It has a hidden test mode with several features to test gameplay. The XP version (and final update to the Microsoft version of the table), sports a new icon to keep up with the XP theme.Maxis/Cinematronics acknowledges this as a selling point for the software, on the jewel case artwork. Microsoft's single table only renders the table (not even renders, for both versions of the software, it is pre-rendered) at 640x480.
The Maxis version's tables can be rendered up to 1024x768 resolution.We can speculate from this that Microsoft had intended to do the same with the other music, but ran into a difficulty, or gave up, and said "good enough". PINBALL2.MID is included with every copy, but is not a valid MIDI file. In Microsoft's version, there is only a single file ( PINBALL.MID) that is the standard theme looped over 8 minutes. There is a "Standard" soundtrack that loops during regular gameplay, a "challenge" track, and a "game over/winner" track. The Maxis version has three soundtracks per game, stored in the "MDS" MIDI format.Microsoft's version simply uses an image that is a resource in PINBALL.EXE, as a splash screen. Usually, Full Tilt! Pinball tables load a video intro ( INTRO.AVI), that shows the Cinematronics and Full Tilt! logo.The Microsoft release has several differences:
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