Real Pinball

Real Pinball, known in Japan as Fire Ball!!^[a], is a video game developed by Japan Dataworks and published by Panasonic for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

Real Pinball
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Japan Dataworks
Publisher(s)	Panasonic
Platform(s)	3DO
Release	JP: March 20, 1994[1] NA: 1994 EU: 1994
Genre(s)	Pinball
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Real Pinball features five pinball machines to choose from, that become increasingly more complicated.^[2] Allows for multiball play.

Development and release

Real Pinball was developed by Japan Dataworks and originally released by Panasonic in Japan as Fire Ball!! on March 20, 1994. A Japan-exclusive sequel by the same developer and publisher titled Battle Pinball was released for the 3DO on November 25, 1994.^[3]

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Famitsu	18/40[1]
Next Generation	[2]
3DO Magazine	[4]
Ação Games	13/30[5]
Génération 4	10%[6]
MAN!AC	26%[7]
Super GamePower	2.3/5[8]
Video Games (DE)	20%[9]
VideoGames	1/10[10]

Reception

Real Pinball received very negative reviews. Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "3DO owners will have to wait a little bit longer for a 'real' pinball game to appear."^[2]

Notes

1. Japanese: ファイアボール, Hepburn: Faiabōru