Microsoft Pinball Arcade

For the pinball game included in several Windows releases, see Full Tilt! Pinball § 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet.
Microsoft Pinball Arcade
Cover art for the Windows version
Developers
Publishers
PlatformsMicrosoft Windows, Game Boy Color
ReleasePC: December 15, 1998
GBC: 2001
GenrePinball
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Microsoft Pinball Arcade is a pinball video game from Microsoft. It was released on December 15, 1998, for Microsoft Windows and in 2001 for the Game Boy Color. The game is a collection of seven real pinball tables licensed from Gottlieb. These include one from each decade:[1] Baffle Ball (1931), Humpty Dumpty (1947), Knock Out (1950), Slick Chick (1963), Spirit of 76 (1975), Haunted House (1982), and Cue Ball Wizard (1992).

This game was designed for Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0.[2] The resolution of the PC version could be set up to 1024x768.[3]

A free trial PC version was released, with Haunted House as the only playable table[1] up to a limited score.[4]

The Game Boy Color version features five tables,[5] excluding Humpty Dumpty and Cue Ball Wizard.

Gameplay

Microsoft Pinball Arcade uses the game rules from the original tables.[2]

Reception

GameSpot praised the game for its faithful reproduction of the sound effects, detailed high-quality graphics, and realistic ball physics.[6] IGN enjoyed the graphics, but found much of the gameplay and sounds boring although did enjoy Haunted House.[2] CGW noted that the game includes some entertaining tables, and some of "purely historical" value.[3] Reviewing a beta version, GameRoom noted that "only a pinball machine can be a pinball machine", but were still impressed with the graphics and sound.[7]

Nintendo Power found the ball moved "curiously slow."[5]

In 2025 Pixel Addict said the simulation is good, but "a little glacial."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Disc Directory". Ultimate PC. No. 18. January 1999. p. 160.
  2. ^ a b c d Fischer, Blake (11 February 1999). "Microsoft Pinball Arcade". IGN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Atkin, Denny (March 1999). "Reviews - Give No Quarter(s)". Computer Gaming World. No. 176. p. 164.
  4. ^ "On the CD". PC Zone. No. 71. December 1998. p. 194.
  5. ^ a b c "Also playing this month". Nintendo Power. No. 139. December 2000. p. 158.
  6. ^ a b "Pinball Arcade for PC". GameSpot. 21 December 1998. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Gameroom Book & CD-ROM Review". GameRoom. Vol. 10, no. 10. October 1998. p. 52.
  8. ^ Qually, Gareth (2025). "The CRT Glow of Pinball". Pixel Addict. No. 27. p. 28. ISSN 2754-9275.

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