Caveman
This pinball table is famous for one
thing, it was the first game to blend pinball with an arcade machine. Like
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, it took two great tastes that taste great together.
That does not sound good. Well you know what I am getting at. Others followed
like Baby Pacman and Granny and the Gators, but personally this is my favorite
of the three.
What I think is the best about this one is that the video game part is more enjoyable than the other two. Baby Pacman is good, but a bit too hard for me. I guess it could be my nearing middle age reflexes, but I remember not doing too well at it in the arcade either. But Caveman, I can do quite well at. I have been able to beat all three levels of dinosaurs. And this is the main difference.
One thing I can say about all the video game/pinball hybrids is that the pinball part is nothing to write home about. There is some targets and a few bumpers, but nothing amazing. It is the video game part that is the draw. I found this true with all three of the hybrids. I am not saying the pinball is bad, just average.
Granted, the video game part is not a big deal either as it is just a maze game. You move around with your caveman and clobber the dinosaurs. Hit five of the brontosaurus and you get the next dinosaur. Problem is once you kill a dino, a T-Rex replaces it and is hot on your trail. This is where you must be careful. Unlike Baby Pacman, if you get eaten in the game, you lose a ball. But you have four tunnels that you can go into to get back into the pinball game. I suggest that you stay close to one of them as those T-Rexes are fast and will devour you in no time flat.
While neither the pinball or the arcade game would stand well on their own, the combination of both makes for a very enjoyable experience. Just be careful for those T-Rexes as they will end your game very early if you are not careful.
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