Parents need to know that this is a collection of pinball games that's a joy to play. But it can be addicting. What stopped you from playing pinball when you were younger was money. But your children can play forever for $30 cost of this game. Most will play each game a few times for about 15 minutes. But those who want to win everything or want to get high scores may end up playing one, three-ball game for as long as an hour. This is a good game for parents and children to explore together.
Educational value:Pinball games are really puzzles. You have hit a ball in a certain area a certain amount of times for you to get, say, multiball.
Language:If you listen hard, Rudy, the ventriloquist's dummy head featured on the playfield in Funhouse may occasionally use the F-word. But it's muffled, so you can't really be sure. It was the same way with the real pinball game.
This game was given to the boys of our household, so I can't really say much about it. I don't know what it was like to go to an olden day pinball place either. When I did play it though, some of the words were muffled, like on Whirlwind and Fun house. I did enjoy it a little though.