Tilt! for PC CD-ROM TILT!, the latest in pinball wizardry, is without doubt on the cutting edge of the evolution of this great game, which began with the humble bagatelle in the 1930's.
Virgin - yes, the same company that pumps out all that funky music - brings you not just one, but six incredible pinball tables on one CD. They've used Silicon Graphics to create spectacular imagery and, for the first time, offer player's eye 3D perspective on all the tables. And, of course, being Virgin, they have included six soundtracks to fit the theme of each table.
Tilt! takes simulated pinball into a new dimension, with ramps, loops, double return lanes, locked balls, multi-ball play and all the features of the modern arcade machines. Combine all this with mathematically precise ball physics and you've got a game that is literally super-real. It's brilliant stuff and extremely hard to put down, once it's up and running.
The six tables - Funfair, Space Quest, Gangster, Monster, Roadking, and Myst and Majik - vary in difficulty and features and will test the skills of veterans, yet still allow novices to score high. The one drawback of Tilt! is it swallows a massive 66MB of hard disk space even though it is still played off the CD-ROM, but you'll see why.
Once installed, and before choosing a table from the options screen, you're faced with other decisions. There are three screen sizes - low, high and super high resolution. Each of these support either a 3D scrolling playfield, a 2D plan view or a 3D full-screen view.
The game also supports the use of the Thrustmaster Wizzard controller, joystick, or simply the keyboard and there are an array of hot keys to select the various options and alter the sound or contrast. And, as its name implies, there are several ways to tilt the table. Up to four players can compete.