History Videogame / CrushPinball

'''''Naxat Super Pinball: Jaki Crush''''' was released for the SuperFamicom in 1992, and remains the only ''Crush'' game not to be released outside Japan. It continued the occult theme of ''Devil's Crush'' (''jaki'' is a Japanese word for a type of malicious energy, demon, or ogre), with a three-screen tall scrolling playfield and six hidden bonus rooms. It has alternating two-player play and two speed settings for the ball.

* ScoreMultiplier: If you successfully clear a bonus stage, the ball will temporarily turn blue, allowing you to score four times its normal value. There's also an orange ball, which increases scoring to eight times its normal value.

* ExcusePlot

The first game in the series is ''Alien Crush'', released in 1988 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}. Set inside a [[Creator/HRGiger Gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SpiritualLicensee Absolutely not copying]] ''Film/{{Alien}}'' at all, nosiree...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The pentagrams have eight points, so [[{{Bowdlerise}} they're not satanic,]] okay?]]

'''''Devil's Crush''''' (known as ''Devil Crash'' in Japan) was published in 1990 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}, with an occult theme and lots of demons, skulls, and skeletons. The action takes place on a three-screen tall scrolling playfield, with a pair of flippers placed at the bottom of each "screen". Once again, several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Alien Crush'' in [-THE UNDERWORLD!-]

An enhanced remake/sequel, ''Alien Crush Returns'', was developed by Tamsoft and released in 2008 by Creator/HudsonSoft on Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s WiiWare service. It incorporated 3D polygonal graphics, "action balls" with enhanced abilities, and additional tables as downloadable content.

The first game in the series is '''''Alien Crush''''', released in 1988 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}. Set inside a [[Creator/HRGiger Gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

The game was ported to the SegaGenesis by Technosoft and released in Japan as ''Devil Crash [[SuperTitle64Advance MD]]'' and in the US by [[Creator/{{Atari}} Tengen]] as ''Dragon's Fury''. Tengen developed and released a Genesis-only sequel, ''Dragon's Revenge'', in 1993.

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled In Hell]]: It's ''Alien Crush'' in [-THE UNDERWORLD!-]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the North American release, the pentagrams were geometrically altered to become eight-pointed stars. Inverted for ''Dragon's Fury'', where anything star-shaped was changed into a simple five-pointed star.

A series of DigitalPinballTables for various home VideoGame systems. Most of the games were originally developed by Creator/{{Compile}} for the Japanese publisher Naxat Soft, though ''Alien Crush'' and ''Devil's Crush'' were later reissued by Creator/HudsonSoft on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii VirtualConsole. All of the games feature a mix of standard {{pinball}} mechanisms combined with gameplay features that could not exist in the real world, wrapped in a ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}} theme.

The first game in the series is '''''Alien Crush''''', released in 1988 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}. Set inside a [[HRGiger gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

* HRGiger

A series of DigitalPinballTables for various home VideoGame systems. Most of the games were originally developed by Creator/{{Compile}} for the Japanese publisher Naxat Soft, though some were later reissued by Creator/HudsonSoft on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii VirtualConsole. All of the games feature a mix of standard {{pinball}} mechanisms combined with gameplay features that could not exist in the real world, wrapped in a ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}} theme.

Versions of ''Alien Crush'' are available on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii VirtualConsole.

An enhanced remake/sequel, ''Alien Crush Returns'', was developed by Tamsoft and released by Creator/HudsonSoft on Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s WiiWare service. It incorporated 3D polygonal graphics, "action balls" with enhanced abilities, and additional tables as downloadable content.

''Crush Pinball'' is the name for a series of DigitalPinballTables developed by Creator/{{Compile}} for various home VideoGame systems. All of the games feature a mix of standard {{pinball}} mechanisms combined with gameplay features that could not exist in the real world, wrapped in a ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}} theme.

The first game in the series is '''''Alien Crush''''', released by Creator/HudsonSoft in 1988 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}. Set inside a [[HRGiger gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

An enhanced remake/sequel, ''Alien Crush Returns'', was developed by Tamsoft and released on Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s WiiWare service. It incorporated 3D polygonal graphics, "action balls" with enhanced abilities, and additional tables as downloadable content.

'''''Devil's Crush''''' (known as ''Devil Crash'' in Japan) was published by Creator/HudsonSoft in 1990 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}, with an occult theme and lots of demons, skulls, and skeletons. The action takes place on a three-screen tall scrolling playfield, with a pair of flippers placed at the bottom of each "screen". Once again, several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

Versions of ''Devil's Crush'' are available on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii VirtualConsole.

'''''Jaki Crush''''' was released by NAXAT Soft for the SuperFamicom in 1992. It continued the occult theme of ''Devil's Crush'' (''jaki'' is a Japanese word for a type of malicious energy, demon, or ogre), with a three-screen tall scrolling playfield and six hidden bonus rooms. It has alternating two-player play and two speed settings for the ball.

The game was never released outside of Japan, and is considered the overlooked game of the series.

* PinballScoring

The game was ported to the SegaGenesis by Technosoft and released as ''Dragon's Fury''. It received a Genesis-only sequel, ''Dragon's Revenge'', in 1993.

The first game in the series is ''Alien Crush'', released by Creator/HudsonSoft in 1988 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}. Set inside a [[HRGiger gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

''Devil's Crush'' (known as ''Devil Crash'' in Japan) was published by Creator/HudsonSoft in 1990 for the {{TurboGrafx 16}}, with an occult theme and lots of demons, skulls, and skeletons. The action takes place on a three-screen tall scrolling playfield, with a pair of flippers placed at the bottom of each "screen". Once again, several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

''Jaki Crush'' was released by NAXAT Soft for the SuperFamicom in 1992. It continued the occult theme of ''Devil's Crush'' (''jaki'' is a Japanese word for a type of malicious energy, demon, or ogre), with a three-screen tall scrolling playfield and six hidden bonus rooms. It has alternating two-player play and two speed settings for the ball.

[[caption-width-right:350:Absolutely not copying ''Film/{{Alien}}'' at all, nosiree...]]

Versions of ''Alien Crush'' are available on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii Virtual Console.

Versions of ''Devil's Crush'' are available on the PlayStationNetwork and the NintendoWii Virtual Console.

An enhanced remake/sequel, ''Alien Crush Returns'', was developed by Tamsoft and released on the NintendoWii [=WiiWare=] service. It incorporated 3D polygonal graphics, "action balls" with enhanced abilities, and additional tables as downloadable content.

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled In Hell]]: It's ''Alien Crush'' in the AFTERLIFE!

* {{Cap}}: The game has a score cap of 999,999,900 points. If you manage to reach it, the entire table explodes, you are given the message [[AWinnerIsYou "Congratulations !! You are the greatest player"]], then prompted to enter your initials in the high score table.

* {{Cap}}: Reaching 999,999,990 points will treat you to a very brief ending with a woman and a pinball... that makes no sense whatsoever.

* PinballScoring

* {{Bowdlerise}}

* SpiritualLicensee: To Ridley Scott's ''Film/{{Alien}}''.

The ''Crush Pinball'' series consist of the following titles:
* ''Alien Crush'' (and ''Alien Crush Returns'')
* ''Devil's Crush''
* ''Jaki Crush''

The first game in the series is ''Alien Crush'', released by Creator/HudsonSoft in 1988 for the TurboGrafix16. Set inside a [[HRGiger gigeresque]] environment, the player must defeat hostile alien creatures by hitting them with the pinball. The playfield consists of two main screens arranged vertically, with a pair of flippers at the bottom of each, and several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

!!''Alien Crush'' demonstrates the following tropes:
* {{Cap}}

* FlipScreenScrolling

* MiniGame

* SpiritualLicensee

* PinballScoring
* ExcusePlot

[[caption-width-right:350:The pentagrams have eight points, so [[{{Bowlderize}} they're not satanic,]] okay?]]

''Devil's Crush'' (known as ''Devil Crash'' in Japan) came out in 1990 for the TurboGrafix16, with an occult theme featuring demons, skulls, and skeletons. The action takes place on a three-screen tall scrolling playfield, with a pair of flippers placed at the bottom of each "screen". Once again, several bonus rooms can be accessed by accomplishing certain goals.

!!''Devil's Crush'' demonstrates the following tropes:

* {{Cap}}

* EvilIsVisceral
* MiniGame

* SpiritualSuccessor
* TopDownView

* TopDownView