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Sublogic didn't just make a flight simulator, they also made a fun pinball simulator: https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Night_Mission_Pinball https://archive

Sublogic didn't just make a flight simulator, they also made a fun pinball simulator: https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Night_Mission_Pinball https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Night_Mission_Pinball

kstrauser 2y ago
I lost so much time to that game. It let you design your own tables and I made all kinds of Rube Goldberg setups.
- tmoertel 2y ago
  That sounds like it might have been Bill Budge’s Pinball Construction Set: https://archive.org/details/a2_asimov_pinball_construction_set https://archive.org/details/a2_asimov_pinball_construction_s... Bill kindly shared the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/billbudge/PCS_AppleII https://github.com/billbudge/PCS_AppleII This was discussed on HN way back in 2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208613
  - neilv 2y ago
    Bill Budge was featured on the cover of K Power magazine in 1984: https://archive.org/details/k-power-magazine-05 https://archive.org/details/k-power-magazine-05
  - jhbadger 2y ago
    Yes, and before PCS Budge made "Raster Blaster" a standalone pinball game for the Apple II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_Blaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_Blaster "Night Mission Pinball" wasn't created by Budge but rather Bruce Artwick, the same guy who created the Sublogic Flight Simulator (and early versions of the Microsoft Flight Simulator which descended from it). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Mission_Pinball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Mission_Pinball
  - kstrauser 2y ago
    Oh, wow, I bet you’re right! I thought it was part of Night Mission but now that you mention it…
- TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
  That's great: I pinball machine is an interactive Rube Goldberg Machine.
apricot 2y ago
Night Mission was great. It felt so different from other Apple II games. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there was something about it that felt like a real arcade game in a way other programs (and certainly other pinball simulators) didn't.

kstrauser 2y ago

I lost so much time to that game. It let you design your own tables and I made all kinds of Rube Goldberg setups.

tmoertel 2y ago
That sounds like it might have been Bill Budge’s Pinball Construction Set: https://archive.org/details/a2_asimov_pinball_construction_set https://archive.org/details/a2_asimov_pinball_construction_s... Bill kindly shared the source code on GitHub: https://github.com/billbudge/PCS_AppleII https://github.com/billbudge/PCS_AppleII This was discussed on HN way back in 2013: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208613
- neilv 2y ago
  Bill Budge was featured on the cover of K Power magazine in 1984: https://archive.org/details/k-power-magazine-05 https://archive.org/details/k-power-magazine-05
- jhbadger 2y ago
  Yes, and before PCS Budge made "Raster Blaster" a standalone pinball game for the Apple II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_Blaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_Blaster "Night Mission Pinball" wasn't created by Budge but rather Bruce Artwick, the same guy who created the Sublogic Flight Simulator (and early versions of the Microsoft Flight Simulator which descended from it). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Mission_Pinball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Mission_Pinball
- kstrauser 2y ago
  Oh, wow, I bet you’re right! I thought it was part of Night Mission but now that you mention it…
TheSpiceIsLife 2y ago
That's great: I pinball machine is an interactive Rube Goldberg Machine.

apricot 2y ago

Night Mission was great. It felt so different from other Apple II games. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there was something about it that felt like a real arcade game in a way other programs (and certainly other pinball simulators) didn't.