Pinball Ride 1.2.3 is now available !

It's a big improvement for iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 players.

Improvements
- Sharp graphics with Retina Display Support for iPhone 4.
- Restored performance on iPhone 3G, plus runs 15% faster when the game music is playing.
- Fixed collision/ball stuck issues related to multiball.
- Fixed possible score exploits using bugs and too easy ramp combo.
- Improved default setting for Story screens in multiball.
- Improved Profile syncing.
- Improved Facebook integration.
- Tweaked Free Credit at 1 billion points.

Note: If you have a game underway that you don't want to lose, you should end it before installing the update.

We'd like to thank all the players who sent us feedback.

More updates to come.

Pinball Ride Team.

First Contest! Burst Mode Top 10 in Leaderboard

Anywhere you are in the world, this Sunday, you will have 5 minutes to play the most intense Pinball game mode ever made!

MAKE THE BEST SCORE IN BURST MODE!

We are very excited to present our first Pinball Ride contest, which is exclusive to iPhone and iPad versions of the game.

When?
Sunday, December 19th 2010 (Yes, this weekend!)

How can I participate?
Get Pinball Ride Free or Unlimited! And Play Burst Mode! between 00:01 AM and 12:00 PM GMT.

What are the prizes?
We have 20 copies of Pinball Ride Unlimited to provide as prizes.
The first 10 people in the Burst Mode Leaderboard will get a copy.
Also 10 other participants picked randomly will also get a copy.

Instructions
You must have registered your profile with your email so that we can contact you, also choosing a Profile name will help every one follow your progression.
For any question email: contest@massivefinger.com

For more fun, tell your friends!


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FAQ (Updated)
Where can I can I find the Leaderboard?

• In the game menu in the Ranking section.
• You can follow this link to the Burst Mode Current Leaderboard which will be reset at the beginning of the competition.

More Android Reviews from Users and Blogs

It's very hard for us to answer to everyone, but we are very happy to hear from you :)

Average rating: 4.5/5
Pinball Ride is in the Top Paid Apps list on the Android Market in Arcade and Action Games section.
Thank you very much! We really appreciate!

User Comments

Here are some of our favorite quotes!

"One of the best games I've seen yet, great job!" stats555

"Been a pinball fan 4 years & this is by far the best one EVER developed for a cell! Kudos for the awesome creativity!" Lynda

"Beautiful. Good touchscreen control, nice modern table. Great fun." Matthew

Just discovered and bought Pinball Ride for my HTC Desire HD. I was blown away! I never expected this was possible on my phone! I just LOVE the 3D flipper view. I don't understand why this game isn't THE biggest news right now and THE biggest Android hit right now...! Absolutely great stuff.

Hello Goodbye

Get the game now if you haven't already.

Blogs

The game also got a lot of blog announcements and reviews, thanks to the blogs

http://www.androidapps.com/games/articles/4234-fresh-android-games-for-dec-6-pinball-ride-pirate-vs-ninja-lite
http://playdroid.blogspot.com/2010/12/pinball-ride-review.html
http://android-best-games.com/2010/12/pinball-ride/
http://xantarmob.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/pinball-ride-arriva-su-android-ed-e-pure-molto-carino-a-quanto-pare

Dutch
http://www.androidplanet.nl/20034/after-five-pinball-ride

French
http://www.androhit.com/les-news/pinball-ride-debarque-sur-landroid-market

Italian
http://android.hdblog.it/2010/12/13/pinball-ride-arriva-il-flipper-su-android-video
http://www.spazioandroid.com/2010/12/android-games-pinball-ride-disponibile-il-gioco-del-flipper

Android - Troubleshooting

[Update 22/12/2010] Reference to aLogCat in crash problems.

[Update 28/12/2010] Installation solution provided by Filippo.
[Update 09/01/2011] Installation solution provided by Rowland.

Pinball Ride for Android has been released 3 weeks ago. While most players report that the game works well on their device, we got reported a few problems. Most are not related to the game, but to the Android Market.

First: Check Device Compatibility List

Here are the issues we try to address:

1. The game does not download.
2. The game does not install.
3. The game says that the license is not valid and quits.
4. The game loads then exits.
5. The game displays a white screen.
6. I cannot edit my Profile name.

Issue: The game does not download.
Symptoms: The game does not get to the end of the download and you try multiple times.
Solutions:

• Try downloading from WIFI network instead of 3G.
• Check that your Google Checkout credit card transaction went fine. We don't know why, but when a Google Checkout transaction fails, the download stalls. If the transaction failed please cancel your order (you can do it from the transaction email) and try again later.
• Try clear Android Market Cache. Follow these instructions.
• If none works, please send us your 16-digits purchase number (in your Google Checkout email).

Issue: The game does not install.

Symptoms: Displays messages "installation failed", "package signature incorrect" or "installation error unknown reason-18". On Android 2.2, big apps cannot be installed on the SD Card. Apps moved to SD Card show similar issues when there's an update.
Solutions:

• Connect your device via USB with a PC and delete file: smdl2tmp1.asec from the SD Card. On devices producing error -18, you may not have the file on your card, but the app would still not install on the SD card. You need to unmount or remove the SD card before installing the game. If you can't get the game from the market again, contact support.android@massivefinger.com and we'll send you a url to download a copy.
• Check that you have at least 40MB available on the system. Pinball Ride does not need the space, and can be installed on a SD card, but it seems that the installer needs space to install Pinball Ride. Please free space and try again.
• Check that you don't have a "backup" version installed. If you have, remove it before installing the Android Market version.
• Try clear Android Market Cache. Follow these instructions.

Issue: The game says that the license is not valid and quits.
Symptoms: You have the game installed, you start the game and it displays a dialog at the end of the loading and forces you to quit the app.
Solutions:

• Check that you are connected to the internet before running the app. License is cached  but after a few days the game need to reconnect to the licensing server.
• Check that the Google Account you used to download the App is still sync with the device.

We are working with Google Android Market support to get more information about these issues.

Issue: The game displays a white screen.
Symptoms: As far as we know, your device  does not support Hardware Accelerated Open GL.

Solution:

• Check that your device supports Accelerate OpenGL:
• Install glInfo from the Market: market://search?q=pname:org.glscene.apps.glinfo (on your device).
• If the OpenGL Renderer is named Android PixelFlinger 1.x, you are running a software renderer.
• If not please email us your glInfo and we'll see if we can fix it.
• Send us a e-mail so that we can refund you: support.android@massivefinger.com

Issue: The game loads then exits.
Symptoms: You don't have enough free space. The game needs between 5 to 15MB to unpack data.
Solution:

• Check that you have at least 15MB of free space.
• Exit a few Apps, and restart the game.
• If it still happens please send us the log. See instructions.

Issue: I cannot edit my Profile name.
Symptoms: The keyboard does not appear when I press Edit on the profile page.
Solution:

• Tap again the text field (The white square that appeared) it should make the keyboard appear.

We are always happy to hear about your solved problem too :). Don't hesitate to send us an email just to tell us how you solved the problem so that we can share it with everybody: support.android@massivefinger.com 

The Pinball Ride "Support" Team,

November Story Mode High Scores

We just archived November's Story High Scores in the Ranking. It's a bit late, but the update we submitted last month did not pass the approval, and we are submitting a new update 1.2.3 really soon.

Here are the high scores for this month:

The top 10 players are just amazing.

In the next version it will be easier to compare your all time high score with your current high score, thanks for your patience.

Thanks for playing Pinball Ride,

The Pinball Ride Team,

Pinball Ride - Android Reviews

Today, the first Pinball Ride review is out and it's on Android Pimps:

http://androidpimps.com/games/pinball-ride/

"Now here comes the first serious Pinball game on Android and I’m happy to report, that it is worth playing. [...] I recommend you buy this game immediately" Dan Mousavi at Android Pimps



Forum post:
http://androidforums.com/android-games/228572-pinball-ride.html

Android Market
Average Rating: 4.25/5

First comments:

"The best pinball game for Android!" Adam

"The best pinball game i've ever played on a mobile device, a masterpiece on samsung galaxy tab, great work Massive Finger" Robin

"Excellent graphics and gameplay. Full 3D graphics are great" LegionFecalExcretion

"Awesome game, very addictive." JS

Pinball Ride on Android!

Today, we're introducing Pinball Ride on Android 2.1 and 2.2 at a very attractive introduction price: 0.99$ for a limited time.

Download link (only on Android):
http://market.massivefinger.com/pinballride

More info:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-massivefinger-pinballride-qBDww.aspx
http://www.appbrain.com/app/pinball-ride/com.massivefinger.PinballRide

As it's our first release, featuring the awesome Story mode and Achievements.

The game has been tested on the following devices:
 - Samsung Galaxy S
 - Samsung Galaxy Tab
 - Samsung Captivate
 - Samsung Fascinate
 - Motorola Droid Milestone

 - Motorola Droid X
 - HTC HD2 (since 1.0.1)

 - HTC Desire (since 1.0.1)

 - HTC EVO 4G (since 1.0.1)

 - HTC Nexus One (since 1.0.1)
 - HTC Desire HD (since 1.0.1)
 - Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (since 1.0.1)
 - Nook Color

The game experiences performance issues on older or less powerful devices:

 - Motorola Blur

 - HTC Hero

The game does not run on non-Hardware Accelerated Open GL devices.
 - HUAWEI / U8120 or Vodafone 845
 - Most HUAWEI devices like: T-Mobile
 - HTC Wildfire

The game does not run on some devices for unknown reason.
 - Archos IT 70, and probably other Archos devices.

Known problematic devices, we're working on it:
If you have any device that crashes or does not work perfectly, please contact us!

Please share with us if Pinball Ride works or not on your device: support.android@massivefinger.com

Thanks,

The Pinball Ride (Android Team)

1.2.3 Ready! Pinball Ride Update!

Put your sun glasses on!
We've submitted a great update: Pinball Ride 1.2.3. It's a big improvement for iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 players.

Improvements
 - Sharp graphics with Retina Display Support for iPhone 4.
 - Restored performance on iPhone 3G, plus runs 15% Faster when the game music is playing.
 - Fixed collision/ball stuck issues related to multiball.
 - Fixed possible score exploits using bugs and too easy ramp combo.
 - Improved default setting for Story screens in multiball.
 - Improved Profile syncing.
 - Improved Facebook integration.

We'd like to thank all the players who sent us feedback.

Pinball Ride 1.2 Universal App

Pinball Ride Update 1.2 has been submitted in the App Store as a Universal App.

The update has been submitted very recently and here are the screens captures for the App Store.

User Interface Improvements

Thanks to your feedback Pinball Ride 1.2 is full of usability improvements. Here is a preview. This is all work in progress.

Options are important and they are now easier to access than before. The Pause Menu is now clearly visible on the top left of the screen.

Switch Camera Mode from Top View to Flippers View for more sensations. The default view is now Top View, in previous versions Flippers View was the default.

Set Story Screens to Miniature to disable slow motion events and will display small pictures at the top of the screen instead.

The main menu has also been reworked. It is larger, easier to read and much easier to navigate.

The first page gives you access to the Story and Burst modes at any time.

On the second page you'll have access to all other pages.

How to play section contains game instructions for beginner.

Achievements page is now much more exciting and gives more detailed information of how to unlock it.

As you see, your feedback is important to us, and we need it to make a better game.

Don't hesite to ask more questions to support@massivefinger.com

The Pinball Ride Team