''Take a Break! Pinball'' was a 1993

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computer game collection by

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. It contained several individual boards based on various Dynamix or Sierra series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Adventures of Willy Beamish ''The Adventures of Willy Beamish'' is a graphic adventure game developed by Dynamix and published in 1991 by Sierra On-Line. The player takes on the role of nine-year-old Willy Beamish in a game that somewhat parodies the adventure genre. The g ...

'', ''

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'', and '' Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon''. It is the second game in the ''Take a Break!'' series of casual Windows games. It was designed for Windows 3.x.

Boards

Quest for Daventry

This board is based on ''

King's Quest V ''King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!'' (also known simply as ''King's Quest V'') is a 1990 graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line. Originally released in November 1990, it featured a significant improvement in graphics (achieved t ...

''. The game follows the narrative of the adventure game with objectives based on locations and encounters from that game. As objectives are completed on the board, new locations are opened up on the map. On this board, there was a bug that made the ball invisible after entering the Endless Desert Temple Stone Wall Trap. This was later patched with an updated DLL file.

Planet Pinball

Three boards based on ''

Space Quest IV ''Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers'' is a 1991 graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line. It was released on floppy disks on March 4, 1991, and released on CD-ROM in December 1992 with full speech support and featuring ''Laugh-In'' ...

''.

Level One: Planet Xenon in the Beginning

Level Two: Spaced Travel

Level Three: Reformation Day

Larry's Big Score

This board is based on ''Larry 5''. It was later released as a stand-alone game in the early ''Leisure Suit Larry'' collections.

Flipped Out Willy

This board is based on ''

''.

Draxon

Two boards based on ''Nova 9''.

Level One: Nova 9

Level Two: Lots in Space

Reception

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'' in 1993 liked ''Take a Break! Pinball''s adventure game-like boards, but criticized the high CPU requirements, stating that performance "can be so bad as to be unplayable on a

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, and irritating on a

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criticized the colorful graphics on the some boards, saying that they made it "nearly impossible to keep your eye on the ball". They said that "taken as a serious pinball simulation, it falls short in more than one area".

References

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Boards

Quest for Daventry

Planet Pinball

Level One: Planet Xenon in the Beginning

Level Two: Spaced Travel

Level Three: Reformation Day

Larry's Big Score

Flipped Out Willy

Draxon

Level One: Nova 9

Level Two: Lots in Space

Reception

See also

References