3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet
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Developers | |
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Cinematronics LLC | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 24, 1995 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Pinball |
Series | Microsoft Windows, Full Tilt! Pinball |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Reversi | 1985 |
Microsoft Solitaire (series) | |
Minesweeper | 1990 |
Hearts | 1992 |
3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet | 1995 |
Internet Backgammon | 2001 |
Internet Checkers | 2001 |
Internet Spades | 2001 |
InkBall | 2004 |
Chess Titans | 2007 |
Mahjong Titans | 2007 |
Purble Place | 2007 |
Hold 'Em | 2007 |
Tinker | 2008 |
Microsoft Ultimate Word Games | 2011 |
Microsoft Mahjong | 2012 |
Microsoft Minesweeper | 2012 |
Microsoft Bingo | 2013 |
Microsoft Jigsaw | 2014 |
Microsoft Sudoku | 2014 |
Microsoft Treasure Hunt | 2014 |
Key points
- Originally sold as part of Microsoft Plus! Companion for Windows 95, later bundled with some versions of Windows.
- Based on the Space Cadet table from Full Tilt! Pinball.
- A collision bug and some physics problems are present on all Windows versions after Windows Vista.[dubious – discuss]
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Bundled with Windows NT 4.0, ME, 2000, XP. |
Essential improvements
Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
- Reverse-engineered version of 3D Pinball adapted to run on modern versions of Windows, Linux, Mac OS and other platforms.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Plus!\Pinball\ |
- High scores are saved in the configuration file(s) location under
SpaceCadet
.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Fullscreen is always windowboxed at the desktop resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with F4 or go to Options, Full Screen. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | The Windows XP version is capped at 120 FPS (earlier versions are uncapped).[1] |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Set in Options, Player Controls (F8). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Changes the font below score into vgasys.fon. Only in Polish version of Windows ME, 2000 and XP. | |||
Russian | Only on Russian distributive of OS, and only help manual is translated. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit has some minor graphical bugs.[2] ARM support requires the decompilation source port.[3] |
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macOS (OS X) | Requires the decompilation source port. | |||
Linux | Requires the decompilation source port. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | NT 4.0 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 110 MB | 1.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | VGA | SVGA |
References
- ↑ What one Windows XP feature am I most proud of? – The Old New Thing - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ To @Dave's Garage: There ARE 64-Bit Versions Of Pinball (And Much More On Its Removal ...) - last accessed on 2021-09-06
- ↑ 1.2 - last accessed on 9 January 2022