Old PC Pinball Games

[*paulb*]

Just noticed there are a few pinball games in the archive.org MS-DOS games archive.
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games?and[]=pinball

Includes classics like Pinball Construction Kit, and an Eight Ball Deluxe sim (which is rather tricky since most of the playfield is scrolled out of view when the ball is at the flippers!).

These all play directly in a decent browser (Firefox/Chrome) using a Javascript based emulator - no plugins needed.

Also some more timewasting retro reading here:
https://archive.org/details/computermagazines

 

[windoesnot]

Not on PC (that I recall of) but Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies on the Amiga were the dogs danglies!

 

[*paulb*]

Not on PC (that I recall of) but Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies on the Amiga were the dogs danglies!

Well, the MS-DOS versions of both are in that collection. Doubt they are as good as the Amiga versions mind you.

Ah, just had a go at both. Pinball Fantasies is much better than Pinball Dreams.

 

[Carl Spiby]

Pinball Illusions too.

 

[*paulb*]

I remember reading this issue, back in the day:
https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-006

Direct link to an article on pinball:
https://archive.org/stream/cvg-magazine-006/CVG_006_Apr_1982#page/n65/mode/2up