Pinball

Pinball
Developer	R&D 1
Publisher	Nintendo
System	NES, Arcade, e-Reader, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U)
Release Date	NES JP February 2, 1984 US October 1985 EU September 1, 1986 JP May 30, 1989 (FDS) Arcade US 1984 e-Reader US September 16, 2002 Wii Virtual Console US November 19, 2006 JP December 2, 2006 EU December 15, 2006 Wii U Virtual Console October 23/24, 2014
Rating	ESRB: E

This article is about the NES game and its various ports. For the Game & Watch game of the same name, see Pinball (Game & Watch)

Pinball is Nintendo's first mainstream video game version of the pinball machines and one of the NES launch titles.

Information

The game takes on the form of a simple pinball video game. The game has two screens as well as two different modes, with Game B simply being a faster game. The game also has a two-player mode in which the players take turns. There is also a bonus game which features cameo appearances by Mario and Pauline, where the ball must be bounced off of a girder held by Mario to free Pauline.

Legacy

Many pinball-based games followed from Nintendo in later years, such as Mario Pinball Land and Metroid Prime Pinball.

The game itself is also among the classic NES games to be featured in NES Remix, which presents various unique challenges set in excerpts from said games and also has a mode which "remixes" elements of the different games and modern features.

Ports and Remakes

• A Vs. Arcade version was released in 1984.
• It was included as an unlockable NES game in Doubutsu no Mori and Animal Crossing.
• An e-Reader version was released in 2003.
• It was released for download over the Wii's 0Virtual Console in 2006 and the Wii U's Virtual Console in October 2014.