Pro Pinball Ultra

This is a pinball simulation with one not easy table, great graphics and great physics. However, development seem to have been stopped.

Planned updates for the game appear to have been abandoned despite text showing in some of the store pictures. It does seem to play decently and looks pretty great and has some operator options as well to mix things up, but it still feels a little awkward with some of the shots. It's been about 9 years with only the one table existing so I couldn't recommend this unless it were on sale for the very curious or for those that have nostalgic ties to the original table and are seeking a challenge.

This is the best engine for pinball I've seen in ages. It feels smooth, plays great and doesn't stutter in the slightest (note: Linux native struggles, but Proton has no issues at all). The only reason I can't recommend this game is that the price is too high for a single table. If this were to ever be expanded on with more content I could only recommend this, but given that it's been 9 years I don't expect much.

Many have said this is the best pinball simulation ever made, and I tend to agree. The table itself is wicked fun and extremely deep. The DMD animations, music, voice and sound effects gel into a whole exceeding its parts: a thematic and aesthetic triumph with a 1990's vibe reminiscent of "The Journeyman Project." There is user access to the operator's menu which allows you to customize tons of behaviors and examine detailed histograms just like a real commercial pinball machine. But the application is rather technically astonishing as well: I assume there was a great deal of pre-rendering, which, even a decade ago, allowed for high definition photo-realism while delivering great performance even on a potato. A perfect marriage of intelligent design trade-offs and flawless execution. Unfortunately, this kind of craftsmanship apparently didn't make for a great business decision; the online leaderboards and forum became defunct shortly after a release that must have been deemed a commercial failure. However, every other aspect of the game still runs flawlessly, and the servers are still reliably connecting and delivering assets, so I wouldn't call it "abandoned" so much as "inactive." This was one of the first modern virtual pinball tables I owned, but I wasn't able to fully appreciate it until after I got a gentler initiation from a couple hundred hours on other platforms. To beginners it will likely feel inaccessible as a bare simulation with no guides, tutorials, or meta progression, and the table itself is relatively challenging. It's a bit like starting up an old version of Flight Simulator with no manual and having never sat in a cockpit. You could go into the operator's menu and tweak the difficulty, but that is not something a beginner is likely to figure out without research or experimentation. But those who manage to dig in will be rewarded with what is probably the zenith of the genre to this day.

One of the best pinball games ever made

C'est une merveille, une seule table refait avec amour, une physique incroyable des graphismes au top (possibilité de choisir la qualité graphique et sonore, mode opérateur comme sur un vrai flippe). Le prix n'est pas si élevé que cela, il y a plusieurs mode de jeu (classic novice, classic normal, Challenge et tournois) Mode portrait disponible en natif et pleins d'autres options ! En espérant que les autres tables seront disponible un jour ( Fantastic Journey, Big Race USA, The Web) A acheter les yeux fermés pour les personnes qui aiment les flippers !

Pro Pinball: Timeshock! might be the best pinball table that ever existed. There is not really much more to say. Ah, one more thing: It has better physics and graphics than what FX will ever have.

I guess it's okay, definitely worth checking out if you're into pinball. But I still have to leave a negative review, as it includes only a single table. The price is also higher than what you’d pay for multiple tables in Pinball FX3. For someone who isn’t a hardcore simulation fan, having more gameplay variety is simply the better option.

Great pinball sim. Absolutely leaves Pinball FX in the dust in terms of table design and realism. [i]However[/i], I recommend getting the original version on GOG over this. This remastered version is three times the price and about 10 times the file size. Aside from some fancy lighting the improvements are pretty minimal, the original game still looks amazing for a game from the 90s due to having pre-rendered graphic. For €16.50 you can buy OG Time Shock, plus two other tables from the Pro Pinball series over on GOG. Seems like a much better deal to me 🤷 Also, all three tables run flawlessly on steam deck 🤘

Very fun game! Used to play it many years ago when it originally came out. Nothing beats this vibe.