Pinball Arcade is alive and well. After having lost the major part of their table library they continue producing new tables based on Stern and Gottlieb pinballs. Of course the "season" structure is now irretrievably lost and a visit to the Pinball Aracde table page reveals the follwoing:
(One wonders where are the Stern tables).
Anyhow, version 8.0 of PA is here and it's a bad surprise, since it does require iOS 10. I cannot fathom why the FarSight programmers are doing this (ny guess: pure laziness). For myself this means that I can run the new version only on my most recent iPad.
Now to the new tables. The first one is Big Buck Hunter
The graphics are good and the ball is visible at all times (provide one chooses the appropriate colour) but I find the gameplay uninteresting. On the other hand, the second table Whoa Nellie
is a beauty. As you have by now noticed, I am a fan of oldies and Whoa Nellie, although a 2015 creation, is an oldie-looking pinball. It's a watermelon themed table with great graphics. I would have preferred a whole-black ball instead of the 8-ball one but you cannot have everything. In any case I greatly enjoyed playing it (with only one regret: you do not get a bonus at the end of each ball; once a ball drains that's it).
So, while we wait for the Zen release it is not a bad idea to give a try to the new FarSight pinballs.
(One wonders where are the Stern tables).
Anyhow, version 8.0 of PA is here and it's a bad surprise, since it does require iOS 10. I cannot fathom why the FarSight programmers are doing this (ny guess: pure laziness). For myself this means that I can run the new version only on my most recent iPad.
Now to the new tables. The first one is Big Buck Hunter
The graphics are good and the ball is visible at all times (provide one chooses the appropriate colour) but I find the gameplay uninteresting. On the other hand, the second table Whoa Nellie
is a beauty. As you have by now noticed, I am a fan of oldies and Whoa Nellie, although a 2015 creation, is an oldie-looking pinball. It's a watermelon themed table with great graphics. I would have preferred a whole-black ball instead of the 8-ball one but you cannot have everything. In any case I greatly enjoyed playing it (with only one regret: you do not get a bonus at the end of each ball; once a ball drains that's it).
So, while we wait for the Zen release it is not a bad idea to give a try to the new FarSight pinballs.
Hello. After my stroke I have much diffculty writing do not many comments anymore. :-( However why those new tables not appear anywhere on OSX. Anyone know why?
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