Bagatelle Ultra

Pull back the plunger, let go, and watch your marble race round the arch, rattle through the nails and drop into the 250. Or not.

Bagatelle Ultra brings back the parlour game that came before pinball. Every board is simulated marble by marble and nail by nail, so every shot plays out the way it would on the real thing. A gentle shot curls off the arch early. A full-power shot races all the way round. And like a real spring, no two launches are quite the same.

NINE BOARDS, 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
• Homemade: green paint, red holes and a 250 that everyone remembers hitting exactly once
• Victorian Corinthian (c. 1880): mahogany, baize, brass bells and the dreaded ×2
• Belle Époque (c. 1905): teal enamel, gilt scrollwork and ringing brass mushrooms
• Brass & Mahogany (c. 1906): French polish, nests of brass pins and numbers laid in gold
• Gold Star (c. 1935): Depression-era tinplate with a 1000 at the heart of every star
• Pin Cricket (c. 1938): find a gap, find a boundary, chase the century
• Pin Football (c. 1950): free kicks, corners, a penalty for 150 and a goal for 200
• Four Rings (c. 1952): the toy-shop window classic, with four rings of nails that decide each marble's fate
• Space Rocket (c. 1955): ringed planets, a rocket lift-off and slots that pay more for every marble you stack

Every table has its own leaderboard, because a 500 on one board isn't the same as a 250 on another.

EASY TO PLAY, HARD TO PUT DOWN
• Drag down anywhere to draw back the plunger, then let go to shoot
• Holes are for keeps, but a fast marble rattles straight across
• Cups pay while a marble rests inside, until the next marble knocks it out
• Bells ring for bonus points every time they're struck
• A ×2 hole doubles your whole score, including every point you score after it
• Free Ball holes give your marble back
• Shake your device, knock on its back or tap beside the board to nudge it. Nudge three times in a row and you'll TILT.
• Optional Tilt to Steer: tip your device to lift one s…