Capcom
Pinball Magic Pinside Rating
This game received 189 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.964 /10
Pinball Magic
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.194
Artwork: 7.714
Sounds/Music: 7.323
Other Aspects: 8.178
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8.860/10
10 years ago
Topeka, KS
I think Pinball Magic gets a bad rap because it took Capcom too long to produce it and Theater of Magic came out first and Bally made so many of them. In my opinion if the 2 games were side by side more people would choose Pinball Magic over TOM & if they have to work on them, Capcom was thinking about the techs that would have to do repair work and made things easy to get to. My Pinball Magic has a faster game play then my New Transformers game???
Albury
8.022/10
11 years ago
We have had Pinball Magic in our game room now for about a month (on loan from friend)...great game, great theme, well execucted....but boy ...it is hard to get "swallow your sword"...perhaps its our game (maybe i need to adjust something) ...the game is linear and i think thats cool but i go 1, 2, 3 games sometimes without getting past "STS" ...and of course i "hate" the fact that he says it so often..
but let me tell you, the first night, when the ball "levitated", that was one of the greater pinball moments ever. The whole family squealed in delight...that's Pinball...love it
This is a great game...with only a few minor weaknesses. Kudos to Capcom
but let me tell you, the first night, when the ball "levitated", that was one of the greater pinball moments ever. The whole family squealed in delight...that's Pinball...love it
This is a great game...with only a few minor weaknesses. Kudos to Capcom
8.960/10
11 years ago
Just Picked up this Pin , I have 40 Games played and It ROCK's So far ,, A Hell've Lot Better than TOM ..
8.728/10
11 years ago
Great game, cool backglass artwork, cool wand on playfield. Enjoyed playing this pin. Theme well implemented. Thumbs up for this pinball machine.
7.022/10
11 years ago
Fun game, I enjoyed the toys and gameplay more then TOM the skill shot is a trip. I only put 5 games on it but it was fun for sure.. Loved 5 games on it
8.176/10
11 years ago
Love pinball magic. Best of the magic themed games out there. Blows the doors off of theater of magic.
9.940/10
11 years ago
Wiesbaden
The first Capcom machine, created with the goal to make everything better than Williams did and to improve certain things. And I think they succeed. The game itself is fantastic, it makes fun and blows all watchers and pinball newbies away with its magnet tricks. Sound is rich and deep and it has a great amount of sub bass - and this with original speakers! DMD animations are superb, loop shots are absolutely AWESOME to shoot at (continuous looping), the menu is great, the playfield can be moved out of the cabinet much more easlily than with ANY Williams wpc or wpc95 system. Everything feels "right" and sturdy. No Airballs. The skillshot is one of the toughest I´ve ever seen. (shoot in the hat)
In short: a absolutely excellent and collectible pinball machine! If you see one, go for it.
In short: a absolutely excellent and collectible pinball machine! If you see one, go for it.
9.006/10
12 years ago
A real shooters game because of it's linearity. Many folks don't care for it because of it's linearity and I can understand that. However, it was designed to be that way for a reason, ie, it's a feature in itself! Now, in home use that may seem like a real drag but keep in mind these games were intended for location play and it wouldn't get stagnant on route. The linearity as a feature makes you play the shots in the right order (as requested by your various mentors) or else you are punished with practically no score at all. You either like that kind of challenge or you don't :)
8.354/10
12 years ago
This game really makes you wish that capcom could've made it work for the long run. Got into the game a little too late and had to compete with Williams/Bally and the strong licenses of Data East. This game is mechanically and from a design point amazing. The wand, the trunk lock, the theatre door/pop bumper, the skill shot and corkscrew habitrail are all amazing. Shots are fun, and layout is nice and deceptively fast. Sturdy construction, and some cool modes as well. The total art/sound package lacks especially when compared (inevitably ) to TOM. The gameplay is very linear, but I enjoy a linear game path. It keeps you coming back to climb the ladder. The rules are very deep for its era, but my problem is that the rules aren't super well described by the inserts or callouts, leading to some initial confusion until you put the time in to fully understand what it wants you to do next. That's the only real weakness. This is a great first effort for a company I wish we would have seen more from.
8.680/10
12 years ago
Litvinov
This is an amazing game, the magnetic wand is genius as you release the ball that rolls underneath the wand (the wand is a big electro-magnet that you turn off with the flipper button) and time the ball to land in the mouth of a 'critic'. And the floating ball 'trick' is funny to see... how does it do that ;-). Beautiful artwork too, and great lighting effects! If Capcom only kept going, they could make something out of this world... I don't know, maybe even themed on a bar in outer space!! :-)
The BIG thing that lets this game down is that there absolutely NO strategy at all... none (from what I can remember)... just do the tricks in the same order in every game... I think every 6th trick there's a kind of 'mini wizard mode'... this is what really lets the game down... that and the incredibly annoying voice of one of the magicians... imagine the voice of an old squalky parrot, and then say in this voice quickly and as annoyingly as possible 'swallow the sword!' and you hear this every game you have (because I think it's the first trick). The same voice appears later for other tricks... After playing the game a few hundred times, that voice will be imprinted in your memory forever and haunt you to your grave!
The BIG thing that lets this game down is that there absolutely NO strategy at all... none (from what I can remember)... just do the tricks in the same order in every game... I think every 6th trick there's a kind of 'mini wizard mode'... this is what really lets the game down... that and the incredibly annoying voice of one of the magicians... imagine the voice of an old squalky parrot, and then say in this voice quickly and as annoyingly as possible 'swallow the sword!' and you hear this every game you have (because I think it's the first trick). The same voice appears later for other tricks... After playing the game a few hundred times, that voice will be imprinted in your memory forever and haunt you to your grave!
9.169/10
13 years ago
Although I can't say much for the playfield artwork, this game is amazingly fun and challenging! It's my first Capcom and I have to say some of the design features are great such as computer controlled lights, slipper strength settings, playfield raising mechanism, etc. As everyone says with this game, the toys are really slick.
7.963/10
13 years ago
I purchased this primarily for the magic theme and I liked the over all look of this pin. Some complain about the serial rule set but I actually prefer that as it makes for a MUCH more challenging game and therefore long term playability is excellent. The toys are over the top in this pin. The only concern I have is the availability of Capcom parts given they made so few pins. That aside, I love this machine.
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