Is Pinball of the Dead [GBA] Worth Playing Today? - Advancedrunk

[@TheHungryReader]

“Cleaning of the Dead”?? (dials Telephone) Hello, Power? It’s me, Marvin! …Your cousin? Marvin Wash Simulator?? You know that new crossover theme you’ve been looking for…?

[@Bored_Barbarian]

Oh no, “Back to the Dead” lol

[@cartooningwithchris5329]

"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet but your kids are going to love it!"

[@gemstar3824]

Aside from the fact that your content is great, I knew there was some reason your channel resonates with me. You said in 2002 you were 20, and so was I. We both came up in the same era of gaming and likely share reverence for the same classics.

[@canal_do_murad]

Same here 😄

[@jacobq.2204]

20 same year here too

[@SuperCrunched]

I was 13 in 02 and SNES drunk has been on my KZbin Top Shelf for years. He transcends age.

[@BenWard29]

20 in ‘02 as well. June of ‘82 bayyybeee!

[@Beowulf45]

My younger brother was also 20 in 2002 (I was 23). I feel the same way about how he makes relatable references!

[@RemnantCult]

My favorite underrated genre of retro video game is virtual pinball games, especially games that try to enhance the pinball concept with larger and multiple tables, complex features, and progression.

[@bigduke5902]

Growing up in the 8- and 16-bit eras, when the availability and variety of games was far more limited than today, it wasn't at all uncommon that I'd rent a different game in a completely genre every weekend of any given month. The limits on choice forced me to play anything and everything, even virtual pinball. Is that lost now that 15 games in every genre imaginable release every week and every possible appetite is well fed?

[@nightmanlol]

I've been waiting for pokemon to release a new pokemon pinball forever. Seems like an easy cash grab to me.

[@nightmanlol]

The best pinball games -battle pinball for the super famicom (snes) -metroid pinball for the ds -dragons fury for sega genesis if you're looking for a progression table, I would try zen balls skyrim table.

[@Blernster]

Ok

[@bigduke5902]

@@nightmanlol Don't forget about Yokus Island Express!

[@hvaleos666]

Yes. Please do more GBA games since it's the best handheld ever. Also I hope you have a great day

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

Clearly the Yakuza games need Pinball of the Dead machines in the different arcades you can visit.

[@Davtwan]

Yeah, the GBA has a little of everything. It was like they looked at the Gameboy's library and went "what if we just topped that?"

[@joeblow229]

I had one of the NES-themed SP models, had a ton of fun with it back in the day. It always reminded me of a handheld SNES, but with a crazy library.

[@pauljensen5699]

@@Davtwan Fun fact, the GBA could run GB and GBC games. It was just an awkward fit.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Remember Typing of the Dead: the only game where you can beat zombies while also practicing computer keyboard typing skills? THAT was weird!

[@DoughboyJonesmk2]

After the zombie apocalypse there's gonna be a ton of data to enter, so it's just making sure the veterans have an easy transition to civilian life.

[@ONShypnos]

Not the only game. It actually got a sequel - Typing of the Dead: Overkill. That one was PC only. Not as strange as having a typing game with arcade and home console versions.

[@LanEXHikari]

42?! That can't be right, then I'd be... uh, it checks out Thanks for the video, it's nice that you cover these kinda niche games in other not-so-popular Nintendo libraries.

[@pauljensen5699]

One, welcome back! Two, cheap tie-in was my first thought too back when first saw it. Three, it's good to see number two was wrong.😊

[@mikerl489]

Oh man this looks great! Will definitely be trying this out today!

[@chrislaustin]

This is easily one of my favorite video pinball games, and I've been playing this genre since Blaster Master on the Apple II back in the late 70's early 80's. Anytime I visit my GBA collection for a handful of game sessions, Pinball of the Dead is always in the rotation, for sure a GBA hidden gem.

[@absoluteclownworld]

More GBA games! Love advance ❤️

[@absoluteclownworld]

My favorite pinball game on gba is pokemon pinball ruby sapphire!

[@StigmaX]

Tom Cruise knows where Shelly Miscavige is.

[@mattb6522]

Good review! I love pinball games! I've actually been meaning to play this one and I always hear good things about it! Glad to hear it still holds up! I also had no idea Advancedrunk was a thing now, but look forward to any other GBA games that end up getting reviewed! 😅

[@orangerryog]

0:13 Tony Hawk what?

[@SNESdrunk]

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[@Frietuurs]

GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[@ChaossX77]

TONY HAWK 2!

[@lorddeecee]

LMAOOO

[@infin1ty850]

I love that we've been getting more episodes!

[@sachimi_ggz]

I thought that Typewriter of the Dead was the crazyest thing of this franchise

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

That's still crazier than pinball, yes. I love the 'Typing of the Dead: Overkill,' though

[@sinkingdutchman7227]

That's still way crazier than a pinball game

[@herbaldragonX]

​@@Lost_n_Found_1love that game

[@shadowaccount]

It is

[@purplegrapes1720]

Mark from Classic game room is the one who made me buy this game years ago lol love this game🤘🔥

[@RinaRetro]

Nice! I do enjoy Metroid Prime Pinball. I wonder if the Rumble Pack works on this too.

[@TopSpot123]

The rumble pack is for DS games. No rumble options for Pinball of the Dead sadly.

[@RinaRetro]

@@TopSpot123 Awww I’ll still try it. I’m sure I can find it, anyway I can 😉

[@kubuspuchatek19833]

It’s a nice feeling to hear another 40-year old guy who still finds enjoyment in video games.

[@findlay81]

The coolest part of this video is I didn't know Drunk was basically the same age as me, I'm 43. Hey we grew up with the same generation games together. No wonder we have so much of the same thoughts in common with these games!

[@erakfishfishfish]

I kind of figured it considering I get most of his references.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

You’re both 10 years younger than me… but I didn’t really start gaming until I was 19, so I still get all the references. 😂

[@curtisholland16]

The only channel I immediately up vote at the start of the video lol. Have a great day!

[@MColvello]

I love seeing horror themes mixed in unexpected game genres. This one and Devil's Crush are pretty cool, used to play them on those handheld chinese consoles.

[@TFLS]

This is a hidden gem. I bought this game for cheap back in the day and I still enjoy this game. Great stuff!

[@octoroktwinkie9271]

I have slowly been collecting all the portable pinball games. This is one of my favorites.

[@TheBucknative]

Dude....your idea of cleaning after a zombie attack is genius. I'd play that game. What a sim!

[@happyspaceinvader508]

I’m sure “Zombie Viscera Cleanup Detail” is already in development.

[@kornsin]

Holy crap, I totally missed this game completely but I shall be "playing it anyway I can" later tonight. Kudos!

[@Bsdel]

You should definitely hit more GBA games- especially the GBA castlevania games; they are really entertaining!

[@foxtonstreet]

This channel is the greatest possible service to humanity.

[@joeblow229]

Great review, I'll have to play this one again on my hacked 3DS later :)

[@r.l.royalljr.3905]

This kind of reminds me of the Taito pinball packs for my AtGames pinball machine. There's several of those tables where it's a normal table with flippers and ramps and alleys and whatnot and then every so often an enemy starts wandering on top of the play field and you score extra points for nailing them with the ball. Also reminds me of Metroid Pinball for the original DS - it also had enemies wandering the playfield and had a supplemental GBA cartridge that was just a force feedback motor. I get that those are later games but it's neat to see the concept as far back as the GBA.

[@El_Vencedor-do8tt]

Man, House of the Dead; that takes me back. Christmas 1999, got the Dreamcast for Christmas, which came with a demo disc. That disc had a demo for House of the Dead. LOVED IT.

[@Unquestionable]

You're the same age as me and gotta say I had a similar reaction back in the day when I saw this in gaming magazines. But yeah these days it's cool to see some games that are just kind of weird and unexpected.

[@skDanT]

As a big fan of the HotD series and a huge GBA player back in the day, I had no idea this game existed. Thanks, SNE- I mean, GBA Drunk 🙌

[@DasBSternchen]

My all-time favorite Pinball Game Boy Game is "Pinball- Revenge of the gator"! Never have had more fun than with that one. But this one looks also nice. Stay healthy!

[@tequilamokinbrd]

I just want to say that I love your channel man. Do you ever do any gaming conventions? I went to too many games this past summer in Pa. and if you were there I would have absolutely gone to your booth

[@brendenbyrne114]

BROO YOU'RE HOW OLD?? You've always sounded so young to me bro lmaooo 😂😂 Fr though keep up the awesome work

[@Krunkwizard]

I am 42 as well. I think that is why I understand your obscure references (throaty roar of a K Car, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher) and can enjoy the boomer specific context

[@harmony_fm]

The advancedrunk intro would be peak if you added the gba intro ding noise

[@youremakingprogress144]

Another great video. Thanks!

[@noahhobson4521]

Yes, high contrast is needed on the GBA. Especially for the original model which didn't have a backlight for the screen.

[@Bonesince1997]

Wow, this game looks surprisingly in depth for a handheld pinball game! It reminds me of one of my favorite handheld pinball games. It comes from the Nintendo DS, specifically DSiWare, called Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon (2009). Greek mythology themed. Well crafted, including mini games. Long games! Great game overall!!

[@BusyMEOW]

I got Pinbot on NES by Rare second hand when I was a kid, I didn't know what to do or how the table evolved but I had a great time with it. A few years later I saw that is was based on an actual Pintbot machine. 🙂

[@canal_do_murad]

If you haven't played it yet, try Pokémon Pinball, the first one for the Game Boy Color, and I think you'll have a similar opinion. It's incredible how much depth these games can have using such simple mechanics and graphics.

[@Patrick-bn5rp]

I will say, the bright colors might have been designed for the original non backlit gba screen which would wash things out. This is fixable in an emulator via color correction.

[@dnj79]

Been emulating pinball games on my emulation handheld, mostly Alien & Devil's Crush as well as Revenge Of The Gator. They're perfect time killer games! Glad to have another one for the "collection"

[@Crazy_Gamer_OG]

This & the Poke'mon Pinball games are some of the most fun I've had on the Game Boy.

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

My favorite pinball game is Metroid Prime Pinball, but this game is right up there.

[@Bonesince1997]

Same era, Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon. DSiWare. It's a game by Nintendo. That's a favorite of mine. I also enjoyed Metroid Pinball! It was a good time period, just before Zen Studios took over the pinball scene.

[@StarRightStarTight]

Love the intro

[@walawala3366]

Had no idea this exists! I play typing of the Dead on Dreamcast with my kids and they love it. My mom kicked my ass in that game when I was a kid. I still suck at typing.

[@Fakan]

Played this in the past, can definitely agree how fun it actually is.

[@dhall888]

Hey now!! AdvanceDrunk is trademark of my half-way sober living house!! Going to need to to seize using that name!!!

[@thecunninlynguist]

Love the intro!

[@deadfalltropics6422]

Also one of the rockinest gba soundtracks ever.

[@Kyleology]

The one table is almost identical to Devil's Crush.

[@slinktothepast]

I'm impressed with how good this gba game looks. Sure, colors are a bit loud, but everything moves fluidly. The pixel style is reminding me a bit of an indi title called (I think) Hylix. Not a pinball game, but the movement on some of the bosses reminded me of it.

[@ChrisMeadows92]

The reigning champion of ambitious, technical miracles on the GBA has to go to Driv3r. A full blown third-person vehicular mission-based sandbox game on this handheld. You can get out of your car just like in GTA. It’s unreal.

[@Lost_n_Found_1]

I come back to this one on every emulation device I have, lol. Same with Sims Bustin' Out on GBA.

[@timmer919hep]

I LOVE Pinball of the Dead. Probably my favorite pinball game on the GBA and that says something considering pokemon pinball ruby and sapphire is also on the gba.

[@veryforest3937]

It's interesting how the devs took bits of "House of the Dead" and "Typing of the Dead" and mixed them together into a pinball game, of all things. Everything I've seen about the GBA makes it look as if "throw something at the wall and see what sticks" were a console ideology, especially compared to other systems out at the time. I'm adding my "please do more GBA games" plea to the list. I'm near your age, but I skipped the GBA entirely due to going without the internet during the years of its initial release and not knowing a thing about it until a relative showed up with the OG GBA one day. I embraced the DS with a passion that no other post-2000 game system has ever reached for me, but the GBA was one of those vague systems that I had little connection with and am still clueless about.

[@reasesoffice]

This explains why I understand all of Drunk's references. I'm 39, so just a few years younger.

[@zaneseibert]

Mentioning that there are things real pinball tables can't do got me thinking about the potential of a pinball table designed around AR where the top case is smart glass and projects things on to the table for the pinball to hit. That's probably too expensive to be viable but would be neat.

[@dhall888]

Kirby’s pinball land was my absolute jam!!! For a og gameboy pinball game, it’s bad arse!!!

[@Naedlus]

Great, now I want to work on the old Curien mansion in Power Wash Simulator.

[@JustinHarrisTV]

Back in high school I worked at a grocery store and walking in one day, some person had dropped several GBA carts and I scooped them up. The games were Dual Blades (okay fighter), Mortal Kombat Advance (horrendous), and The Pinball of the Dead. Not a terrible (literal) pickup.

[@elodvezer1790]

this looks fun! ❤ Gonna try it now ❤ Any way I can 👹 thank you TPB 😅

[@sstteev]

With all those random words it looks like Typing of the Dead.

[@physalis17]

So Sega's take on Devil's Crush? I'm all for it!

[@schtive81]

The GBA has a lot of shovelware games, as all of Nintendo's handheld systems do. The system has a library of like 1500+ games and it still has a lot of good stuff for it. If you like Pinball of the Dead, then you also need to get around to Sonic Pinball Party. Which really just plays like Pinball of the Dead with Sonic, Nights and Samba De Amigo themed pinball tables.

[@neonshadow5005]

Loved the shooter games but this is ... interesting to say the least.

[@whatr0]

if you're looking for another "wait that exists??" type of GBA game, please check out the GBA port of Driver 3 it is an insane technical feat and is literally a 3rd person open world game on the goddamn Gameboy Advanced, it's wild

[@mjdf122]

Advance drunk is back in action

[@natjonestower3035]

That looks pretty fun.

[@lhfirex]

I just had an idea for a fun list video: Top 13 (or whatever) SNES games Clyde T. Dog likes to watch being played.

[@esotericmissionary]

You mentioned "If these tables were real ..." which made me wonder how big a table would have to be to host interactive holographic 3D enemies on the playing field. Decades ago, I remember the last big pinball innovation (not that I keep up with the tech) was incorporating a screen on the play field at the top of the board. The original big mechanical tables will always be classic, so is this idea a way to evolve the tech if a company cared to try it out?

[@form4li7y]

If I had known about this back then it I might have passed on it too unless I could have gotten it cheap in the bargain bin. I never bought pin ball video games back in the day because I didn't think I would like them. Pinball is one of those things that just didn't seem like fun in video game form. For some reason though, I've started to reconsider that view. I be checking this out the next time I want to try the genre.

[@TheShoe1990]

"We're meeting G over there."

[@travisshallenberger9486]

Spooky season is NEVER over!!! But I'm wondering if you could do the little figures in a real pinball game. I can see using hologram tech to do it. It'd probably look a bit like the chess game in Star Wars IV: A New Hope. What with the pinball board being a sealed environment you could probably have some sort of gas or vapor to project it on. I'm not saying it would practical or cheap, but I bet it would be possible.

[@jasonz7788]

Thanks 👍

[@nightmanlol]

Have you dont a video on battle pinball yet for the snes? That ones great.

[@otaking3582]

Considering that number of horror-themed pinball tables (both real and digital) and HotD's weird spinoffs, it would be weird if Pinball of the Dead DIDN'T exist.

[@crh1985]

I think it could but it would be expensive. It the bottom of the table would have to be LCD with thick impact resistant glass/plastic and a way to tell where the ball is on the table. I don’t think it would do well but i think it could be done.

[@JordanManfrey]

look up Multimorphic machines

[@JayOfSpade]

They should of made more pinball games based on light gun shooters. I'd love a Point Blank Pinball

[@Wolfburns]

More great GBA titles is what we all need.

[@Jack-nj9pi]

I was playing this the other frustrated i couldn't get the boss to appear but its fun and has a story which is rare in pinball games

[@overthemountain90]

You gotta cover Buffy the vampire slayer for GBA. It is a platformer. it is a beat'em up, it has that magical high school dramady/horror/kung mix that makes a great story. It has awkwardly unnecessary inventory management that makes the game harder.

[@stulog]

I always figured you had to be roughly my age, and now I know for sure you're within a year of you

[@clarafedde8674]

My favorite video game pinball is NES's pinbot. Ironic there is an actual physical version, but the game is way better. I think the ball changing shapes was just insane at the time

[@christianhunt7382]

my guy!!

[@ValkyrieTiara]

Rather than a cheap cash grab, this feels like someone on the HotD team at Sega just really wanted to make a pinball game and got a few of the boys on board to put something together.

[@justin10054]

Another oddball GBA game that has me interested is Onimusha Tactics, a tactical RPG set in the Onimusha universe. I've yet to pick up a copy, so I don't know if it's any good, but it sounds promising. 🤔

[@boogie5]

Now to stumble on a GBA SP 101!!!

[@southsidescroller3174]

NICE!!!

[@yanholliday8876]

most gba pinball games are good, even the surprising, licenced, cash-grab-y looking ones. my favorite's muppet pinball mayhem ; i can't care less about its licence, but ball physics and table design just feel *right* (it's also made by digital eclipse, known today for awesome emulation compilations but who had made themselves quite the reputation as handheld specialists back in the days). the pac-man one is good, too.

[@LostSauce913]

Two words my friend: Demon's Tilt.

[@lady1kaka]

Totally forgot about this existing.

[@Thievishaura]

I consider November still festive

[@JamieBainbridge]

Another GBA oddity is Dynasty Warriors Advance. It's a demake of DW4. I enjoyed them tho I must admit I've never finished either so I don't know if the GBA version really has staying power. Would be interesting to see your thoughts!

[@williamwitte5709]

Wow! Had no idea you’re pushing 50.

[@Kwyjor]

I had high hopes of getting this back in the day, but never got around to it. Weird that it never got any kind of re-release.