Last updated on December 3rd, 2025 at 12:00 am
Pinball HD: Classic Arcade – Sports Game Review
Pinball HD: Classic Arcade is a Sports/Casual/Simulation game from BrainVault Games, LLC, first launched in 22nd April 2010.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 669+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Pinball HD: Classic Arcade Stand Out
This unique table features pinball bumpers and targets, plus a color monitor where you can take on a variety of old-school digital minigame challenges – an endless space scroller, plus car racing, missile defense, a block breaker, and more at incrementing skill levels.
Apple Design Awards 2010 winner
Listed by Apple in "Best 10 iPad Apps in 2010"
1st place in US top paid apps during the first sales day
"Pinball HD is simply a game that was just made for the iPad: it has intuitive controls, takes full advantage of the device’s hardware and delivers a truly immersive experience that will take you right back to the golden age of the arcade."
— Marco Tabini, Macworld.com
"With three tables, reliable physics and controls, and gorgeous graphics, it is a pleasure to recommend."
— Levi Buchanan, IGN.com
ABOUT THE GAME
Pinball HD – This game will change your idea of Pinball on the iPad. Each table – Wild West, The Deep, and Jungle style – are masterpieces. You'll be stunned with the level of realism. This is a REAL Pinball simulator with stunning 3D graphics both with or without 3D glasses.
IMPORTANT
• Landscape mode – "full table" view
• Portrait mode – "flying-table" view
• In portrait mode slide up or down your both thumbs to toggle camera view from "flying-table" to "full table".
FEATURES
• 3 pinball tables with unique graphics, instructions, missions system, locations and characters
• Landscape mode shows a full table view. The games can be played in either landscape orientation with the button to the left or right of the screen.
• Portrait mode gives you a flying-table view with the camera panning and zooming over the action. This can only be played when holding the iPad with the button on the bottom. If you activate the screen orientation switch, the game only plays in portrait mode.
• A wonderful 3D engine that does true justice to the graphic capabilities of the iPad.
• Realistic physics.
• Built in help for each table. Tap the circled "I" at the bottom right of each table to get a display detailing instructions and descriptions of the features of each table. Make sure to swipe left and right when viewing since the instructions don't fit on one screen.
• Local and global high scores. Swiping right brings up a table of local high scores and further tapping brings up high scores from copies sold throughout
the world. At the end of each game you are prompted to enter your name and have your score included.
• Unique soundtrack with atmospheric music, sound effects and voices.
• Camera tilt brings dimensionality to the games offering a simulated 3D effect where the image changes depending upon how you tilt the iPad. Camera tilt only works in landscape mode.
• Stereoscopic imaging option (requires anaglyph eyeglasses). You can choose between red-cyan, green-magenta or yellow-blue lenses.
HOW TO PLAY
When running the app, you are presented with a 3D simulated camera zoom, pan and fly-over of one of the games. Tapping on a game's fly-over screen shows/hides main menu. Tap on Play button to start game on current table.
Controls in game:
• Tap ANYWHERE on the left side of screen to control the left flipper and ANYWHERE on the right side to control the right flipper.
• Shake your iPad to realistically nudge the pinball table, but not too much or you'll tilt.
• Tap on the "electronic caption" at the top of the screen to pause or resume your game.
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This Sports game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Pinball HD: Classic Arcade is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 17th August 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Pinball HD: Classic Arcade is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Pinball HD: Classic Arcade on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Have been playing this pinball game for years.
Most recent reviews are 5 yrs ago and they were complaining of no response. Im leaving a review to get 4 free balls. Great game.
But never fixed a problem from years ago regarding the either removal or problems with narrations during the game.
The deep, one of the free tables, no longer works. It randomly stops working while playing and displays a black screen or shows a frozen screen. Sound is constant bell sounds and flashing lights on frozen screen. Sent message to the developer did not get a response. Assuming its not being supported so deleting.
We really like this app. Ive purchased all the tables the standard game has and even some of the special tables that were offered years ago that you cant get anymore. But it seems this app is not really supported or actively updated. We keep getting popup notifications on the app saying to come and play the new table but there is no new table and no activity on this app beyond the minimal bug fix update nearly a year ago from this writing. Im sad to see a good app just die like this.
Love the scrolling camera. Fun to play but we can tell we are going to play so much and get a sore neck! Great job guys.
Like others Ive had this game for years with all tables and has never lost the action and variety that is a pinball game. Great work guys.
This game is amazing with the duo.
Great set of tables, with plenty of levels and complexity to keep the game interesting for hours.
The three tables free are perfect.
Love this game! We could literally Play it all day.
Lots of realistic ball physics and GREAT tables. Puts the other pinball games to shame. As engaging as the real deal – even on the iPhone SE. Makes you almost look forward to times you have to wait.
Love this game very habit forming, the best.
We love all the tables and look forward to purchasing all of them.
Fun! Still one of our favorite games. Works great on iPad 6th gen.
This is our go to. Tables play realistically. Colorful graphics and great sounds. Not an experimental app like so many games in the App Store. Keep new table designs coming.
Excellent physics and great creative tables! We love it.
Have had hours of enjoyment over the years. The entire Pinball Series is our most favorite game.
As above. Challenging to get high scores. The spinner lane upper left kicks the ball now. Bug.
We've played this game, including ALL the tables for years! We've purchased all the available upgrades and have not regretted a single penny spent. When you upgrade a mobile device, tablet, iPad, ect. And continue to reinstall a game year after year after onto device after device, after extended devices… You know the game/app is something truly GR8! Years f enjoyment that we intend to continue playing for as long as it exists, or if we die first. Lol! Worth every penny! 5+ rating. – Lucki Tiember.
Great game and way to past the time.
Very addicting. Very real. Really enjoy playing.
Great game. We like the assortments of tables.
This game translates the experience of pinball to our iPhone 7+ superbly. The flying camera option is awesome (but can be turned off of you dislike it)! Each pinball machine is unique (not just different skins on the same layout over and over). They all have their own sounds, layouts, mechanics, and rewards. Very impressive, especially considering how many machines there are. Most notably, you can purchase some or all of the pinball machines to get rid of ads and then play forever, uninhibited. It is NOT a game that keeps sapping you for money like all of the "free" crap that's out there now. Pay for what you want and then play forever.
Almost like real pinball without the tilts.
The most realistic pinball app out there. AC/DC is unbelievable with their music and sound effects.
Great realism and fantastic graphics. Buy it if you're a pinball nut like us.
We love to play pinball when we were a kid. We don't think they make them anymore. This is the next best thing.
This truly entertains us ! Awesome.
This game is a blast. Graphics are gorgeous, very smooth gameplay.
Love so much. Thank you for everything. And for everything you do for us. Have a nice day. Love all of the Pinball Games even though they do not seem like games to us. Have a Nice Week. We play Halloween the most love that one. Thank You again for everything. Still love everything. Have a nice day.hi.
Great game. Love all the different tables available.
Great game! Very addictive and a good way to spend wasted time in airports and airplanes.
Nice playing field. Lifelike graphics. Better than most we played.
This is really a really nice pinball game. The graphics are great and the feel of play is natural. Check it out.
Good exercise to improve hand/eye coordination.
It is a fun and addictive game, but it is definitely a computer game with all the limitations of being governed by 1's and 0's, as opposed to actual physics. In some ways that is part of the fun. Figuring out how to anticipate how the game will react so you can eventually exploit it. It is frustrating when it seems apparent that the game is "fixed.".
Free game with ads. The first 2 times we played a table it gave us a free ball, then it wanted us to purchase extra balls.
The best we have played with! Keep up the good work.
Great game – classic arcade in a modern form. There's a lot of variety in this app – many engaging tables are available. It makes a great diversion. Installed on a newer iPad, and in game voices suddenly not heard.
Excellent graphics and great playability. Might be the best virtual pinball machines we've ever played.
Excellent action. Plays very realistic. Occasional lock ups on long games preventing Nguyen 5 star rating, but over all good game.
We love pinball! This is the next best thing to standing at a table. The sounds, the action and the excitement is all there.
Great game, vert entertaining. Love the flipper action.
Seems a little bewildering at first. Graphics are awesome and real life.
Surprisingly graphics are very stuttery and herky jerky on a XS MAX. Whats up ? Not optimized? All our other games are liquid smooth. :(.
A consumer should only pay once for an iOS game. Good app overall.
They do a nice job with the play action and graphics but support is horrible. Dont expect any help if you have issues. We have sent several emails concerning issues without a single response.
The game already costs $2 and thats only for one table. If you want to play the rest you have to first download them and then buy. Also it has ads, we didnt expect a game that we had to pay for to have any ads.
Nice that it annoys us with these notifications, but what would be nicer would be full-screen iPhone X support, and even nicer than that would to get a response to email feedback sent over a month ago. We honestly would've bought the entire library by now if they could show any interest in their customers.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.42
- Size: 265.59 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN, DE, IT
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: BrainVault Games, LLC
Last updated: 17th August 2024 | Genre: Sports, Casual | Developer: BrainVault Games, LLC