1986 Electronic Arts
Platform: Commodore Amiga
Pinball Construction Set was a title that I lost many hours to constructing various pinball tables, and many others did too. Unbeknown to many of us, a Commodore Amiga version was also on the cards way back in 1986 from Electronic Arts.
The Amiga version was to have real pinball sounds, tilt, exciting music and 28 working parts in total. The construction kit would be easy-to-use, where you could use mouse or joystick to set up your table.
The game was previewed in Info magazine in late 1985, featured on their front cover, but it was in 1987 when the same magazine lamented the fact that the game never surfaced. It isn’t clear exactly why the game never saw release.
At the moment, the only evidence of the game is thanks to an EA slideshow that saw release, which had a showcase of various titles coming soon. An actual screenshot from the construction kit is present, and which we’ve extracted here.
No more details are known about the development and who was behind it. Could it have been worked on by the C64 programmer Olaf Lubeck? If you know anything more, please do get in touch – it would be fantastic to find something of the kit and learn more.
With a huge thank you to Christopher Drum for highlighting the title and bringing to our attention.
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