Editing Pinball (1984)

{{GameInfobox
| developer = Nintendo
| publisher = Nintendo
| designer =
| ww_rel = {{Release|1983|||WW|Arcade}}
| jp_rel = {{Release|1984|February|2|JP|Family Computer}}<br>{{Release|1989|May|30|JP|Famicom Disk System}}<br>{{Release|2006|December|2|JP|Virtual Console}}
| na_rel = {{Release|1985|October|18|NA|Nintendo Entertainment System}}<br>{{Release|2006|November|19|NA|Virtual Console}}
| eu_rel = {{release|1986|January|9|EU|Nintendo Entertainment System}}<br>{{Release|2006|December|15|AU|Virtual Console}}
| au_rel = {{Release|2006|December|15|AU|Virtual Console}}
| genre = Pinball
| media = Cartridge
| features = Single-player, Multi-player
| platforms = Arcade, Family Computer, Famicom Disk System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo e-Reader
| dplatforms = Virtual Console
| cabinet =
| ratings = ESRB-E
| input = 4-way [[joystick]], 1 button
}}
'''''Pinball''''' is a 1984 [[arcade game]] created by [[Nintendo]]. The game is designed to simulate a game of [[pinball]]. It was [[ported]] to the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] later that year. In 1985 it reached North America as one of 18 [[launch title]]s. The Nintendo Entertainment System version added an alternating two-player mode. It was later re-released as an [[Nintendo e-Reader|e-reader]] Card game, and is also playable as an unlockable mini-game in ''[[Animal Forest|Doubutsu no Mori]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]] and ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' on the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. It is available on the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]].

== Gameplay ==

''Pinball'' is a game where the player controls the paddles of a virtual pinball machine.  The game has two screens to represent the traditional [[pinball]] table and one for a bonus mode.  Play begins when the player launches a ball with the plunger from first screen—the bottom of the pinball table—through the top of the screen to the second screen.  Play will move to the first screen if the ball falls through the bottom of the top screen and will return to the top screen if the ball is hit back through the space at the top of the first screen. The player controls the paddles on either screen to deflect the ball to keep it from falling off the bottom of the lower screen.

''Pinball'' also had a secondary ''[[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]''-like mode, which the player reaches by hitting the ball into a bonus hole that takes the player to a bonus stage where they control [[Mario]] carrying a platform. The object of this mode is to rescue [[Pauline (Nintendo)|Pauline]] (previously seen in ''[[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]''). The player achieves this by bouncing the ball off Mario's platform and hitting various targets, the destruction of which also earns them points. When the blocks under her are all gone, she will drop. Catching her on Mario's platform earns the player bonus points, but allowing her to hit the ground causes the player to lose.

== External links ==

* {{StrategyWiki|Pinball}}
* [http://www.nindb.net/game/pinball.html ''Pinball''] at [http://www.nindb.net/ NinDB]
* {{KLOV game|id=10364|name=Vs. Pinball}}


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