If you're of a certain, pre-PONG/DONKEY KONG age — or you just like whistling the Who's "Pinball Wizard" a lot — you might still have a soft spot in your heart for classic pinball machines. While the onslaught of video games both arcade- and home-based pushed these electro-mechanical marvels to the side, there's something to be said for the tactile sensation of putting that little silver ball through its paces — something many digital pinball simulators have struggled, and failed, to replicate.
Enter Pinball Magic, who realized what was missing from those pinball machine apps — the machine itself. So they developed a baby pinball machine shell into which you drop your iPhone or iPod Touch, complete with working flipper buttons and a ball launcher. Add the free pinball game app and start making those digit counters fall. Still not convinced? Allow this video demo to sway you:
Brookstone (the vibrating-chair people) carry the iPhone/iTouch version, currently on sale for US$29.95. There's an iPad-sized version as well.
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Enter Pinball Magic, who realized what was missing from those pinball machine apps — the machine itself. So they developed a baby pinball machine shell into which you drop your iPhone or iPod Touch, complete with working flipper buttons and a ball launcher. Add the free pinball game app and start making those digit counters fall. Still not convinced?