We bought my Dad (he's 70 now) for Christmas one of those wooden bagatelle pinboard games - you know the one I mean? old fashioned exactly like my Grandad had when I was a kid (the only toy he had for us to play with when we visited). It was from one of those Past Times stores.
Anyway, after playing with it all over christmas with him, I started to get withdrawal symptoms, and was thinking how well this would work on the iPhone.
Sure enough, after a few quick searches, I found this little gem - Fortuna Classic.
Its a well written and authentic port of the wooden game, with the balls moving realistically and the sounds pretty much like the real game too.
Basically you push the balls into the chute, then sling them up into play, where they find their way hopefully into the pin catches or holes (usually the one worth only 5 points if you're like me) or often just down to the bottom where you lose the ball.
I was wondering about whether this might be better if gravity (ie. tilt) of the phone could have been included - making the play more realistic. Yes maybe it would have made it more tricky to play without resting the phone at the right angle, but it could have had a gravity off setting too.
But all in all, a very good simulation - well worth the 59p or 99c asking price
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