Ever since I got my iPad I have found a renewed interest in computer pinball simulations. The tablet format is more than adequate for this sort of gameplay. Here are all the titles I could find that fit the traditional rules of pinball. FarSight Studios: Pinball Arcade + Free ZEN Studios: Star Wars Pinball Zen Pinball Color Monkey & NENA: Revenge of the Rob-O-Bot LittleWing: Pinball Tristan Pinball Crystal Caliburn II Paladin Studios: Momonga Pinball Adventures Gameprom: AC/DC Pinball Rocks HD Pinball HD Collection + for iPhone Pinball HD + for iPhone Pinball Rocks HD (published by Sony Music Entertainment) Slayer Pinball Rocks HD War Pinball + HD (Platoon; Navy Seals; Missing in Action) Wild West Pinball; The Deep Pinball; Jungle Style Pinball ASK Homeworks: Age of Pinballs + Pro (aka Theme Park Pinball) Art of Pinball - Aliens + HD Art of Pinball - Beast Master + HD Art of Pinball - Hippie + HD Art of Pinball - Speed King + HD Art of Pinball - Table Pack Art of Pinball - The Mummy + HD Ball Towers + HD + Lite Knight Master + HD Pinball Champ Pinball X + HD Real Pinball - Vampire + HD Real Pinball - Wild-Games + HD Zaccaria Pinball Matmi: Ice Road Pinball Monster Pinball + HD Multiball Pinball + HD Cowboy Rodeo: Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Dreams (Ignition; Steel Wheel; Beat Box; Nightmare) Pinball Dreams HD (Ignition; Steel Wheel; Beat Box; Nightmare) Pinball Fantasies (Party Land; Speed Devils; Billion Dollar Gameshow; Stones 'N Bones) Pinball Fantasies HD Nena Innovation AB: Dino Madness Pinball Pinball Crazy Castle Xmas Pinball dtp entertainment: Crazy Pinball Backdraft Crazy Pinball Deep Blue Crazy Pinball Galaxy Crazy Pinball Jungle Crazy Pinball Safari Cartoon Smart: Pinball Kingpin Pinball Showdown - Wild Old West Edition (iPhone) Pinball Showdown - Wild West Edition (iPad) Pinball Submarine Battle Interplay: PinballYeah! (A.i.; PirateCove; Liquid Bread Table; Code'Runers) Pirate Pinball HD (PirateCove table from "PinballYeah!") 3D Pinball Space Attack B.I.T.S Pinball Blaze Pinball Bronco Pinball (control issues, iPad only) Dreamland Devil's Crush (in "Turbografx-16 Gamebox" app) Devil's Due Pinball Doodle Pinball Adv Dub Selector + HD (contains pinball mini-game) Douglas Fur's Call of the Wild Pinball + HD Dream Pinball 3D Efficient Dynamics Pinball Epic Gloves Pinball ESPN Pinball on iPad Fanta 4 Pinball + HD Flippers Pinball 1.0 Football Pinball Forest Pinball + HD Freeballin' - 5 Pinball Tables (Tiki Trouble; Monsteropolis; Dreams & Nightmares; Neometric; Toyballin') Frogger Pinball (Swamp; City; Space; Winter) Galaxy Pinball Goldfrapp Pinball Hyperspace Pinball iTiltPinball + HD Jerky Boys Pinball, The Kick Off Pinball + HD LAST GLADIATORS Ver.2010 (Gladiators; iAPs: Knight of the Roses, Dragon Showdown, Warlock) Meatball Joe (iPad) Mermaid Pinball Mekano Turbo Pinball Neon Ball Pinball Pinball 360 Lite (full version unavailable) Pinball Adventure Pinball: Casino Madness Pinball City NY Pinball City Paris PinballCraft Pinball Destruction Pinball-HD (aka baKno Pinball) Pinball Machine + HD Pinball Maniacs: Cartoon Pinball Adventure Pinball Massacre Pinball Paradise Pinball Ride Unlimited PinballRoo (for kids) Pinball Shuffle PinBall XL Pinball Xmas + BR (brazilian edition) + HD Pinball Worlds Pin Tiki Ball + HD Pinwar Retro Pinball (Super Android; Crash and Burn; Pangea) (free!) Robot Party Pinball Santa's Shiny Balls Pinball Sideways Pinball + HD SmallBall Pinball, Grand Canyon (free!) Smallball Pinball, Cars (free!) STADIUM PINBALL Star Pinball Thunder Ball pinball Ultra Legend Pinball Undead Attack! Pinball + HD uVent Wacky Circus Pinball Western Story Pinball Zombie Pinball + HD No Flippers Arctic Shuffle 2 Bagatelle Pinball HD Ballywoo Bingo Flipper Bingo Pinball + Deutsch Version Blaze Pinball Bugga Bunch Tilt - Lite Version Bumper Stars - Addiction Alert! Bumpin Ninja Pinball Pinball Machine Classic Pinball Mini Pinball Putter Pin-O-Ball Poultry Pinball SuperRoot ball games Taiwan Music NightMarket Pinball + HD Wooden Pinball Pachinko/Coin Drop Atomic Blink Clink HD Coin Drop! Gem King (aka Kickin Momma) Lucky Coins Pachingo Pachinko Pachinko Frenzy Peggle Pegs in Space (aka Peggie) Pirates Dive: Coin Drop! Sho Chiku Bai Pachinko Pinball Variants Action Pinball — skee ball with bumpers Panzer Pinball — bumping tank toy Pinball Hockey! — pinball + table hockey hybrid Pinball Magic — designed to work with the Pinball Magic accessory machine cabinet Pinbowl — bowling with pins on alley See Also Kaze Pinball Techniques Guide translated by NFG Pinball Roundup: Multiball, Pinball Ride, and The Pinball [TouchArcade] Additional suggestions and information, such as discontinued titles, are welcome.
Very nice. I am also a sucker for iPad pinball, but it seems your list is much more exhaustive than what I have purchased so far! Are familiar with Future Pinball on Windows? It works wonderfully in a Parallels VM (although I do sometimes use it with Boot Camp so I can use my GPU's nice anti-aliasing). See http://www.pinsimdb.org/ for the latest tables and http://futurepinball.com/ to download the software (it's free).
Thanks! I have indeed heard of Future Pinball in the past, but being a Mac user haven't shown much interest. My Mini is too limited in space and memory for any sort of Windows dual tasking. I do have a PC box in the closet; maybe this could be an element of motivation to put it back in shape.
You might want to try the Mac Mini anyway. You can scale back the graphics settings in FP pretty far to accommodate older GPUs. Anyway it's definitely worth checking out, especially since now they have made the Addams Family, Monster Bash, Terminator 2, Iron Man, and Attack from Mars! is almost done. The recently released Aliens Legacy Hardcore Edition is a lot of fun. There's a lot of really awesome FP tables out there now!
Thanks for this list! It's really helpful. ASK has another app out called Real Pinball: X-Games....so you can add that to the list too.
There's a good discussion going on in the Theme Park Pinball thread on this subject. I have embolden what seems to be the top titles by popular feedback for the most popular iOS pinball publishers. Gameprom titles have slick looks but some gamers feel they lack in playability. Theme Park Pinball and Pinball Tristan are common favorites.
@Ghouls'R'us: I don't see this one on your list - Meatball Joe. I don't have it myself and I'm curious - anyone here tried it?
@jeffy777 Knight of the Roses is often declared as the best table of the bunch. @Frennis Thanks for pointing it out. Haven't tried it, but graphics seem to have a amateur look to it that doesn't entice me much.
Can someone tell me the appeal for Last Gladiator pinball? I personally don't like the pinball physics but, just why is it so critically acclaimed by players? (I want to enjoy it the way it's meant to be)
I like the physics for the most part, but they seem a bit too predictable, especially compared to Pinball Tristan. Also, I've only tried the first Gladiators table so far, and it's not bad, but it seems a bit one-sided in that the ball is almost always on the left flipper. I'd have to say I'd take Tristan over Gladiators, without a doubt, but that may change once I try the other tables.
There's a new game called Pinball Crazy Castle that's pretty good: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=1992339
Xmas Pinball: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=2019566 Plus.....Zen Pinball on iOS tomorrow! http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=114370
I've now grouped Nena Innovation's three titles together. @ jeffy777 You're keeping me on my toes! You seem to be one of the most vocal pinball proponents on the forum. It's always a pleasure to have your input. A few TA members here really seem to know their stuff when it comes to pinball, and it's always interesting to read their thoughts & opinions.