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==What Happened to it?==
==What Happened to it?==
This product is not longer included with [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] [[operating system]]s due to problems in converting the program to 64-bit. When adapted, the hit detection did not work properly, and although some effort was made, it could not be fixed. Microsoft developer Raymond Chen reported that the code was largely uncommitted, and no one really understood it, so they couldn't solve the hit detection problem. He further commented that, "Heck, we couldn’t even find the collision detector!"
This product is not longer included with [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] [[operating system]]s due to problems in converting the program to 64-bit. When adapted, the hit detection did not work properly, and although some effort was made, it could not be fixed. Microsoft developer Raymond Chen reported that the code was largely uncommented, and no one really understood it, so they couldn't solve the hit detection problem. He further commented that, "Heck, we couldn’t even find the collision detector!"
For this reason, it was dropped from [[Windows Vista]], and has not been included with newer systems presumably for the same reason.<ref>https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121218-00/?p=5803</ref> Nevertheless, it is still available at many free download sites and a variant under the name '''Pinball Star''' (although not related to either Microsoft or Cinematronics) is available in the Windows Store.<ref>http://www.thewindowsclub.com/download-classic-pinball-game-windows-8</ref>
For this reason, it was dropped from [[Windows Vista]], and has not been included with newer systems presumably for the same reason.<ref>https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121218-00/?p=5803</ref> Nevertheless, it is still available at many free download sites and a variant under the name '''Pinball Star''' (although not related to either Microsoft or Cinematronics) is available in the Windows Store.<ref>http://www.thewindowsclub.com/download-classic-pinball-game-windows-8</ref>