PINBALL NO LIMIT2 ---------------- NO LIMIT 2 (VERSION 1.01 27.6.1994) ---------------- This one of the three pinball games we test this time. There are a lot of these kind of games out for the Falcon so there must be something to it after all. I personally think it is because of the fact that there are several of pinball machines on the PC which most of the time look and play great ( that is if you like these kind of games). So let's tell what we have here to play with... I tested No Limit 2 on a Falcon with an RGB monitor connected ( but it also works with an VGA monitor on it !!!! Great because many programmers do forget this option) and with several ACC installed (So no clean start...). The game starts with a kind of alert box with 3 boxes in it saying in German: REGISTRIERUNG ( Same as register ) SPIELEN ( Play the game ) ABBRUCH ( Quit ) I choose SPIELEN because I wanted to play this game. But before I was able to play there was a title picture (looks like and 256 color picture to me) showed stating the name of the game and a piece of sampled music. Pressing the spacebar I got into the selection menu containing: -------------------------------------- F1 Start game F2 1 Player ( up to 4 can play !!) F3 Highscores -------------------------------------- Falcon option F4 Music On (can also be turned off) -------------------------------------- F9 Quit (You can always try that one) After you have selected the number of players you must choose F1 and of you go. But before you start you must know the Game logic: *Bonus: Hit the targets in the upper screen to multiply the bonus. Use Shift-keys to move the lights. *Jackpot: Six times you have to pass the left track to open the jackpot. *Targets: After hitting a lot of targets you can enter the lock to get additional events *Extraball: In special moments you have to pass the left track. The blue arrows will be lightened. Do this three times and you will get the extraball. Okay now you know what to do so lets start.The first thing you will see the is what you see below. These are screenshots of the view you get (just a few colors disabled but there isn't much color anyway !!!) ~PIN1.BLK~ ~PIN2.BLK~ This is the pinball machine in it's full length. About 500 lines big in about 16 colors (well 16 color mode is chosen but not all 16 are really used as I discoverd). The Keys: *SHIFT keys to control the paddles *ALTERNATE key to pull the plunger *SPACE for nudge ( could cause TILT ) *ESCAPE to quit the game *P for pausing the game ~PIN3.BLK~ Okay the game itself. For one I like to play pinball, the real and many of the computer versions. But this one, well it could be better. Why ? The whole thing is a bit on the bouncing side, by that I mean it almost looks as if the machine is shaking around the ball and not the outer way around. As soon as the ball moves a litte up the whole machine moves up. This makes the game very restless. Better would be to wait to a certain point and than move the machine (just a tip like in Starball). Further more there aren't that many objects to bounce against or to get points. There should be more action and colors. But don't fear, the future will bring more according to the programmers like: - multiballs - improved graphics - reduction of the source-code using efficient packer - score display with graphic effects - ramps & different levels - tracker sound - 16bit sound with Falcon (using DSP 56001) - use of new screen resolutions (Falcon) - new features like magnets, multiballs - ... so not all hope is lost. No Limit II can be a good game but the version isn't. But this is the first version of No Limit II that runs on coloured STEs,TTs and Falcons. One Megabyte is required. Further ideas are welcomed! Coding : Andreas Krober Graphics and Sounds : Harald Bender Physics : Patrice Petong Additional Code : Patrice Petong, Harald Bender The quality of further versions and the speed of the publication will depend on users resonance. So please get registered and pay the registration fee. The product is SHAREWARE ! If you like it, please send 20 DM or 10 POUNDS (in european countries) or 30 DM or 15 US$ (in other countries) to the following address: Andreas Krober Trautenauerstr. 21 44225 Dortmund Germany Mausnet: Andreas Krober @ DO This fee contains the authorized use of demo program and a free update which will be sent after the completion of the new version.Next versions will need a software-key. You will get this, too. Review done by Bonus Software