/vr/ - Retro Games

Finally some good pinball games!

Pinball Dreams/Fantasies (Amiga version)

Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies for Amiga.

>>1911015
Well if you have a MD/Genesis, you can play Dragon's Fury instead. It's just a port of the same game. The PCE is the only platform with Alien Crush though. That one's a bit different because the playfield doesn't scroll, but it's still a great game.

Also try the (slightly) more traditional games like Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies. The original Amiga versions are still the best IMO. I find the ball's physics really satisfying. DOS version is almost as good but doesn't scroll as smoothly. SNES version is weird because the table also scrolls horizontally (that drives me crazy so I can't play it).

Pinball Mania is also pretty good. There's versions for DOS and Genesis.

I like the Naxat pinball games, don't really care about which version. The only own I ever owned is Dragon's Fury for Sega Genesis, the rest I emulated.

Also very good is Amiga version of Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies. Unlike the Naxat games, this is closer to traditional pinball, but the physics and bonuses and stuff feels really good. The tunes are pretty cool too, and there's a nice variety of tables.

About the only other game I played much is Tristan Pinball for DOS. It's more primitive that the others I mentioned, but still fun. And this one is probably the closest to a real pinball machine.

Other than that, I sometimes get a kick out of playing the *really* old stuff, like Night Mission Pinball, or various Pinball Construction Set tables, but they're quite primitive and the physics are strange somtimes.