''Addiction Pinball'' is a pinball video game developed by Team17 and published by

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for

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in 1998. It features tables based on two Team17 games, '' World Rally Fever'' and ''

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''. It was ported to the

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in 1999 as ''Worms Pinball'' to capitalise on the success of the ''Worms'' franchise. The PlayStation version was published by Infogrames and was only released in Europe. A cut-down version for the Microsoft Windows was also released in 1998, also titled ''Worms Pinball'', and was initially included in a ''

'' compilation pack containing ''Worms and Reinforcements United'' and ''Worms 2''. It was also included with the first print run of '' Worms Blast'' for Microsoft Windows in 2002, and in 2012 was released on Steam. This version does not include the ''World Rally Fever'' table.

Tables

''Addiction Pinball'' features two tables based on previous Team17 games.

World Rally Fever

Based on '' World Rally Fever'', the WRF table is based around the theme of racing cars and car maintenance. The primary goal in this table, short of accruing the highest score, is to participate in various races.

Worms

Based on the ''

'' series, the aim of this table is to complete missions and collect weapons in order to increase your rank and move on to the next of five areas—Arctic, Mars, Jungle, Desert and Hell. This table provides more space for the ball to travel and has more ramps and bonuses than its counterpart.

Re-releases

''Addiction Pinball'' was re-released in 1999 on the Hasbro Interactive budget label as an "Action" title. It was also included in ''The Armageddon Collection'', a 2000 compilation release pairing it with '' Worms Armageddon'' and a ''Worms Armageddon'' screensaver. The PSone version was also re-released in an Infogrames "Best Of" collection which also included ''Worms Armageddon'' and Infogrames' own ''

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''. The Microsoft Windows version of ''Worms Pinball'', itself a cut-down version of ''Addiction Pinball'' featuring only the ''Worms'' table, was included with the first pressing of '' Worms Blast'' in the UK. More recently the game was re-released on

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at the same time as the latest spin-off title, ''

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''.

Reception

''Addiction Pinball'' received favourable reviews according to the

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. ''

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'' called it "the smoothest-playing and best-looking pinball game we've seen." ''

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'' said, "One word sums up this game: Wow."

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* {{Authority control 1998 video games Infogrames games MicroProse games Multiplayer and single-player video games Pinball video games PlayStation (console) games Team17 games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Bjørn Lynne Windows games Worms (series) games