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There are only a few minor differences between the gameplay of the two versions. It has fewer soundtracks that are inspired by the original game.

Music is not enabled by default in 3D Pinball. It sports a splash screen that merely says 3D Pinball and shows a small pinball graphic with faded edges. The words Maxis and Cinematronics have been changed from the yellow to a dark red, making them harder to see. The image on the side is a two-dimensional image as opposed to pre-rendered 3D.

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The look and feel of Full Tilt! Pinball and 3D Pinball are similar, with a few exceptions: The latter contains only the Space Cadet table and only supports 640×480-pixel resolution, while the former supports three different resolutions up to 1024×768 pixels.

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Raymond Chen said his proudest work on Windows XP was reducing the amount of CPU that Pinball used when it was ported from Windows 95. Windows XP was the last client release of Windows to include this game. The Windows 98 installation CD has instructions on installing Pinball 3D on this version of Windows which are partly wrong Microsoft later issued an updated support article. It was developed in C for cross-platform support because Windows NT supported RISC processors and prior versions of the game contained x86 assembly language and 16-bit logic.

This version of Pinball, developed by David Plummer at Microsoft, was a port of the game using the original art and sound. It was originally packaged with Microsoft Plus! 95 and later included in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows ME, and Windows XP. Single player or multiplayer (up to four)ģD Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet is a version of the Space Cadet table bundled with Microsoft Windows. Space Cadet table: Windows XP version on top of Full Tilt! version While weapons simply add points to the score, armors and spells temporarily turn on various gates, magnets, and chutes on the table to change the gameplay.Įlements from each of the three tables were elected for representation by Maxis in the illustration for the box art by Marc Ericksen, creating a montage below a hurtling Pinball.ģD Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet The player can acquire awards such as spells, weapons, and armors. The quests include Dragon Hoard (steal the hoard), Fire Lizard Attack (defeat the fire-lizard), Rescue Maiden (rescue the damsel in distress), Dragon Pass (find the path to dragon's lair), Wizard's Fury, and Slay Dragon. The Dragon's Keep table features a fantasy environment where players must accomplish various quests, leading to the slaying of a dragon. They are all pirate themed mini-games, such as ship battle, tavern fight, escape Bermuda Triangle, mutiny, and sword fight. Modes are like missions and quests of the other two tables.

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The player can accomplish that two ways: either by piecing together a treasure map or by activating and completing a series of mini-games on the table called modes. The Skulduggery table features a treasure hunt where the player must find Peg Leg's loot. When all of the lights in the blue circle turn on, the player's rank increases, and a light in the orange circle turns on.įull Tilt! version of the Skulduggery table Upon completing a mission, some of the blue lights in a circle in the middle of the table turn on. The 'fuel' lights go out one by one at a time interval, and can be re-lit by having the ball go over them, or all at once by going up the launch ramp again. Missions end either by being completed, or by being aborted due to running out of 'fuel', as indicated by the lights in the passage that passes under the launch ramp. Some missions involve a number of steps which must be completed in sequence. Each mission has a set number of things for players to do, such as hitting the 'attack bumpers' (which are a set of four bumpers at the top of the table) eight times (this is the 'target practice' mission). Players accept a mission by hitting 'mission targets' which select which mission they will take, and by going up the 'launch ramp'. Players can attain nine different ranks (listed from lowest to highest): Cadet, Ensign, Lieutenant, Captain, LT Commander, Commander, Commodore, Admiral, and Fleet Admiral. The Space Cadet table features the player as a member of a space fleet that completes missions to increase rank.

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