The Misaligned Cow: Original Pinball Tables for Windows 98/ME/XP/2000 NOTE: To play "Misaligned" pinball games, you will need a copy of Randy Davis' amazing VISUAL PINBALL, Tech Beta 6.1 (TB6.1) or higher. It's free, and available from VPForums Read more about technical requirements on Randy's Visual Pinball Download Page (even though the download links there are currently outdated).

Current version is 1.20. Download here: mchamster120.zip (3 506 KB)

Installation instructions are in readme.txt included in the zip file

Features

• Table has look-and-feel of 70's electro-mechanical pinball machine -- "the golden age of pinball"
• Sporting one of Misaligned's trademark uncluttered playfields and a strong plot element
• Flipper configuration with patented central Big Soft Bouncy Stopper (BS-BS) allows for great saves as well as spectacular blunders
• Stylish wooden playfield with tasteful trimmings in unique colour schemes: Garish Pink and Neon Hamster Violet
• Plungerless operation means high reliability and less maintenance ;)
• Multiball mode with up to 6 balls!
• Probably the only pinball table to feature a "Procreate" target
• Absolutely the only pinball table to feature a "Pelhamina" (that's the hamster to the left!)

Gameplay

It's a tough game, being a hamster. Exit your nest to forage for food and pouch as much as you can. Return to the nest and empty your treasure onto the hoard. When you have a nice stockpile, you can begin thinking about procreating -- if you're lucky, you'll be hearing the patter (or rather, clunk-clunk) of up to 5 offsprings pretty soon!

• IT'S NOT A PINBALL GAME -- IT'S A SIMULATION OF HAMSTER LIFE!
• WAIT, WE TAKE THAT BACK -- IT *IS* A PINBALL GAME!

Changes in 1.20

• New scoreboard layout (1 and 2 on top, 3 and 4 below)
• Nicer score reels
• Nicer attract mode
• Drop Targets Are Pink!

Known Bugs and To-Do Thingies

• On very rare occasions, a ball may fall through a flipper. This is a Visual Pinball bug, which hopefully will be fixed some day...