The Pinball Arcade

Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

Key points

Platform for digitally-recreated pinball machines.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Official website

Pinball Arcade Fans

Internet Pinball Database - A huge database dedicated to pinball games and machines

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Mac App Store		OS X only.
Steam		Windows and OS X

DLC and expansion packs

For the sake of simplicity, this section will mainly be based on the Steam release of the game. The names column will cover release seasons (with one important exception) and the notes column will have the pinball machines (tables) affiliated with each season.

All tables can be purchased separately from their seasons as "Table Packs" (either as individual tables or in pairs of two tables). (See the Tables section on the Wikipedia article for more info.)

All seasons and most tables are available in a pro variant, which provides access to additional features such as operator's menus, custom balls, etc. at a higher price than standard tables.

Steam release free-to-play with a full table included, Tales of the Arabian Nights.

All unowned tables can be played for free up to their lowest high score value, with one select table from an earlier season temporarily available for full standard play as a "Free Table of the Month" (with advertisements shown before each game).

Name	Notes
Season One	Theatre of Magic Black Hole Ripley's Believe It or Not! Medieval Madness Bride of Pin•Bot Cirqus Voltaire Funhouse Monster Bash Gorgar Creature from the Black Lagoon Black Knight Harley-Davidson 3rd Edition Taxi Elvira and the Party Monsters No Good Gofers Scared Stiff Big Shot Twilight Zone Star Trek: The Next Generation Attack From Mars Genie
Season Two	Dr. Dude And His Excellent Ray Firepower Cactus Canyon Central Park White Water Space Shuttle Centaur Pin•Bot The Champion Pub Whirlwind Goin' Nuts Flight 2000 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Tee'd Off Haunted House Victory Class of 1812 El Dorado: City of Gold Cue Ball Wizard
Season Three	Fish Tales Black Rose Black Knight 2000 WHO Dunnit High Speed Junk Yard Lights...Camera...Action! High Roller Casino Diner Bram Stoker's Dracula
Season Four	Phantom of the Opera The Party Zone Earthshaker Starship Troopers The Addams Family Cyclone Jack•Bot Xenon Red & Ted's Road Show Safe Cracker
The Addams Family Special Collector's Edition	This gold limited edition variant of The Addams Family pinball machine was given to those who pledged at least US$100 to a Kickstarter campaign that the developer held to pay for the table's additional licensing fees. Not available for sale post-Kickstarter campaign on any platform.
Season Five	The Getaway: High Speed II F-14 Tomcat Mary Shelley's Frankenstein No Fear: Dangerous Sports Six more tables to be released.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/238260/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Configuration files are encrypted.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/238260/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

DirectX 9 display settings.

DirectX 9 graphics settings.

DirectX 11 display and graphics settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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General settings. While listed as DirectX 9 settings, the language option affects both DirectX 9 and 11 versions of the game.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Speech depends on the table.
French
Italian
German
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11	Different settings for each version.
OpenGL	2.0	OS X only.
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Reduce flipper delay

Some users have experienced a significant delay in the flippers' response to button presses while playing The Pinball Arcade. The following solution may help.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 1.6 GHz or better	Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	nVidia GeForce GTX 560 or higher ATI Radeon HD 6950 or higher DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound capable

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7, 10.9
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/238260/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (238260) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Pinball Arcade News & FAQ

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/238260/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (238260) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Pinball Arcade News & FAQ

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Developers

	FarSight Studios
Release dates
macOS (OS X)	April 16, 2012
Windows	November 4, 2013
Linux	TBA^[1]