Farsight Studios has also come out with the software titles. Pinball Arcade was created by Farsight Studios. Space Shuttle and more as created by designers Bally, Williams, Gottlieb and Stern Pinball. On Facebook, FarSight said that the company that controls the intellectual property for those table “chose not to renew our agreement.” FarSight also said it can’t offer a discount on the tables it’s losing access to per its agreement with WMS. Pinball Arcade takes players back to the days of arcade games and the feeling of mashing the flipper buttons on a pinball machine just to. We are excited to announce that Season 8 will launch later this summer and will feature all of the recent Stern tables in Stern Pinball Arcade along with several new tables. So if you’ve ever been interested in owning these great tables, please purchase them now, before they disappear!įarSight will continue to release new tables for the Pinball Arcade. This change will affect all of our devices and platforms. However, customers who purchased any of these tables prior to the deadline will continue to own them and have access to them within the Pinball Arcade, and we will continue to support them as we do the other tables in our collection. Therefore, after this date tables from these manufacturers will no longer be offered for sale within the Pinball Arcade. Our longstanding licenses for the Williams and Bally pinball trademarks will finally come to an end on June 30th, 2018. Pinball Arcade will lose access to some of the most popular pinball tables of all time in June, including The Addams Family, Bride of Pinbot, Medieval Madness, Twilight Zone, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Theatre of Magic, Tales of the Arabian Nights and Red & Ted’s Road Show.įarSight Studios announced the news on Facebook, saying that existing customers won’t lose access to the Bally and Williams tables:
Developer FarSight Studios said that WMS Industries, which holds the rights to Bally and Williams pinball trademarks, will not renew FarSight’s license and that dozens of tables for Pinball Arcade will no longer be available for sale as of June 30.
No matter how far I have to travel I will make sure to play a real table one way or another before I croak.Īlso for those who want more info, both for real and digital pinball, I recommend the OT HotHamBoy linked to, also he is someone you can usually listen to, knows his shit.Digital pinball simulation Pinball Arcade is losing access to a major license that will have a profound impact on the game. I think at least at first if I could only get one or two I am most interested in Dracula which is not only a great table regardless but is my most played in real life so it has the nostalgia factor combined with being a top tier machine.Īfter that is Attack from Mars, which I have never touched a real machine but thanks to digital recreation has become one of if not my favorite table of all time. Hell even as a poor person if I came across 10 grand I would start shopping the next day. I remember a thread in gaming awhile back about would/could you give up video games completely for a couple million dollars and while I didn’t post in it my answer is hell yes, I would quit video games forever and in my new house make a room specifically for pinball.
Guardians of the Galaxy (Pro) (Stern, 2017)Īctually, most barcades still charge for pinball even if the arcade machines are on free play because they require so much upkeep.Īt any rate, the closest thing to a barcade seems to be that Jillian's bowling and they most likely charge