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The Pinball Arcade (2012)

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Review

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Designed by Pat Lawlor and released by Stern in 2004, Ripley's Believe it or Not gets a virtual emulation treatment with Farsight Studio's Pinball Arcade. The object of the game is visit the 7 continents to complete challenges so you can collect a letter in Ripley's. Spell Ripley's and you get to travel to Atlantis, which is heard is a good place to score. The tables features 2 ramps, a third flipper, a variable push target, and a shrunken head. It took me a few games to realize who was talking to me. There's some ramp dividers on the top left that contains jewels for the 3-in-a-row bonus in the middle of the playfield. Some missions are easy like Australia and Asia that only take a few well timed shots to complete. Some continents are tough, and require to knock down all the tombstones or hit the head 6 times in a short window.You don't need to win the continent missions to move on, so newcomers get to see alot of variety and multiball action. Completing 7 missions to earn you a trip to Atlantis is grueling, but not far fetched if you plan to take 3 trips around the world beforehand, which makes this table more of an endurance run, just keeping the balls in play. Good thing there's plenty of opportunities to pick up extra balls. The playfeild is wide considering how much stuff is on the table, so it makes juggling pretty easy. The sound and voices are also good. They're so random. It would liked to see fun facts or something to tie it all together. The complexity of the table might throw some people off, it's hard at first to figure out what event is being triggered and what to do next, but keeping the ball up should be relatively easy for casuals. Believe It or Not, Ripley's is an odd but likeable table, full of character. Does anyone care to explain any references from the Ripley's franchise that are on the table? Cause I have no clue.

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