This was a straightforward pinball game, but pretty slick and polished for its time. The shareware version included just one table, "Android". This table was later updated and changed into "Super Android" for subsequent releases of the game, adding an extra lane on the left side of the table and a brand new theme song. I was a little disappointed when I played Super Android for the first time that they changed the theme song because I loved the first theme so much, but the new theme was also pretty awesome. If you registered the game, you'd get 11 more unique pinball tables (12 if you had the special CD-Rom edition!).
The music for Epic Pinball was composed by Robert Allen. One of the biggest early hits for Epic MegaGames was a game called Jill of the Jungle. Allen, a composer at that time, was impressed by the music from that game and called Epic MegaGames' shareware ordering hotline and asked if they were looking for a music composer. As luck would have it, the owner of the company, Tim Sweeney, got on the line and told him that he could send in a cassette. Impressed by Allen's music, Sweeney called him in to do the music for the games Traffic Department 2192 and Dare to Dream (both of which I quite enjoyed and had good soundtracks!). He kept on with the company afterwards, eventually doing the Jazz Jackrabbit game soundtracks and Epic Pinball.
Due to technical constraints, Allen could only use four sounds at any given time while making the soundtrack, but you probably wouldn't notice that listening to the Super Android table theme:
Robert Allen: Super Android Theme
And here's the original Android theme I like so much:
Robert Allen: Android Theme
Apart from the Android themes, there are several other tracks worth listening to, including the main theme below:
Robert Allen: Epic Pinball Theme
And one of my personal favorites is the Deep Sea table theme. Starts out all mysterious and slow, then becomes a techno slow-jam:
Robert Allen: Deep Sea Theme
Enjoy!
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