In the fifth issue of The Ball is Wild 🪩 pinball culture newsletter, published on September 30th, the editorial is about the arcade classic Ice Cold Beer. In this game, you indirectly control a small silverball that is balancing on a metal bar with two joysticks. This game is quite unique and can be seen as a hybrid design between pinball and early arcade videogames.
Other stories in this edition are about newly revealed physical pinball machines (Avatar and X-Men), the numerous ball rolling features and levels in the whimsical new platformer videogame Astro Bot, and a pinball art project where you draw your own designs.
IN THIS FIFTH EDITION:
- Editorial: Ice Cold Beer – Balls be balanced!
- News from the physical pinball world: Avatar and X-Men
- Videoballs: Rolling around in Astro Bot
- Flippin’ Arts: Flippaper
- Videoballs: Bouncing about in UFO 50
- From the archives: Blowing the dust out of the cartridge