My favorite pinball game is Kirby Pinball for Gameboy. There's a really interesting recovery mechanic, where if you time correctly you can recover higher on the multistage board. And there are boss fights. It's awesome.
My favorite is 'Revenge of the Gator' on gameboy. The physics are perfect and I played that cartridge to death as a kid. Next best is Metroid Pinball on DS.
Missed opportunity to mention Microsoft 3D Pinball: Space Cadet, a certified classic that's on postmaster now. It was my first pc game, and it's still good today. Still amazing video. Pinball games need more love. 🍻
LGR has a good video on the origins of Space Cadet from a game called “Full Tilt! Pinball” that included it plus two more tables. TechDweeb has shown how to emulate DOS but is there a way to emulate earlier version of windows on these handhelds?
@@thomasmeldrum6238 You'd need a lot of power to emulate Windows XP, but if your device supports PortMaster there's a port for 3d Space Cadet Pinball (you just need to find and add the game files)
As a lover of pinball and a lover of TechDweeb videos, I couldn't be happier to see this one pop up on my UA-cam feed! I even get to be here early for once! Thank you for yet another great video.
Pinball Dreams/Fantasies are best on Amiga. There's a 3rd game in that series, Illusions that's good too...and Slam/Tilt on Amiga is awesome too Pinball Dreams has a mindblowing modern homebrew port on Amstrad CPC, an 8-bit UK micro Odama on Gamecube is worth a shout, feudal Japan war game...killing armies with a giant rock manipulated using flippers Yoku's Express on Switch is great too...pinball-based adventure platformer
I've been playing Pokemon pinball quite a bit since I got my rg35xxsp. I've also been playing Demon's Tilt on Switch. It kinda brings ya back to the Devil's Crush days :)
Cool video. Would love more videos dedicated to specific kinds of retro games like this in the future. I enjoyed playing pinball machines when I was a kid and would come across one but I never played them frequently enough to actually get good at them. The only pinball video games I ever played were Metroid Prime Pinball and the Space Cadet one that used to come preinstalled in Windows back in the day.
There are enough pinball video games (and good ones!) to warrant a second installment. That's crazy! Anyway, I'm a fan of HAL Labs pinball, whether it's Pokemon Pinball or Revenge of the Gator or (going way, way back) Rollerball on NES. Midnight Magic kicks booty on the Atari 2600... so much better than Video Pinball.
I really don't play pinball. But, these look like fun. I'm going to have to try these out. The two pinball games I know of are the Pinball built into Windows, and Mario Pinball for the GBA.
Awesome vid! Knowing how you are with emulation and being a pinball fan, I’m surprised you haven’t gotten into virtual pinball. I got into the hobby bout two years ago and it’s great! You build a dedicated cab to emulate actual pinball machines or play originals made. One of my personal favorite is made by a popular creator JP Salas. He did an actual 3d version of space cadet. So when you play it on a cab it’s like the video game but if it were an actual pinball machine (if that makes sense.)
Pinball Quest for the NES is my all time favorite Pinball game. It's got a rough start but after a bit of learning you really start to get into the adventure of it all. Plus it has other tables outside of the Main Quest just for fun. I'd call this an underrated masterpiece.
I loved to play many pinball games. 😀 My favorite pinball video game is Crue Ball, which I tried out in my childhood at one of my closest friends. That game had many memorable tunes, more than 3 tables and a bonus round where I could control a ship with pinball rackets. I usually load and play that Sega Genesis game on any device with Retroarch. 🙂
Some suggestions: - Super Robot Pinball (GBC): made on an upgraded version of Pokemon Pinball engine. There is a translation patch. - Epic Pinball (DOS): had the shareware version as a kid, runs great on retro systems. - Pinball Quest (NES): a weird but charming mix of pinball and RPG. - Revenge of the Gator (GB): pretty well known, but there is an amazing DX colorization patch.
My favorite actual pinball machine is High Speed. I used to play that as a kid in the arcade at the bowling alley where my dad had his bowling leagues. The Addams Family would get an honorable mention due to playing that at the arcade in the mall when I was in high school. For digital pinball, Epic Pinball (PC) is my favorite with its 12 Tables. Honorable mentions would be Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions (PC), Space Cadet (PC), Dragon's Fury (Genesis- I didn't ve a TG-16 growing up), Pinball Construction Set (C64), and Thunderball! (Odyssey 2).
Some of my favorite retro pinball games that weren't mentioned here are High Speed and Rollerball for NES, Time Cruise for TG-16, and Metroid Prime Pinball on DS!
Pinballs Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions, all 3 were best played on the Amiga 1200. The AGA versions had the sharpest visuals and the best quality music/sounds.
Awesome list! I love the recommendations in the comments too. Few of my favorites (not mentioned in the video or the comments) are on Android: - Space Pinball - Pinball Deluxe Reloaded - Vector Pinball
I really enjoy these unorthodox videos from you, Dweeb. As a child of the '90s, I have memories of going to arcades and playing pinball. Especially when the mortal Kombat and House of the Dead cabinets were taken, almost always the pinball machines were available to play. 😅
The pinball game I remember best was Balls Of Steel and two stand alone titles with the same engine, Devil's Island Pinball and Kiss Pinball. Main release had 5 tables, including a Duke Nuke'em table. I loved them all. They played smooth and had some great animations, board designs, and sound (all imho of course). You can get it as abandonware and it has had at least 2 rereleases over the years, of varied quality and often missing the Duke Nuke'em table. I recommend it.
Great list! 6 of these aren't in my collection yet, so I'll have to get on that! The pinball game I have the most nostalgia for is Sierra's 3-D Ultra Pinball. It's a bit tricky to play today, as it was an early Windows (pre-Win95) game, but it is part of the eXoWin3x archive, so you can play it pretty easily through that! There are also some psx pinball games that I don't know if you've mentioned before, like True Pinball and Kyuutenkai. So maybe give those a try on your retro handheld of choice!
I remember when i was a kid i had this lcd handheld pinball game from tiger electronics lcd handheld game system and i loved it i would play it for hours and it was so much fun and i still have it to this day and i still play it it is so much fun
I spent a lot of time on pinball tables and on the built-in pinball for Windows as a kid/teen. Then Pokémon Pinball came about, and that game changed my life. Good times..
Dude SNES and Sega in particular has a ton of good pinball games. Surprised virtual pinball didn't make the list. You could build your own machine and it was pretty involved. I haven't tried to run it yet but I'm pretty sure it's on the rg35xx I just got.
I've always wanted to play with pinball machine but never found one here in brazil, my first contact with pinball was with that one game from windows XP, i forgot the name, oh such good old times... wish i could have them back
That is so sad! Taito do Brasil made pinball tables in the 1970s and 1980s, and they're some of my favorite tables to play in Visual Pinball X. Classic tables like Rally or Shark are soooo much fun!
As a big pinball fan, I love this video. One of my favorite Game Boy games of all times is missing badly though: Revenge of the Gator. Iconic music and super fun table! And physics are incredible for the device. Just played for an hour again. Also, tell me you‘re not from Europe without telling me you‘re not from Europe: the Pinball Dreams / Fantasies / Illusions is originally an Amiga creation :) Will now get some of the games mentioned that I haven‘t heard of before, thanks! EDIT: Played NES Pinball Quest a few minutes ago. Another absolutely brilliant and unique gem.
Forgot: my current favorite digital pinball is Pinball Deluxe Reloaded on mobile, with more than a decade of refinement under its hood, this game is pure brilliance. Super creative tables, fantastic physics. My daily go-to pinball game.
If PSP can be considered retro, there is Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (same for Williams as well) They recreate real tables so well, my favourite was Whirlwind which featured spinning platforms inside when whirwind events happened, swerving the ball
I love mario pinball land on gba. It's one of those kinda hip to hate but I love anyway style games. Also, bonus retro fun fact, back in the day I used to go into the arcade and, under the pinball machine(s), switch it off and on again for a free play on startup. Retro piracy baby! Hehehe...
You're Canadian? Me too. House of the Dead Pinball on the GBA is a dope retro pinball game. But I enjoy the feel of modern pinball video games like Devil's Tilt and Xenotilt.
"Pinball Dreams" was awesome back on my Amiga 500. "Ignition" was decent (if a bit plain - so much empty space in the lower third of the table) and I found "Beat Box" to be annoying, but "Steel Wheel" and especially "Nightmare" were excellent fun for me. EDIT: Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions were by Digital Illusions (who later became DICE). They had nothing to do with Pyscho Pinball, which was by Codemasters (who made the Game Genie, DiRT, Lord of the Rings Online, etc.). EDIT 2: Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten that I had bought all three of them (the 'Deluxe' editions with extra tables that I've never heard of before) many, many years ago. They work perfectly out of the (DOS)box on Linux, too. Illusions was a bit meh, but Dreams & Fantasies are definitely worth the $10 US they currently cost.
There was two more after this too apparently, Pinball Dreams 2 and Pinball Mania and all of them can be found on GOG in a pack named Pinball Gold Pack.
@@Nodster Yep. Dreams 2 used to be separate, but was folded into Dreams Deluxe (replacing the basic PB Dreams). Mania hadn't been in the Gold pack originally, but was added into Fantasies Deluxe. Not sure yet what's in Illusions Deluxe, if anything. :) EDIT: It's just Pinball Illusions, no Deluxe for this one, so just 4 tables. Oh, well. :)
This is all such juicy Pinball lore in the replies! I was hooked on Nightmare since it was free on the Amiga Power coverdisk, eventually got the full game of Dreams. Have only recently discovered the GBA game Pinball Challenge Deluxe which seems to be a combined Dreams and Fantasies?
Who doesn't love pinball?! I really like the Psycho Pinball for some reason... 🤔 Back in the old floppy drive computer days, we had Epic Megagames "Epic Pinball", it was the most realistic pinball game I ever played at the time! I remember liking it so much I had to get every table that was available! One Shareware table wasn't enough to satisfy my pinball cravings!
I always have fond memories of the Pinball Action arcade game. It was on a multiarcade, so i either played 1943 or that. Over the winter i have been beginning to play pinball, so theres a local spot that does freeplay pinball for a set fee, or $60 for a monthly vip pass. My favorite out of all of them is one called Swords of Fury, the themeing is just so badass and it was fun learning the game: basically to hit the jackpot you have to activate multiball, and thats usually from the left lane U-turning towards a shooter lane, or the center ramp if the little bulb is lit so a rail can carry it towards the shooter lane. Once you get multiball you try to shoot it towards center ramp or the right lane so it can go towards the mini playfield, having to hit the one lit drop target out of the 5. Its such a fun pinball : )
I've been a fan of video pinball since, well, Video Pinball on the 2600. Some of my favorites you did NOT cover: Video Pinball (2600) Night Mission Pinball (Apple II) Extreme Pinball (DOS) Pro Pinball: The Web (DOS - all four games in the series, really, but the first one especially. The Saturn got a great conversion of it.) Crystal Caliburn (Windows) Eight Ball Deluxe (DOS) And many, many, many more.
Great video as always TD! Definitely digging the pinball content. Would love your take on setting up or showing how to setup virtual pinball or future pinball specifically on more powerful handhelds like the Rog Ally or Lenovo legion Go or some of the higher end Ayaneo or GPD windows handhelds. Thanks for all your great content and humor! You're definitely one of my favorite UA-camrs
Its probably my bias but i prefer the mega drive version of devils crush/dragons fury. Probably because of how the music sounds being what i had as a kid
I love these kinds of videos you make that are a little artistic in nature. I mean all your videos are, but it’s fun to see. It’s like curated nostalgia aged to perfection. 👌
I have a lot of emulated pinball tables on my PC but seeing your videos i always watch you playing devils crush and i tried.. now i am adicted to devils and alien crush.
Mr Dweeb, although not retro, have you played Yoku's Island Express? I think it would be your jam... a great metroidvania with the controls of a puzzle filled pinball machine
Please make another video in this series. This one was great and had me looking thru roms to see if I had these games. Devils Crush looks great. I really wanted a TG16 back in the day. They sent these traveling demo trailers around the US to promote the system where you could play them and try it out. It was a tractor trailer set up with lots of systems and games.
Awesome list. I have been playing Kirbys Pinball, Revenge of the Gator Gold rom hack and Pokemon Pinball on my Analogue Pocket lately. I suck at pinball but always loved playing them in arcades back in the day and video pinball can be just as cool and even do unique stuff only games can do.
I came here to talk about this one, my first PC game. played a lot with my family cause it has 4 multiplayer! And say I keep playing Pinball in Pinball FX, they have awsome tables!
Paragon is my favourite real pinball machine. My parents had a hamburger bar back in the 1970s and it was one of the last pinball machines we got in the front area. I had to stand on a milk crate to be able to play it and had to stretch my arms out a bit as it was the first widebody pinball machine. Awesome game, cool sound effect and to this day remains my favourite pinball. Astro Pinball is also a really cool digital pinball that was on the CreatiVision/Dick Smith Wizzard that I had back at Christmas 1982. Given the CreatiVision was only an 8bit console, the game ran very smooth and was a really cool game to play. Loved it.
Pokemon pinball series is great, and a lot deeper than you probably think. Side and boss boards, evolution of caught Pokemon, upgrading ball to multiply the score of those aspects, secret Pokemon that only come out when certain conditions are met, I can go on and on. One of my favorite games of all time.
Thank you very much for introducing me to Microsoft Pinball Arcade on Game Boy Color. I really enjoy playing it, it is very complete with high score tables and instructions for each pinball machine. A great find 😀
DOS or AMIGA Pinball Fantasies is my favorite. I have a soft spot for Pinball Quest on the NES even though the physics suck.Demon's Tilt on Steam is a nice spiritual successor to Devils Crush but the physics are actually goood. I had the Tales From the Crypt and Earthshaker. I was pretty good at those. favorite real table is still Medieval madness because ot the ramps and quotes though. "I'm lord Howard Hurts, who the F**k are you" or "I'm the duke of Bourbon IT"S HAPPY HOUR!" or "they've stolen our shrubberys!"
nice list, i've always loved gba pinball games for some reason, the graphical style tends to be very unique (pacman, pokemon, mario pinball land, muppet pinball mayhem, and even outside of cartoony artstyles like with pinball of the dead... they all have a very distinct "gba" look) i'd have a few of those on my list, with things like rollerball on the msx, revenge of the gator on the original gameboy, pinball pulse the ancients beckon on dsiware (especially that last one, it's made by the same devs as timeshock! and the whole pro pinball quadrilogy, who incidentaly also made metroid pinball on the ds, and trully feels like a lost sequel in the series, the design is *so* good), and probably wildfire's balls of steel, too (that engine was *great* ; they made variants for kiss, austin powers, dirt track racing and a whole bunch of random licences). and my favorite dos pinball is amtex's adaptation of 8 ball deluxe.
When I saw your thumbnail, I had to go finish Technology Connection's video about mechanical pinball machines. He goes into more detail than anyone ever wants to know about how they work, and it's wonderous. I'm terrible at pinball but can't help myself playing sometimes anyway.
Great video! I like devils crush. The newer pinball game demons tilt feels like a spiritual successor to devil's crush. I didn't know and devil's crush until after i had already played demons tilt and was kinda amazed.
IDK if this counts as Retro, but Metroid Prime Pinball on the DS is genuinely a great adaptation of Metroid Prime in a pinball format.
Yep, definately retro
Some of the first retro video games were pinball simulations.
I mean 20 years definitely makes it retro.
I want to say anything 21st century isn't retro, but then I remember I'm just old and 20 years is definitely retro.
@justsomebody-1665 honestly, DS seems like a yesterday console but it's actually about 2 decades old 💀
My favorite pinball game is Kirby Pinball for Gameboy. There's a really interesting recovery mechanic, where if you time correctly you can recover higher on the multistage board. And there are boss fights. It's awesome.
definetely want a part 2 , retro games and pinball go together like wine and cheese
My favorite is 'Revenge of the Gator' on gameboy. The physics are perfect and I played that cartridge to death as a kid. Next best is Metroid Pinball on DS.
My favorite too!!! Infinitely repeatable
Same here, such a great and addictive game!
Are we related? Pinball + retro games = joy. Looking forward to a part 2, if possible.
Missed opportunity to mention Microsoft 3D Pinball: Space Cadet, a certified classic that's on postmaster now. It was my first pc game, and it's still good today. Still amazing video. Pinball games need more love. 🍻
LGR has a good video on the origins of Space Cadet from a game called “Full Tilt! Pinball” that included it plus two more tables. TechDweeb has shown how to emulate DOS but is there a way to emulate earlier version of windows on these handhelds?
It got a reverse engineered port for multiple platforms as well on github. I have it on my Linux machine.
I absolutely love being able to play Space Cadet on my RGB30 :)
@@thomasmeldrum6238 You'd need a lot of power to emulate Windows XP, but if your device supports PortMaster there's a port for 3d Space Cadet Pinball (you just need to find and add the game files)
There is also a port of it on Android.. as well as a remake called Space Pinball
As a lover of pinball and a lover of TechDweeb videos, I couldn't be happier to see this one pop up on my UA-cam feed! I even get to be here early for once! Thank you for yet another great video.
Top10:
Devils Crush (TG-16) 1:45
Battle Pinball (SNES - JP) 3:05
The Getaway (GB) 3:57
Pac-Man Pinball (GBA) 4:50
Sonic Spinball (GENESIS) 5:47
Pinaball Fantasies (DOS) 6:56
Pin-Bot (NES) 7:58
Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire (GBA) 9:08
Microsoft Pinball Arcade (GBC) 10:12
Psycho Pinball (GENESIS) 11:19
Mentioned:
Pinball Dreams (GB) 1:13
Dino Land (GENESIS) 1:23
Hardcore Pinball (GBA) 1:30
Alien Crush (TG-16) 1:45
Jaki Crush (SNES) 1:45
Pinball Dreams (DOS) 6:56
Pinball Dreams/Fantasies are best on Amiga. There's a 3rd game in that series, Illusions that's good too...and Slam/Tilt on Amiga is awesome too
Pinball Dreams has a mindblowing modern homebrew port on Amstrad CPC, an 8-bit UK micro
Odama on Gamecube is worth a shout, feudal Japan war game...killing armies with a giant rock manipulated using flippers
Yoku's Express on Switch is great too...pinball-based adventure platformer
Definitely needs a part 2 based on the recommendations from the comments alone!
Definitely
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I love the look of Psycho Pinball and Pin Bot--especially Pin Bot. Can't wait to try these out~
Pin Bot has a counterpart called High Speed (NES). Both play great on the RGB30 ;)
I've been playing Pokemon pinball quite a bit since I got my rg35xxsp. I've also been playing Demon's Tilt on Switch. It kinda brings ya back to the Devil's Crush days :)
Yes! Devil's Crush! It was my favorite game to play on the Turbo Express back in the day. Great list!
Cool video. Would love more videos dedicated to specific kinds of retro games like this in the future.
I enjoyed playing pinball machines when I was a kid and would come across one but I never played them frequently enough to actually get good at them. The only pinball video games I ever played were Metroid Prime Pinball and the Space Cadet one that used to come preinstalled in Windows back in the day.
There are enough pinball video games (and good ones!) to warrant a second installment. That's crazy! Anyway, I'm a fan of HAL Labs pinball, whether it's Pokemon Pinball or Revenge of the Gator or (going way, way back) Rollerball on NES. Midnight Magic kicks booty on the Atari 2600... so much better than Video Pinball.
I really don't play pinball. But, these look like fun. I'm going to have to try these out. The two pinball games I know of are the Pinball built into Windows, and Mario Pinball for the GBA.
Awesome vid! Knowing how you are with emulation and being a pinball fan, I’m surprised you haven’t gotten into virtual pinball. I got into the hobby bout two years ago and it’s great! You build a dedicated cab to emulate actual pinball machines or play originals made.
One of my personal favorite is made by a popular creator JP Salas. He did an actual 3d version of space cadet. So when you play it on a cab it’s like the video game but if it were an actual pinball machine (if that makes sense.)
Pinball Quest for the NES is my all time favorite Pinball game. It's got a rough start but after a bit of learning you really start to get into the adventure of it all. Plus it has other tables outside of the Main Quest just for fun. I'd call this an underrated masterpiece.
I loved to play many pinball games. 😀
My favorite pinball video game is Crue Ball, which I tried out in my childhood at one of my closest friends.
That game had many memorable tunes, more than 3 tables and a bonus round where I could control a ship with pinball rackets.
I usually load and play that Sega Genesis game on any device with Retroarch. 🙂
If you haven't already, you should try Flipnic on the PS2. It is a true pinball puzzle game, and a really good one too
Some suggestions:
- Super Robot Pinball (GBC): made on an upgraded version of Pokemon Pinball engine. There is a translation patch.
- Epic Pinball (DOS): had the shareware version as a kid, runs great on retro systems.
- Pinball Quest (NES): a weird but charming mix of pinball and RPG.
- Revenge of the Gator (GB): pretty well known, but there is an amazing DX colorization patch.
My favorite actual pinball machine is High Speed. I used to play that as a kid in the arcade at the bowling alley where my dad had his bowling leagues. The Addams Family would get an honorable mention due to playing that at the arcade in the mall when I was in high school.
For digital pinball, Epic Pinball (PC) is my favorite with its 12 Tables. Honorable mentions would be Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions (PC), Space Cadet (PC), Dragon's Fury (Genesis- I didn't ve a TG-16 growing up), Pinball Construction Set (C64), and Thunderball! (Odyssey 2).
What a great list. Can't wait for part 2. There are some games I've never heard of. I think pinball is the perfect type of game for on the go gaming.
Some of my favorite retro pinball games that weren't mentioned here are High Speed and Rollerball for NES, Time Cruise for TG-16, and Metroid Prime Pinball on DS!
My favorite Pinball video game ever is Pro Pinball: Timeshock. Out of all I've played, even newer ones, I keep coming back to this again and again.
Super robot pinball is awesome on GBC. Try it out. It was a Japanese game but was translated to English, there’s a patch for it.
Pinballs Dreams, Fantasies and Illusions, all 3 were best played on the Amiga 1200. The AGA versions had the sharpest visuals and the best quality music/sounds.
Good shout. The Amiga was the perfect machine for the time.
Kirby Pinball Land was superb.
Awesome list! I love the recommendations in the comments too. Few of my favorites (not mentioned in the video or the comments) are on Android:
- Space Pinball
- Pinball Deluxe Reloaded
- Vector Pinball
I really enjoy these unorthodox videos from you, Dweeb. As a child of the '90s, I have memories of going to arcades and playing pinball. Especially when the mortal Kombat and House of the Dead cabinets were taken, almost always the pinball machines were available to play. 😅
The pinball game I remember best was Balls Of Steel and two stand alone titles with the same engine, Devil's Island Pinball and Kiss Pinball. Main release had 5 tables, including a Duke Nuke'em table. I loved them all. They played smooth and had some great animations, board designs, and sound (all imho of course). You can get it as abandonware and it has had at least 2 rereleases over the years, of varied quality and often missing the Duke Nuke'em table. I recommend it.
Duke Nukem table was the best
@@ilkeryoldas I've got BAAAALLS of STEEEL!
Now I really can play with myself!
Great list! 6 of these aren't in my collection yet, so I'll have to get on that!
The pinball game I have the most nostalgia for is Sierra's 3-D Ultra Pinball. It's a bit tricky to play today, as it was an early Windows (pre-Win95) game, but it is part of the eXoWin3x archive, so you can play it pretty easily through that!
There are also some psx pinball games that I don't know if you've mentioned before, like True Pinball and Kyuutenkai. So maybe give those a try on your retro handheld of choice!
Pinbot was one of my favorite NES games, and I had no idea it was a real table! Very cool.
Yeah, Microsoft Pinball mentioned. I used to be addicted to the PC and GBC versions. Thx for the recomendations, I'll try them out! :)
I've not beaten it, but loved playing Pinball Quest for NES as a kid.
There is a ROM hack that changes that game into a Transformers theme. It's really fun
I always just steal until I get the devil flippers then save up for a permanent stopper, makes the game pretty easy
TDW i love Pinball PS1 pro Pinball timeshock! PS thanks for your passion!
8bit do retro keyboard Super-buttons are perfect for pinballing!
I remember when i was a kid i had this lcd handheld pinball game from tiger electronics lcd handheld game system and i loved it i would play it for hours and it was so much fun and i still have it to this day and i still play it it is so much fun
Battle Pinball is my #1 go-to pick up and play game.
I spent a lot of time on pinball tables and on the built-in pinball for Windows as a kid/teen. Then Pokémon Pinball came about, and that game changed my life. Good times..
Pinball Quest on NES. Sonic Spinball on Sega Genesis. Kirby Pinball Land on Gameboy. Space Pinball (prototype) on Virtual Boy. These are my favorites.
Was not expecting a pinball video. Great stuff as always. Monster bash would be my favorite real life pinball game.
Pinball of the Dead on the GBA for me. My favourite 'real' pinball is William's High Speed, such a classic! Gonna have to check out Psycho Pinball!
Mario Pinball Land is a great one on GBA! The Pacman one shown here reminds me of it.
Yes, pinball games are some of my favourites ever since Kirby's Pinball Land. Very glad for this list! I'll complete my collection shortly
Dude SNES and Sega in particular has a ton of good pinball games. Surprised virtual pinball didn't make the list. You could build your own machine and it was pretty involved. I haven't tried to run it yet but I'm pretty sure it's on the rg35xx I just got.
I've always wanted to play with pinball machine but never found one here in brazil, my first contact with pinball was with that one game from windows XP, i forgot the name, oh such good old times... wish i could have them back
That is so sad! Taito do Brasil made pinball tables in the 1970s and 1980s, and they're some of my favorite tables to play in Visual Pinball X. Classic tables like Rally or Shark are soooo much fun!
Epic pinball had a place in my youth for awhile. Also firestriker for snes deserves an honorable mention
As a big pinball fan, I love this video. One of my favorite Game Boy games of all times is missing badly though: Revenge of the Gator. Iconic music and super fun table! And physics are incredible for the device. Just played for an hour again.
Also, tell me you‘re not from Europe without telling me you‘re not from Europe: the Pinball Dreams / Fantasies / Illusions is originally an Amiga creation :)
Will now get some of the games mentioned that I haven‘t heard of before, thanks!
EDIT: Played NES Pinball Quest a few minutes ago. Another absolutely brilliant and unique gem.
Forgot: my current favorite digital pinball is Pinball Deluxe Reloaded on mobile, with more than a decade of refinement under its hood, this game is pure brilliance. Super creative tables, fantastic physics. My daily go-to pinball game.
3D Space Cadet Pinball (Windows Port) and Epic Pinball (Dos) are my go to games
If PSP can be considered retro, there is Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (same for Williams as well)
They recreate real tables so well, my favourite was Whirlwind which featured spinning platforms inside when whirwind events happened, swerving the ball
I love mario pinball land on gba. It's one of those kinda hip to hate but I love anyway style games. Also, bonus retro fun fact, back in the day I used to go into the arcade and, under the pinball machine(s), switch it off and on again for a free play on startup. Retro piracy baby! Hehehe...
You're Canadian? Me too. House of the Dead Pinball on the GBA is a dope retro pinball game. But I enjoy the feel of modern pinball video games like Devil's Tilt and Xenotilt.
"Pinball Dreams" was awesome back on my Amiga 500. "Ignition" was decent (if a bit plain - so much empty space in the lower third of the table) and I found "Beat Box" to be annoying, but "Steel Wheel" and especially "Nightmare" were excellent fun for me.
EDIT: Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions were by Digital Illusions (who later became DICE). They had nothing to do with Pyscho Pinball, which was by Codemasters (who made the Game Genie, DiRT, Lord of the Rings Online, etc.).
EDIT 2: Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten that I had bought all three of them (the 'Deluxe' editions with extra tables that I've never heard of before) many, many years ago. They work perfectly out of the (DOS)box on Linux, too. Illusions was a bit meh, but Dreams & Fantasies are definitely worth the $10 US they currently cost.
Nightmare is AMAZING
Pinball Dreams! Man! I played the hell out of that game
There was two more after this too apparently, Pinball Dreams 2 and Pinball Mania and all of them can be found on GOG in a pack named Pinball Gold Pack.
@@Nodster Yep. Dreams 2 used to be separate, but was folded into Dreams Deluxe (replacing the basic PB Dreams).
Mania hadn't been in the Gold pack originally, but was added into Fantasies Deluxe.
Not sure yet what's in Illusions Deluxe, if anything. :) EDIT: It's just Pinball Illusions, no Deluxe for this one, so just 4 tables. Oh, well. :)
This is all such juicy Pinball lore in the replies! I was hooked on Nightmare since it was free on the Amiga Power coverdisk, eventually got the full game of Dreams.
Have only recently discovered the GBA game Pinball Challenge Deluxe which seems to be a combined Dreams and Fantasies?
Who doesn't love pinball?! I really like the Psycho Pinball for some reason... 🤔
Back in the old floppy drive computer days, we had Epic Megagames "Epic Pinball", it was the most realistic pinball game I ever played at the time! I remember liking it so much I had to get every table that was available! One Shareware table wasn't enough to satisfy my pinball cravings!
My favorite is Austin Powers Pinball on PS1 haha
Yeah that's a good one!
I always have fond memories of the Pinball Action arcade game. It was on a multiarcade, so i either played 1943 or that.
Over the winter i have been beginning to play pinball, so theres a local spot that does freeplay pinball for a set fee, or $60 for a monthly vip pass. My favorite out of all of them is one called Swords of Fury, the themeing is just so badass and it was fun learning the game: basically to hit the jackpot you have to activate multiball, and thats usually from the left lane U-turning towards a shooter lane, or the center ramp if the little bulb is lit so a rail can carry it towards the shooter lane. Once you get multiball you try to shoot it towards center ramp or the right lane so it can go towards the mini playfield, having to hit the one lit drop target out of the 5. Its such a fun pinball : )
I've been a fan of video pinball since, well, Video Pinball on the 2600.
Some of my favorites you did NOT cover:
Video Pinball (2600)
Night Mission Pinball (Apple II)
Extreme Pinball (DOS)
Pro Pinball: The Web (DOS - all four games in the series, really, but the first one especially. The Saturn got a great conversion of it.)
Crystal Caliburn (Windows)
Eight Ball Deluxe (DOS)
And many, many, many more.
3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet, for the Microsoft Plus
You suggested a pinball mario game in a different video and i been hooked 😅😂❤
Great video as always TD! Definitely digging the pinball content. Would love your take on setting up or showing how to setup virtual pinball or future pinball specifically on more powerful handhelds like the Rog Ally or Lenovo legion Go or some of the higher end Ayaneo or GPD windows handhelds. Thanks for all your great content and humor! You're definitely one of my favorite UA-camrs
Original Amiga pinball dreams still the best
Its probably my bias but i prefer the mega drive version of devils crush/dragons fury. Probably because of how the music sounds being what i had as a kid
tg16 version is definitely better, even though MD is the better console
i love me some pinball to ! one of my bucket lists is to own either a visual pinball machine or a proper machine. so this episode spoke to my soul.
I loved playing Pinball Fantasies on my parent's 386 when I was a young dweep! Trip down memory lane!
I love these kinds of videos you make that are a little artistic in nature. I mean all your videos are, but it’s fun to see. It’s like curated nostalgia aged to perfection. 👌
I would add House of the Dead Pinball for GBA to the list, so random to have a game like that but it works
Do you mean Pinball Of The Dead? I covered that one in one of my hidden gems vids :)
I ❤ pinball video games. One other title I particularly liked was Epic Pinball for DOS, created by Future Crew the demoscene group.
Yes! I just discovered my addiction to retro pinball games while playing with my CubeXX. This video is needed
I have a lot of emulated pinball tables on my PC but seeing your videos i always watch you playing devils crush and i tried.. now i am adicted to devils and alien crush.
Dweeb, if you ever get down to Vegas you should check out the Pinball Hall of Fame. I went there in 2015, it was incredible!
That place is amazing! Was just there in February.
I grew up playing Pinball Fantasies, and sitting and watching my brothers while they played Pinball Fantasies. FANTASTIC game
My first pinball computer game that I played was
pinball construction set on the apple ii.
The only game I didn’t have was the SNES Battle Pinbal its great thanks! I'm sure "Crue Ball" for the Genesis will be on your next list 😊
Mr Dweeb, although not retro, have you played Yoku's Island Express? I think it would be your jam... a great metroidvania with the controls of a puzzle filled pinball machine
Yep it's great!
Great video. I found all of them on my miyoo mini+ Thanks!
9:12 the highest of fives. One of my all time favorites
Very glad to see Psycho Pinball in your list, my favourite by far - especially good if you are bad at pinball games - like me.
Two of my faves: Psycho Pinball and Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island.
Edit: ok you mentioned the first one. Nice!
This was a great video. I grew up playing pinball and still love playing to this day.! Thabk you for this awesome video.
Pinball illusions is great too
Please make another video in this series. This one was great and had me looking thru roms to see if I had these games.
Devils Crush looks great.
I really wanted a TG16 back in the day. They sent these traveling demo trailers around the US to promote the system where you could play them and try it out. It was a tractor trailer set up with lots of systems and games.
Awesome list. I have been playing Kirbys Pinball, Revenge of the Gator Gold rom hack and Pokemon Pinball on my Analogue Pocket lately. I suck at pinball but always loved playing them in arcades back in the day and video pinball can be just as cool and even do unique stuff only games can do.
Don't forget Pinball Dreams by Dice (Yes, battlefield game series Dice)
No Epic Pinball for the DOS? NNOOOO! TechDweeb you were supposed to be the chosen one!!
I came here to talk about this one, my first PC game. played a lot with my family cause it has 4 multiplayer! And say I keep playing Pinball in Pinball FX, they have awsome tables!
Epic pinball is absolutely fantastic. All the tables are great. Can even play them on the DOSbox parts of the retro handhelds at full speed.
Paragon is my favourite real pinball machine. My parents had a hamburger bar back in the 1970s and it was one of the last pinball machines we got in the front area. I had to stand on a milk crate to be able to play it and had to stretch my arms out a bit as it was the first widebody pinball machine. Awesome game, cool sound effect and to this day remains my favourite pinball. Astro Pinball is also a really cool digital pinball that was on the CreatiVision/Dick Smith Wizzard that I had back at Christmas 1982. Given the CreatiVision was only an 8bit console, the game ran very smooth and was a really cool game to play. Loved it.
Pokemon pinball series is great, and a lot deeper than you probably think. Side and boss boards, evolution of caught Pokemon, upgrading ball to multiply the score of those aspects, secret Pokemon that only come out when certain conditions are met, I can go on and on. One of my favorite games of all time.
This video is a perfect Father's Day gift. Thanks TD!
Thank you very much for introducing me to Microsoft Pinball Arcade on Game Boy Color. I really enjoy playing it, it is very complete with high score tables and instructions for each pinball machine. A great find 😀
Favorite real life pinball table is World Cup Soccer 94. It's the one that got me into pinball.
Also the bar my dad hung out in when I was younger had a haunted house machine and I got really good at that when I was about nineteen or so.
I once had like a 4 hour Pokemon pinball Ruby and Saphire run
DOS or AMIGA Pinball Fantasies is my favorite. I have a soft spot for Pinball Quest on the NES even though the physics suck.Demon's Tilt on Steam is a nice spiritual successor to Devils Crush but the physics are actually goood.
I had the Tales From the Crypt and Earthshaker. I was pretty good at those. favorite real table is still Medieval madness because ot the ramps and quotes though. "I'm lord Howard Hurts, who the F**k are you" or "I'm the duke of Bourbon IT"S HAPPY HOUR!" or "they've stolen our shrubberys!"
Playing pinball may be the only natural talent I have. Loved the video!!
The Technology Connections video on pinball tables is craaaazy. The old ones were so complicated.
You've got me hooked on a lot of pinball games. Pokemon Red/Blue Pinball on GBC is my fav. I just discovered Super Robot Pinball on GBC.
nice list, i've always loved gba pinball games for some reason, the graphical style tends to be very unique (pacman, pokemon, mario pinball land, muppet pinball mayhem, and even outside of cartoony artstyles like with pinball of the dead... they all have a very distinct "gba" look)
i'd have a few of those on my list, with things like rollerball on the msx, revenge of the gator on the original gameboy, pinball pulse the ancients beckon on dsiware (especially that last one, it's made by the same devs as timeshock! and the whole pro pinball quadrilogy, who incidentaly also made metroid pinball on the ds, and trully feels like a lost sequel in the series, the design is *so* good), and probably wildfire's balls of steel, too (that engine was *great* ; they made variants for kiss, austin powers, dirt track racing and a whole bunch of random licences). and my favorite dos pinball is amtex's adaptation of 8 ball deluxe.
When I saw your thumbnail, I had to go finish Technology Connection's video about mechanical pinball machines. He goes into more detail than anyone ever wants to know about how they work, and it's wonderous. I'm terrible at pinball but can't help myself playing sometimes anyway.
Great video! I like devils crush. The newer pinball game demons tilt feels like a spiritual successor to devil's crush. I didn't know and devil's crush until after i had already played demons tilt and was kinda amazed.
I love that you love pinball. Not my thing but it was a fun video to watch.