

Empire Interactive has developed a truly viable pinball simulation rather than a bizarre hybrid with silly trappings that heretofore have passed as cyber pinball games.

Take heart, pinball fans! Pro Pinball: The Web, while it may not hit the super jackpot, takes great strides in the right direction. Usually, they've only alienated true fans looking for a great pinball game, making them wary of the genre in general. Developers have used all sorts of bizarre features in an attempt to liven up simulations - features that could never be duplicated in the arcade. The phrase "the ball is wild" has been used to describe real pinball and it's been incredibly difficult for designers to replicate that action on a computer. Many of the games use wacky ideas, a bad physics model and are not terribly exciting. Fans of the silver ball have now had ample opportunity to experience a great number of pinball simulations on the PC.
