Bagatelle Touch (aka Pocket Bagatelle)
This is a simulation of the traditional table game bagatelle (also sometimes known as fortuna). This is the game which pinball evolved from, and involves trying to hit certain spots on the board with metal balls launched down the side of the table.
How To Get It:
You can download Bagatelle Touch from Ovi Store by selecting your phone's Ovi Store icon, or by going to store.ovi.mobi on your phone's web browser.
Alternatively you can go to store.ovi.com on your computer's browser.
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Ovi Gaming Review:
Phone Used For Review - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (games may be different on different phone models)
Gameplay - This is a simulation of the traditional table game bagatelle, also known as fortuna. A sort of proto-pinball, the aim of bagatelle is to get a series of steel balls to rest in various indentations on the table's surface with points assigned to each indentation. Because the indentations are shallow the balls can be knocked out by other balls, and if that happens you lose the points you've gained from that indentation. This version of the game can be played by one player (aiming for a high score) or two players sharing a single phone.
Graphics - Nice realistic artwork, up to Offscreen's usual professional standards.
Sound - None.
Multiplayer & Online - Two-player passaround/hotseat mode using a single handset.
Overall - We are all huge fans of Offscreen here at Ovi Gaming, they've done some of the best games and apps on Ovi Store, but Bagatelle Touch is not one of them. The gameplay has nostalgic value if you've ever played bagatelle in real life, but beyond that it's not very playable. Scoring and aiming feels too random, and without any flippers there's none of the frantic gameplay that makes modern pinball fun.
Score - 30%
Ovi Gaming Video:
Ovi Gaming Screenshots (taken on a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic):
