Williams Pinball
Review

Williams Pinball (2018) is a series of simulation games that recreate the classic pinball experience in a virtual space. You shoot the balls up the table, use the flippers to keep it up, and can even nudge the table to stop it from sinking. It stands out for the accuracy of the experience in the game to the real thing, with exact replicas of real tables and physics that make the ball behave correctly.

Williams is a renowned designer and manufacturer of pinball machines. Many of its real-world tables can be played on different systems through games that simulate the original experience:

Pinball FX offers a range of Williams tables for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Switch:

• Free: Fish Tales
• Volume 1: The Getaway: High-Speed II, Junk Yard, Medieval Madness
• Volume 2: The Party Zone, Black Rose, Attack from Mars
• Volume 3: Theatre of Magic, The Champion Pub, Safe Cracker
• Volume 4: White Water, Hurricane, Red & Ted's Road Show
• Volume 5: Tales of the Arabian Nights, Cirqus Voltaire, No Good Gofers
• Volume 6: Funhouse, Space Station, Dr Dude and His Excellent Ray
• Williams Pinball: Universal Monsters Pack: Creature from the Black Lagoon and Monster Bash

Williams Pinball is a stand-alone version of Pinball FX on iOS and Android with the following tables:

• Fish Tales, Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars, Junk Yard, The Party Zone, Black Rose and The Getaway High-Speed II.

Pinball Hall of Fame Williams Collection on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360:

• Black Knight, FunHouse, Gorgar, PIN•BOT, Space Shuttle, Taxi, Whirlwind, Firepower, Jive Time, Sorcerer, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Medieval Madness, No Good Gofers

Williams Pinball Classic on PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360:

• Gorgar, Taxi, Pin*Bot, Funhouse, Black Knight, Space Shuttle, Firepower, Whirlwind, Sorcerer, Jive Time, Medieval Madness, Tales Of The Arabian Nights, and No Good Gofers

Pinball Arcade on iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One and Mac. When it launched it had a licence for Williams tables including the much sought-after Addams Family. However, this licence has now been passed on to other developers. You can still play its Williams pinball tables if you purchased them while they had the licence:

• Bally: Theatre of Magic, Cirqus Voltaire, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Elvira and the Party Monsters, Scared Stiff, Twilight Zone, Attack from Mars, Dr Dude and His Excellent Ray, Cactus Canyon, Centaur, The, Champion Pub, Black Rose, WHO Dunnit, The Party Zone, The Addams Family, The Addams Family Gold, Xenon, Safe Cracker, Judge Dredd, Fireball, Eight Ball Deluxe, Doctor Who, Paragon, World Champion Soccer, Fathom
• Williams: Tales of the Arabian Nights, The Machine: Bride of Pin•Bot, Medieval Madness, FunHouse, Gorgar, Monster Bash, Black Knight, Taxi, No Good Gofers, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Firepower, Space Shuttle, White Water, PIN•BOT, Whirlwind, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Fish Tales, Black Knight 2000, High Speed, Junk Yard, Diner, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Earthshaker!, Cyclone, Jack•Bot, Red & Ted's Road Show, The Getaway: High-Speed II, F-14 Tomcat, No Fear: Dangerous Sports, Hurricane, Swords of Fury, Firepower II, Spanish Eyes, Wild Card, Sorcerer, Banzai Run.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Williams Pinball 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Ben Kendall and updated 4 months ago.