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Pinball Games is a [[Simulators|simulator]].
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This because some hardware features cannot be emulated. Pinball machines for example cannot be 100% emulated. Modern pinball machines use software and a digital displays, they all react on a physical steel ball on a playfield that is not captured in software.
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==Visual Pinball/PinMAME==
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[[Image:vpinball.jpg|thumb|Visual Pinball Screenshot|160px|right]]
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[[Image:pinmame.gif|thumb|Pinmame Screenshot|160px|right]]
  
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When both [http://www.pinmame.com/ PinMame] and [http://www.randydavis.com/vp/ Visual Pinball] are installed, pinball game is created that is a combination of emulator and simulator. The software ''PinMame'' emulates the computer inside the pinball machine (to react on bumpers, flippers and display the scores) and ''Visual Pinball'' simulates the playfield with a digital ball reacting to programmed physics.
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[http://www.randydavis.com/vp/ Visual Pinball] is a playfield pinball simulator. It came with a editor, so you could design your own tables. Visual Pinball has a lots of well created layouts of popular pinball tables from the real world.
  
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[http://www.pinmame.com/ PinMAME] is an additional program that runs on top of Visual Pinball. PinMAME allows one to design and play a table that will use the actual rom images from pinball tables. These rom images often times have the table logic, sounds, and dot-matrix displays (generally orange) in them.
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=== How to combine these? ===
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Visual Install Pack will install Visual Pinball, PinMAME and setup all the intricate dependancies for you:
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http://www.vpforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37115
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===How to run on my cabinet?===
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You need a wrapper to get this to run in your cabinet. Visual Pinball is itself not cabfreidly.
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== Future Pinball ==
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[[Image:futurepinball.jpg|thumb|Future Pinball Screenshot|160px|right]]
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[http://www.futurepinball.com/ Future Pinball] is the next generation Pinball Development System. It the same people behind Visual Pinball.
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It allows you to design and play your very own pinball simulation in True real time 3D. It uses Advanced Physics to provide the best possible Simulation of a true to life pinball machine.
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Future Pinball does not utilize PinMAME, nor does it have the option to use pinball table roms. Perhaps one day they will integrate the authentic rom functionality so tables will have true sound emulation and real dot-matrix displays.
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===How to run on my cabinet?===
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Coming Soon
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== Other Pinball ==
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Here is a brief list to other good PC pinball simulators:
  
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Here is a list of great pinball games:
 
 
*[http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/49 Epic Pinball ] - A classic pinball game to dos (run fine with DOSBOX)
 
*[http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/49 Epic Pinball ] - A classic pinball game to dos (run fine with DOSBOX)
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*[http://www.futurepinball.com Future Pinball] - The second generation pinball simulator
 
 
*[http://www.wildsnake.com/pinball/in2/ Pinball: INVASION 2] - A very fun combine of galaga and pinball
 
*[http://www.wildsnake.com/pinball/in2/ Pinball: INVASION 2] - A very fun combine of galaga and pinball
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*[http://www.randydavis.com/vp/ Visual Pinball], pinball (playfield) simulator [http://www.vpforums.com/modules.php?s=&name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=2#5 (instructions how to combine PinMame and Visual Pinball])
 

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Visual Pinball/PinMAME

Visual Pinball Screenshot
Pinmame Screenshot

Visual Pinball is a playfield pinball simulator. It came with a editor, so you could design your own tables. Visual Pinball has a lots of well created layouts of popular pinball tables from the real world.

PinMAME is an additional program that runs on top of Visual Pinball. PinMAME allows one to design and play a table that will use the actual rom images from pinball tables. These rom images often times have the table logic, sounds, and dot-matrix displays (generally orange) in them.

How to combine these?

Visual Install Pack will install Visual Pinball, PinMAME and setup all the intricate dependancies for you:

http://www.vpforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37115

How to run on my cabinet?

You need a wrapper to get this to run in your cabinet. Visual Pinball is itself not cabfreidly.

Future Pinball

Future Pinball Screenshot

Future Pinball is the next generation Pinball Development System. It the same people behind Visual Pinball.

It allows you to design and play your very own pinball simulation in True real time 3D. It uses Advanced Physics to provide the best possible Simulation of a true to life pinball machine.

Future Pinball does not utilize PinMAME, nor does it have the option to use pinball table roms. Perhaps one day they will integrate the authentic rom functionality so tables will have true sound emulation and real dot-matrix displays.

How to run on my cabinet?

Coming Soon

Other Pinball

Here is a brief list to other good PC pinball simulators:

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