How can these tables be played in 2021?

[m11]

I didn't start playing pinball online until long after Agents, Buccaneer, Extreme, Nightmare Mansion, and Speedmachine were discontinued. How can I play these tables today? Can be any platform, as long as they can be played legally without any pirating.

I don't know where I would go to get software to play them, let alone know whether they are still available, or whether they were released in physical form in any capacity.

[Matt Beeching]

Those were original FX tables for the XBox 360, they were never released on PC and the game has been long since delisted from XBox Live. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_FX

[Purrple]

You can still buy them. I just purchased them a few days ago on XBOX 360. If I recall correctly, look for Pinball FX Classic (Full) Tables. That's how it's listed in My Games. The table show up in Pinball FX2. The specific tables are Agents, Buccaneer, Xtreme, and Speed Machine. You can also play Speed Machine for free in the old Pinball FX app that's still available for download on XBOX 360. As for Nightmare Mansion, I bought that separately. I think through the Pinball FX2 app. But I just got that as well too.

Since we're on the subject of these "hard" to get tables, I also bought Ms. Splosion Man, Plants vs. Zombies, and Street Fighter II tribute either through the Pinbal FX2 app on XBOX 360 or through the store.

As for Sony consoles. I got Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, PLants vs. Zombies, and Street Fighter II Tribute buy purchasing them through the Playstation store on the PS3 or the PS Vita or through the Zen Pinball 2 app. I couldn't get the Street Fighter II Tribute app on PS3 for some reason at first but out of experimentation, I bought it on the Playstation website for the PS4 (which I don't have ... yet) and it became available for my PS3.

[Matt Beeching]

Thanks for the info Purrple, very interesting! What's your opinion on those early table designs, I've never the opportunity to try them.

[Purrple]

Honestly, I haven't gotten into them as far gameplay yet. But they definitely have the same feel and artistic style as the newer tables but they probably don't have as much complex features. But first impressions are they're hard to tell apart in terms of time period of when they were made.

But like I metioned, Pinball FX demo can be downloaded on XBOX 360. It lists all the initial games avaialble in the game but only Speed Machine is playble. And it appears to be fully playable. Check it out first before purchasing those oldies if you like.

[m11]

good news - now I have to find myself an XBOX 360 :)