anybody ever try pinball quest on NES?
I have and it's pretty bad. And you're talking to one of the biggest fans or retro pinball sims on the planet. If you want a deeper adventure game with pinball, might I recommend Kirby Pinball Land (GB) and Mario Pinball Land (GBA)? Those are very deep games complete with stage bosses and a ton of gameplay content. Both allow you to pause progress and resume using built in save battery...
For NES, I recommend Pinbot and High speed as they are loosely based on real tables but with extra bonus stages. In pinbot, things start to get crazy as you progress through the planets. Your ball eventually tuns into a triangle with totally bizarre physics. In High Speed, there are bonus racing minigame levels, as well as some rather annoying ball gobblers that break up the pacing a bit. High speed also features voice acting very similar to the real table, a true rarity for NES games.