Pinball NS 2.9

Pinball NS 2.9

Pinball NS now runs on Android, iPhone, Windows, macOS and Linux.

New

• iPhone (experimental): the Android version's screen, controls, menu and settings; motion tilt with the accelerometer, Taptic Engine vibrations, gamepads and keyboards. Install the .ipa with your own Apple ID (AltStore, Sideloadly).
• macOS (experimental, Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 10.15+) and Linux (x86-64): the Windows version's display, keys and gamepad mapping.
• Handheld mode on computers (F3): the phones' screen with its touch keys, played with the mouse or a touch screen; F4 hides the keys.
• Hidden controls on phones and in handheld mode (menu: CONTROLS): in a game, only MENU and START remain, and the screen under the game plays the flippers.
• The original game runs in the double-speed mode of the Game Boy Color on the tables, as Pokémon Pinball Generations does, with its music and timings kept: no slowdown when much happens at once.
• New flipper keys showing the game's own flipper, each one active on its own picture only; the tilt "T".
• Motion tilt reacts to a light tap on a side of the phone.
• Gamepads: more of them on Android (unknown gamepads by their numbered buttons), generic USB and Bluetooth gamepads on Windows, every gamepad the kernel knows on Linux, GameController gamepads on Apple devices; the display stays on during a game played with a gamepad.

Fixed

• Pokémon Pinball Generations: the double-speed mode it switches to is now emulated (it ran in normal speed before); a line of the previous screen could show at the bottom and right edges.
• The ABOUT pages leave an empty line between two subjects.

Files

File	For
PinballNS-2.9.apk	Android 8.0+, 64-bit ARM
PinballNS-iOS-2.9.ipa	iPhone, iOS 14+ (sideloading)
PinballNS-Windows-2.9.zip	Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit
PinballNS-macOS-2.9.zip	macOS 10.15+, Apple silicon and Intel (not notarized: right click > Open)
PinballNS-Linux-2.9.tar.gz	Linux x86-64, glibc 2.34+, X11 / XWayland, ALSA

The ROM is not included: Pinball NS plays the ROM dumped from your own cartridge (US version), and Pokémon Pinball Generations 1.6 (its ROM, or its IPS patch on phones).

Pinball NS 2.7

Pinball NS 2.7

• Sound: steady pitch and tempo (Bluetooth outputs, screens changing their refresh rate, after the menu), the bass closer to the Game Boy Color, no silences added.
• Touch controls answer on their drawn shapes only; TOUCH FLIPPERS option (the left and right halves of the game).
• New options: MOTION TILT (shake the phone to tilt), SCREEN FILTER (dot, LCD), COLORS (black and white, Game Boy green), and an ABOUT page.

Files: PinballNS-2.7.apk (Android 8.0+, 64-bit ARM), PinballNS-Windows-2.7.zip (Windows 10/11, 64-bit). The ROM is not included.

Pinball NS 2.5

Pinball NS 2.5: Pokémon Pinball (GBC) with the whole table on a single screen, for Android and Windows.

• PinballNS-2.5.apk: Android 8.0 or later, 64-bit ARM. Replaces previous versions without losing your saves.
• PinballNS-Windows-2.5.zip: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, nothing to install.

The ROM is not included: you need the one from your own cartridge, Pokémon Pinball (USA, Australia) (Rumble Version), SHA-1 9402014d14969432142abfde728c6f1a10ee4dac.

What's new in 2.5:

• no more sprites from the other half of the table showing up for a frame;
• fewer slowdowns, and stable sound even when the system holds the audio output;
• 38% less work per frame on Android.