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'''General information'''
 
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{{mm}} ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20000118074315/http://dice.se/projects/pinball_dreams/pinball_dreams.asp Pinball Dreams]'' at Digital Illusions (archive)
 
{{mm}} ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20000118074315/http://dice.se/projects/pinball_dreams/pinball_dreams.asp Pinball Dreams]'' at Digital Illusions (archive)
 
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{{mm}} ''[https://web.archive.org/web/19961023023742/http://www.21stcent.com/goldpack.htm Pinball Gold Pack]'' at 21st Century Entertainment (archive)
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Revision as of 00:02, 16 October 2021

Pinball Dreams
Pinball Dreams cover
Developers
DICE
DOS Rockstar Lincoln
Publishers
DOS 21st Century Entertainment
GOG.com Rebellion Developments
Release dates
DOS 1993
Windows (DOSBox) February 21, 2011[1]
Taxonomy
Series DICE's Pinball, Pinball Dreams
Pinball Dreams on MobyGames
Pinball Dreams on Wikipedia
DICE's Pinball
Pinball Dreams 1993
Pinball Fantasies 1994
Pinball Illusions 1995

General information

Pinball Dreams at Digital Illusions (archive)
Pinball Gold Pack at 21st Century Entertainment (archive)
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Replaced on GOG.com with the Deluxe version on March 18, 2013.[2][3]
A demo is available from the official website.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\HISCORES
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Runs in 320x200 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2 (VGA mode 13h), see the DOSBox page for more information.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter (when using DOSBox). Unplayable if it's windowed in Windows 95/98.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Supported sound cards.
Supported sound cards.
Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music can be toggled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.3
Processor (CPU) Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) MCGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References