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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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65%Audience ScoreBased on 17 reviews
music2 positive mentions
optimization1 negative mentions

  • 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.
  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The 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.”
  • music

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music features a jazz soundtrack that enhances the game's atmosphere, adding an unexpectedly enjoyable and immersive element alongside other sensory details like pop-art visuals and sound effects.

    • “Jazz music plays in the background while you play and I enjoyed this more than I expected.”
    • “I like the atmosphere here, to which different elements contribute: jazz background music, pop-art illustration graphics, sounds of bells/chimes.”
  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is praised for its distinct vintage vibe, enhanced by jazz background music, pop-art style graphics, and the inclusion of sounds like bells and chimes, creating an engaging and nostalgic ambiance.

    • “I like the atmosphere here, which is enhanced by various elements: jazz background music, pop-art illustration graphics, and the sounds of bells and chimes.”
    • “Very vintage vibe and atmosphere.”
  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers good replayability despite featuring only a single table, with its realistic digital recreation enhancing the overall experience.

  • gameplay

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay is simple and straightforward, drawing inspiration from classic electro-mechanical games, with uncomplicated board design and scoring.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from a poorly optimized graphics engine, resulting in subpar performance and inefficient resource usage.

    • “Horrible graphics engine that is poorly optimized.”
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60%Critics’ scoreBased on 1 critic reviews
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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.

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