3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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40 points | by mushstory 4 hours ago

10 comments

  • maximeago 23 minutes ago
    I remember that it was a lot easier if I had 10 instances of Winamp running at the same time, it was not just that time slowed, the physics was different. Was this ported?
  • binaryturtle 31 minutes ago
    I never really got into the 3D pinballs, for some reason those are less fun, maybe because visually they are harder to read?

    I always preferred the "2D" pinballs, with Pinball Dreams and Slam Tilt my two favourites. I still play those from time to time.

  • rimworld 31 minutes ago
    getting: Uncaught InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'drawImage' on 'CanvasRenderingContext2D': The image argument is a canvas element with a width or height of 0. at start_freeze_frame (space-cadet-menus.js:140:18) at MutationObserver.<anonymous> (space-cadet-menus.js:429:3)
  • raytracer1 33 minutes ago
    Remind me my computer lesson of primary school
  • hootz 33 minutes ago
    Did it always have this music? I don't remember it having music.
    • Jordan-117 4 minutes ago
      Apparently it did, but it was turned off by default since it could have a performance impact on slower machines.
    • vunderba 4 minutes ago
      Definitely did - that MIDI file is etched into everyone's soul who played Space Cadet but this was early days, maybe it's possible the win9x machine you played on didn't have a sound card?
  • timvdalen 1 hour ago
    After all this time, I still don't know how to select a mission, or what missions are
    • unregistereddev 1 hour ago
      There's a set of lights in the lower left-hand edge and on the very upper right-hand edge. When it's time to select a mission look for the yellow arrow near those lights. Hitting the lights lets you select a mission. Sending the ball up the ramp confirms the mission. I don't quite remember what the missions were - typically "hit some combination of things" - but they were worth a lot of extra points and/or an extra ball.
    • Nzen 1 hour ago
      I am of the impression that the mission is defined by having the pin ball hit the places where the blue arrow points within a set amount of time.

      It's a bit of a shame that Microsoft only licensed Space Cadet Pinball from Cinematronics for Windows 95 and XP [0].

      [0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20181221-00/?p=10...

    • stavros 1 hour ago
      Where did you see missions?
  • Skywalker13 1 hour ago
  • mushstory 1 hour ago
    space bar - shoot ball

    z / - press it

    x . - shaking

    • harrouet 1 hour ago
      Exactly what I was looking for for my non-US keyboard :)
  • ourmandave 1 hour ago
    People have build IRL Space Cadet pinball machines.
  • zenmaster10665 1 hour ago
    oh man i love this game thanks...why no scoreboard tho?!