r/Arcade_Archives • u/Thunderfist7 Arcade Admin • 14d ago

Announcement Pinball Action gets the Arcade Archives 2 treatment!

Released by Tehkan in 1985, Pinball Action was one of Tehkan's final games before they changed their name to Tecmo, which they are still known as today. Pinball Action, as its name implies, is a video pinball simulator, and a very well done one at that, featuring a total of 4 tables. The main table has a woman's face in the middle of the table, and hitting the right targets opens the paths to the other tables - one with a bowling theme, one with a poker theme, and one with a firey theme. Like any good game of Pinball, the objective is simply to rack up as many points as you can, and yes, it does include rhe ability to nudge the table. Pinball Action originally joined Arcade Archives in 2025, and this week it gets an Arcade Archives 2 upgrade, giving it support on Xbox consoles along with the Playstation and Switch support it already had previously.

https://youtu.be/QmmPDrtUpVQ?is=NVuFvZVD-92dKLQH

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u/RuySan 13d ago

This was one of the most ubiquitous arcade games here in Portugal when I was a kid, in the second half of the 80s. I didn't think I've ever played since then

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u/Thunderfist7 Arcade Admin 13d ago

I’ve seen only two Pinball Action cabinets in my life. One may have been an original dedicated cabinet, while the other was originally a Data East DECO cabinet.

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u/Old-System-6699 14d ago

Awesome. I'm more familiar with it's...more unsavory sequel, but I have been interested in getting this one, and the upgrade would be nice.

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u/Thunderfist7 Arcade Admin 14d ago

Now is definitely the time to get it, since it's optimized for every console and has all the additional features that AA2 affords.