Software:3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night

From HandWiki
3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
3-D Ultra Pinball Creep Night cover.jpg
Developer(s)Dynamix
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Series3-D Ultra Pinball
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Macintosh
Release1996
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is a video game released in 1996 for Windows and Macintosh, and is the second game in 3-D Ultra Pinball video game series.

Gameplay

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night is a game in which players use the flippers and pinballs to defend against monsters, using the Castle, Tower, and Dungeon as settings for each table.[1]


Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW4/5 stars[1]
GameRevolution7/10[2]
PC Games68%[4]

Charlotte Panther reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, recommended it for beginning and experienced players, and stated that "Creep Night is an entertaining game with plenty of scope for replayability."[1]

3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night received a score of 3 out of 5 from MacUser.[5]

Robert Edvardsson from Mac Game Gate praised the sound effects, music, and graphics, calling it "one of the finest pinball simulators available for the Mac."[6]

The reviewer from PC Multimedia & Entertainment rated the game 88% and said that "Creepnight offers the right balance of excellent sights and sounds, with non-stop addictively compelling gameplay!"[7]

Monica Stoscheck for German magazine PC Player gave the game 4 stars,[8] while German magazine PC Joker rated the game 74%,[9] and Czech magazine Score only rated it 3 out of 10.[10]

Chuck Miller from Gamecenter said that "A belfry of configurable preferences, multiple skill-level adjustments, and a brood of toggleable detail options make Creep Night one of the most adaptable pinball games to scare up attention."[11]

Reviews

  • PC Gamer (US) (1997 February)
  • Gamezilla (Aug 17, 2000)
  • PC Gamer (1997)
  • Mac Ledge (Nov 02, 1996)
  • Game Revolution (Nov 05, 1996)[12]
  • Power Play (Sep, 1996)
  • Computer Games Magazine (Sep 29, 1996)
  • PC Action (Germany) (Sep, 1996)
  • High Score (Jan, 1997)
  • High Score (Feb, 1997)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Panther, Charlotte (January 1997). "Multiball Fright: Creep Night Will Give Your Flipper Fingers The Creepy Crawlies". Computer Gaming World 1 (150): 192. 
  2. "Heeeyy Aaaabot! There's a big scaaaary ghost in there!! Review". 5 November 1996. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32952-creepnight-3d-ultra-pinball-review. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Test Express Page 196". http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero093/Page%20196.jpg. 
  4. "PC.Games.N049.1996.10". June 13, 2014. http://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N049.1996.10-fl0n/page/n197/mode/2up. 
  5. Loyola, Roman (March 1997). "The Game Room". MacUser. http://macuser.zdnet.com:80/mu_0397/personal/gameroom.html. 
  6. "MGG - Creepnight review". January 27, 1999. http://www.macgate.torget.se/Games/reviews/Creepnight.html. 
  7. "PCM&E; Review - 3D Ultra Pinball: Creepnight". June 7, 1997. http://www.pcme.com/ACTION/3DPBALL/3dpball.htm. 
  8. "PC Player German Magazine 1996-10". October 17, 1996. http://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1996-10/page/n109/mode/2up. 
  9. Joker Verlag, Grasbrunn (September 20, 1996). "PC Joker October 1996". http://archive.org/details/pcjoker-oktober-1996-images/page/n85/mode/2up. 
  10. "3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night : Score Game Review : 3/10". https://www.oldgames.sk/gallery_image.php?gallery=1584;weight=74. 
  11. "GAMECENTER.COM - reviews - 3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night". February 5, 1997. http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,251,00.html. 
  12. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/pc/creepnight_3d_ultra_pinball

External links