SlamIt Pinball Big Score Reviews

This is a hidden gem, I seriously don't know why it has so many negative reviews. Maybe it's been updated since those were written? I used my wired Xbox One controller for it in 2022 with no problem. Played a few games so far. I play and own every Pinball FX 3, The Pinball Arcade, and Zaccaria tables here on Steam and SlamIt Pinball Big Score is definitely polished and plays as it should. It's right up there with Pro Pinball Ultra.

I tried for 20 minutes to try to get this game to work . I tried changing resolution, refresh rate, FPS, all I get is a screen of weird pixelation instead of a pinball table .. Nothing I do works .I even Updated to the patched version on the official website of this game .. I should have listened to all the bad reviews. They are right. This game should be removed from steam. Im asking for a refund. This is not worth one cent . They should pay the players to play it. Or Try, or troubleshoot. 20 minutes oh well . It is what it is .. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ..

Game has serious issues, the bumpers lag, trying to change options can crash it to desktop, the sound can infinite loop at one single point for no reason, also it seems abandoned. Do your karma a favour and buy the dollar menu at your local MD's and give it to the homeless instead.

This game was one of the first I ever bought on steam, it didnt work then and it doesnt work now. Upon clicking play it just crashes, Hard to believe this is still on steam. Seems it doesnt work for around 99% of people hence the lack of reviews. Rating: 0/10 Value: $0.00

SlamIt Pinball Big Score would be an OK pinball game if there were no crashes and the controls would work. There isn't much more to tell, really.

Got it a few years ago on sale for really cheap, played it for 10 minutes and erased the game. It's not a fun game and it only has one table, there are far better pinball games out there with alot of tables that playes way better then this old thing. Alot of ppl says you cant even play it more then the 10 min i did because it crashes all the time and that have never been fixed. Dont buy it, dont even except it as a gift. This is by far the worst game on my Library.

Works great/smooth for me on Windows 10 64-bit in 1980 by 1080, albeit I am using a Radeon HD R9-390 video card which runs everything. (replaced with 1660Ti in 2020) Played multiple games no crashes. Read that it's a dead title because the main programmer was killed in a car accident in 2010. RIP This thumbs up for you! I enjoyed the table, not pinball snob though.

This is a definitive "DO NOT BUY". You can harangue this game into working, but even on modern hardware produced years after this game was released, it will still run at a terrible frame-rate. That is unfortunate, because the table layout and game itself are actually interesting. If you want to play pinball, there are thankfully more options on Steam now. Pinball FX2, Pinball Arcade, and Worms Pinball are all more worthy of your time. Deck update: This was always going to run better under an emulator, and it does generally run pretty well under the proton emulation on the deck.

9/13/2021 - A new perspective on this game, considering many games came out after this: WOW, is all I can say about this creation. Before anyone asks, no, I'm not changing my stance, because of what's happened since, but with a concept like freeform nudging, this is WAY ahead of its time. We have had many different pinball games with great physics, but most of them fall short. Pinball Arcade steers the ball as part of its nudging, FX3 suffers from nudge passing especially on recreations, and mainly, nudging overall is incredibly simplistic with single press, full-strength nudging. Even VPX suffers similarly to FX3. Pro Pinball is an exception with analog-based keyboard nudging, but Slamit takes it a step further, utilizing custom nudges depending on how many keys you pressed and which ones. For a 2009 game that utilizes custom strengths, lights, and other options, the work they poured into this is seriously impressive. Given the current conditions, however, I can't recommend this due to problems on modern-day systems, including choppy framerates (Steam's in-game FPS disagrees somehow...?). This is no fault of the developers, however, and it's a truly tragic tale to be told and why there's no support behind SlamIt. One of the lead devs actually died in a car crash shortly after it released. If you want to get this game for preservation's sake, go for it. Otherwise, steer clear and look for a more enjoyable pinball experience. I hope this project (or the SlamIt nudging system at least) is revived one of these days, in this series or another. http://www.vpforums.org/index.php?showtopic=7544&page=2

I picked it up for $0.99 (a while back), and I still want my money back. This is a buggy, broken game that should never have been allowed on Steam. If you are looking for a good pinball game, ANYTHING ELSE would be better than this pile of garbage. [b]Do. Not. Buy.[/b] I should have written this review the moment I gave up on this game, because if this review can stop someone from wasting even a penny on this game, then I've done my job.