Why should we, after all, be optimistic about pinballs?
While the pc-pinball business is moribund (for the reasons I just explained) there exists a domain where pinballs are flourishing: the iPhone and the iPad. With 300000+ apps for these superb miniature computers it was expected that some pinballs would also be available. I had not the intention to extend the Mac Pinball history to the iPhone and the iPad but two things made me reconsider. First, Apple became the largest high-tech company in the world. Its products get scrutinised, criticised and implicitly advertised everyday and can no more be ignored. Second, I have an iPhone and an iPad: they are fabulous machines. If you do not have either (and can afford it) go and buy one. Saying that they will change your attitude towards computers is an understatement. So, here is a summary of the pinball situation on Apple mobile devices. There exist dozens of pinballs for the iPhone. Alas, most of them are a loss of time and money. Some may be not very bad graphically and some may be amusing f
