Pro Pinball Ultra

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 !

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 🤘

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.

It's been ten years since this came out and none of the other Pro Pinball games got a remaster since? Why? But this is good, thank you.

Ich kenne nun Pro Pinball Timeshock seit Zeiten des Amigas. Damals schon in 3D Optik alles noch von Diskette. Für die damaligen Verhältnisse hat der Pinball Tisch viel Spaß gemacht, und er blieb mir immer in guter Erinnerung. Nun habe ich vor kurzem erst mitbekommen, dass es den Tisch auch überarbeitet für den PC gibt. Mein Fazit: nett aufgefrischte Erinnerungen, schön anzuschauen, die Ball-Physik geht in Ordnung, und das war's dann aber auch schon. In meinen Augen zu einem völlig überzogenen Preis. Da bekommt man bei anderen Entwicklern mehrere Tische für das gleiche Geld. Mit so wenig Abwechslung habe ich keine lange Freude dran. Ab und an halt mal ein paar Durchgänge, und das war's dann auch. Legt euer Geld als Pinball-Liebhaber lieber woanders an. Hier ist es ein schlechtes Preis/Leistungsverhältnis und keinerlei gebotene Abwechslung. Ansonsten wird man befleißigt sich einen Account anzulegen. Das allein finde ich schon einmal durchaus merkwürdig, aber wer kann, der/die will. Ansonsten spielt man als "Gast". Errungenschaften existieren nicht, also alles naggich. :D