Now there’s a good chance you’re looking at the title, scratching your head, and thinking “Space Cadet Pinball, what the heck is that?”
…does this ring any bells?
You know what I’m talking about now. The game that came with early versions of Windows. Come on, you got bored and played it too, right?
Now, Pinball is awesome. I’ve always loved it. I never got to play it very much, though, because you had to actually go to the arcade or the pizza place or whatever. So when I was a kid, I decided to make my own pinball machine out of random parts laying around the house, and I sort of drafted up how I was going to accomplish this, but then I got distracted by something or other and never got around to it. Fail Pike.
Never fear though, VIDEO GAME PINBALL is here! The object is simple, right? Keep the ball from slipping between the flippers? Yes, but guess what, there’s crazy amounts of depth. That is the beauty of Pinball. And Space Cadet could trap you for hours once you figured this out and learned how to operate the little switches with the bumpers and get upgrades.
Little Known Fact: The game was originally published by Maxis. Yes, that Maxis.
That’s all for today, folks. Just a quickie because I’m moving today so I have stuff to do. Like attempt to get Linux and Wireless to play nicely. If I disappear from the internet, send a search team after me.
I remember this, I was so excited to have something else to play than Minesweeper or that crappy hovercraft game. Never got to finish this; I think the most I got promoted was 3 inner ranks :S
Haha, yes! I wasted so many hours between that, Solitaire and Minesweeper during the summers. I would always try and get the ball into the purple area on the left and get an endless loop of points if I could concentrate on it long enough and keep hitting the paddles at the right second.
Never thought I’d see the day that Pike would knowingly & willingly espouse ANYTHING that came from Microsoft Windows….
Still, pinball is amazing, and many later machines were incredibly sophisticated in the “mini-games” present. As in: “Hit this target X number of times to unlock the bonus ramp that you can load 2 more balls into before hitting target Y and launching the left ramp to unlock the multi-ball”… or summat.
If links are allowed, I present for your amusement, my favorite pinball machine of all time, The Addams Family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(pinball)
Regards,
–jsd
I loved this game too, had totally forgotten about it. Upgrading the bumpers at the top was awesome! Zillions of points and shiny lights and you are awesome messages popping up.