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A friend of mine actually threatened bodily harm if I didn't include The Pinball Of The Dead in this month's Spooktacular. Having never been a fan of bodily harm, I thought that this would give me a good excuse to finally track the game down. It had been on my want-list for well over a year, but I never seemed to happen upon a copy. Well, I'm glad I finally did. As it turns out, The Pinball Of The Dead basically takes levels, characters, and music from The House Of The Dead 2 and shoves it all into a pinball machine. If anyone thinks this sounds weird, they've obviously never played Typing Of The Dead, nor have they seen a Kiss pinball machine in the wild.
The Pinball Of The Dead is extremely awesome by my personal standards. A pinball aficionado friend of mine mentioned that he felt that the physics were pretty off on this one. But I guess I'm blinded by the zombies and blood (make sure you change the blood to "red" in the options menu before playing!). In fact I was so enamored with how well the music carried over the GBA, that I think I was in awe of this game almost immediately. Maybe it's not a perfect pinball game, but if you like zombies and think that shooting a big metal ball at them might be fun -- give this one a shot!
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I loved what they did with this game. The physics do tend to favor 'video game pinball' over reality, but I feel it really works for the tables' designs. The graphics have a complex, gritty edge and the music and sound cues from the House of the Dead games sell the experience. The table progression is laid out nice and most important, just fun to play!
Only to be later eclipsed by Metroid Prime Pinball as my favorite portable pinball experience, I think it even surpasses the classic Pokemon Pinball series.
Strange to think that from Revenge of the 'Gator all the way up to my temporary addiction to Metroid Prime Pinball I hadn't realized just how much I enjoy pinball video games. [Pinball of the Dead is one of my favorites.
Another interesting anecdote is this is the first game I put into my Game Boy Player. Had to see it on a bigger screen. 
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I didn't care for this one much, and felt that the physics were pretty bad. The sound effects are decent, but the music sounds muddy to me. I suppose it isn't fair to compare the game to its siblings on more powerful consoles, but I feel that something is lost in translation.
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@dsheinem: if you didn't realize, you were the pinball aficionado friend I spoke of.
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