Just as with VP's partnership with Visual PinMAME, FP uses partner applications to emulate original pinball ROM code.
In FP's case, the end results of ROM code are simulated by Better Arcade Mode ("BAM") and tools such as "Pinball Browser"[2] and dot-matrix display software plugins.
Additional playfield components are added from a library containing surface, guide, objects, rubber, targets, lights, triggers, ramps, and displays.
Standard computer keyboards are often used, although there is a growing number of custom pinball cabinet designs that interface buttons to the software.
Future Pinball 1.0 was first released to the public on October 22, 2005, by creator and programmer Christopher Leathley after 20 months of development.