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''Pinball Dreams'' is the name for a series of [[DigitalPinballTables digital pinball games]] originally written for the Commodore UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}. Published by 21st Century Entertainment, they were developed by DICE (Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), an Amiga {{Demoscene}} team who later went on to create ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series.

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''Pinball Dreams'' is the name for a series of [[DigitalPinballTables digital pinball games]] originally written for the Commodore UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}.Platform/{{Amiga}}. Published by 21st Century Entertainment, they were developed by DICE (Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), an Amiga {{Demoscene}} team who later went on to create ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' and the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series.



The first game in the series is '''''Pinball Dreams'''''. It was originally released in March 1992 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, but proved to be a runaway hit, resulting in versions being released on UsefulNotes/{{IBM Personal Computer}}s, the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/GameGear.

It has subsequently been ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, UsefulNotes/MacOS X and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS devices]] by Cowboy Rodeo as both "Pinball Dreams" and "Pinball Dreams HD" (using a three-quarters view).

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The first game in the series is '''''Pinball Dreams'''''. It was originally released in March 1992 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}, Platform/{{Amiga}}, but proved to be a runaway hit, resulting in versions being released on UsefulNotes/{{IBM Platform/{{IBM Personal Computer}}s, the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, Platform/GameBoyAdvance, and Creator/{{Sega}} UsefulNotes/GameGear.

Platform/GameGear.

It has subsequently been ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, UsefulNotes/MacOS Platform/PlayStationNetwork, Platform/MacOS X and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS devices]] by Cowboy Rodeo as both "Pinball Dreams" and "Pinball Dreams HD" (using a three-quarters view).



In 1995, ''Pinball Dreams 2'' was released by 21st Century Entertainment. It was developed by Spidersoft (who did the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer ports) and was only available for the IBM PC.

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In 1995, ''Pinball Dreams 2'' was released by 21st Century Entertainment. It was developed by Spidersoft (who did the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Platform/IBMPersonalComputer ports) and was only available for the IBM PC.



A sequel, '''''Pinball Fantasies''''', came out in December of the same year. It was originally released in late 1992 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} and [=CD32=], with versions later ported to the UsefulNotes/{{IBM Personal Computer}}s, UsefulNotes/SuperNES, UsefulNotes/GameBoy, UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar, and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}. It has subsequently been ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS devices]] and UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork by Cowboy Rodeo as both "Pinball Fantasies" and "Pinball Fantasies HD" (using a three-quarters view).

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A sequel, '''''Pinball Fantasies''''', came out in December of the same year. It was originally released in late 1992 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} Platform/{{Amiga}} and [=CD32=], with versions later ported to the UsefulNotes/{{IBM Platform/{{IBM Personal Computer}}s, UsefulNotes/SuperNES, UsefulNotes/GameBoy, UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar, Platform/SuperNES, Platform/GameBoy, Platform/AtariJaguar, and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}. Platform/PlayStation. It has subsequently been ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS devices]] and UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork Platform/PlayStationNetwork by Cowboy Rodeo as both "Pinball Fantasies" and "Pinball Fantasies HD" (using a three-quarters view).



In 2002, Ubisoft released ''Pinball Challenge Deluxe'' for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, a collection of of all eight tables from ''Pinball Dreams'' and ''Pinball Fantasies.''

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In 2002, Ubisoft released ''Pinball Challenge Deluxe'' for the Nintendo UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, Platform/GameBoyAdvance, a collection of of all eight tables from ''Pinball Dreams'' and ''Pinball Fantasies.''



'''''Pinball Illusions''''' was the third game in the series, and was released in 1995 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}. A port for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer (on floppy disk and CD-ROM) came out a year later, with "The Vikings" included on the CD-ROM version.

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'''''Pinball Illusions''''' was the third game in the series, and was released in 1995 for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}. Platform/{{Amiga}}. A port for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Platform/IBMPersonalComputer (on floppy disk and CD-ROM) came out a year later, with "The Vikings" included on the CD-ROM version.



The game was later ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn as ''True Pinball'', with all four tables and a pseudo-3D perspective.

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The game was later ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn Platform/SegaSaturn as ''True Pinball'', with all four tables and a pseudo-3D perspective.



* {{Bowdlerise}}: The UsefulNotes/SuperNES version of "Nightmare" removed the crosses from the tombstones.

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* {{Bowdlerise}}: The UsefulNotes/SuperNES Platform/SuperNES version of "Nightmare" removed the crosses from the tombstones.

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