<s>
UltraPin	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Multi-Game	O
pinball	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
that	O
holds	O
12	O
digital	O
recreations	O
of	O
Williams	O
Electronics	O
real	O
pinball	B-Application
games	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
pinball	B-Application
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UltraPin	B-Application
is	O
built	O
in	O
a	O
traditional	O
style	O
pinball	B-Application
cabinet	O
to	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
like	O
a	O
real	O
pinball	B-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
two	O
LCD	O
screens	O
,	O
a	O
19	O
inch	O
LCD	O
for	O
the	O
back	O
glass	O
and	O
DMD	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
a	O
32	O
inch	O
LCD	O
for	O
the	O
playfield	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
uses	O
Windows	O
XP	O
Embedded	O
for	O
its	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
R	O
.	O
Foley	O
had	O
the	O
original	O
idea	O
for	O
UltraPin	B-Application
and	O
began	O
research	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
in	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
he	O
discovered	O
a	O
motion	O
controller	O
chip	O
that	O
enabled	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
player	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
nudge	O
and	O
bump	O
the	O
ball	O
in	O
play	O
which	O
is	O
unique	O
to	O
any	O
digital	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
before	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
David	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
UltraPin	B-Application
project	O
with	O
Aaron	O
Hightower	O
under	O
David´s	O
company	O
UltraCade	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
at	O
UltraCade	O
Technologies	O
created	O
a	O
patch	O
for	O
the	O
existing	O
Visual	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
engine	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
new	O
custom	O
Physics	O
Engine	O
created	O
by	O
Buen	O
Diseno	O
and	O
some	O
new	O
rendering	O
features	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
DirectX	B-Application
7	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
UltraPin	B-Application
also	O
used	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
Visual	O
PinMAME	O
to	O
emulate	B-Application
the	O
hardware	O
of	O
various	O
pinball	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
UltraCade	O
Technologies	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Global	O
VR	O
and	O
the	O
UltraPin	B-Application
project	O
continued	O
development	O
under	O
Global	O
VR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
UltraPin	B-Application
project	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
producer	O
Brian	O
Matthews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
used	O
the	O
original	O
software	O
from	O
UltraCade	O
Technologies	O
and	O
lead	O
his	O
team	O
to	O
fine	O
tune	O
the	O
physics	O
engine	O
and	O
game	O
play	O
to	O
adhere	O
to	O
the	O
strict	O
game	O
play	O
standards	O
set	O
forth	O
by	O
Roger	O
Sharpe	O
of	O
Williams	O
Electronics	O
pinball	B-Application
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
Electronics	O
had	O
final	O
approval	O
of	O
the	O
UltraPin	B-Application
project	O
and	O
how	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
played	O
in	O
UltraPin	B-Application
before	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
UltraPin	B-Application
was	O
approved	O
by	O
Williams	O
Electronics	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HyperSpin	O
later	O
released	O
an	O
emulation	B-Application
frontend	O
for	O
the	O
UltraPin	B-Application
named	O
HyperPin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
this	O
updated	O
Visual	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
version	O
(	O
by	O
then	O
9.0.7	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
license	B-License
that	O
allows	O
free	O
use	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
Global	O
VR	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
offer	O
UltraPin	B-Application
Video	O
Pinball	B-Application
at	O
a	O
significantly	O
lower	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
base	O
unit	O
included	O
twelve	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
highly	O
recognizable	O
pinball	B-Application
games	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
six	O
previously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
Global	O
VR	O
announced	O
a	O
special	O
pricing	O
package	O
for	O
UltraPin	B-Application
,	O
offering	O
all	O
12	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
machine	O
for	O
US$3500	O
+	O
tax	O
+	O
$500	O
shipping	O
for	O
VPForums	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
NanoTech	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
the	O
Ultimate	O
UltraPin	B-Application
Upgrade	O
allowing	O
owners	O
to	O
upgrade	O
their	O
machines	O
to	O
use	O
both	O
the	O
original	O
UltraPin	B-Application
software	O
and	O
adding	O
to	O
it	O
additional	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
Pinball	B-Application
engines	O
and	O
games	O
adding	O
a	O
new	O
frontend	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
