query: instance_of pro pinball: big race usa
supports: Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and publisher founded in 1987. It went out of business in 2009. An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers. While exact dates are debated, the golden age of arcade video games is usually defined as a period beginning sometime in the late 1970s and ending sometime in the mid-1980s. Excluding a brief resurgence in the early 1990s, the arcade industry subsequently declined in the Western hemisphere as competing home-based video game consoles such as Playstation and Xbox increased in their graphics and game-play capability and decreased in cost. Pro Pinball is a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Developments and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1995 and 1999. The four games of the series are: , , , and . Each game features one table, with the theme suggested by the title. Pinball is a type of arcade game, in which points are scored by a player manipulating one or more steel balls on a play field inside a glass-covered cabinet called a pinball machine (or pinball table). The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible. Many modern pinball machines include a story line where the player must complete certain objectives in a certain fashion to complete the story, usually earning high scores for different methods of completing the game. Points are earned when the ball strikes different targets on the play field. A drain is situated at the bottom of the play field, partially protected by player-controlled plastic bats called flippers. A game ends after all the balls fall into the drain a certain number of times. Secondary objectives are to maximize the time spent playing (by earning "extra balls" and keeping the ball in play as long as possible) and to earn bonus games (known as "replays"). Pro Big Race USA is a 1998 pinball computer game developed by Cunning Developments and published by Empire Interactive . It is the third game in the Pro Pinball series , and is themed around travelling around the USA in a car . It is notable for having a lot more `` simulation '' features than its predecessor Timeshock ! , such as ability to configure table angle , flipper strength and how `` worn '' the table should appear to be . It also features a skill level setting , perhaps in response to Timeshock ! 's difficulty . It also has improved graphical features including a subtle texture on the ball ( so you can see how the ball is spinning ) and motion blur . A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development  the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.
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answer: video game