Pinball FX3 is a pretty darn good pinball app on the Switch; it's well worth a look courtesy of its free-to-play model and its support of TATE / Vertical mode. Zen Studios has been the lead studio for virtual pinball for a number of years, yet sometimes its many new tables and releases are limited to specific apps (FX3 isn't the only one) or platforms. Thankfully, confirmation of a much-loved Williams table recreation came with good news on that front - Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure is heading to Pinball FX3 on Switch (and pretty much every platform).
Confirmed in the Pinball Show below - though the trailer above actually dropped a little ahead of time - it's targeting a March release, and will have a legacy option that serves as a faithful recreation of the original table as well as an enhanced version with 3D graphics and other interactive shenanigans. The actual table on which it's based arrived in 1993 and had scenes based on the original trilogy of films.
It looks pretty good to us, perhaps because it's the festive season (there's always an Indy film on TV at some point) and if you're of a certain age this goes right for the nostalgia.
Let us know in the comments if you're planning to pick it up next year, and perhaps also share your favourite movie of the original trilogy (there is a correct answer).
Comments (33)
Looking forward to this table.
It’s been a while since the last ‘real table’ pack came out. Glad it’s something new and not just another Pinball Arcade parity release. It’s a really fun table with plenty of gimmicks. I’ll be waiting for it.
Yooo, that brings back memories... used to have a ballpark pizza nearby that only had Metal Slug, this pinball machine, Terminator, and a nickelodeon racing game
I remember this table. It's pretty good. I am curious as to why Paramount let them use the music for this and Universal would not for JAWS and E.T. Oh, and the correct answer is obviously KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL! ; )
Love this table! Day one for me ❤️
This is the Williams table?! Oh heck yeah!! Instant purchase. This pin is one I’ve barely ever seen in real life and would love to see simulated.
Pinball FX is great and I even like some of their original tables, but I still miss The Pinball Arcade. It was a bummer when they suddenly loss their license for Bally-Midway/Williams machines. I was a Kickstarter backer for The Addams Family, STTNG, and The Twilight Zone pins when I played on PS3, and hoped to get them on Switch in glorious tate mode.
Pinball FX just took a giant leap toward catching up with the TPA’s pin collection with this announcement, though. Just stellar news!
Wish I could just buy this game with all the tables included
I was interested for a moment, until I saw it was a William's table. I'm really not a fan of them, so that's a hard pass for me.
Also without hesitation I would buy that Garfield original pin mentioned in the video were it to come to Switch too.
Gimme ALL the licensed pins! 😄
Very cool.
Reluctant to be “that guy” but I still hold a small sliver of hope that Zen’s excellent Marvel tabes might eventually come over the Switch, in some form or another.
To be fair, still lots of tables on Zen’s Pinball FX3 and Star Wars Pinball on Switch. Not to mention Zaccaria Pinball, which is also lots of fun.
Looks good to me. Haven't played a table on Pinball FX3 for ages. Looking fwd to it.
@Would_you_kindly and on a cartridge.
@GregamanX agree, I love zen’s pinball more , it’s more fun and easier than Williams pinball. I wonder why zen’s stop releasing new table after Star Wars pinball on switch?
@sfb I had some $$$$$ burning a hole in my pockets and wanted to have a reason to fire the WiiU up. Bought the rest of the tables.
100% getting this. I have all the tables in FX3.
Would love a digital pinball machine that the switch powers. Tried to order a Sharpin Machine but the customer service was absolutely crap and they refunded me after several weeks stating they couldn’t ship to my address.
I haven't bothered to buy any of these real tables since i never heard of Williams Pinball before they started showing up in this game.I like much more the fictional tables,i miss the Marvel ones that were on the Wii U version of the game..
Wooooohooooooo!!!!! Can't wait till March!!
@GregamanX you're really missing out
@sportvater No...I'm really not. I get why some folks love William's tables, but I really don't. I find the difficulty brutal on them. The zen ones are more up my alley. But I'm not a hardcore pinball connoisseur.
Themes for pinball are like different colors on the same model car.
The one at the arcade is always broken down so hell yeah.
My favorite pinball game is still star wars pinball for switch, with 19 different pinball tables and a career mode. That is alot of pinball all on one cartridge. And is the best pinball game out on the market. If you really love pinball I suggest you give this one a try.
Ever since they started doing William's tables...I lost interest. I liked the ones that weren't based on real pinball machines. Been hoping for a long time we'd get more unique collabs like Futurama or Rick and Morty, hell, imagine some Nintendo tables like Metroid on here. TwT
@Joeynator3000 Metroid Prime Pinball on DS is ace!
How interesting - never did I ever think I’d hear a pinball player say they dislike Williams pins! I’d say no other manufacturer in the solid-state era can match Williams’ portfolio of fun, creative, and quality machines, though maybe someday Stern can catch up. Hating Williams is borderline blasphemy!
That’s the difference between digital and physical pinball showing, I guess. I can have fun with either, but I’m old and these digital tables are really only substitutes for the real thing in my mind. 😛
Finally, a new Pinball FX table. Sign me up!
@GregamanX Wait. You know pinball but didn't instantly know this was a Williams table? Hmmm...
@Teksetter Never have you ever heard an actual real pinball player not know the make of this.
@tseliot
Well you and I might recognize this Williams widebody when we see it (and rush over to play it), but maybe not all pinball players will. People who don’t go to pinball shows might never even see one nowadays…
But good God I miss my local pinball bar, closed by covid.
Before, I was a 5min drive from Addams Family, Fun House, Whitewater, Scared Stiff, Medieval Madness, and some of the newest Stern pins. I had a social life and many of the best pinball machines in history ready to play. Now I’m stuck at home and get one digital announcement and it’s like I’ve died and gone to heaven. 😢
@Crono1973
Tsk tsk my good Sir/Madam, your comment shows just how little you’ve played pinball.
Each table is built and programmed differently, with all kinds of gimmicks, modes, strategies and shots for your flipper skills. The variety is amazing really, though maybe not apparent at a glance. Play a few good tables and I bet soon you’d be hooked! 😁
@Teksetter True, my first memories are on an old Bally Carnival pinball machine. Not too many alive now that probably even would recognize it.
@tseliot
Is Carnival an old electro-magnetic machine? My first experiences with pinball were electronic tables like Gorgar, Space Shuttle and PIN-BOT, but I learned to appreciate EM machines later. It was mid-late 80s Williams machines like High Speed and Earthshaker that hooked me truly though!
Can’t you still hear the call outs and music from their attract modes even now?
Maybe I just hung out in the arcade too much.😅
@tseliot No, I didn't. I like Zen pinball, and that's about it. I'm not familiar with pinball tables from the past, as I was never much of a pinball fan growing up.
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