- December 23, 2016
- Mindware
Pinball Parlor
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About Pinball Parlor
Pinball Parlor is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Mindware and was released on December 23, 2016. It received neutral reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.
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- The game features a well-crafted electro-mechanical style pinball table with realistic and enjoyable ball physics.
- The art, graphics, and jazz background music contribute to a cozy vintage atmosphere.
- Developer is responsive and continues to improve the game with updates addressing bugs and gameplay improvements.
- The price is high for a single table, leading many to recommend purchasing only during sales or discounts.
- Control issues including unchangeable flipper mappings, input lag, and lack of customizable controls frustrate players.
- Gameplay suffers from some problems such as short flippers causing frequent drains, occasional ball getting stuck, and physics that can feel floaty or exploitable.
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6 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe game's graphics are generally praised for their beautiful, original design and atmospheric elements like pop-art illustrations and smooth visuals that enhance gameplay. However, some users note the lack of graphical options and criticize the poorly optimized graphics engine. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the experience despite technical shortcomings.
“Nice graphics and replay value is good even if it's only one table being offered, but it's a real-life recreational digital table.”
“I like the atmosphere here, to which different elements contribute: jazz background music, pop-art illustration graphics, sounds of bells/chimes.”
“Launch the game right and it plays smooth, with nice ball physics, beautiful graphics, and a fantastic original design EM pinball machine that is a recreation of a real prototype used to develop gameplay.”
“Fourth, graphical options are completely missing (such as changing resolution).”
“Horrible graphics engine that is poorly optimized.”
“Also I can't see any graphics difference between normal mode and light mode, which is a good thing and it looked pretty good in light mode.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pinball Parlor is a casual simulation game. Common tags for Pinball Parlor include indie and trading.
Pinball Parlor is available on PC, Steam Deck and Windows.
Pinball Parlor was released on December 23, 2016.
Pinball Parlor was developed by Mindware.
Pinball Parlor has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Pinball Parlor for its music but disliked it for its graphics.
Pinball Parlor is a single player game.
Similar games include Zaccaria Pinball, Pinball FX, Malzbie's Pinball Collection, Worms Pinball, Pro Pinball Ultra and others.