PaTaank

PaTaank is a video game developed and published by PF Magic for the 3DO.

PaTaank
Developer(s)PF Magic
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)David Feldman
Rob Fulop
Designer(s)Curtis Norris
Joel Dubiner
Leslie Hedger
Programmer(s)Andre Burgoyne
Artist(s)Charles Hacskaylo
Lisa Wong
Composer(s)Nicolaas tenBroek
Platform(s)3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Release
  • NA: 3 November 1994
  • JP: 3 November 1994[1]
Genre(s)Pinball
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer (up to four players)

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

Pataank is a pinball game where the player plays as the pinball, steering the ball and knocking into targets.

Development and release

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[2]
EGM24/40[3]
GamePro17.5/20[4]
Next Generation[5]
3DO Magazine[6]
Coming Soon Magazine[7]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[8]
Génération 48%[9]
VideoGames7/10[10]

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "It's an interesting idea, done badly."[5] Entertainment Weekly gave the game an A-.[8]

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References

  1. "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. Smith, Geoffrey Douglas (1998). "PaTaank - Overview". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Williams, Ken (December 1994). "Review Crew - Pataank". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 65. Sendai Publishing. p. 44.
  4. Mo, Slo (January 1995). "ProReview: PaTaank". GamePro. No. 66. IDG. p. 88.
  5. "Finals - Pataank". Next Generation. No. 1. Imagine Media. January 1995. p. 90.
  6. Wynne, Mark (December 1994). "Reviews: PaTaank – Like the innovative Twister, PaTaank is another odd-ball, U.S.P. release, guaranteed to challenge even the most seasones gamesplayer's senses. It's Pinball, but not quite as you know it..." 3DO Magazine. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. p. 56.
  7. "Pataank - 3DO Review". Coming Soon Magazine. No. 4. Coming Soon Magazine, Inc. March 1995. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  8. Strauss, Bob (January 27, 1995). "Pataank". Entertainment Weekly. No. 259. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  9. "Tests Express... Pataank". Génération 4 (in French). No. 73. Computec Media France. January 1995. p. 166.
  10. Dulin, Ron (January 1995). "Power Reviews: PaTaank – Finishing PaTaank only takes a few attempts". VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine. No. 72. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 71.


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