I'm hoping to find a couple pinball themed games for PC that have an interesting spin on the pinball genre. Preferably games that take advantage of the fact they're a video game and aren't aiming to be straight up table simulators.

The pinball games I've seen on GOG look a little heavy on the simulator side for me. Something similar to the Crush Pinball series is what I'm looking for, but none of those are for PC (without emulation at least).

Any of you virtual pinball enthusiasts have some recommendations?

The best one ever, IMHO, was Space Cadet which used to come with Windows. I spent hours and hours on that damn thing. Problem is, I know know if it's available anywhere.

More standard: Pinball FX 3 - http://store.steampowered.com/app/442120/Pinball_FX3/

Pinball RPG: Rollers of the realm - http://store.steampowered.com/app/262470/Rollers_of_the_Realm/

Got to hand it to Microsoft for making that the most accessible version of virtual pinball out there. I have a couple machines still running XP, so I have Space Cadet. It's a pretty standard pinball simulator IMO though.

Sonic Spinball. Great game!

edit:I know it isn't proper pc but you can play it on one. I think i have it on steam (maybe emulated but still)

FX actually looked pretty good from the steam videos, I had to look up some actual gameplay before I figured out what you meant. Yep, that one is too straight simulator for me.

Rollers looks good though, I'll definitely check that one out. Have you played it yourself? That seems like such an obvious move for the sonic franchise, but I had no idea it existed. Thanks for the heads up.

For clarity, no issue with steam/GOG/credible vendor emulated for PC games. Honestly, I'd be going with the SNES Jaki Crush, but I want something to share with my nieces and teaching them how to thief via emulator/ROM is not high on my priority list.

Aside from Pinball Arcade, I can only suggest Epic Pinball.

The old Digital Illusions pinball from the ninties ? (Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Illusions, ...)
Psycho Pinball from Codemasters.
These are the few I know.

Yes, and it is good

They both are, it is the pinball games I keep coming back to

Aaaah guys guys guys...

Space Cadet was part of Full Tilt! Pinball developed by Maxis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball

But my personal favorite table was Full Tilt! Pinball 2 with the Mad Scientist table.

This along with Creep Night Pinball were my all-time favorite tables! Time to bring em here GOG! C'mon DO IT DO IT!!!


Edit : i think you'll enjoy Creep Night. It's not a simulator and if you like classic Horror Themes , you'll love it!

Pinball FX 2

My personal favorite was Sierra's "3D Ultra Pinball: Lost Continent". It's part of the same series as the Creep Night game mentioned by Epitaph666.

Would love to see the 3D Ultra Pinball series released as a pack.

Played Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies to death on the Amiga...
Later on the PC Psycho Pinball was my favourite.

If you want something that is not a straight pinball simulator you might want to check out Pinball World.

There is also Adventure Pinball and the pinball games made by Sierra but these are not on Gog.

On here Pro Pinball Timeshock, Pinball FX games are good, oh, and there is a little table in dev. that I am having fun with called Super Steampunk Pinball 2D. Can't get enough of those death saves.