Zen Pinball ZEN Studios Zen Pinball features hit tables based on some of the biggest brands in entertainment, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars… TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsZen Pinball features hit tables based on some of the biggest brands in entertainment, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars, ALIEN, The Walking Dead and more, Zen Pinball is your go-to place for all of your pinball cravings. From Zen Studios, the pioneers of the digital pinball space, Zen Pinball is your destination for exciting digital pinball action! Featuring both original tables and exclusive ones based on some of the hottest brands in entertainment, detailed 3D models, the most advanced ball physics available, rich social features, and hot seat multiplayer, Zen Pinball for iOS devices continues the rich pinball tradition established by Zen Studios, the definitive leader in pinball videogames. Zen Pinball sets a new standard for realistic ball physics and graphical detail in pinball video games employing cutting-edge visuals, challenging tables, true-to-life ball and table physics and combines them with innovative features not found in any other pinball game. Your Pinball Destination Zen Pinball features dozens of tables, both original designs created by our development team, as well as many based on some of the hottest entertainment properties around. Fill out your collection today! Free Sorcerer’s Lair Table! The Zen Pinball app comes with the beloved Sorcerer's Lair table completely free! Download the app for instant access to one of our most exciting tables. Hottest Brands in Entertainment Featuring hit tables based on some of the biggest brands in entertainment, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars, ALIEN, The Walking Dead and more, Zen Pinball is your go-to place for all of your pinball cravings. New Tables Released Regularly! Zen Pinball’s roster of exciting tables is frequently updated, so be sure to check the table menu for the latest and greatest from Zen Studios! Many Great Features! - Worldwide leaderboards and friend challenges - Table achievements - Rule sheets for each table, providing tips and tricks to help you boost your score - Pass the game around to friends as you compete for the top pinball wizard in Hot Seat multiplayer mode. Be sure to visit us at blog.zenstudios.com for more information on Zen Pinball and other games in the Zen Studios lineup. Additionally, follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/zen_studios or Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/zenstudios. Watch trailers for our upcoming projects on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/ZenStudiosGames. Information Seller:ZEN Studios Genre:Arcade, Simulation Release:Nov 30, 2011 Updated:Mar 02, 2019 Version:1.47.3 Size:73.1 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (34) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Habakuk Well-Known Member Dec 11, 2008 4,779 9 38 Vienna, Austria http://rossau.wordpress.com #2 Habakuk, Nov 30, 2011 Last edited: Feb 16, 2012 Got it. There is one FREE table "Sorcerer's Lair" in it. Gorgeous! Obviously by the makers of Zen Pinball Inferno and Zen Pinball Rollercoaster. Those were the first pinball games for iPhone afair. And I loved them. Two more tables "Marvel Wolverine" and "Marvel Captain America" via IAP $1.99 each. Table "Marvel Thor" added Dec 21 '11 (same price) and "Excalibur" Jan 18 '12 for $.99. "Epic Quest" added Feb 15 '12 for $.99. Screenshots see below. Free table Sorcerer's Lair: After 5 minutes gameplay: Impressive 3D graphics. Cool light effects. Very good physics. Four flippers. Lots of ramps and animated fantasy elements and characters. Special launch mechanics (plunger) with a steam wheel! Three balls in a game. Single player or hot seat mode (up to four players). OpenFeint scores (five leaderboards, nine achievements). With some story. Eight views in portrait and landscape orientation. Generous "shoot again" if you lose the ball early. Professional voices (as far as I can tell since English is not my first language) and great sounds. Polished menues. Martial music (later on some hardrock and techno). Translated into German (written texts only). Supports tilt. Easy to trap (stop) the ball (when it's slow enough) for precise aiming. touchArcade editor's review: 'Zen Pinball' Review - Popular Console Tables Released for iOS Screenshots from iPad 2: Without any doubt one of the best pinball tables in App Store (and I have almost all of them)! Don't hesitate and try it out! Wolverine: Again another ultra precise launch mechanism on BOTH sides (never seen before) for skill shots. Very pretty table as well. Three flippers. On rare occasions the camera zooms to the animated knight and other places. Perfect! Have a look at the launcher (plunger) at the right side, love the pressure meter fitting (and it WORKS): Captain America: Three flippers. Ha! Some serious looking boss (movie character) walks slowly onto the table and checks it when you've lost a ball! Teleports. Detailled statistics after each game. Very good explanations of the table elements in the help file. After that short time I can't tell which table of the three is the best. They are all GREAT! More screenshots of the other tables later in this very thread, here you have the permalinks as a shortcut: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2021138&postcount=61 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2021332&postcount=64 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2022508&postcount=77 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2020553&postcount=42 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2099310&postcount=359 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2140733&postcount=398 And here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2020925&postcount=57 Highly recommended! The pure fun! Marvel Thor table added on Dec 21st: Excalibur table added Jan 18, 2012: Epic Quest table added Feb 15, 2012: Spamcan Well-Known Member Jan 2, 2010 997 0 0 The distant future year 1999 #3 Spamcan, Nov 30, 2011 Last edited: Nov 30, 2011 How many tables can we expect at launch? The app is free, how much are the tables? Does the game include a vertical overhead view similar to the Gameprom pinball games? EDIT: NM, looks like all my questions have already been answered. Hopefully all 28 tables currently in Pinball FX2 will be available at some point. JamesDean69 Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2009 289 0 0 #4 JamesDean69, Nov 30, 2011 i dont think Ive ever been more excited for an IOS title than i am for Zen Pinball. Great physics, amazing graphics, cool themes and fun tables. i love this on XBox and PS3 and between the two i own EVERY table. SuperWeird Well-Known Member Dec 9, 2010 509 0 0 #5 SuperWeird, Nov 30, 2011 No Spider-Man or Fantastic Four? This still looks great, but I was hoping for those 2 tables to be included. medianotzu Well-Known Member Nov 21, 2009 3,803 9 36 #6 medianotzu, Nov 30, 2011 Awesome. 2012 will be the year of pinball on iOS! (2012 is starting early with this release, I guess. ) Anyway...haven't looked forward to a new release this much since, like, Deathsmiles or Final Fantasy Tactics I guess. Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #7 Gabrien, Nov 30, 2011 I much prefer pinball video games that attempt to simulate real, believable tables. This is something else entirely; you're playing a video game and are kept fully aware of the fact at all times. The title is acutely ironic as really the gameplay is anything but "zen." Busy, busy, busy. medianotzu Well-Known Member Nov 21, 2009 3,803 9 36 #8 medianotzu, Nov 30, 2011 Say...what is the total uncompressed size of the app? Gotta figure out how much I'll need to be deleting. Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #9 Gabrien, Nov 30, 2011 Download size is only 30.3 mb. medianotzu Well-Known Member Nov 21, 2009 3,803 9 36 #10 medianotzu, Nov 30, 2011 Good news! Cheers. Sun Vulcan Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2011 78 0 0 #11 Sun Vulcan, Nov 30, 2011 available everywhere now! medianotzu Well-Known Member Nov 21, 2009 3,803 9 36 #12 medianotzu, Nov 30, 2011 ARGH!! This requires iOS 5??? Sonuva! gunxsword Well-Known Member Dec 24, 2010 2,556 0 0 Sydney #13 gunxsword, Nov 30, 2011 Bumping quote. Someone add this to their signature! Just waiting for Pinball Arcade now... I can't understand why legitimate users aren't updating... bigrand1 Well-Known Member Apr 23, 2010 4,968 7 38 Geriatric Party Animal California, USA #14 bigrand1, Nov 30, 2011 So far the only things I can complain about are that the tables' seem small on the small screen, and in landscape mode, the tables fit all the way to the right, but not the left, which leaves a gap on the left, and you can miss the flipper entirely if you press too far to the left. That could be remedied if in the next update the table fills the whole screen, which would be great. Cowboyman381 Well-Known Member Dec 22, 2008 300 0 0 Southern US #15 Cowboyman381, Nov 30, 2011 For anyone wondering it works REALLY good on the iPad 1 too....I played for several minutes and there was just a time or 2 where there was a very slight slow down.....that's it.....Absolutely excellent ! I would talk more....but I must get back to playing it...lol russiaone Well-Known Member Jan 4, 2009 1,300 0 36 Pimp San Francisco #16 russiaone, Nov 30, 2011 This is VERY impressive. Even in comparison to the uber-polished games from GameProm. And to have the initial board for free is a fantastic gift. You'd be brain dead not at least download the free board. russiaone Well-Known Member Jan 4, 2009 1,300 0 36 Pimp San Francisco #17 russiaone, Nov 30, 2011 Last edited: Nov 30, 2011 Gonna buy ONE table for now... Any suggestions, besides "Buy them both, they're only 1.99?" Drexiel Well-Known Member Oct 27, 2011 1,702 0 0 Commercial Diver Ponce, PR #18 Drexiel, Nov 30, 2011 :O Finally!! Sorceror's Lair is my favoirite PS3 table, glad to see it on iphone slewis7 Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2011 3,768 41 48 Male Retired! Houston, TX #19 slewis7, Nov 30, 2011 This is the first pinball game I have played on IOS that I find worth keeping. I have Marvel Pinball on my PS3 (same developer) and it is fantastic. This seems to do a pretty good job of capturing that on my iPad 2. I expect I will buy some additional tables. Jaklar Well-Known Member Aug 6, 2010 69 0 0 #20 Jaklar, Nov 30, 2011 Best Pinball on iOS Yet Forget the rest...Zen Pinball is as close to the real-deal as you can get. Pinball is only as good as the ball physics and table design, and Zen Pinball delivers on both counts. The Marvel tables are superb. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 49 1 ← 2 3 4 5 6 → 49 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Got it. There is one FREE table "Sorcerer's Lair" in it. Gorgeous! Obviously by the makers of Zen Pinball Inferno and Zen Pinball Rollercoaster. Those were the first pinball games for iPhone afair. And I loved them. Two more tables "Marvel Wolverine" and "Marvel Captain America" via IAP $1.99 each. Table "Marvel Thor" added Dec 21 '11 (same price) and "Excalibur" Jan 18 '12 for $.99. "Epic Quest" added Feb 15 '12 for $.99. Screenshots see below. Free table Sorcerer's Lair: After 5 minutes gameplay: Impressive 3D graphics. Cool light effects. Very good physics. Four flippers. Lots of ramps and animated fantasy elements and characters. Special launch mechanics (plunger) with a steam wheel! Three balls in a game. Single player or hot seat mode (up to four players). OpenFeint scores (five leaderboards, nine achievements). With some story. Eight views in portrait and landscape orientation. Generous "shoot again" if you lose the ball early. Professional voices (as far as I can tell since English is not my first language) and great sounds. Polished menues. Martial music (later on some hardrock and techno). Translated into German (written texts only). Supports tilt. Easy to trap (stop) the ball (when it's slow enough) for precise aiming. touchArcade editor's review: 'Zen Pinball' Review - Popular Console Tables Released for iOS Screenshots from iPad 2: Without any doubt one of the best pinball tables in App Store (and I have almost all of them)! Don't hesitate and try it out! Wolverine: Again another ultra precise launch mechanism on BOTH sides (never seen before) for skill shots. Very pretty table as well. Three flippers. On rare occasions the camera zooms to the animated knight and other places. Perfect! Have a look at the launcher (plunger) at the right side, love the pressure meter fitting (and it WORKS): Captain America: Three flippers. Ha! Some serious looking boss (movie character) walks slowly onto the table and checks it when you've lost a ball! Teleports. Detailled statistics after each game. Very good explanations of the table elements in the help file. After that short time I can't tell which table of the three is the best. They are all GREAT! More screenshots of the other tables later in this very thread, here you have the permalinks as a shortcut: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2021138&postcount=61 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2021332&postcount=64 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2022508&postcount=77 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2020553&postcount=42 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2099310&postcount=359 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2140733&postcount=398 And here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=2020925&postcount=57 Highly recommended! The pure fun! Marvel Thor table added on Dec 21st: Excalibur table added Jan 18, 2012: Epic Quest table added Feb 15, 2012:
How many tables can we expect at launch? The app is free, how much are the tables? Does the game include a vertical overhead view similar to the Gameprom pinball games? EDIT: NM, looks like all my questions have already been answered. Hopefully all 28 tables currently in Pinball FX2 will be available at some point.
i dont think Ive ever been more excited for an IOS title than i am for Zen Pinball. Great physics, amazing graphics, cool themes and fun tables. i love this on XBox and PS3 and between the two i own EVERY table.
No Spider-Man or Fantastic Four? This still looks great, but I was hoping for those 2 tables to be included.
Awesome. 2012 will be the year of pinball on iOS! (2012 is starting early with this release, I guess. ) Anyway...haven't looked forward to a new release this much since, like, Deathsmiles or Final Fantasy Tactics I guess.
I much prefer pinball video games that attempt to simulate real, believable tables. This is something else entirely; you're playing a video game and are kept fully aware of the fact at all times. The title is acutely ironic as really the gameplay is anything but "zen." Busy, busy, busy.
Say...what is the total uncompressed size of the app? Gotta figure out how much I'll need to be deleting.
Bumping quote. Someone add this to their signature! Just waiting for Pinball Arcade now... I can't understand why legitimate users aren't updating...
So far the only things I can complain about are that the tables' seem small on the small screen, and in landscape mode, the tables fit all the way to the right, but not the left, which leaves a gap on the left, and you can miss the flipper entirely if you press too far to the left. That could be remedied if in the next update the table fills the whole screen, which would be great.
For anyone wondering it works REALLY good on the iPad 1 too....I played for several minutes and there was just a time or 2 where there was a very slight slow down.....that's it.....Absolutely excellent ! I would talk more....but I must get back to playing it...lol
This is VERY impressive. Even in comparison to the uber-polished games from GameProm. And to have the initial board for free is a fantastic gift. You'd be brain dead not at least download the free board.
This is the first pinball game I have played on IOS that I find worth keeping. I have Marvel Pinball on my PS3 (same developer) and it is fantastic. This seems to do a pretty good job of capturing that on my iPad 2. I expect I will buy some additional tables.
Best Pinball on iOS Yet Forget the rest...Zen Pinball is as close to the real-deal as you can get. Pinball is only as good as the ball physics and table design, and Zen Pinball delivers on both counts. The Marvel tables are superb.
