Gottlieb Pinball Classics is up my alley

Most people that know me know that I love retro gaming. See I grew up playing Space Invaders while waiting for my fish and chips to be cooked. Before video games there was pinball. Metroid pinball for DS that I reviewed last month, is a good pinball game on a handheld that is perfect for pinball.

I have since obtained Gottlieb Pinball Classics for Nintendo Wii. Talk about retro gaming. The tables on this game are true to the original down to a tee. One machine called Black Hole is one that I remember very well. It features a playing area below the playing deck with its own set of flippers. Each table has a full set of instructions which tell you what to hit and when to hit it to maximize your score.

One of the best things about the game on Wii is the control system. The wiimote is your right flipper and the nunchuck is the left. Then the control system touches virtual reality. Waving the Wiimote nudges the ball to the right and waving the nunchuck moves the ball to the left. Move em too much and "TILT" the machine goes dead until your next ball just like the real thing. My favorite table is an old one, Big Shot (1974). It is a billiards themed table that has challenging targets to hit even thou it is a simple layout. I may do a full review down the track but I just wanted to blog my initial thoughts.