Balls Of Steel

[Jutter]

Who played this back in the days? My favorite was the Duke Nukem table.

 

[Jeff Strong]

I did.

The Duke Nukem table was definitely the best.

 

[Jutter]

http://www.buy3drealms.com/

in case someone's curious enough to blow a tenner. It was definately one of the best 'old' pinball games on the PC, besides Pro-Pinball; Future Shock

 

[Tabe]

I played it quite a bit. The Duke table was fun.

Tabe

 

[Jutter]

 

[Jutter]

my other favorite... by the way

 

[Zorgwon]

http://www.3drealms.com/balls/tableinfo.html
I liked this game very much. The tables have modes and a clear ruleset,

Firestorm seems to have inspired Tough Nuts Fire Reaper although there are claims by vrpinball designers who got paid for their ideas.

 

[Sumez]

Apparently they made a new "balls of steel" table in Duke Nukem Forever?

Those flippers are hilarious. Gottlieb go home
edit: Wow, those out/inlanes!

 

[atlantis1982]

The game is also available on GOG.

 

[LanceBoyle]

Apparently they made a new "balls of steel" table in Duke Nukem Forever?

Those flippers are hilarious. Gottlieb go home
edit: Wow, those out/inlanes!

Oh god.

I do definitely like the use of Duke Nukem 3D's "Stalker" as the BGM, though!

 

[Espy]

Apparently they made a new "balls of steel" table in Duke Nukem Forever?

Those flippers are hilarious. Gottlieb go home
edit: Wow, those out/inlanes!

I remember a task at uni being asked to program a pinball machine.

The spec said that the flipper had to rest at 180 degrees and rise to 270. I had to conform to the spec. It was infuriating.

 

[Sumez]

Lol what! So basically standing straight up when raised?? I'd love to see that. Do you have any examples? Programming a pinball machine from scratch sounds like an incredibly difficult task.

 

[Espy]

Lol what! So basically standing straight up when raised?? I'd love to see that. Do you have any examples? Programming a pinball machine from scratch sounds like an incredibly difficult task.

It was a pinball table editor. the flipper had to sit either horizontal or vertical, rotating 90 degrees in either direction. For what it was worth I was actually quite pleased with the outcome as I was able to make some pretty cool Rube Goldberg machines with the editor, rather than pinball machines. The one thing I didn't manage to get right was the flipper physics... it was still a little bit glitchy when the deadline came.

It's actually a pretty standard project used by a lot of universities. Look up Gizmoball.

 

[smbhax]

3D Realms also still has the shareware version available for free download

ftp://ftp.3drealms.com/share/bossw13.exe

Only has a limited version of one of the tables, and it isn't the Duke table.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Unless it's for nostalgia's sake, I would probably pass on playing Balls of Steel nowadays.

 

[atlantis1982]

Wish these games like this and even Epic Pinball could get rereleased for current standards (no vertical scrolling).

 

[Jeff Strong]

Wish these games like this and even Epic Pinball could get rereleased for current standards (no vertical scrolling).

Balls of Steel has a fullscreen view.

 

[CycOd3liC]

Is this even playable on W7/W8/W81 x64? I remember having major issues even trying to install it.

 

[smbhax]

The demo runs fine on XP, that's all I've got.

 

[CycOd3liC]

Ahhh! Thanks for the GOG reference! I bought the game when it came out, but 6 bucks on GOG isn't bad. I just bought it and it works fine on W8.1. Duke's on the Ball!

Now if only GOG would do Psycho Pinball, I'd be a happy camper.