To this day many of us have had the opportunity of enjoying pinball machines at the arcadesas these where seen long before the classic video games became available. The Pinball's where a fun and challenging way to consume time, the highlights in game might be achieving the highscore or getting extra balls. On tables from 1970's the goal was often to score replays. It could be done by getting elements lit on the table, like a series of letters or targets. Today's tables are very advanced with digital sound-effects, light sequences and dot matrix displays but the early tables didn't have flippers or most of the other features as they where not electric powered. The thrill was very limited on these old tables and consisted of a wooden board where one would fire balls up a slope, they could then land in different pockets and award you points for them. When electricity made its appearance in Pinball tables in the 1930's, the popularity increased rapidly. However it wasn't till 1947 that we saw the first Pinball tables including flippers.. This created a whole new dimension of interactivity between player and its table. The table designs changed quickly and we started to see ramps, bumpers and digital sound-effects which also are a part of today's Pinball tables. Unfortunately Pinball's are not as available now as the golden age.

However if you are looking for a way to play all the classic Pinball games, its your lucky day. You could also try to make your own Pinball machine with VP, these are referred to as original tables where as re-creations are conversions from real machines. The user GUI makes it easy to design and include any elements you want on your table, creating the table is mostly a simple task. You can design the graphics in your favorite image editing program and import them in VP. Sounds effects are also easy to import. Regarding the technical aspect like a scoring system, this will need to be programmed. To get an idea of the programming scripts, viewing at the code from other tables can be a good idea.

There are a wide range of different Pinball tables to explore. One example of a free pinball download is Irina Pinball. Irina Pinball game is inspired by the simplicity of older machines while still mixing in features from more recent tables. The table is a tribute to the Russian Figure Skater, Irina Slutskaya. A large part of music in game are tunes from classical pieces. The goal in Irina Pinball and for that matter most other Pinball tables, is to beat the highscore. Only on this table its done by winning an Olympic gold medal, getting a perfect 6.0 score.