Orbit Cadet title screen

ORBIT CADET

PINBALL · V1
Loads in about a second. No install.
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ABOUT THIS GAME

A pinball table where the point is not the score but the promotion. Roll over the mission target to arm one — clear the drop-target bank, sweep the beacons, run the orbit, work the spinner — and each one you finish moves you up a rank, from Cadet all the way to Admiral. The rank you reach is what goes on the board next to your score.

The left half of the screen is the left flipper and the right half is the right, so a phone held upright is the whole controller. Hold low to charge the plunger. And you can shove the table when a shot is going wrong: three shoves and it tilts, which kills the flippers and hands the ball to gravity.

CONTROLS

TAP LLeft flipper — the whole left half of the screen
TAP RRight flipper — the whole right half
HOLDCharge the plunger, release to launch
Nudge the table. Three shoves and it tilts

HOW TO WIN

01Arm a mission before you chase points. Missions are where the score is.
02The orbit is the best shot on the table. Take it with the left flipper.
03Clearing the whole target bank pays a bonus, then the bank comes back up.
04Nudge to save a ball, but count your shoves — the third one is free, the fourth is not.