<s>
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
pinball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
James	O
Schmalz	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Epic	O
MegaGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
being	O
programmed	O
entirely	O
in	O
x86	B-Operating_System
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2017	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
GOG.com,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
pre-packed	O
with	O
DOSBox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
shareware	B-License
version	O
(	O
and	O
an	O
early	O
retail	O
version	O
)	O
included	O
only	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
Android	O
"	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
Table	O
Notes	O
Pack	O
1	O
"	O
Android	O
"	O
Included	O
in	O
"	O
Retro	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Excalibur	O
"	O
Modelled	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
from	O
the	O
1970s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Crash	O
&	O
Burn	O
"	O
Included	O
in	O
"	O
Retro	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pack	O
2	O
"	O
Magic	O
""	O
Jungle	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
A	O
tribute	O
to	O
Epic	O
's	O
earlier	O
game	O
Jill	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Jungle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Pangaea	O
"	O
Included	O
in	O
"	O
Retro	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
declined	O
except	O
for	O
Misko	O
Iho	O
who	O
travelled	O
to	O
the	O
US	O
with	O
Mark	O
,	O
bringing	O
back	O
an	O
unfinished	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
developed	O
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
(	O
with	O
six	O
pinball	B-Application
tables	O
)	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
nine	O
months	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
in	O
college	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
Deluxe	O
Paint	O
II	O
and	O
the	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
using	O
Scream	B-Application
Tracker	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
registered	O
game	O
included	O
only	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
pinball	B-Application
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Crash	O
&	O
Burn	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Jungle	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
,	O
"	O
Enigma	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Cyborgirl	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Deep	O
Sea	O
"	O
tables	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
individual	O
games	O
by	O
B&N	O
Software	O
and	O
its	O
child	O
company	O
Strange	O
Ranger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
partially	O
re-made	O
by	O
Fuse	O
Powered	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
re-titled	O
as	O
"	O
Retro	O
Pinball	B-Application
"	O
,	O
features	O
updated	O
versions	O
of	O
three	O
tables	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
was	O
a	O
major	O
commercial	O
success	O
for	O
its	O
creators	O
,	O
whose	O
internal	O
figures	O
placed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
third-best-selling	O
shareware	B-License
product	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
James	O
Schmalz	O
said	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
"	O
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
was	O
way	O
more	O
successful	O
than	O
anyone	O
imagined	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Epic	O
's	O
Tim	O
Sweeney	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
publisher	O
's	O
top-selling	O
shareware	B-License
game	O
ever	O
,	O
and	O
Schmalz	O
earned	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
million	O
dollars	O
from	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
royalties	O
"	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1994	O
stated	O
that	O
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
was	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
's	O
commercial	O
Silverball	B-Application
and	O
"	O
overall	O
quality	O
is	O
very	O
high	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
