A downloadable game

There is a point beyond addiction.

Obsession returns in a faithful reimplementation of UDS’s classic Amiga pinball game, built for modern PCs.

Play all four original tables: dive for treasure in Aquatic Adventure, take on the missions of X-ile Zone, chase the championship in Balls & Bats, or race from Paris to Dakar in Desert Run.

The engine reads the original artwork, music, sound effects, and game data directly from your own disks, bringing back the colorful tables, distinctive tracker soundtrack, and elaborate scoring challenges that made Obsession memorable.

Modern conveniences include:

  • Smooth animation with the original gameplay timing.
  • Four viewing modes, from the whole table to close, scrolling views.
  • Borderless fullscreen and resizable windows.
  • Keyboard and gamepad controls.
  • Persistent high scores for every table.
  • A Sound Test for exploring the original music, jingles, and effects.

Currently supports single-player games.

Original media required: you must supply both supported European Amiga IPF disk images. Game disks are not included; ADF and WHDLoad versions are not supported. Please don’t ask us for disks or download sources.

This is an independent project, neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Unique Development Sweden. Obsession and its original assets belong to their respective rights holders.

Thank you, UDS, for making one of my favorite games of all time.

More information
Updated 7 days ago
Published 8 days ago
StatusReleased
Authorbigbitsoftware
GenreSimulation
TagsAmiga, Arcade, Pinball
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Code
Generative AI helped analyze the original game code, develop the C++ engine, write tests and documentation, and create promotional artwork and the added port-credit card. It did not generate Obsession’s original table graphics, animations, fonts, music, or sound effects. Those are read at runtime from the player’s original game media. Gameplay rules and physics were recovered from that media, with modern presentation and quality-of-life features implemented around them.

Download

Download
obsession.exe 3.7 MB
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READ.ME 6.6 kB

Install instructions

  1. Download the Windows ZIP.
  2. Extract the entire archive into a writable folder, such as Games\Obsession. No installer is required.
  3. Supply your original game media. Create a folder named media beside obsession.exe and place both supported European Obsession Amiga IPF disk images inside it. Filenames don’t matter. Extract the images from any ZIP first; ADF and WHDLoad versions aren’t supported.
  4. Double-click obsession.exe.
  5. Play: choose a table with the arrow keys and Enter. Press Space to start, hold and release Down to launch, and use the Shift keys for flippers.

The game creates a commented obsession.ini if one is missing. Edit it while the game is closed to change preferences or specify another media folder. See READ.ME for all controls.

Upgrading? Preserve obsession.ini, obsession.hi, and obsession.hi.bak to keep your settings and high scores.

Original game disks are not included. Please don’t ask us to provide them or download links.

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kriz6 days ago

Ah how cool!! Just installed now and tried a few games, works very well!

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bigbitsoftware4 days ago

Thanks pal!  Always loved this game; especially Aquatic Adventure.  Give our Sewer Shark port a try!

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