Pinball is fun. It’s the simple premise that makes it fun – press some buttons to make some flippers flip with the aim of not losing the ball. Oh, there are lots of fun things that can happen in between to rack up your points too!

Pinball, as a game, is something I feel transfers well to the iPhone (and iPad) – the screen is the right shape and you only need two ‘buttons’ to play the whole thing. GameProm already have a handful of other Pinball games which look good and work well and have teamed up with the metal band Slayer for the theme of this release.

The 3D-looking table looks great, the views scroll really well and you don’t get ‘lost’ as to where on the table you are while playing. You even have the option to use 3D glasses with the app – sadly I don’t have any so can’t comment on how effective it is. Slayer Pinball Rocks is a ‘universal app’ meaning it is designed both for the iPhone and iPad. The iPad version looks really nice owing to the larger screen but the overall gameplay is exactly the same so iPhone users aren’t missing out on anything. The in-app music is great (in my opinion) and they even provide a link to buy the album in iTunes. This is a bit of a shame though as it essentially becomes a paid-app (£2.99 / $4.99) but with ad’s…

I started off by saying “pinball is fun”, which it is, however the fun can be quite short-lived. You see, pinball is pinball. Different pinball tables (or apps) are essentially the same but with different clothes and different holes to get your balls into. Don’t get me wrong, Slayer Pinball Rocks IS a good game – the graphics are great, the transfer to iPhone works a treat and the controls work really well. However, if you already own one of GameProm’s other iPhone pinball apps then I think you may find this a bit ‘samey’.