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Decided to open my Amiga emulator and play one of my favorites from my teenage years. If you've never played this game, you'll be surprised when you do. 4 tables. It feels surprisingly realistic. The ball moves like on a real pinball table. The music is very late 80s early 90s, of course!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The earliest pinball game I've played is the Space Cadet one that was included with Windows.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was my favorite Windows game that came with the OS. I wonder why they removed it? Is it because they wanted to sell it as Full Tilt?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was fundamentally broken in 64-bit Windows for a long time due to a practically unfindable bug, so they just removed it once that was a mainstream option (Vista onwards).

I think it's been fixed or recreated now though?

Full Tilt! was first published in 1995, comfortably before the inclusion of the Space Cadet table in Windows, which iirc was either '98 or Plus! for '95. I'm confident it wasn't in any of the vanilla releases of Win 95.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OK, I wasn't clear on that. So, Full Tilt! was available before the pinball game was included with Windows. How much work would it have taken Microsoft to adapt their pinball game to 64 bit machines? I mean, come on, what kind of excuse is that? They updated Solitaire and added word games. Silly Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Amazing game indeed, the music, the vibe, ..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Epic pinball for MS-DOS, Specifically the Android table will forever be a core memory of mine. Any decent pinball games nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've been playing Demon's Tilt for a while now. It's a lot like Devil's Crush, with bonus tables. It definitely isn't a pinball game for purists. I'm not a purist, I like a lot of different pinball games, so I have fun with it. On older versions of iOS and Android there was PinOut, which I can still play on my iPad. Not sure how long that will last. A lot of the new pinball games you can get on Steam, etc. are not to my liking because they require in-game purchases (you have to buy the game, then buy each table individually).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Dreams, Illusions and Fantasies, Three awesome pinball games. I was very jealous of my Amiga friend because of these games. I think I got one of them on my PC because I remember playing a Haunted House table when I was supposed to leave and meet friends. I was an hour late because I was having such a good run, I didn't want to quit the table mid game!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ignition is my all time favourite table!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Haha nice, it's such a brutal table though!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh it absolutely is. But the sounds and the music. Just so worth it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Nightmare table has always been harder for me than the Ignition table, but yeah Ignition is a rough play through.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you use as emulator?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Anyone remember a pinball game for windows that had three tables and I think the ball could swap between them during play, and the theme was building a space colony on mars or some other planet? Sorry my description is vague, but I was like 8 years old when I played it. I definitely remember that the tables were wider than they were tall, unusual for a pinball game, as it was designed for the computer screen not an arcade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Never had an Amiga, went from C64 to a 486 something. Could you post a screenshot of one of the tables if its not much trouble?

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