Pinball Emulation of Classic Tables

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To this day many of us have had the opportunity of enjoying pinball machines at the arcadesas these appeared long before its classic video arcade games became well known. Similar to the video games in the arcade, the Pinball machines where a fun way to consume quarters with mates while trying to beat each others highscores. The very first Pinball's dating back in 1850 did not have flippers. The thrill was very limited on these old machines, as it consisted of a wooden board where one would fire balls up a slope, the balls would then land in different pockets and give you points for them. When the first electric Pinball's became available, the interest of Pinball grew huge. A player now had the ability to be a larger part the gameplay of the table, as it was possible to keep ball in play with flippers. With the growing interest, it went quick as manufacturers to explore new ideas, such as extra balls, multiballs and bumpers. A lot of these features we still see on today's Pinball machines. Still the Pinball machines are not as popular now, compared to the golden days.

Still it is possible to play these tables on a PC, including the tables from 1930's. Many tables are emulated. To name some titles, 4Square, StarWars and Addams Family. So if anyone is looking for Pinball games for your PC, look no further. Visual Pinball is free and users recreate or even make their own original creations which are available to find on the internet. If you have the time, you can also try building your very own pinball table with VP. The graphical interface allows you to easily drop walls, flippers, targets or other Pinball features. The more difficult part is its programming. It is good help to look at the scripts from other tables and learn from the code.

Irina Pinball is a pc pinball game created with VP. Irina Pinball tries to mix in features from both new and older Pinball tables. A large part of the game music are selections of classical pieces. The mission in this table is to beat the highscore. Try a friendly pinball game suitable for all ages. Have fun!