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Anyone remember pinball machines?! I remember staying in American motels in the late 80s to early 90s, and (being around 11 years old) always excited when there was a "games room" where we were staying. I'll never forget the one with just a lone pinball table shoved into the corner. It was Twilight Zone and I loved it. God knows how many coins I shoved into that machine!
I was in a bar recently and they had a Theatre of Magic pinball machine. It was so cool! It brought back all the memories of playing pinball when I was a kid.
Anyway... I came across this game on Steam, which has simulations of the real tables you used to find in video arcades. It's free to download (with one unlocked table), but otherwise you have to pay a few quid/bucks/euros to play the other tables.
It's called Pinball Arcade:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/238260/Pinball_Arcade/
Maybe I'm "old school", but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole concept of Steam... I'd prefer to just buy a game and have the installation files, rather than own some etherial thing in the cloud that could disappear if Steam goes bankrupt...
But other than that, it's a great game. I can't stop playing Twilight Zone! It's not as good as real pinball, but it's so damned close!
Anyone else into this, or is it just me?
I was in a bar recently and they had a Theatre of Magic pinball machine. It was so cool! It brought back all the memories of playing pinball when I was a kid.
Anyway... I came across this game on Steam, which has simulations of the real tables you used to find in video arcades. It's free to download (with one unlocked table), but otherwise you have to pay a few quid/bucks/euros to play the other tables.
It's called Pinball Arcade:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/238260/Pinball_Arcade/
Maybe I'm "old school", but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the whole concept of Steam... I'd prefer to just buy a game and have the installation files, rather than own some etherial thing in the cloud that could disappear if Steam goes bankrupt...
But other than that, it's a great game. I can't stop playing Twilight Zone! It's not as good as real pinball, but it's so damned close!
Anyone else into this, or is it just me?