Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios and published by Crave Entertainment. The tables featured in the game are recreations of real tables. A revised edition of the PlayStation 2 version of the game was later released as Gottlieb Pinball Classics in Europe and Australia by System 3 under their Play It label. This expanded version featured three additional tables, and was subsequently released in North America on the Wii and PlayStation Portable under its original title.

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection
PAL region PS2 cover art
Developer(s)	FarSight Studios
Publisher(s)	NA: Crave Entertainment EU: Play It
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 GameCube PlayStation Portable Xbox Wii
Release	2004
Genre(s)	Pinball
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Background

After partnering with Crave Entertainment for a rolling puzzle game, Mojo!, the same game engine was then used for a series of pinball games based on physical machines. Initially hesitant to develop original pinball designs they met with Tim Arnold before he had established the Pinball Hall of Fame. On his advice that Gottlieb would be the easiest to obtain the license for a modest price this was the first of those games.^[1]

Tables

The following pinball machines are included in all versions of the game:

• Ace High (1957)
• Big Shot (1973)
• Central Park (1966)
• Genie (1979)
• Black Hole (1981)
• Victory (1987)
• Tee'd Off (1993)

The following extras are included in all versions of the game:

• Play-Boy (1932)
• Xolten (A fortune teller machine which predicts the player's future)
• Love Meter (A love tester machine which evaluates the player's dating eligibility)

The following are included in the PSP, Wii^[2] and Gottlieb Pinball Classics versions of the game:

• Goin' Nuts (1983)
• El Dorado City of Gold (1984)
• Strikes n' Spares (1995) (A redemption game)

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	63/100[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameSpot	NGC: 7.2/10[4] PS2: 7.2/10[4] XBox: 7.2/10[4] PSP: 7.1/10[5]
IGN	5.5/10[6]
Nintendo Life	8/10[7]

Reception

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to Metacritic.^[3] GameSpot gave the console versions a 7.2 out of 10 while the PlayStation Portable version was given a 7.1 out of 10.^[4][5]

Sequel

Main article: Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection

A sequel, titled Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection was released on the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360 on February 26, 2008, September 22, 2009 and September 23, 2011 respectively.^[8]

See also

• Pinball Hall of Fame
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
• The Pinball Arcade
• Microsoft Pinball Arcade