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Pinball rocks. I was an addict from an early age, around 7. I always play a machine if I see one and have time on my hands. Although it is a little frustrati

Pinball rocks. I was an addict from an early age, around 7. I always play a machine if I see one and have time on my hands. Although it is a little frustrating to find most machines I come across have some problems, or have been tampered with to make them more difficult. I also love the Zen studios pinball game on xbox / windows 8. Ironically, I think it is one of the best real world activity sims I have encountered.

lytfyre 14y ago
If you haven't tried it, I'd also checkout the rather creatively titled "Pinball Arcade" - ios, android, xbox, PS3, etc. They got the licenses for a bunch of old tables, and are adding one or two a month. Very good physics engine, and they're emulating the hardware so the gameplay is very accurate. It's been a fun way to waste time.
- voltagex_ 14y ago
  They were having problems with their publisher so the tables stopped coming.
  - lytfyre 14y ago
    I think that was only Xbox?
- gfosco 14y ago
  Medieval Madness is my favorite machine, and I've bought it through Pinball Arcade on iOS and Android. If they would get Greenlit on Steam, I'll buy it again on PC!
jgeorge 14y ago
Zen studios pinball games are a nice blend of physical pinball emulation and video games. The tables have pretty good physical properties, but there are things in the games that are difficult, expensive, or downright impossible to do on a real machine and lend themselves nicely to an arcade equivalent. On the flip side of the coin, Pinball Arcade strives to emulate classic games exactly as they were, so the games may be more "boring" to some, but appeal far more to the portion of the market that's played them before. Pinball Arcade actually emulates 4 machines that I also physically own. Sometimes it's easier to fire up the video version of the game than play the real one. I know to some that's heresy (and to me it is as well) but the video versions are a LOT quieter, and are easier to walk away from if needed. I would be a rich man if I could design a "pause" button for a physical pin, I think.

lytfyre 14y ago

If you haven't tried it, I'd also checkout the rather creatively titled "Pinball Arcade" - ios, android, xbox, PS3, etc. They got the licenses for a bunch of old tables, and are adding one or two a month. Very good physics engine, and they're emulating the hardware so the gameplay is very accurate. It's been a fun way to waste time.

voltagex_ 14y ago
They were having problems with their publisher so the tables stopped coming.
- lytfyre 14y ago
  I think that was only Xbox?
gfosco 14y ago
Medieval Madness is my favorite machine, and I've bought it through Pinball Arcade on iOS and Android. If they would get Greenlit on Steam, I'll buy it again on PC!

jgeorge 14y ago

Zen studios pinball games are a nice blend of physical pinball emulation and video games. The tables have pretty good physical properties, but there are things in the games that are difficult, expensive, or downright impossible to do on a real machine and lend themselves nicely to an arcade equivalent. On the flip side of the coin, Pinball Arcade strives to emulate classic games exactly as they were, so the games may be more "boring" to some, but appeal far more to the portion of the market that's played them before. Pinball Arcade actually emulates 4 machines that I also physically own. Sometimes it's easier to fire up the video version of the game than play the real one. I know to some that's heresy (and to me it is as well) but the video versions are a LOT quieter, and are easier to walk away from if needed. I would be a rich man if I could design a "pause" button for a physical pin, I think.