Orbit Pinball

Light a mission, make the shots in order and climb nine ranks from Drifter to Luminary before your third ball drains. One 2D table, ads only between games.

Classic single-table pinball: light a mission, make the shots, climb nine ranks before your third ball drains.

Orbit Pinball is one tall 2D table drawn for portrait play. The whole playfield fits on the screen, so every ramp, lane and target stays in view. A game takes a few minutes, which makes it a good fit for a lunch break or a wait in the car.

HOW A GAME WORKS Hit a Beacon target to light a mission, then shoot the Ignition launch ramp to accept it. Each mission lists the shots to make, in order, against a timer. Complete missions to earn credits and climb the ranks: Drifter, Spotter, Tracker, Navigator, Pathfinder, Wayfarer, Starwright, Orbitmaster and Luminary. Higher ranks bring harder missions and a bigger end-of-ball bonus. Your best score and best rank stay on the title screen as the target for the next game.

THE TABLE

• 16 missions in 4 tiers, with a special mission when all three Beacons are lit
• Three ramps with combos, three wormhole rifts and three levelled bumpers
• Two drop-target banks, rollover lanes that raise the multiplier up to x8, and a kickout hole with an Extra Ball lamp
• Plunger with a skill shot, ball save, kickback and outlane guards
• End-of-ball bonus multiplied by your rank, tilt with a warning, and a replay at 1,500,000

CONTROLS Tap the lower left or right half of the screen to flip. Hold the right half to pull the plunger and let go to launch. Flick in the upper half to nudge the table, but nudge too often and it tilts.

FAIR PLAY Three balls per game, no coins, no energy and no timers between games. It plays fully offline. Nothing for sale changes your score.

ADS AND PURCHASE Orbit Pinball is free with ads. Ads show only between games, never during play, and the first few games have none. Once per game you can choose to watch an ad for one extra ball. A one-time Remove Ads purchase (US$2.99, local prices vary) turns all ads off for good. Ads are non-personalised and the game does not track you.