3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by mushstory » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC

3D Pinball for Windows (1995)
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Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

#2

Post by zenmaster10665 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

oh man i love this game thanks...why no scoreboard tho?!

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by timvdalen » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

After all this time, I still don't know how to select a mission, or what missions are

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by mushstory » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

space bar - shoot ball

z / - press it

x . - shaking

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by ourmandave » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC

People have build IRL Space Cadet pinball machines.

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by stavros » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

timvdalen wrote: post #3

After all this time, I still don't know how to select a mission, or what missions are

Where did you see missions?

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by Nzen » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

timvdalen wrote: post #3

After all this time, I still don't know how to select a mission, or what missions are

I am of the impression that the mission is defined by having the pin ball hit the places where the blue arrow points within a set amount of time.

It's a bit of a shame that Microsoft only licensed Space Cadet Pinball from Cinematronics for Windows 95 and XP [0].

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20181221-00/?p=10...

Re: 3D Pinball for Windows (1995)

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Post by unregistereddev » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC

timvdalen wrote: post #3

After all this time, I still don't know how to select a mission, or what missions are

There's a set of lights in the lower left-hand edge and on the very upper right-hand edge. When it's time to select a mission look for the yellow arrow near those lights. Hitting the lights lets you select a mission. Sending the ball up the ramp confirms the mission. I don't quite remember what the missions were - typically "hit some combination of things" - but they were worth a lot of extra points and/or an extra ball.