Williams and Bally games are no longer available since June 30, 2018, as FarSight had lost the license to WMS properties, which has since passed to Zen Studios.
Every month, along with the release of downloadable content (DLC), four select tables on mobile versions are free with no Pro Menu features.
A spinoff called Stern Pinball Arcade was released in June 2016 for Gear VR, PlayStation 4, PC, and other platforms.
[1] Four tables were available initially with the game's launch: Black Hole, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Tales of the Arabian Nights, and Theatre of Magic.
[2] FarSight Studios took part in the Steam Greenlight program to distribute The Pinball Arcade for Windows-based personal computers.
[5] The option to buy a season pass for an entire season, including unreleased tables in advance, was cancelled in February 2014 on the Mac App Store due to violation of Apple's policies that do not allow sales of unreleased software.
[7] Besides recreations of existing pinball machines, FarSight is also producing its own original-design tables.
[8] A Ghostbusters-themed table was released in late October 2014 as a stand-alone application for Android and iOS using the same layout as Haunted House.
[12] Al's Garage Band Goes On a World Tour, released on January 27, 2017, was the first table by Alvin G. and Company, the fifth distinct manufacturer to appear in the game.
[13] Zen Studios currently holds the rights to develop digital versions of such licensed tables.
This version was fraught with delays,[21] pushing the game back to dates which included December 2012 and September 2013.
While the game was released as intended on April 6, 2018, it was removed from the North American Nintendo eShop that same day due to issues regarding at least one license.
[23] FarSight Studios launched a Kickstarter project in order to cover the cost to acquire the necessary licenses to publish Bally/Midway's Twilight Zone table.
[24] FarSight Studios pledged to also digitize Williams' Star Trek: The Next Generation table if the Twilight Zone project reached double its $55,000 goal ($110,000).
FarSight Studios President Jay Obernolte signed the license agreement for Twilight Zone on June 8, 2012.
Surplus funds, after deductions from unfulfilled pledges and processing fees, were applied to a new Kickstarter project for Star Trek: The Next Generation that was launched August 17, 2012.
[29] Due to a new partnership as a response of the positive reception, this Kickstarter was canceled as the intended funding was no longer necessary.
Some examples include alterations to key table art assets, removal of certain code, and omissions of some music.