In 1995, all three packs plus the exclusive 'African Safari' were released on CD. In 1994, the 'Crash & Burn', 'Jungle Pinball', 'Enigma', 'Cyborgirl' and 'Deep Sea' tables were released as individual games by B&N Software and its child company Strange Ranger. The following year, xLand Games distributed that very version under the title 'Fliper'.

In 1993, the first registered game included only the first two pinball packs. The graphics were created using Deluxe Paint II and the music was composed using Scream Tracker. Tim and Mark kept in touch with James to ensure he was on the right track. James developed Epic Pinball (with six pinball tables) from scratch in nine months while he was in college.

Unable to convince them to allow Epic MegaGames to finish the game, Tim showed the unfinished game to James Schmalz in Canada. They declined except for Misko Iho who travelled to the US with Mark, bringing back an unfinished version of a pinball game. Tim Sweeney saw some impressive 3D demos done by a group of Finnish developers that were members of the PC demogroup Future Crew and sent Mark Rein to Finland to recruit them. Ī tribute to Epic's earlier game Jill of the Jungle.ĭesigned and illustrated by Pixel of Future Crew.Īnother table, 'African Safari', was included in the 'Full Edition' (the CD-ROM version), in addition to the tables from the three packs above. Modelled and based on a pinball table from the 1970s. Later shareware versions and retail versions contained an updated version called 'Super Android' (although it's still referred to as 'Android' in the game, the table was changed to say 'Super Android') The original shareware version (and an early retail version) included only the original 'Android' table. The game was originally distributed on floppy disks in 3 separate packs of 4 tables each. On Novemthe game was re-released on GOG.com, with support for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux pre-packed with DOSBox. It was noted for being programmed entirely in x86 assembly language for MS-DOS systems. The game is played seen from a 2D top-down view within a scrollable window with plain raster graphics in 320x240. The initial release pre-dated Schmalz' Digital Extremes name. Epic Pinball is a 1993 pinball video game developed by James Schmalz and published by Epic MegaGames.

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