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Pinball.game is a free arcade pinball table that runs right in your browser. Launch the ball, keep it alive with the flippers and chase a high score through pop bumpers, drop targets, bonus lanes and multiball. No download, no sign-up, and it works on a computer, a phone or a tablet.

The table is built like a classic solid-state machine: three pop bumpers at the top, two slingshots above the flippers, a bank of drop targets on the right, a ball-catching saucer on the left and three rollover lanes that raise your bonus multiplier. Every ball counts, and a good game can last a long time once you learn to trap the ball and aim your shots.

How to play pinball

1. Launch the ball. Hold Space (or hold your finger on the table) to pull back the plunger, then release. A stronger pull sends the ball higher around the top arch.
2. Flip. Use the left and right flippers to hit the ball back up the table before it falls between them. Each game has three balls.
3. Hit the features. Bumpers, slingshots, lanes, targets and the saucer all score points and add to your end-of-ball bonus.
4. Build the multiplier. Light all three P·I·N lanes at the top to raise the bonus multiplier, up to 5×. Pressing a flipper shifts the lit lanes, so you can steer the ball into an unlit one.
5. Start multiball. Clear all four drop targets to light the lock, then shoot the saucer. A second ball joins the game and every saucer shot is worth a 50,000 point jackpot.

Controls

Scoring

The bonus grows with every feature you hit during a ball and is paid when the ball drains, multiplied by the number of lit multiplier lights (2× to 5×). The multiplier and the bonus reset for the next ball, so long balls with many lane completions pay the most.

Pinball tips for a higher score

• Don't flip at everything. Wait until the ball is just above the flipper. Flipping too early sends it straight down the middle.
• Catch and aim. Hold a flipper up and let the ball roll down onto it. With the ball resting near the base you can take a calm, aimed shot.
• Hit with the tip for angle. A ball hit near the tip of the flipper goes across the table; a ball hit near the base goes up the same side.
• The left flipper aims right. The drop targets are easiest to reach with the left flipper. The saucer on the left is a shot for the right flipper.
• Use ball save. For the first ten seconds after a launch the blue light under the flippers is on and a drained ball is returned to you.
• Let the inlanes work for you. A ball rolling down the side guides comes straight to the flipper. Hold the flipper up and it settles there, ready for an aimed shot.

About this pinball table

Pinball has been an arcade favourite since the first flipper machines in 1947. This table keeps the parts that make the game fun — satisfying bumpers, risk and reward shots, multiball — and puts them on a neon playfield that fits a phone screen in portrait mode. The ball physics are written from scratch: the ball rolls down a gently tilted playfield the way it does on a real machine, bounces off rubber and metal differently, and the flippers pass their speed on to the ball, so timing really matters.

3D view and flat view

By default you look at the table the way you would standing at a real cabinet: a tilted 3D playfield with raised walls, pop bumpers, slingshots and a chrome ball. If you prefer the classic top-down look, press the 2D button above the table; press 3D to switch back. The game remembers your choice.

Your best score and your five best games are kept in your browser, so you can come back later and try to beat yourself. There are no ads inside the table and nothing to install.

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