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| From: Crave Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $15.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 187
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: WIICRA40001
UPC: 650008400014
EAN: 0650008400014
ASIN: B000QJLQCQ
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Total Blast May 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game is a total blast; lots of fun. At first I hated it. I had the same problem as another reviewer with the slight time delay in when you press the flipper buttons to when they actually flipped on the screen. One of the comments talked about the video connections and I changed the connection from RCA cables through the VCR to direct through the TV with some new cables. WOW, what a difference. Thank you for the comments because now I really am having fun playing pinball.
Most of the tables are fun - a couple are `eh... but most will rarely like everything contained in a collection. Space Shuttle and Pinbot are my favs - I remember playing them in an arcade called SilverBall in NJ. Those were days!
Great Selection of Williams Finest! May 7, 2008
I have to admit, I initially bought this game for Funhouse and didn't care what else came on this. In the end though, I have come to appreciate every pinball on this, and already am hoping that enough people buy this to encourage Williams to bring out a second edition!
This is truly a great collection! The challenges alone add a lot of value, from giving you a set of goals for each board to unlocking extras. There's also the challenge mode, a truly grueling test of pinball skills that will take you through every board. I cannot stress enough that the goals, challenges, and extras add lots of replay to this game. The tutorials for each board are invaluable, and may well help players who have the real deal learn a few of the scoring mechanics better.
As far as presentation, each board is taken from the real thing, recreated to perfection. A larger TV may help with busier boards, as the zoom doesn't help for some. The choice of camera angles helps, but the view flakes at times. It is a very minor gripe.
As far as boards, most I enjoy, and have found a few to become a fan of (Whirlwind and Pinbot among them). A few are lackluster like Jivetime and Firepower, but they are a good representaion of the entire Williams spectrum. I only wish I could have seen Roadshow on here, but maybe it will be on the next one!
Buy this!
Just like the real thing May 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Growing up in the 70's and 80's, a good deal of my youth was spent in arcades. And while I always like video games, my favorite was always pinball. The behavior of the ball wasn't controlled by some algorithm that you could figure out, and you couldn't beat the game with a pattern you got from a game guide, it was just gravity, friction and luck vs. you and your two (or three or four) flippers. I was never a pinball wizard, but I always considered them a better investment of my quarter than their video cousins.
Naturally, I've always dreamed of owning my own pinball machine, but could never justify the cost, not to mention the maintenance headaches. Sure, there were video game versions of pinball, but they pretty universally...what's the word I'm looking for...oh, yeah, sucked. Well, that era is now at an end. PHF: Williams Collection is like owning ten real pinball machines. That's it, I could end my review right there. The lights, sounds and feel of real pinball for the cost of a Wii + $20. At some point, I've actually played each of the tables in this collection in real life, and playing this game took me right back to Celebrity Sports Center (shout out to everyone from Denver who remembers that place) with the sounds of bowling in the background and the smell of chlorine drifting from the pool.
I really like the instructional tutorials that take you step by step through all the scoring options on each table, in a way those little confusing cards never could. The Wiimote, numchuk combo controls feel perfect, especially how the Wiimote vibrates with the action. I do wish you could manually zoom in to see some of the fine details of the playing field. For example, there's no way to see what the S-H-U-T-T-L-E reward is in Space Shuttle - I only know what they are from memory of the original game (the two red rewards on the right are "Extra Ball" and "Extra Game" BTW). One thing I don't miss is broken flippers and bumpers that don't work.
My big hope is that these guys are in talks with Bally/Midway to bring some of their classics to the Wii. Addams Family alone would be worth whatever they wanted to charge, but Twilight Zone, Attack from Mars, Doctor Who - I would love to play those again. Not to mention there are still scores of Williams machines (Elvira and the Party Monsters anyone?) available for a sequel.
I could not ask for more. May 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this game is a blast and feels like real pinball. The Wii controllers do make a difference. I did not notice the lag that was reported by one reviewer. I love this game.
Great Game, good use of Wii controls April 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't usually write recommendations, but a good pinball game is so rare this deserves mention.
The games are extremely accurate to the originals. Fun House, Taxi are 2 great games to play.
The Wii controls were spot on. If you can imagine holding the controls about where you'd be on a real table the triggers are your flippers and if you shake your hands - you guessed it - the table shakes, and if you continue shaking the table - you tilt. Like I said, very real.
If you like pinball and you have a Wii, get this game!
I only hope they come out with more based on this engine. Very smooth game play, lots of fun!
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