Despite being born into the era of Space Invaders, Asteroids, Space War and so forth I’ve always felt a great affinity for the pinball table. Especially the old electro-mechanical units. They just seemed to require more of a relationship with the equipment, not just a “left / right / up / down / fire ...” strategy. The difference between finite and infinite state.

While computer simulations are fun too (my iPhone has two “folders” filled with pinball sims), they just don’t quite “get it”.

FWIW, my favorite iPhone pinball games are “Pinball Dreams” and “Pinball Fantasies”—both of which are ports of the Amiga titles from 20 to 25 years ago. Check ‘em out!