Misguided
06-14-2011, 10:06 AM
NOTE: the app is universal. This works on iPhone too.
I know there are quite a few pinball fans around here. I mentioned this in the iPad thread the other day, but it deserves its own. LittleWing has brought their first table, Tristan to the iPad, and it is a faithful reproduction with all the sound effects you don't realize you remember and greatly improved graphics.
For those that aren't familiar, LittleWing is a Japanese company that has been making computer pinball games for 20 years. For me, LittleWing was the company that filled the gap between the earlier efforts like Budge's Raster Blaster and Pinball Construction Set, and Empire Interactive's Pro Pinball games. So while LittleWing has been producing games for 20 years, the ones I remember most fondly are from that time period: Eight Ball Deluxe, Crystal Caliburn, Loony Labyrinth, and others.
I worry that Tristan will put off some buyers, because of the simplicity of the layout and the difficulty of keeping a ball in play relative to many of the more "modern" tables out there. The physics in LittleWing's tables have always been floaty as well--they make tables that feel like computer pinball tables more than simulations of the real thing, but they have always had a place in my heart. I really hope it does well for them because I want to see them port more tables to the iPad.
I know there are quite a few pinball fans around here. I mentioned this in the iPad thread the other day, but it deserves its own. LittleWing has brought their first table, Tristan to the iPad, and it is a faithful reproduction with all the sound effects you don't realize you remember and greatly improved graphics.
For those that aren't familiar, LittleWing is a Japanese company that has been making computer pinball games for 20 years. For me, LittleWing was the company that filled the gap between the earlier efforts like Budge's Raster Blaster and Pinball Construction Set, and Empire Interactive's Pro Pinball games. So while LittleWing has been producing games for 20 years, the ones I remember most fondly are from that time period: Eight Ball Deluxe, Crystal Caliburn, Loony Labyrinth, and others.
I worry that Tristan will put off some buyers, because of the simplicity of the layout and the difficulty of keeping a ball in play relative to many of the more "modern" tables out there. The physics in LittleWing's tables have always been floaty as well--they make tables that feel like computer pinball tables more than simulations of the real thing, but they have always had a place in my heart. I really hope it does well for them because I want to see them port more tables to the iPad.