![]() ![]() The physics engine for ball, flipper, and bumper motion is also spot-on. While this is all a seemingly predictable presentation by 3-D pinball game standards, it’s exactly correct, and a marked difference from the way other iPhone games have handled camera motion to date. At first, the game focuses on the spring-loaded mechanism as you fire the ball into the arena, then draws out to show part of the table as the ball jostles around, and moves out yet again as it approaches the flippers. Gameprom has modeled an entire old West-themed pinball surface in 3-D, using subtle and smart camera motions to let you see only the relevant portion of the table. Though it has a couple of non-trivial issues, Wild West Pinball ($3) by Gameprom is the first title to get the overall graphics and gameplay engine concept entirely right for the iPhone OS platform. Titles we’ve previously reviewed have ranged from bland computer ports to variously sophisticated tech demos, and none seemed to get the formula quite right. The more you love pinball, the harder it is to understand why the iPhone and iPod touch-quite possibly the most pinball-ready portable devices ever made-have to date been such disappointments for this genre of games. Pinball: Freeballin’ and Wild West Pinball
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