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* "Duke Nukem," based on the [[RatedMForManly manly]] [[VideoGame/DukeNukem video-game star.]]

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* "Duke Nukem," based on the [[RatedMForManly manly]] manly [[VideoGame/DukeNukem video-game star.]]
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* ExcitedShowTitle: "Mutation!"
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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The "Big Ugly Head" on the "Devil's Island" table.
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''For the trope about testicular fortitude, [[BallsOfSteel click here.]]''

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When the game was originally released, it was possible to upload high scores to the [=WorldScores=] server, for a global ranking. This feature has since been discontinued.

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When the game was originally released, it was possible to upload high scores to the [=WorldScores=] server, server for a global ranking. rankings. This feature has since been discontinued.

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* CapturedByCannibals: Happens to one of the explorers in "Devil's Island".



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* BlobMonster: Featured in "Mutation!"


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* ScaryScorpions: "Devil's Island" shows a giant scorpion interrupting a HumanSacrifice ritual.


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* SpidersAreScary: "Devil's Island" has spiders scurrying around the playfield, as well as a black widow's web at the top of the table.
* TimedMission: "Firestorm" requires the player to visit various locations to stop bombs before they explode.

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* "Barbarian," featuring a HeroicFantasy hero out to retrieve a set of magic gems.

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* "Barbarian," featuring depicting a HeroicFantasy hero out to retrieve a set of magic gems.



All of the games are played from a top-down view, either via a vertically-scrolling playfield or with the entire table visible. "Darkside" was available for free to play in the shareware/demo version of the game. A sixth table, "Devil's Island," was released by Wildfire Studios for separate release. The game's realistic physics and highly interactive and imaginative tables have been lauded.

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All of the games are played from a top-down view, either via a vertically-scrolling playfield or with the entire table visible. "Darkside" was available for free to play in the shareware/demo version of the game. A game, while a sixth table, "Devil's Island," Island" (about explorers seeking a gold treasure on a tropical island) was released separately by Wildfire Studios for separate release. Studios. The game's realistic physics and highly interactive and imaginative tables have been lauded.lauded by fans, who rank its games among the best DigitalPinballTables since the ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' series.



* DoubleEntendre: A phrase such as "Come play with our balls," was clearly meant as this.

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* BarbarianHero: In "Barbarian", obviously.
* BloodyHilarious: It's a 3D Realms game, after all.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Invoked in "Devil's Island", which includes shooting pinballs down a lava tube and into a volcano.
* DoubleEntendre: A phrase such as "Come play with our balls," balls" was clearly meant as this.this.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The "Big Ugly Head" on the "Devil's Island" table.


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* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: "Mutation!"


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* HungryJungle: "Devil's Island" is set here.
* IncrediblyObviousBomb: The bomber in "Firestorm" is holding up a bundle of dynamite sticks.
* LampreyMouth: The red alien on the "Darkside" playfield has a circular orifice full of sharp teeth.
* LudicrousGibs: A common feature of many of the tables, especially when you hit roaming monsters with balls.


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* SpellingBonus: Many, including M-U-T-A-T-E from "Mutation!", F-U-S-E and B-O-M-B from "Firestorm", A-L-I-E-N in "Darkside", S-K-U-L-L in "Devil's Island", and G-E-M and K-E-Y in "Barbarian".
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* ExcitedShowTitle: "Mutation!"

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* LicensedPinballTable: One pinball table is titled "Duke Nukem", which is based off of ''VideoGame/{{Duke Nukem 3D}}''.


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* PinballSpinoff: One pinball table is titled "Duke Nukem", which is based off of ''VideoGame/{{Duke Nukem 3D}}''.
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''Balls of Steel'' is a pinball computer game developed by Wildfire Studios and released on December 12, 1997. It is the only title to be published under the Pinball Wizards label, a division of Apogee Software (today known as 3D Realms).

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''Balls of Steel'' is a [[DigitalPinballTables pinball computer game game]] developed by Wildfire Studios and released on December 12, 1997. It is the only title to be published under the Pinball Wizards label, a division of Apogee Software (today known as 3D Realms).

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[[caption-width-right:300:"No alien's gonna take my balls!"]]



The game's original box art showed a female hand holding a large pair of pinballs, above the phrase, "Come play with our balls."

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The game's original box art showed a female hand holding a large pair of pinballs, above the phrase, "Come play with our balls."" It came with five tables:

* "Darkside", with space troopers fighting against aliens attacking a space research station.
* "Barbarian," featuring a HeroicFantasy hero out to retrieve a set of magic gems.
* "Firestorm," featuring a runaway MadBomber attacking a city.
* "Mutation!," about a runaway genetic experiment that has mutated into a killer monster.
* "Duke Nukem," based on the [[RatedMForManly manly]] [[VideoGame/DukeNukem video-game star.]]

All of the games are played from a top-down view, either via a vertically-scrolling playfield or with the entire table visible. "Darkside" was available for free to play in the shareware/demo version of the game. A sixth table, "Devil's Island," was released by Wildfire Studios for separate release. The game's realistic physics and highly interactive and imaginative tables have been lauded.



The game's realistic physics and highly interactive and imaginative tables have been lauded.






* ElementalPowers: "Barbarian" requires the player to collect the Earth, Air, Water, and Fire elements.



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* MadBomber: The antagonist of "Firestorm".
* RatedMForManly: As 3D Realms put it, "No lame circus, zoo, or cutesy themes here! We're talking blood and gore, with animated creatures getting splattered by your ball and laser cannons dishing out hardcore destruction."
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* ShoutOut: One pinball table is titled "Duke Nukem", which is based off of ''VideoGame/{{Duke Nukem 3D}}''.

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* ShoutOut: LicensedPinballTable: One pinball table is titled "Duke Nukem", which is based off of ''VideoGame/{{Duke Nukem 3D}}''.

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When the game was originally released, it was possible to upload high scores to the WorldScores server, for a global ranking. This feature has since been discontinued.

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* DoubleEntendre: A phrase such as "Come play with our balls," was clearly meant as this.
* HeroicFantasy: The pinball table "Barbarian" has this trope in mind.
* ShoutOut: One pinball table is titled "Duke Nukem", which is based off of ''VideoGame/{{Duke Nukem 3D}}''.
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''Balls of Steel'' is a pinball computer game developed by Wildfire Studios and released on December 12, 1997. It is the only title to be published under the Pinball Wizards label, a division of Apogee Software (today known as 3D Realms).

The game's original box art showed a female hand holding a large pair of pinballs, above the phrase, "Come play with our balls."

The game's realistic physics and highly interactive and imaginative tables have been lauded.

When the game was originally released, it was possible to upload high scores to the WorldScores server, for a global ranking. This feature has since been discontinued.

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