![]() The colors are magnificent, the sounds make you think that you are in some smoky arcade somewhere, and the gameplay is addictive, especially on the later machines. The flippers are responsive, the balls are fast, and you don't have to tilt the machine. ![]() The most fun pinball table of all in this game is Haunted House (1982), which is complete with haunting sound effects.Īs a straightforward pinball game, Microsoft Pinball Arcade is great fun. Bicentennial, complete with pictures of John Glenn and Davy Crockett. Slick Chick stems from 1963 and has some far out bumpers, man. Knock Out (1950) is based on the ever-popular boxing theme. Baffle Ball (1931) is a version of pinball that became popular during the Great Depression and has no flippers! Humpty Dumpty (1947) was one of the first modern style tables. ![]() The seven machines are represented in perfect photo-quality, with authentic noises, voices and sound effects. Not only is it a highly enjoyable game that will give hours upon hours of pinball fun on a choice of seven machines, but also a nostalgic look at the evolution of pinball in America over the last seventy years of the 20th century. The Pinball Arcade is a pinball video game developed by FarSight Studios.Microsoft Pinball Arcade could best be described as a playable reference simulation. The game is a simulated collection of real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb, Alvin G. and Company, and Stern Pinball, a company which also owns the rights of machines from Data East and Sega Pinball. Williams and Bally games are no longer available since June 30, 2018, as FarSight had lost the license to WMS properties, which has since passed to Zen Studios. The game is available for download on a number of devices through their respective online stores, including Android (along with derivatives such as Kindle Fire and Ouya), iOS, Windows (through Steam), macOS (through the Mac App Store and Steam), PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 (through PlayStation Store), Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U in North America only, and Nintendo Switch. Tables are available for free limited demo play on Android, iOS, and other platforms. PC versions are limited to one free table.Įvery month, along with the release of downloadable content (DLC), four select tables on mobile versions are free with no Pro Menu features. The Pinball Arcade is developed by FarSight Studios, who also developed Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection and Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection that were published by Crave Entertainment. Four tables were available initially with the game's launch: Black Hole, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Tales of the Arabian Nights, and Theatre of Magic. įarSight Studios took part in the Steam Greenlight program to distribute The Pinball Arcade for Windows-based personal computers. The game was successfully Greenlit on April 18, 2013. From August until October 2013, the PC version of The Pinball Arcade was in beta-testing. The Windows version of Pinball Arcade was released on November 4, 2013, along with the first 19 table packs. A Macintosh version of the Steam release was released on December 16, 2013. ![]() Although tables have to be purchased for each platform separately FarSight buyers of the Steam version are able to play their tables on OS X and Windows. The option to buy a season pass for an entire season, including unreleased tables in advance, was cancelled in February 2014 on the Mac App Store due to violation of Apple's policies that do not allow sales of unreleased software. On April 1, 2014, FarSight released a patch that included stereoscopic 3D support for PlayStation 3.
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