#1998 south park pinball machine series#

If there were one area where South Park Pinball falls flat, it is in the innovation department. The result is a pair of tables that manage to be edgy, while thankfully not venturing too deeply into any significantly offensive territory.

#1998 south park pinball machine series#

The attention to detail and excessive amount of fan service consists of both well-known tropes of the series meant to appeal to the casual observer, as well as deeper cuts and one off audio bytes meant to pacify the long-standing enthusiast. One huge takeaway from both tables in the collection is the development team’s deep-seeded affection for the series. Each mission revolves around a specific Butters-centric episode, including a super-hero themed mini-table, a revisiting of his vampiric inclinations, or even a trip to the golf course. On this table missions are all triggered through hitting a specific target, followed by the player picking their proverbial poison.

In an odd change of pace, the second table in the pack, entitled Butters’ Very Own Pinball Game, is dedicated to the fan favorite character that just can’t seem to catch a break. Additionally, there is a small area at the northern-most point of the play field that is dedicated to the notorious South Park Cows football team. Each of the series’ primary characters has their own dedicated mission, triggered by shooting their appropriate lane or target enough times to spell out their entire name. The first table, South Park Super Sweet Pinball, is an homage to the amalgamation of insanity that is an episode of the most biting show on television. It probably could go without saying, but when compared to the brand’s outstanding original physical table, South Park Pinball has some big shoes to fill. This is an honest-to-goodness duo of new and original tables from the pinball wizards over at Zen Studios. No, we're not talking about a Pinball Arcade-style recreation of the popular Sega/Stern table from 1998, based off of the same property.

“Come on down to South Park.” The perennial envelope-pushing television series and pop culture cornerstone has recently expanded its empire to include the world of digital pinball.