# Best pinball game for the PC. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545 "2003-07-24T03:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/1 "2003-07-24T03:53:54Z")
I guess I will never be able to play Pinball Dreams/Fantasies again \. Those were classics, and the music was unrivalled. But I am sure there are still some good ones I can play on a modern PC. So what are they? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/2 "2003-07-24T05:15:32Z")
Check out Timeshock pinball. Extremely realistic! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/3 "2003-07-24T05:27:29Z")
**Sam** , are there any good low-cost software packages (M/S 2K compatible) for computer pinball table design? ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/4 "2003-07-24T06:02:23Z")
I’ll second Pro Pinball: Timeshock. There’s another by the same folks, Pro Pinball: Big Race USA that’s equally good. Both titles are a few years old, so you may have to hunt around for them. I don’t know of any pinball-design programs, but I sure would like to. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/5 "2003-07-24T06:03:09Z")
Sorry, I have no idea. I got Timeshock pinball last year, and thought it was fantastic. That’s the extent of my experience in computer pinball, other than the one Windows comes with. Which is also pretty good, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/6 "2003-07-24T06:18:53Z")
If any of you also play M/S Space Cadet pinball, please check into my thread now running in this same forum. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/7 "2003-07-24T18:06:08Z")
Anything by [Littlewing](http://www.littlewingpinball.com/html/eng/) – hands down, _the_ most realistic and rules-loaded electronic pinball games anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/8 "2003-09-20T10:26:10Z")
I have only recently found Visual Pinball, and Visual Pinball MAME (they’re a team). Sweet heaping gobs of pinball goodness–wrapped around a nifty design program, to boot. Hie thee forth to: > **[The Virtual Pinball Forums](https://www.vpforums.org/)** > > Home of Virtual Pinball You may have to spend some time on the FAQ and install guides, as getting the thing up and running hasn’t been made the most user-friendly experience I’ve ever seen. But worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/9 "2003-09-20T18:13:05Z")
There was a fun-at-the-time Pinball Construction Set put out by Electronic Arts for the Atari and Commodore years back. Still around, or on emulator? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pinball-game-for-the-pc/190545/10 "2003-09-21T11:26:29Z")
[Epic Pinball](http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/sept/epicpin.html) by Epic MegaGames, hands down. It was released in 1994 and I have yet to play another pinball sim that gets my fingers as numb. And yes, that’s the same Epic Games that makes Unreal Tournament 2003, but back when they were a shareware company like id Software. Amazingly, you can still order the game [online](http://www.epicclassics.com/). And you can still download the first table as shareware (the best one of the bunch IMO): [Super Android](http://www.softpile.com/Games/Arcade/Review_03822_index.html).