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| | Pinball Wizard: Information From Answers.com |
 | | The original recording was released as a single by The Who in 1969, and it reached #4 in the UK charts. | | | "Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by The Who in their 1969 rock opera Tommy. | | | The song "Pinball Wizard" was written and recorded almost immediately. |
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http://www.answers.com/Pinball+Wizards
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| | Mark's Pinball Page! |
| | I receive numerous emails from folks who want to know what the value of their pinball machine is and how to sell it. | | | by more than just a call from your daughter stating "hey, your pinball machine is here, they dropped it off by the garage". | | | They give you three outs, and all I managed was a single. |
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| | Review: Pinball wizards step up to Xbox |
| | This week's episode of the Wizards of Technology is so packed full of news and listener mail we need more memory bits to record the show! | | | Click here to listen to the show in your browser, or point iPodderX to the RSS feed under the "Podcast" link on the their site. | | | More news and listener mail as the Wizards roll on! |
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http://www.stargeek.com/item/237134.html
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| | New Seekers - Pinball Wizards: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more Music.com |
| | New Seekers - Pinball Wizards: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more | | | New Seekers - Pinball Wizards: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more | | | Portions of Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. |
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http://music.com/release/pinball_wizards/1
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| | In praise of Pinball Wizards |
| | This page is dedicated to all the pinball wizards out there, blind, deaf or even just those who "hear the beat of a different drummer", like myself - RF. | | | The rock opera "Tommy" featured the song "Pinball Wizard" written by Peter Townshend in 1976. | | | It is a paean to a "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who all the same was champion of the pinball machine world. |
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http://www.geocities.com/neohephaestus/pinball.html
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| | A Pinball Bibliography |
| | Pinball wizard: The case of a pinball machine addict. | | | Pachinko payola: Kim il sung's pinball empire funds socialists. | | | Operation of pinball machines in the city of new york, 1941. |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/pinball/bibliography
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| | Newspaper Articles about Pinball |
| | About pinball collectors in Toronto and pinball in general.; | | | C1:1(L), C26(L) The New Pinball: Music, Lights, Voices. | | | About the recent Pinball Fantasy '97 in Las Vegas; |
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http://my.pclink.com/~tiesma/pinball/pinbib/newspapr.htm
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| | CNN - PC pinball - Mar. 10, 1998 |
| | There are three different table designs to choose from, each with its own architecture, artwork, music, sound effects, and voices from the TV cast. | | | Does this opening line of the classic song "Pinball Wizard" apply to you? | | | So let's take a brief look at the latest releases to see which ones are worthy of a "high score" honor and which ones are just "tilt" material. |
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http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9803/10/pc_pinball
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| | IGN: Muppets Pinball Mayhem Review |
| | Very average sound quality...the music composition is hindered by low-resolution audio samples. | | | E3 2005: Flipnic Ultimate Pinball - 5/18 4:09PM | | | Though the game looks great, using the GBA's capabilities to decent use, the sound is probably the weakest of the pinball game's elements...the tunes are subtle enough for background audio, but the samples used for both the instruments and the Muppets' specific sound bites are of really low quality. |
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http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/361/361598p1.html
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| | dallasobserver.com News |
| | Truly blessed is the man with a large rec room, an understanding family and his own collection of the really fun stuff he always loved as a kid but couldn't afford back when. | | | We don't know about his family or the size of his rec room, but by the latter measure Craig Hassell, an organizer of this weekend's 2002 Texas Pinball Festival in Arlington, is a fortunate man. He owns nine (!) pinball machines, which he can play whenever he wants for free. | | | Rock and roll all weekend with the Texas Pinball Festival |
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http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2002-11-14/calendar2.html
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| | Pinball Wizards: 3D View of the Web |
| | band The Who (1969), which centers around the title character, a "deaf, dumb, and blind kid", who nevertheless becomes a "pinball wizard" and who later uses pinball as a symbol and tool for his messianic mission. | | | Pinball Wizard's virtual 3-D display with light and sound effects are fun and challenging for hours, at home or on... | | | (The album was subsequently made into a movie and stage play.) Wizard has since moved into popular usage as a term for an expert pinball player. |
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http://www.resolve3d.com/Games/VideoGames/DevelopersandPublishers/A/ApogeeSoftware,Ltd/PinballWizards
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| | TUCOWS Games Pinball Wizards |
| | This is a 3D pinball game with 16 configurations, music and sound effects. | | | Guybrush is back to fight ghost pirates and general sanity! | | | Tommy isn't the only pinball wizard out there. |
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http://games.tucows.iranscience.net/download/pinballwizards.html
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| | Toronto Pinball League |
| | New in the AV Room: listen to the radio interview on the Bay Area Pinball League given by ToPL founder Eug. | | | The Toronto Pinball League (ToPL) is an organization that brings together people who love to play pinball competitively. | | | You don't have to be an expert to play with us, but pinball wizards are welcome! |
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http://www.topl.org
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| | The Southern Illinoisan |
| | "There were a handful of pinball machines licensed through particular rock bands or individuals," Craig said. | | | Pinball enthusiast Rob Craig of Marion with just a dozen of the more than 60 pinball and arcade machines in his personal collection. | | | Included among these is a game that will have players humming late 1980s rock music and, if someone doesn't stop them, accompanying it with an air guitar - Craig's own Guns 'n' Roses pinball machine. |
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http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2005/09/23/top/107417.txt
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| | AVault PC Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey Review |
| | All those great computerized pinball franchises except for one are now dead, and the one remaining--Empire's Pro Pinball series--has just released what the company is admitting will be the last installment. | | | The current release, Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey, pulls out all the stops to try and make the last title in the series the very best. | | | Sierra was designing its popular 3-D Ultra Pinball series, Maxis had released Full Tilt! |
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http://www.avault.com/reviews/review_temp.asp?game=propin
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| | GameSpy: |
| | The sounds are limited to what can be produced by a built-in PC speaker -- but not bad, considering. | | | Pinball Construction Set was the brainchild of Bill Budge, otherwise known as the god of Apple II graphics design. | | | Budge was a mini-celebrity then, and his picture and signature were featured prominently in ads and on the packaging for the game. |
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http://www.gamespy.com/articles/491/491450p2.html
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| | Pinball wizards to vie here for world crown |
| | He says they plan to shoot video to send to ESPN in hopes that the cable network will broadcast this Pittsburgh tournament next year. | | | His pinball partner Steve Zumoff of the Beehive Coffeehouse (with pair, a tournament co-sponsor) says Martin decided to rebuild in large part because of the outpouring of support from players, collectors, vendors and other enthusiasts. | | | Even if you don't play pinball, Zumoff notes, it can be fun to just admire all the artwork on these machines from different eras, "works of art, each one of them." |
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http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05222/551169.stm
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| | Computer Gaming World: Pinball Wizards |
| | Davis may be MIA, but the scene that he helped create is alive and rolling. | | | The concept of virtual pinball has been around for nearly 20 years. | | | Classic pinball machines were on the brink of being relegated to dusty warehouses and private collections, but one man took it upon himself to save pinball from history’s dustbin in early 2000. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdcgw/is_200410/ai_n7180516
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| | Pinball Archive: 2005 Tournaments and Events |
| | --> Thanks to www.sternpinball.com, Trent Augenstein, Pinball News, and rec.games.pinball for listings. | | | 1st Annual Ohio Pinball and Game Room Festival |
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| | MobyGames - Balls of Steel |
| | Very high scores are awarded with a "powerball" end bonus mode, and could be posted on the "WorldScores" net site (no longer available). | | | After Epic Megagames' two releases Epic Pinball and Extreme Pinball, Apogee finally got their own pinball game in late 1997, Balls of Steel. | | | This game was included in Encore's "Pinball Madness 2" collection in 1999. |
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| | City of Heroes Official Forums |
| | Besides which, the Who is a cool band, and I always did like the musical "Tommy". | | | The name popped in my head when i realized what the speed booster powers actually do... | | | they make a melee turn into the CoH version of Multiball on modern pinball tables. |
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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3564333&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1
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| | Al's Arcade Gallery |
| | They mentioned ME in this short 3MB AVI clip from the 5-1 tape. | | | Pins & Vids Audio Show #6 (Matt Ownby) | | | See what happens when one of the largest collections of pinball machines is open to the public to play! |
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| | Mainindex |
| | Added information on the 2-CD set of Williams Pinball System-11 Music. | | | I have been a collector of pinball for twelve years and a player for as long as I can remember. | | | contact me with your favorite pinball stories, comments or questions. |
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| | Dierker: Fox's excess flash isn't work of pinball wizards Chron.com - Houston Chronicle |
| | They were usually well off-key, as they marched around in the grandstands, which was the perfect type of music for | | | This is almost 10 years post Hawaiian shirt and five years after I noticed that the networks that cover major league baseball have tried to jazz it up with sound effects and graphics. | | | After that game at Ebbets, Landis said, "That place is like a gosh-darned pinball machine." |
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3263977
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| | Fellowship of the Fast Flipper - The Boston Pinball Association |
| | Pinball's "a good release," said Kerins, in between balls. | | | When the game ends, come back to have the score and results recorded. | | | He chose "Creature from the Black Lagooon." Far from just a confusing jumble of metal ramps, bumpers, and flashing lights, th machine, like all pinball games, represented a puzzle that had to be solved, bit by bit. |
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| | IGN: Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire Review |
| | The eight highest scores on each of the two tables are recorded to cartridge, and players can actually link two systems and games together to trade their high score list to each other...something that increases the competition since you'll want to make sure your name appears higher than your buddy's on your own cartridge. | | | This is a great pick up and play game; the cartridge records the top eight scores per table, and the Pokemon collection element will keep players coming back until they're all caught. | | | There are 200 catchable Pokemon creatures in this game, and the cartridge save RAM keeps track of which creatures have been caught by the player in what's known as the Pokedex. |
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http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/434/434815p1.html
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| | Augusta Georgia: technology@ugusta: Software titles make pinball wizards of the masses 01/06/99 |
| | This isn't cheating -- pinball machines were designed to be nudged, but only so far. | | | They're large and three-dimensional, with a playfield (the part with the bumpers and flippers) and a back glass, where the score appears and artists do their best to lure you into the game with gaudy illustrations. | | | Early pinball simulations were slow, cartoon-line and two-dimensional, but today's fast computers and video adapters can produce near-perfect reproductions, with true-to-life ball physics and digitized sound. |
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http://augustachronicle.com/stories/010699/tec_UX5630-L.000.shtml
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| | ATARI'S VIDEO PINBALL provides you with the challenge of pinball wizardry in your own home. | | | It is like the large arcade pinball games, complete with sounds and bright colors that set the mood for the ultimate VIDEO PINBALL challenge. | | | As a matter of fact, you'll probably catch the fever yourself within about 20 minutes. |
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http://www.steverd.com/docs-26/vid_pin.txt
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| | Pinball wizards agree law needs changed - Sunday, 09/05/04 |
| | Pinball wizards agree law needs changed - Sunday, 09/05/04 | | | ''Pinball was one of the original games so people should be able to play it. | | | Councilman Jameson echoed Odom's comments and said the harmlessness of pinball is just another reason why the game should be legal for juveniles. |
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http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/04/08/56959903.shtml?Element_ID=56959903
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| | Wizards roll in for competition - PittsburghLIVE.com |
| | Edlund is one of eight Swedes who made the trek. | | | "Pinball really is a physical game," said Per Holknecht, 44, a Swede who plays with the physical gusto of a professional skateboarder, which he used to be. | | | Video games just do not compete with pinball, he says. |
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/pittsburgh/s_250368.html
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| | Amazon.com: Harley Pinball Mach: Toys & Games |
| | Pinball wizards who were born to ride can do so without having to hit the open road with this home pinball machine decked out in a Harley-Davidson motif. | | | My husband loves it and has been playing it several times a week. | | | I would say that it is a very good+ mini pinball machine for the money; don't think kids will be as thrilled with it as the adults in the crowd who grew up playing pinball. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000062YIO/babywishes
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| | GameSpy: Pinball Advance |
| | Pinball Advance features the Tarantula, Jailbreak and Daredevil pinball tables, all fully rendered in shiny 3D and each with their own exclusive single and multiball game modes. | | | In Jailbreak, players will have to prove their innocence to the judge or escape past the prison guards. | | | We went to Vegas to see the latest at the Consumer Electronics Show! |
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http://gba.gamespy.com/gameboy-advance/pinball-advance
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| | 2005 Texas Pinball Festival - Tournaments |
| | We will have a variety of pinball machines on the exhibit hall floor throughout the show that have themes appropriate for the holiday. | | | Pinball machines will be selected at a later date, so we can bring in the best | | | A slam tilt is considered abuse of the machine and you will be disqualified from |
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http://www.texaspinball.com/tourneys.htm
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| | Pinball Literature Index |
| | However, the Pinball Trader had volume numbers and issue numbers. | | | The Pinball Collectors' Quarterly only had 4 issues and they are clearly labeled. | | | The issues have been consistently labeled by date, volume number and issue number within each volume. |
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| | UGO's Future of Gaming - Mile High Pinball |
| | The score is situated at the top of the screen and the long line of zeros begins to roll with higher digits as you progress. | | | Besides offering a pinball machine that spans some 80 levels, there are also unique obstacles that inhabit each environment. | | | Mile High Pinball, as the name suggests, increases the size of the ordinary pinball machine by stacking more than 80 different boards on top of one another. |
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http://www.ugo.com/channels/Games/features/futureofgaming/?id=1578&listMode=alpha&module=content
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| | IGN: Metroid Prime Pinball Preview |
| | Though it had some merit, ultimately the attempt was a dud, which made people sort of roll their eyes when they heard that the development team was sending Samus to that same world of pinball. | | | Because Samus' morph ball is a standard part of her theme, it actually makes a lot of sense seeing her rolling around the pinball environment. | | | The Samus morph ball is smoothly animated thanks to being rendered at several different angles. |
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http://ds.ign.com/articles/616/616137p1.html
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| | Pinball Wizards Convention |
| | Free pinball machine giveaway (need not be present to win)! | | | Free play on pinball games from the 1950s through 2000! | | | Large outdoor flea market with pinballs and gameroom stuff! |
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http://www.pinballwizardsconv.com
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| | USATODAY.com - Pinball wizards step up to Xbox |
| | Also, some pinball fans may prefer familiar tables, such as "Twilight Zone," "8-Ball Deluxe" or "Royal Flush." The four included in Pure Pinball are all original designs. | | | For $20, this title is a bargain, but it's not without some shortcomings. | | | While four pinball tables are adequate, eight would be better — even if these bonus tables weren't unlocked until reaching a certain score. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2004-08-25-pure-pinball-bargain_x.htm
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| | GearBits: Pinball Wizards |
| | Movies of the pinball machine in action are awesome. | | | Using MEMS technology, people have made gears nine microns in size, working electrostatic motors, and projectors based on digital micromirrors. | | | The team says that the revolution is in replacing traditionally complex MEMS patterning fab steps with a single simple step, and using room temperature plasma bonding. |
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http://www.gearbits.com/archives/2003/08/pinball_wizards.html
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| | Tom's Pinball Planet |
| | Even though I love Pinball Machines, I don't know too much about pricing of machines and technical stuff. | | | I always have loved those two Pinball Machines. | | | Stern Pinball is now the only known maker of Pinball Machines in the World. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/pinplanet
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| | Pet Talk - Pinball Wizards |
| | Pippin,is inded a Pinball Champ,and that video,is the best,that I have seen,with the way,you put those inserts,of the Other cats,in. |
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http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=4dcaab5b43970a2aa776824d0417e780&threadid=67704
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| | Pin-Wizard Archive |
| | Pinball Machines, Wanted and For Sale: Check out this page if you are in the market for buying or selling pinball machines. | | | The Pinball Pasture: A general WWW archive of lots of miscellaneous pinball-related stuff. | | | Kevin Martin, contains a wealth of information on pinball. |
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http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dstewart/pinball
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| | VPForums - Pinball Wizards and SDB Games Present |
| | Pinball Wizards and SDB Games Present the public release of Sonic's Enigma. | | | VPForums » VPForums Message Archive » Pinball Simulation - Tables (Archive) » VP Original Table releases (Archive) » Pinball Wizards and SDB Games Present | | | ALmost had the game finished today, one level to go and ran outta time on numba 30. |
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http://www.vpforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=25418a8acfe5ee24441a6d5379ad675c&threadid=25430
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| | BL:ND Turns Ball Players into Pinball Wizards for Fox Sports |
| | With 60 CG shots to deliver, the bulk of BL:NDâs work was focused on tracking the live action elements to the 3D environment, and on detailing the pinball machine. | | | Trudeau drew up a practical design for a pinball machine with a baseball theme. | | | The studio worked hand-in-hand with the networkâs creative team in developing the spotâs novel concept in which Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter and other players pitch, hit and catch steel balls in an environment of oversized drop-targets, bumpers and blinking lights. |
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http://www.cgfocus.com/NewsDetails.cfm?NewsID=1641
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| | 3D Realms Site: Press Releases: New Pinball Wizards Division Launched! |
| | Pinball Wizards will not release many pinball games in the future - only the best ones. | | | The first game released by Pinball Wizards will be "Balls of Steel" (published by GTIS, 2nd-Q 97), featuring five tables with edge and attitude - no circus, zoo or cutesy themes here! | | | This is exactly the purpose of Apogee's Pinball Wizards and 3D Realms brands (and potentially more to come). |
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http://www.3drealms.com/press/020497.html
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| | Pinball News - First and Free |
| | IPB will be producing Eight Ball Deluxe playfields in 3-4 months with Funhouse coming out before that. | | | But in the end the Pinball Wizards Convention fulfilled its remit of a place to meet, buy, sell and play lots of games and did so in a friendly manner. | | | Wayne Gillard had previously told us that the game would be licensed, so it's a reasonable guess that the game will be themed around Steve Irwin. |
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http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/allentown2004/index4.html
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| | Help2Go - Pinball Wizards |
| | But if you were addicted to pinball at any time in your life (I was addicted in college), then this is a must try. | | | It's a Pinball emulation program -- you can basically download different pinball tables and play them as if you were right in front of them. | | | I already have a Microsoft pinball game which has 6 or seven tables based on real tables from the 30's through to the 90's and the realisim is quite fantastic. |
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http://www.help2go.com/postp32803.html
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| | Press Release: Nokia's Mile High Pinball Ricochets Into the US Market; Pinball Wizards Now Can Go Full Tilt on the ... |
| | Developed by Bonus.com, Mile High Pinball offers numerous multiplayer features on the N-Gage Arena, including a Beat-My-Challenge mode where players create their own pinball map to share with friends. | | | Aspiring pinball wizards can collect points and power-ups as they deftly dodge enemy bosses and ascend through 80 pinball stages. | | | Gamers can now play pinball like it's never been played before with Mile High Pinball. |
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http://www.mobileburn.com/pressrelease.jsp?Id=1785
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