<s>
is	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
HAL	O
Laboratory	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
&	I-Device
Watch	I-Device
unit	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
VS.	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
paddles	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	O
pinball	B-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
screens	O
represent	O
the	O
traditional	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
plus	O
a	O
bonus	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
launches	O
a	O
ball	O
with	O
the	O
plunger	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
screen	O
—	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
—	O
through	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
the	O
second	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
has	O
a	O
secondary	O
Breakout-like	O
mode	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
reaches	O
by	O
hitting	O
the	O
ball	O
into	O
a	O
bonus	O
hole	O
that	O
takes	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
a	O
bonus	O
stage	O
to	O
control	O
Mario	B-Application
carrying	O
a	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
of	O
this	O
mode	O
is	O
to	O
rescue	O
Pauline	O
who	O
had	O
debuted	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
in	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
achieves	O
this	O
by	O
bouncing	O
the	O
ball	O
off	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
and	O
hitting	O
various	O
targets	O
,	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
which	O
also	O
earns	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Catching	O
her	O
on	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
platform	O
earns	O
bonus	O
points	O
,	O
but	O
allowing	O
her	O
to	O
hit	O
the	O
ground	O
causes	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
lose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
NES	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Family	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
on	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
unlockable	O
within	O
the	O
2001	O
games	O
Dōbutsu	B-Application
no	I-Application
Mori	I-Application
for	O
Nintendo	O
64	O
and	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
for	O
GameCube	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
via	O
a	O
link	B-Device
cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
e-Reader	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
December	O
2	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
December	O
15	O
in	O
PAL	O
region	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
on	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
VS.	B-Device
Pinball	I-Device
in	O
its	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
1984	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
twenty-fourth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
