Galactic Pinball

Galactic Pinball (Japanese: ギャラクティックピンボール, Hepburn: Gyarakutikku Pinbōru) is a pinball video game for the Virtual Boy. The game was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan and on August 14, 1995 in the United States. It is set in the Milky Way galaxy, and has players maneuvering a puck (as opposed to a ball) around one of four pinball tables available in the game using two flippers situated at the bottom of the screen, with the goal of keeping the puck moving for as long as possible while accumulating points. Like all games released for the Virtual Boy, Galactic Pinball uses a red-and-black color scheme which was criticized for causing nausea, headaches, and eye strain. It also uses parallax, which allows the game to display three-dimensional effects.

Gameplay and premise

Galactic Pinball is set in the Milky Way galaxy, and tells the story of the discovery of a new, strange world. At the Title Screen, players can choose from four pinball tables: Cosmic, Colony, UFO, and Alien. Players can also choose to look at the top scores. Each table has its own background story. The Cosmic table has players controlling a Space Federation pilot who is exploring the mysteries of the galaxy; the Colony table has players protecting a colony from asteroids; the UFO table has players in control of a character who is piloting a remote-controlled UFO to fight the Evil Skeleton; and the Alien table has players taking on aliens.