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Game Overview

Video Pinball on the Atari 2600 is exactly what it sounds like—a digital pinball table that somehow feels both simple and chaotic. You get three balls to start, and the goal is just to rack up points by smacking into bumpers and rollovers. The physics are janky in that classic Atari way, but it’s weirdly satisfying when you nail a combo.

There’s a little trick where hitting the Atari logo four times in a row gets you an extra ball, which feels like cheating until you realize how hard it is to pull off. Two difficulty levels and four game variations keep it from getting stale, though honestly, I mostly stuck to the default mode. The two-player option is fun if you’ve got a friend who doesn’t mind getting demolished.

It’s not the deepest pinball sim out there, but for a 2600 game, it does the job with charm.