Arcadópolis
Pinball
Free online pinball: the Plaza table
Free pinball in your browser, with nothing to download. You launch the ball with the plunger, keep it alive with the two flippers and rack up points bouncing off the fountain, rolling through the lanterns and hitting the letters and the bell. You get three balls.
It’s our own table design, at night in the Arcadópolis Plaza: cobblestones, papel picado and a stone fountain whose three jets bounce the ball. Every bounce plays a note of the chord, so a good run sounds like a song. Play with the keyboard, the mouse or your finger.
It’s one of the 51 games in the Arcadópolis Games folder.
Free, no ads, nothing to install.
Install Pinball on its own on your home screen
What it has
- Real physics: the ball rolls, bounces and speeds up off the flippers like on a real table.
- The fountain: three jets that kick the ball; every hit plays a note and every 8 hits the chord changes (C, A minor, F and G).
- Three lanterns at the top (C, E and G) that raise the bonus up to ×5, and the flippers move the lit lanterns.
- The five letters of P-L-A-Z-A light the bell; when it’s lit, it rings for 25,000 points times the bonus.
- A plunger with power control, a ball save in the first 6 seconds and an extra ball at 100,000 points.
- It pauses itself if you switch to another app, the game is saved at the start of each ball, six achievements and your best score in your profile.
How to play
- Open the Games folder and tap Pinball.
- Hold Space (or your finger on the table) to pull the plunger and release to launch the ball.
- Use the left and right arrows (or Z and M) for the flippers; on a phone, tap the left or right half of the table.
- Don’t let the ball fall through the middle or down the side lanes. With three balls, score as many points as you can.
How you score
Every bounce off the fountain is worth 100 points and every slingshot 50. A new lantern is worth 500, and all three together 2,000 plus one step of bonus. Each letter of P-L-A-Z-A is worth 300; all five, 5,000, and they light the bell: hitting it while lit pays 25,000 times the bonus (with a ×3 bonus, 75,000). When a ball drains, its bonus is added: 1,000, plus 50 for every fountain bounce and 500 for every letter, all multiplied.
Tips for lasting longer
Don’t swing at the ball the moment it comes close: hold a flipper up and the ball stops on it, so you can aim calmly. The ball goes where the flipper hits it: near the tip it heads for the middle, near the base it heads to the opposite side. When the ball comes down one side, use the flipper on that side. And make the most of each ball’s first 6 seconds, when it still comes back if it drains.
Common questions
Can I play pinball on my phone?
Yes. Tap the left or right half of the table to move that side’s flipper, and hold your finger on the table to pull the plunger. The table fits the size of your screen.
How many balls do I get?
Three. If one drains in its first 6 seconds, it goes back to the plunger once, and at 100,000 points you earn an extra ball.
Why is there music when I play?
The fountain’s three jets play the notes of a chord and the chord changes every 8 hits; the lanterns play C, E and G, and each letter has its own note. You can choose the sound with the timbre button.
Also in Arcadópolis
Block BreakerBreak metallophone bars with a note head: each bar plays the next note of the song. 12 levels, 12 tunes.
Pool8-ball and 9-ball on a petrol-blue table, against the computer on three levels or two players.
Mini golfNine miniature courses, one for each world of Arcadópolis, in a plaza in the Fields of Arcadia.
Arcadópolis has 66 more apps on the same desktop: games, music, a 3D museum and a 3D library.