Epic Pinball

It was noted for being programmed entirely in x86 assembly language for MS-DOS systems.

• Title — Epic Pinball • Developer — Digital Extremes • Publisher — Epic MegaGames • Platforms — MS-DOS • Released — November 1993 • Genre — Pinball • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Designer — * James Schmalz • Joe Hitchens • Terry Cumming • Artist — * Robert G. Depew • Joe Hitchens • Mikko Iho • James Schmalz • Composer — * Robert A. Allen • Joshua Jensen

The game was originally distributed on floppy disks in 3 separate packs of 4 tables each. The original shareware version (and an early retail version) included only the original "Android" table. Later shareware versions and retail versions contained an updated version called "Super Android" (although it is still referred to as "Android" in the game, the table was changed to say "Super Android"). • Release — Table — Notes • Pack 1 — "Android" — Included in "Retro Pinball". • "Pot of Gold" — Designed by Terry Cumming. • "Excalibur" — Modelled and based on a pinball table from the 1970s. • "Crash & Burn" — Included in "Retro Pinball". • Pack 2 — "Magic" • "Jungle Pinball" — A tribute to Epic's earlier game Jill of the Jungle. • "Deep Sea" • "Enigma" • Pack 3 — "Cyborgirl" — Designed by Joe Hitchens. • "Pangaea" — Included in "Retro Pinball". • "Space Journey" — Designed and illustrated by Pixel of Future Crew. • "Toy Factory" — Designed and illustrated by Pixel of Future Crew. Another table, "African Safari", was included in the "Full Edition" (the CD-ROM version), in addition to the tables from the three packs above.

Tim Sweeney saw some impressive 3D demos done by a group of Finnish developers that were members of the PC demogroup Future Crew and sent Mark Rein to Finland to recruit them. They declined except for Misko Iho who travelled to the US with Mark, bringing back an unfinished version of a pinball game. Unable to convince them to allow Epic MegaGames to finish the game, Tim showed the unfinished game to James Schmalz in Canada. James developed Epic Pinball (with six pinball tables) from scratch in nine months while he was in college. Tim and Mark kept in touch with James to ensure he was on the right track. The graphics were created using Deluxe Paint II and the music was composed using Scream Tracker.