#Android pinball pinball hd portable
There’s still places where a dusty, poorly maintained table can be found in a corner, or where enthusiasts tend to a meticulously groomed collection of machines saved from the dumpster, but these are few and far between.Īll of that has led to many attempts to preserve pinball as a game by liberating it from physical tables and creating pinball as a video game that runs on a video gaming platform - a PC or a console or a portable gaming device. As a mass-market entertainment, they’re effectively dead. Unfortunately, with the decline of the American arcade and other venues where pinball tables once stood, finding a pinball machine to play can be difficult these days. Video games don’t have to deal with those forces, which lets them do things that no pinball machine can but that very freedom can also make them feel hollow, disconnected from the real world. I’ve always loved real, physical pinball machines there’s something about their tactile response and the challenge of fighting elemental forces like gravity and resistance that I enjoy. One of the few I’ve found that really stand out is pinball games. So I’ve been exploring the device, looking for examples of apps that really shine on a device with this form factor. Partly because the increasing popularity of tablets made me think that professionally I should have some experience with using such a device, but mostly because I’m a nerd with an insufficient number of barriers between me and my credit cards. I recently bought one of Google’s Nexus 7 Android tablets. “Sorcerer’s Lair,” the free table included with Zen Pinball HD
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