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Tell HN: Windows 3D Pinball (Space Cadet)

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You can download Windows, Mac, and Linux builds from the GitHub releases page. Note that you'll also need the graphics and .DAT files from the original game, which you can find all over the internet. (Hint: try the Internet Archive)

To get the Mac build running:

   - Drag the "SpaceCadetPinball" out from the DMG file to somewhere local (e.g. /Applications )
   - Right-click on the executable and choose "Show Package Contents"
   - Navigate to Contents/Resources/
   - Unzip the file you found with all the game data
   - Move all the unzipped game files into Contents/Resources

This has also been ported to the web via Emscripten. I host it on my website if anyone wants to play. https://dustinbrett.com/?app=SpaceCadet

Fun website. How did you build it?

Thank you! I've been working on it for years. It's mostly using the DOM with various ports and other things contained within windows which are also just DOM elements.

Really cool, but I can't turn off the music.

Thanks! Ya the music off feature doesn't seem to consistently work with that port. Sometimes it does work.

Pinball is such an underrated game...

we also have a remake of this table for Visual Pinball X & VR! -> https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16...

Well, thanks for sending me down this rabbithole :) VPX looks very cool!

Someone reverse enfineeredSgineered 3D Pinball for Windows (Space Cadet), with playable versions now for for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and more. I've been having a blast with this.

> I did not find it, decompiled game worked in x64 mode on the first try.

IIRC Raymond Chen was talking about a basically unreleased version of 64bit Alpha AXP, not the x64 port which had way more resources to spend on making the port work well.

Why won’t this be DMCA-ed to oblivion?

And surely there won’t be any problems hosting decompiled Microsoft code on GitHub ???

There are repos for all 3 of the 3D pinball games. You'll need the Plus! pack for the other two.

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