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Tell HN: Windows 3D Pinball (Space Cadet)

42 points by leononame 3y ago

leononame 3y ago
Someone reverse enfineeredSgineered 3D Pinball for Windows (Space Cadet), with playable versions now for for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and more. I've been having a blast with this.
DustinBrett 3y ago
This has also been ported to the web via Emscripten. I host it on my website if anyone wants to play. https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet
- thesquib 3y ago
  Fun website. How did you build it?
  - DustinBrett 3y ago
    Thank you! I've been working on it for years. It's mostly using the DOM with various ports and other things contained within windows which are also just DOM elements.
- mateo1 3y ago
  Really cool, but I can't turn off the music.
  - DustinBrett 3y ago
    Thanks! Ya the music off feature doesn't seem to consistently work with that port. Sometimes it does work.
yoz 3y ago
You can download Windows, Mac, and Linux builds from the GitHub releases page. Note that you'll also need the graphics and .DAT files from the original game, which you can find all over the internet. (Hint: try the Internet Archive) To get the Mac build running: - Drag the "SpaceCadetPinball" out from the DMG file to somewhere local (e.g. /Applications ) - Right-click on the executable and choose "Show Package Contents" - Navigate to Contents/Resources/ - Unzip the file you found with all the game data - Move all the unzipped game files into Contents/Resources
monocasa 3y ago
> I did not find it, decompiled game worked in x64 mode on the first try. IIRC Raymond Chen was talking about a basically unreleased version of 64bit Alpha AXP, not the x64 port which had way more resources to spend on making the port work well.
luqtas 3y ago
Pinball is such an underrated game... we also have a remake of this table for Visual Pinball X & VR! -> https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16091 https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16...
- squigz 3y ago
  Well, thanks for sending me down this rabbithole :) VPX looks very cool!
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anonbanker 3y ago
There are repos for all 3 of the 3D pinball games. You'll need the Plus! pack for the other two.
BobbyTables2 3y ago
Why won’t this be DMCA-ed to oblivion? And surely there won’t be any problems hosting decompiled Microsoft code on GitHub ???

42 points by leononame 3y ago

Someone reverse enfineeredSgineered 3D Pinball for Windows (Space Cadet), with playable versions now for for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and more. I've been having a blast with this.

DustinBrett 3y ago

This has also been ported to the web via Emscripten. I host it on my website if anyone wants to play. https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet

thesquib 3y ago
Fun website. How did you build it?
- DustinBrett 3y ago
  Thank you! I've been working on it for years. It's mostly using the DOM with various ports and other things contained within windows which are also just DOM elements.
mateo1 3y ago
Really cool, but I can't turn off the music.
- DustinBrett 3y ago
  Thanks! Ya the music off feature doesn't seem to consistently work with that port. Sometimes it does work.

yoz 3y ago

You can download Windows, Mac, and Linux builds from the GitHub releases page. Note that you'll also need the graphics and .DAT files from the original game, which you can find all over the internet. (Hint: try the Internet Archive) To get the Mac build running: - Drag the "SpaceCadetPinball" out from the DMG file to somewhere local (e.g. /Applications ) - Right-click on the executable and choose "Show Package Contents" - Navigate to Contents/Resources/ - Unzip the file you found with all the game data - Move all the unzipped game files into Contents/Resources

monocasa 3y ago

> I did not find it, decompiled game worked in x64 mode on the first try. IIRC Raymond Chen was talking about a basically unreleased version of 64bit Alpha AXP, not the x64 port which had way more resources to spend on making the port work well.

luqtas 3y ago

Pinball is such an underrated game... we also have a remake of this table for Visual Pinball X & VR! -> https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16091 https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16...

squigz 3y ago
Well, thanks for sending me down this rabbithole :) VPX looks very cool!

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anonbanker 3y ago

There are repos for all 3 of the 3D pinball games. You'll need the Plus! pack for the other two.

BobbyTables2 3y ago

Why won’t this be DMCA-ed to oblivion? And surely there won’t be any problems hosting decompiled Microsoft code on GitHub ???