JPjuice23 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 So I can only think of two. Video Pinball Midnight magic. Are there any others??? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Bumper Bash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 ...and Bumper Bash is pretty good save for a little erratic ball behavior and some weak ball travel math. Midnight Magic is the most playable IMO. Fun to rack up the bonus multiplier and see all the pretty colors cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Not nearly enough in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Not nearly enough in my opinion. + a million. Anyone working on any homebrew pinball games per chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 There have been a couple of Midnight Magic hacks that might tide you over until some homebrewer gets crackin'. See this and this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPjuice23 Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 (edited) Aw that's disappointing. I really thought they'd be alot more considering Pinball is like the father of videogames. I'd assume it's cause companies thought it would be too hard to recreate the physics of actual pinball on an Atari 2600?? Or maybe they didn't think it would sell that well? Or maybe it was just not something many companies focused on, and that was the only reason. Either way, I'm happy it's more than 2. (Although 3 isn't THAT much better...) Thanks for letting me know guys. Edited April 12, 2012 by JPjuice23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Either way, I'm happy it's more than 2. (Although 3 isn't THAT much better...) Thanks for letting me know guys. Bumper Bash is a hard one to find and unless you stumble across one cheap, they can be pricey. There's one on ebay that's been there forever for $85. My local gamestore has one with a poor label and they want $80. I'd love to see a 7800 homebrew pinball game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin_Lunchbox Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Ah, I had heard of Bumper Bash but forgotten about it. I watched online video and it seems appealing but the ball behavior looked a little choppy (could possibly have been the video) and the ball physics are occasionally inexplicable. Midnight Magic is clearly the best, despite that I'm usually a guy who doesn't prefer games that sacrifice the left and right of the screen ("pillar boxing") for authenticity. It's clearly the best "pinball simulation." I'd suspect it has an edge over the others, I'd suspect it has more advanced capacity in hardware and more code. By contrast Atari's original 2600/VCS full-screen Pinball pretty much abandons any notion of simulation, well it does have flippers and pretty good ball physics and smooth ball movement. But as opposed to "simulation" it's an okay-to-better-than-okay "game." Meanwhile Bumper Bash makes it most of the way to simulation, loses something to both its competitors on ball physics and smoothness, but at least has a roundish ball, which neither of the others does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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