ROM Review - Future Pinball - Madlax
The very first thing I noticed about this table is the scoreboard. It's useful, it looks great, and it even has PinMAME type animation on it. The art is pretty good if you are into the whole anime thing. The music is unbearable, even if you are into the whole anime thing. I had to rip my headphones off and play in silence. I wonder if Future Pinball has a mute button that I don't know about. Either way, it's not a good sign if people need to start searching for extra buttons to remove the suck from a game.
This table has its fair share of game play problems too. The ball is constantly getting stuck. I had to tilt off what would have been a pretty good game. Really annoying. Would have driven me nuts if this was a table that I was actually trying to get a decent high score on.
Another game with scoring instructions in the table info section. Bonus points for that.
The left flipper controls the lights on the bottom of the table and the right flipper controls the lights at the top. Very cool idea. I don't think anyone on earth has the skill to move the lights where they should be during multi-ball to make use of it, but I still like the idea. Speaking of multi-ball, does this game even have it? I could never get that far without tilting the table because of stuck balls. Man, those stuck balls get you every time.




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