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If you are one of the millions of Pinball fans around, there is really good news for you. The brilliant classic Windows game is now available for Windows 10/8.1 and Windows Phone 10/8.
3D Pinball is back, for Windows users! It offers brand new tables and a host of new features and improvements, including new advanced graphics and sounds. The look and appearance might not be as good as the original one, but then again it makes you re-live classic Pinball memories.
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The classic game named 3D Pinball- Cadet Game was once the most popular game amongst the Windows XP users. If you were a Windows user before the launch of Windows Vista, you might surely have played and enjoyed the classic 3D Pinball- Cadet Game which was commonly referred as just Pinball. The last time Pinball was built-in with the Windows OS was when the Microsoft shipped Windows XP computer systems. Pinball was removed from Windows further because of due to porting issues from 32-bit platforms to 64-bit builds.
The classic Pinball-Cadet Game is now back with a new name “Pinball Star” both for Windows 8.1 devices and Windows Phone 8. You can now re-live the thrilling experience on your new Windows 8 devices.
The all-new Pinball Star app for Windows 8.1 is beautifully designed with excellent graphics and upbeat music. The app is fast and downloads/installs in a few minutes. High-end graphics and touch-friendly control buttons provide a wonderful gaming experience to users. The flippers and control buttons respond great to touch.
Pinball Star is designed for the original Pinball game which was last bundled with Windows XP. Responsive paddles, fun sounds, and neat graphics give a fun experience on touch-enabled Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.1 devices.
Classic 3D Pinball Star for Windows 10/8.1
- Classic Pinball
- 16 Missions
- Achievement badges
- Highscore leaderboards
- Customize your controls
- Great graphics and sounds.
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However, a few of its functions do not work like the original Pinball game. For example, the ball is not as shiny as it was in the original 3D Pinball and the look is not very realistic as that of the original one.
You can download the game from Microsoft Stores.
TIP: There are other Pinball game apps for Windows 10 available as well.
If you were once a Windows XP user, this new game would definitely invoke the nostalgia for 3D Pinball- Cadet Game found on your old Windows XP PC. Both apps are free, check them out and let us know how you like it.
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Four early arcade hits make a PC comeback in Microsoft Return of Arcade, a compilation of Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaxian and Dig Dug. Each game is playable in a sizable window or in full-screen mode.
Game options such as number of players, controls, lives, speed and difficulty are fully customizable, and high scores are automatically saved. A feature called 'quick help' provides brief operating instructions for new players at the beginning of a game, and as an added bonus, a brief history of each game is available in the help menu.
Hark back to 1982. Of course, that may be a pre-embryonic hark for many gamers, but bear with me. This was the apex of the video arcade's golden age. Back then arcade aficionados piled quarters on popular machines to 'hold' their station. Parents urged boycotts and feared for a lost generation. Lines of eager gamers snaked out from popular titles. And those titles invariably included the four games in Microsoft's Return of Arcade: Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and Galaxian.
Back then, computers simply could not compete with arcade machines' dedicated audio and video processors. My Apple II+ versions of Galaxian and Pac-Man paled in comparison to the 'real' things. The allure of the arcade was overwhelming.
Today, you can experience that golden age of arcades at home. Microsoft has done an excellent job re-engineering these games to run in Windows. Its programmers worked closely with Namco, the games' designer and still one of the top arcade game makers in the world. Microsoft could have beefed up the sound and graphics but remained faithful to original, albeit weak, eight-bit audio and 16 colors. Not a detail seems to have been forgotten, not even the built-in, but known-only-to-insiders playing tricks.
For those who don't know, Galaxian came out in 1979 and is a back-and-forth scrolling space shooter. Pac-Man hit the arcades in 1980 and became the most popular arcade game ever. The allure of a little pizza face gobbling ghosts appealed to all ages and both sexes. And Pole Position, a simple auto racing sim, and Dig Dug, a nearly indescribable, underground, demon quest, were both released in 1982.
So are these old games worth your time? For nostalgia buffs, the answer's a definite yes, though you will miss the feel of the arcade controller. Keyboard controls, especially for Pole Position, just don't cut it. A joystick is a must and it's still not the real thing.
For those not raised on these games the answer is a qualified yes. They offer hours of wonderfully retro distraction but lack the visceral feel and rich depth of today's games.
Hmm.... I catch the scent of a new, old trend: simple, readily accessible games, offering brief, coffee-break-length entertainment. And this time, you don't have to leave your office to enjoy them.
It's been more than 30 years since Pac-Man first ate its way into our national consciousness. For those old enough to remember those wocka-wocka days, this collection of four arcade classics - Pac-Man, Galaxian, Dig-Dug, and Pole Position - will elicit pangs of nostalgia. At first. Time hasn't been kind to Pac-Man's siblings, simplistic relics from the pre-Nintendo days that feel incredibly dated. Only Pac-Man, with its minimalist charm and addictive gameplay, still holds up. Whereas the other games simply remind you of how old you are, Pac-Man turns a niftier trick: It makes you feel young again.
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Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary, Microsoft Pinball Arcade, Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!, William's Arcade Classics, Atari Anniversary Edition, Atari Arcade Hits, Taito Legends
Microsoft Revenge of Arcade, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary, Microsoft Pinball Arcade, Atari: 80 Classic Games in One!, William's Arcade Classics, Atari Anniversary Edition, Atari Arcade Hits, Taito Legends