Just run the Pinball.exe program file within the folder to start the game. that Pinball folder contains the whole game so there is no need to ‘install’ it.
Now paste this Pinball folder from the USB flash drive into any suitable location on your Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista computer.ģD Pinball Space Cadet is effectively a portable program i.e. Copy the 3D Pinball Space Cadet folder from XPįor this method you will need access to an XP computer (preferably running Service Pack 3).Ĭopy the entire Pinball folder located in C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Pinball\ on the XP PC to a USB flash drive or similar – the folder is tiny, less than 3MB in size. However, the game plays fine in Vista and later versions of Windows as long as the 32bit version of Pinball is used – there seems no real reason why that version of the game was not included, right up to Windows 10…įor those with fond memories of the game or who want to relive past glories, here are 2 methods to get the old 3D Pinball Space Cadet game running on Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista: 1. The latest XP version was one of the most popular free Windows games but, sadly, it was never included in Vista or later versions.Īccording to a Microsoft blogpost, the reason they dropped Pinball completely was that they were not able to successfully port it across to 64bit versions of XP.
Now copy the files from the archive into it.
Rename the Win95 folder on your C drive to FullTilt.Įnter the FullTilt folder on your C drive and delete everything except the 3 folders (CADET, DRAGON, Pirates). Inside, you'll see a folder called Win95 copy it to your C drive. Insert the CD (or mount the downloaded image), and browse the files on it. I will be using the Marble Drop CD for this tutorial. If you lost the disc or if you don't have a CD drive, you can get a disc image from the Internet Archive. The game was also included with the Marble Drop CD. The game can be fixed similarly to Marble Drop, another Maxis game from that era. The game has some issues with window positioning and redrawing.
Thankfully, the developers did not rely on Win16 support on Windows 95 and instead on the disk we can find both a Win16 and a Win32 version, which requires some fixing to work on modern systems. This is where the famouse Space Cadet comes from.
Full Tilt Pinball is a 1996 game made by Maxis, the same company that later created The Sims.