| 3-D Ultra Pinball | |
| Developer: | Dynamix |
| Publisher: | Sierra On-Line |
| Series: | 3-D Ultra Pinball |
| Platforms: | Microsoft Windows Macintosh |
| Released: | October 25, 1995 |
| Genre: | Action |
| Modes: | Single-player |
3-D Ultra Pinball is a video game released in 1995, and is the first game in the 3-D Ultra Pinball video game series.
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.
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.[1] It received a score of 3.5 out of 5 from MacUser.[2]
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.[3] According to Sierra On-Line, its sales surpassed 250,000 copies by the end of March 1996.[4]
A port on the Sega Saturn was planned, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.[5]