Winner - WBP98 Pro Pinball: Timeshock! 80 Votes (47,6%)

Winning motivation It was so hard to choose, so I decided to list more than one... "Sure the realism and playability of Timeshock far surpass that of any competition, but what I like is that really cool "Pro Pinball" logo." "It is the first game to combine ultra-realistic physics (as opposed to mostly realistic physics) with a complex, exciting table" "The only one that really reproduce the sensations of a true pinball game!!" Never forget the winning equation! "Best design + best physics = best simulation!" The long motivation " What can I say? The most realistic sim I've ever played, and possibly the best pin, real or otherwise I've ever played. Horribly engrossing, amazing depth of play, wickedly "tuned" table layout (1 incredible table instead of lots of mediocre ones), awesome physics, beautiful photo-realistic hi-res graphics, excellent and well "fitted" music (I especially like the attract-mode piece, very cool) ... and on... I simply have NOTHING bad to say about this game. 10/10 An honorable mention to Bill Budge please for getting it all started... I owned the Pinball Construction Set for the Apple II when it was first released." The short one... bcoz!

WBP98

You voted for the Worlds Best Pinball simulation/game. No split up was made between game nor simulation (real pinballs were banned from the voting). It didn't matter how old the pinball was or which computer (pinballs for consoles were allowed too) it was for. You simply voted for your absolute favourite pinball for the computer.

You could only vote for your absolute favourite, not your second or third favourite. That was sort of a miss, next year you will be able to do that.

It was hard to get any games related pages to support the voting with a link to the votes page, but at least one did so (apogee).

Finally, here is all the statistic you could ever want for the Worlds Best Pinball 98!

Pinball Votes % Timeshock! 80 47,6% Balls of Steel 43 25,6% Pinball Fantasies 8 4,8% The Web 5 3,0% Royal Flush 4 2,4% Slamtilt 4 2,4% Extreme Pinball 4 2,4% Epic Pinball FE 4 2,4% Full Tilt 2 3 1,8% Absolute Pinball 2 1,2% Hyper 3D Pinball 2 1,2% Full Tilt! 2 1,2% 3DUP2:CN 2 1,2% Psycho Pinball 1 0,6% True Pinball 1 0,6% Tristan 1 0,6% 3DUP3:TLC 1 0,6% Bill Budges 1 0,6%

Total number of votes 168 Winner - WBP98 Pro Pinball: Timeshock! 80 Votes (47,6%) Second Place Balls of Steel 43 Votes (25,6%) Third Place Pinball Fantasies 8 Votes (4,8%)