilt to influence the fall to some degree, but it becomes difficult to get balls where you want them.
- "battle pinball" (which operates more like Pong instead of pinball)
- There are three different variations to the "battle pinball" mode; "thunder," "bomber," and the basic "attack" mode.
- All three of these options uses specialized flippers and a specialized pinball.
- For example, the "bomber" mode has a pinball that explodes after a certain time limit has been reached and the player's two target switches have been turned into bombs.
- A switch on the right-hand side of the board activates the special effects in the "attack" mode.
- and "sports pinball" where the pinball game becomes more similar to a soccer or hockey field
- Characters
- Japanese Version
- Pac-Man. Pac-Man is in the game. The regular pinball looks like Pac-Man. Why would you lose PAC-MAN?! For some generic rock n roll thing?
- Compared to the North American version, the bumpers in the Japanese version are further apart and the players have more room to guide their ball around the playing surface.
- Special guest characters in the Japanese version of the game include Valkyrie from the video game Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu, Wonder Momo and Kai from the Babylonian Castle Saga series.
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- None
- EGL
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