3-D Ultra Pinball (video game)

3-D Ultra Pinball is video game released in 1995, and is the first game in 3-D Ultra Pinball video game series.

Gameplay
The original 3-D Ultra Pinball game was released in 1995. This game is based on the space simulation game Outpost. There are three tables named "Colony", "Command Post", and "Mine". Each table holds a set of five challenges. Smaller "mini-tables" are featured with their own set of flippers. The goal is to build and launch a starship, completing the game's entire course.

Reception
Reviewing the Macintosh version, a Next Generation critic commented that "there is some substance to the argument that pinball is not a game meant for the monitor, but 3-D Ultra Pinball works, and it works very well". He particularly praised the fact that the graphics and physics both include elements not possible on a real pinball table, while remaining "true to the pinball spirit". Despite this, he gave it only two out of five stars. It received a score of 3.5 out of 5 from MacUser.

According to market research firm PC Data, 3-D Ultra Pinball was the 18th-best-selling computer game in the United States for the year 1996. According to Sierra On-Line, its sales surpassed 250,000 copies by the end of March 1996.

Development
A port on the Sega Saturn was planned, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Reviews

 * PC Gamer (December 1995)