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[[caption-width-right:255:Gotta catch 'em all... with ''flippers!'']]

->''"Woogy Pinball! A fantastic game using Arfenhouse marketing ploy!"''
-->-- '''''WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}} Teh Movie Too'''''

So, you've managed to create a [[CashCowFranchise successful]] video game series. The fans want more, and your publisher wants you to put out another title as quickly as possible. What to do?

You make a Pinball SpinOff, that's what. {{Pinball}} games are as simple to design as they are addictive, and are incredibly easy to shoehorn characters into. A Pinball Spin-Off game is a perfect way to satisfy everyone between actual game releases.

Keep in mind that this trope only applies to spin-offs from video game properties, not [[LicensedPinballTables licensed pinball games]] as a whole. If only part of the game is pinball, then it's a PinballZone.

A type of GaidenGame and a subtrope of LicensedPinballTables. Many Pinball Spin-Offs end up as DigitalPinballTables.

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!!Examples:

* The UrExample is Bally's ''Pinball/SpaceInvaders'' arcade pinball game. Bally's video-game division, Midway, was the North American distributor for [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Taito's arcade game]] at the time, and secured the rights to make a pinball machine based on it.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonPinball'' was a successful tie-in to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} the popular portable RPG series]], and perhaps the most famous example of a Rumble Pack in a Platform/GameBoy game. It kept players interested by including the ability to both [[GottaCatchThemAll catch and evolve]] Pokémon. Later, a sequel was released on the Platform/GameBoyAdvance titled ''Pokémon Pinball: [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]]''.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'' was released for the Platform/SegaGenesis, and has since been included on almost every Genesis collection that Creator/{{Sega}} has put out. This one plays like pinball combined with a PlatformGame, as the player can use the control pad to steer Sonic through each table.
** ''VideoGame/SonicPinballParty'' for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance not only covered Sonic, but also had tables inspired by ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' and ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo''.
* ''VideoGame/KirbysPinballLand'' for the Platform/GameBoy was the first of many games where the pink puff-ball loses control of his limbs.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Two [[PhysicalPinballTables arcade pinball games]] from Creator/{{Gottlieb}}, ''Pinball/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Pinball/SuperMarioBrosMushroomWorld''.
** ''VideoGame/MarioPinballLand'' for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimePinball'' was launched for the Platform/NintendoDS and came with a rumble pack. Neither the game nor the accessory fared too well.
* ''{{VideoGame/Street Fighter II}}'':
** [[OlderThanTheyThink First was]] Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/StreetFighterII'' [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball machine,]] released in 1993. And while the officially name was simply "Street Fighter II", the name on the playfield was "Street Fighter II: Champion Edition".
** Later, there were a pair of licensed pinball tables as part of Creator/ZenStudios ''VideoGame/PinballFX'' and ''VideoGame/ZenPinball'' titles.
* ''VideoGame/ZenPinball'' also got a table based off of ''[[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2]]''.
* ''VideoGame/PacMan'' got several:
** [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]] (who originally distributed ''Pac-Man'' in the United States) produced several PhysicalPinballTables based on the property, including ''[[Pinball/MrAndMrsPacManPinball Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball]]'' and ''Pinball/BabyPacMan''.
** Namco has released ''Pac-Man Pinball'' on both the Platform/GameBoyAdvance and on mobile phones.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Worms}} Worms Pinball]]'' for the Platform/PlayStation. It was packaged in ''Pinball Fever'' for PC which also included a cabinet themed around one of Team 17's other racing series, ''World Rally Fever''.
* ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Shin Megami Tensei Pinball: Judgment]]'' was a [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] mobile phone game.
* ''VideoGame/ThePinballOfTheDead'' for the Platform/GameBoyAdvance. Actually pretty fun.
* Creator/WilliamsElectronics produced [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball machines]] based on their hit titles ''Pinball/{{Defender}}'' and ''Pinball/{{Joust}}''. Not surprising, since Williams had been making pinballs long before video games were even invented.
* Creator/ZenStudios also did a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesPinball'' in 2012, based on the [=PopCap=] game.
* Averted with ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. An [[PhysicalPinballTables arcade pinball game]] was planned, but Creator/{{Gottlieb}} could not secure the rights. It was eventually released as ''Pinball/{{Gladiators}}'' instead.
* A ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' pinball table is included in 3D Realms' ''VideoGame/BallsOfSteel'' [[DigitalPinballTables digital pinball]] collection.
* ''Pinball/QBertsQuest'' was made by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} to ride the success of their ''VideoGame/QBert'' arcade game.
* ''VideoGame/ThreeDUltraPinball'' is technically based on the Creator/{{Sierra}} game ''VideoGame/{{Outpost 2}}''.
* The "Jungle Girl" table in ''VideoGame/EpicPinball'' is based on Creator/EpicMegagames' ''VideoGame/JillOfTheJungle''.
* Stern Pinball made a pinball game based on ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' in 2002.
* ''Dream Pinball 3D'' included a table based on the ''VideoGame/TwoWorlds'' RolePlayingGame.
* ''Pinball/SpyHunter'' is based on the [[VideoGame/SpyHunter hit arcade game]].
* Creator/{{Bethesda}} partnered with Zen Studios to develop and release three virtual pinball adaptations of three of its acclaimed titles in the 2010s: ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' and [[VideoGame/DoomZenStudios the 2016 reboot of DOOM]].
* Creator/ZenStudios also created [[VideoGame/PortalPinball a licensed pinball table]] for ''VideoGame/PinballFX'' based on the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series.
* Bizarrely, Telltale's episodic adventure game ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' has [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadZenStudios a spin-off pinball app]].
* Similarly, Zen Studios announced a pinball table for ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''.
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