![]() I always thought that it would be awesome to have a real playable version of it, but it never really struck my mind that I could build one myself. As the title says, it’s better to post this a little late, than never! How it startedģD Space cadet itself is embedded into my childhood, It’s one of the games I played a lot when I was still learning a lot about computers. I’ll try to document some of the progress I have already done in this post. I still haven’t found anyone else making this game in real life yet, so please tell me if something like that exists! It would be interesting to see! If you're a real pinball fan, cave in a buy a commercial game instead of settling for this free watered down version of pinball.I’ve been working on this project for about 5 months now, and now I think this project is far too large to go totally undocumented, so I’m starting a work log to share what I’m doing!Įasier said than done I’m making a real life version of 3D Space Cadet, the pinball game developed by Maxis and Cinematronics which was bundled with Windows for some versions. All of its other features are done much better in commercial games. The best thing that Space Cadet Pinball has going for it is that it's free. If you're going to play this game, I'd suggest running a CD instead of relying on the in-game sounds. There are only sound effects, and no main theme in the game. There's the expected bells and whistles, which are more annoying than exciting. The sounds are typical of a low-budget game. Lighting is critical for a pinball game - you need to be able to see the ball at all times. Parts of the table are not illuminated enough. Graphically, Space Cadet Pinball is a bit darker than you'd like to see from a typical pinball table. ![]() ![]() They just shoot the ball back at your flipper. Almost all of the point scoring therefore has to come from hitting ramps, which don't even do anything special. Both are very insufficient, and far too hard to get into. The scoring places are also in weird positions bumpers are located only at the very top of the table, and in a secret ramp. That is grossly out of whack with much more popular pinball games. Anything over five hundred thousand is considered a good score. Nothing in the game results in an ear-shattering explosion with huge point totals and bright flashing lights. The actual point-scoring in the game is lackluster too. The center pit is not nearly wide enough, and the flippers are too strong to be used skillfully, even if you tried. My ten year old sister routinely tools the game, and that's by constantly jamming on the flipper buttons. This drastically cuts down on the replay value - nothing really changes, no matter how good you get. Meaning, only one game screen for the entire game type of traditional. Traditional pinball action rules the table in Space Cadet. The lack of exciting pinball action negates the fact that it's completely free, and included with a lot of different versions of Windows. The problem is, it's not a particularily good one. Space Cadet Pinball is, as the name implies, a pinball game. All of its other features are done much better in commercial games." "The best thing that Space Cadet Pinball has going for it is that it's free.
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