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Macadam Bumper (also released as Pinball Wizard) is a video pinball simulation construction set developed by ERE Informatique in France. It was first released for 8-bit computers in 1985, the Atari ST in 1986 and MS-DOS in 1987. The Atari ST and MS-DOS versions were released in the US as Pinball Wizard in 1988 by Accolade.

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Macadam Bumper
C64 budget reissue
Developer(s)	ERE Informatique
Publisher(s)	ERE Informatique (France) Personal Software Services (UK) Accolade (US)
Designer(s)	Remi Herbulot
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Oric, Thomson, ZX Spectrum
Release	EU: 1985 NA: 1988
Genre(s)	Pinball simulation

Gameplay

The game includes full-featured^[vague] graphics, sound and lights, and tilt capability. The game features four simulations with varying obstacles. On the Atari ST, the flipper and back-board controls are manipulated by the mouse, but moving the mouse too much will activate the tilt sensors. Players can customize the game by changing parameters such as point scores, table slope, bumper elasticity, and the number of game balls. With the parts menu, a player can assemble a pinball machine, and can paint or decorate it with the game's paint menu.

Reception

In 1988, Dragon gave the game 4½ out of 5 stars.[1]

Reviews

• Tilt - Jul, 1985[2]
• Sinclair User - Nov, 1985[3]
• Computer Gamer - Aug, 1986[4]
• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Feb, 1990[5]
• Zzap! - Dec, 1990[6]
• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Oct, 1987

See also

• Pinball Construction Set

References

External links

• Macadam Bumper at MobyGames
• Macadam Bumper at Centre for Computing History
• Review in Antic

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