<s>
Pinball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cinematronics	B-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
Maxis	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
all	O
pirate	O
themed	O
mini-games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ship	O
battle	O
,	O
tavern	O
fight	O
,	O
escape	O
Bermuda	B-Application
Triangle	I-Application
,	O
mutiny	O
,	O
and	O
sword	O
fight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
from	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
tables	O
were	O
elected	O
for	O
representation	O
by	O
Maxis	O
in	O
the	O
illustration	O
for	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
by	O
Marc	O
Ericksen	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
montage	O
below	O
a	O
hurtling	O
Pinball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
–	O
Space	O
Cadet	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Pinball	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Space	O
Cadet	O
table	O
bundled	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
packaged	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
95	O
and	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
ME	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
Pinball	B-Application
,	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	O
NT	O
by	O
David	O
Plummer	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
the	O
original	O
art	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
C++	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
support	O
because	O
Windows	O
NT	O
supported	O
RISC	O
processors	O
and	O
prior	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
contained	O
x86	B-Operating_System
assembly	O
language	O
and	O
16-bit	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
installation	O
CD	B-Device
has	O
instructions	O
on	O
installing	O
Pinball	B-Application
3D	O
on	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	O
which	O
are	O
partly	O
wrong	O
;	O
Microsoft	O
later	O
issued	O
an	O
updated	O
support	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
client	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	O
to	O
include	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raymond	O
Chen	O
said	O
his	O
proudest	O
work	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
was	O
reducing	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
CPU	O
that	O
Pinball	B-Application
used	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
and	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
are	O
similar	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
exceptions	O
:	O
The	O
latter	O
contains	O
only	O
the	O
Space	O
Cadet	O
table	O
and	O
only	O
supports	O
640×	O
480-pixel	O
resolution	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
former	O
supports	O
three	O
different	O
resolutions	O
up	O
to	O
1024×768	O
pixels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
words	O
Maxis	O
and	O
Cinematronics	B-Application
have	O
been	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
yellow	O
to	O
a	O
dark	O
red	O
,	O
making	O
them	O
harder	O
to	O
see	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sports	O
a	O
splash	O
screen	O
that	O
merely	O
says	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
and	O
shows	O
a	O
small	O
pinball	B-Application
graphic	O
with	O
faded	O
edges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	O
is	O
not	O
enabled	O
by	O
default	O
in	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
in	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
:	O
Completing	O
a	O
mission	O
merely	O
awards	O
bonus	O
points	O
and	O
hitting	O
a	O
wormhole	O
in	O
the	O
above	O
circumstances	O
awards	O
a	O
replay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
three	O
yellow	O
lights	O
above	O
the	O
bumpers	O
(	O
both	O
in	O
the	O
launch	O
ramp	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
upper	O
table	O
zone	O
)	O
act	O
differently	O
:	O
In	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
these	O
are	O
turned	O
off	O
if	O
the	O
ball	O
passes	O
on	O
them	O
while	O
they	O
are	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
employee	O
Raymond	O
Chen	O
,	O
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
–	O
Space	O
Cadet	O
was	O
first	O
removed	O
from	O
later	O
releases	O
of	O
Windows	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
collision	O
detection	O
bug	O
during	O
early	O
development	O
of	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
,	O
originally	O
for	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Device
AXP	I-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
resolve	O
the	O
issue	O
in	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
64-Bit	O
Edition	O
for	O
the	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
architecture	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
assumed	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
absence	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
2005	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
Professional	I-Operating_System
x64	I-Operating_System
Edition	I-Operating_System
includes	O
an	O
official	O
64-bit	O
build	O
of	O
Pinball	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
found	O
to	O
have	O
only	O
minor	O
graphical	O
glitches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
discovery	O
,	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
investigation	O
later	O
cited	O
by	O
Chen	O
in	O
a	O
follow-up	O
post	O
revealed	O
working	O
versions	O
of	O
64-bit	O
Pinball	B-Application
are	O
also	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
for	O
the	O
2003	O
update	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
64-Bit	O
Edition	O
and	O
even	O
in	O
some	O
early	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
builds	O
(	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Longhorn	O
"	O
)	O
for	O
both	O
IA-64	B-General_Concept
and	O
x64	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
released	O
builds	O
after	O
the	O
reset	O
of	O
the	O
Longhorn	O
project	O
to	O
start	O
over	O
with	O
a	O
fresh	O
codebase	O
,	O
now	O
for	O
x86	B-Operating_System
and	O
x64	B-Device
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
builds	O
are	O
also	O
the	O
final	O
ones	O
to	O
still	O
feature	O
the	O
other	O
original	O
Windows	O
games	O
from	O
earlier	O
versions	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
completely	O
redesigned	O
ones	O
by	O
Oberon	B-Application
Games	I-Application
that	O
were	O
publicly	O
introduced	O
in	O
build	O
5219	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
speculation	O
that	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
classic	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
was	O
ultimately	O
removed	O
from	O
Windows	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
visual	O
style	O
being	O
considered	O
outdated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2018	O
,	O
Raymond	O
Chen	O
stated	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
multiple	O
attempts	O
to	O
revive	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Garage	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
apparently	O
successful	O
in	O
repackaging	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
contacted	O
the	O
legal	O
department	O
to	O
review	O
the	O
original	O
license	O
contract	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
found	O
that	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
only	O
permitted	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
pre-packaged	O
with	O
subsequent	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
features	O
three	O
new	O
tables	O
:	O
Mad	O
Scientist	O
,	O
Alien	O
Daze	O
and	O
Captain	O
Hero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
Pinball	B-Application
Space	O
Cadet	O
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
,	O
and	O
tutorials	O
showing	O
how	O
to	O
install	O
it	O
on	O
modern	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
have	O
been	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
