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[MrAngryFace]

I was playing 3d pinball with WinXP and realized I love this shit. Where can I get more?

 

[Lord Error]

3D pinball is quite possibly the worst 3D pinball I've ever played on a PC

Pro Pinball series beats it into the ground, and actually that set is pretty much the best available 3D pinball. Set consists of:

Pro Pinball: The Web
Pro Pinball: Timeshock!
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey
(listed in the release order)

Each of these only has one table, but they are *extremely* well made and highly imaginative.

I also highly recommend Amiga conversions of:
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Slam Tilt

all of which are absolutely fantastic 2D pinball games, best 2D pinballs that I know of - last two IMO being even more fun to play than even Pro Pinball games. Each game has a selection of four completely different tables.

What separates these games I listed from the rest of the pack is not only the high quality and imaginativeness of their tables, but also the ball physics which are in all of them done with an incredible care and quality, going as far that in some of the Pro Pinaball games ball actually scratches a bit and catches tiny dirt after you play it for tens upon tens of hours...

 

[oBa]

http://www.pinmame.com/

Since all the table graphics are done by fans, some of it can be hit and miss, but overal, Pinmame is the best 'free' solution out there.

 

[Fragamemnon]

Vpinmame/Visual Pinball

Addams Family
Twilight Zone
ST:TNG

Just to start out with. I found all 3 were extremely faithful to the arcade, with the exception that hitting train wrecks in the version of the Addams' Family I played was a lot harder than it was in real life.

 

[MoxManiac]

Frag!! You're alive!!11

Anyways, I wish someone would convert the Street Fighter pinball to vpinmame. I loved that one.

 

[Mashing]

Vpinmame/Visual Pinball

Addams Family
Twilight Zone
ST:TNG

Just to start out with. I found all 3 were extremely faithful to the arcade, with the exception that hitting train wrecks in the version of the Addams' Family I played was a lot harder than it was in real life.

Holy shit... I must play that.. I was just commenting on this forum the other day how much I wanted to play that TNG machine again.

 

[MrAngryFace]

So hard to find places to buy/download these.

 

[chespace]

you might want to check this shit out:

http://www.thepinballzone.coolfreepages.com/onlinepinball.htm

lots of pinball games to play. all free for those of you gaming on the cheap.

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http://chespace.ogamo.com

 

[Sysgen]

As said; Pro Pinball: Especially Fantasic Journey.

 

[Grimlock]

Stones And Bones > joo.

Hyper 3D Pinball was pretty kick-ass, too.

 

[Sysgen]

Had to do a little research on this one as I forgot the name of this great pinball simulation,

Epic's Extreme Pinball

A worthy follow-up to best-selling Epic Pinball, Extreme Pinball is a fantastic pinball simulator for the PC. Featuring excellent gameplay with flawless table physics, includes 4 tables (Rock Fantasy, Medieval Knights, Monkey Mayhem, and Urban Chaos), all of which are rich with details and trinkets and traps that will challenge even the mightiest of pinball wizards. The large tables also scroll smoothly, making this one of the best pinball games ever made.

MUST HAVE! Though it's DOS.

 

[Culex]

Pure Pinball is really, really good, too. It came out last year and rocks.

 

[FoneBone]

http://www.pinmame.com/

Since all the table graphics are done by fans, some of it can be hit and miss, but overall, Pinmame is the best 'free' solution out there.

This sounds too good to be true. Aside from the number of files you apparently need to download... I can't believe I haven't heard of this. Is it 2D or 3D? (can't tell if it's realtime from the screens)

Also, I haven't played them myself, but you can apparently get the entire Pro Pinball series (used) for very cheap here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...00004ZBS0/all/ref=dp_pb_a/102-8667457-8704901

I'm not spending a lot of time looking, but you can get it new here (if you look, you can probably find it cheaper elsewhere):
http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/gamefestpr.htm

Also, wasn't Addiction Pinball (from Team 17) supposed to be good? I remember having a lot of fun with the demo a while back.

 

[LAMBO]

Pro Pinball Big Race is the best pinball game i've ever played