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Pin-Bot

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A split screen pinball conversion where players hit targets and battle ball eating monsters.

Pin-Bot is a video pinball game originally released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1986. The NES version, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo of America, was released in North America in 1988.


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Released
1988
Original release
1986
Perspective
Diagonal-down
Size
192.14 KB
Rating
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About Pin-Bot

Pin Bot is a Nintendo Entertainment System adaptation of a Williams Electronics arcade pinball machine. The video game version incorporates unique interactive elements not found in the physical table, including creatures that can consume the ball.

Its display is divided, with the lower section fixed on the player's flippers. The upper part of the screen moves dynamically to track the ball's position across the playfield. The original table's lighting and audio are replicated alongside these new features.

This adaptation supports multiplayer competition for up to four participants.

Pin-Bot Screenshots

6 images
Title screen
Part of the demo sequence
The bottom half of the table
The top half of the table
The high score screen
Level 2 - Watch out for the blue cloud thing on Pluto (middle left of screen)... if it reaches the sun, it can catch and eat your ball