Legends Pinball Micro

LOVE this pinball table! I'm a 63-year-old pinball fanatic, and I got this as a late Christmas gift for myself. I decided to wait a week to write a review. Well, after a week, I can say that this is exactly what I wanted, and I'm kind of addicted to the thing. Okay, very addicted. First off, maybe they upgraded the D-pad, but mine is very solid -- not mushy at all, and easy to navigate with. No problems with any of the other buttons either (part of the reason I waited a week to write this was to see if anything broke -- nothing has yet). Controls feel solid, and are easy to navigate once you get used to the machine. The speakers sound amazing for their size (although, see my complaints below) and have nicer bass than you'd expect. Sound is a big part of the pinball experience, and this machine delivers. No lag or latency on either the screen or flippers, which would of course be dealbreakers for something as timing-sensitive and precise as pinball. 1080p is fine for the small screen, and it looks sharp with easy-to-read text. The 60hz refresh rate is also fine for the purposes of the Micro. Really, both the screen and backglass are vibrant, and even though it's small and, as others have mentioned, kind of too high to easily track modes and bonuses (including video modes), I keep the backglass set to "best fit," because I hate stretched screens, and it's not too small to look really good even with the smaller screens of e.g. the Gottlieb tables. The plunger button doesn't bother me at all, since I'm more used to that type than to a real plunger from all the virtual pinball I play these days -- especially Pinball FX VR. And while I also love Pinball FX VR, this thing has kept me off it for a week now. There's just something about the feel of having a real table, even if it's tiny and playing virtual pinball, that is hard to beat. The 50 included tables range from fantastic to meh. Standouts include Space Invaders, Devil Riders 2019, and most of the Zaccaria Deluxe tables. Plenty to keep you happily occupied until when and if you buy more tables. I've also bought several of the gamepacks -- luckily for me I already have Zaccaria Pinball and all of Pinball Arcade's Gottlieb tables on Steam, so I could decide which ones I wanted to buy for the ALP Micro by playing them there first. I consider all of the Gottlieb packs to be must-haves, since they each include at least a couple of top-notch tables based on real machines. Also, many of the Gottlieb tables will show the top players' scores and initials on the backglass between games, which adds to the fun for me. You can also see your local high scores and national ranking in the table menus for all machines, but it's just not the same. For added fun, I set up CoinopsX (the ALP Micro is on firmware version 5.70 -- the last one to support CoinopsX) with vertical WOPR using the guide over at Wagner's Tech Talk, and now have access to hundreds of retro arcade games -- and since they're all vertical, they fit the ALP Micro's screen perfectly. I'm currently trying to figure out how to set up a USB controller as controller 1, because the Micro's controls are... sub optimal for playing games other than pinball, but that's a me problem. Just a VERY nice bonus I think is worth mentioning. Now let's get my few complaints out of the way [Note: these are not MAJOR problems, they are quibbles, and should not make you reconsider buying one of these EXCELLENT machines}: Yes, there is a low buzzing from the speakers when a game is loaded. Not there in the menus, only in-game. It's not noticeable between games with music, or while playing a game. It's also pretty subtle, but shouldn't be there at all. I also get a loud POP sound occasionally when going from a loaded game to playing it. Not loud enough to worry about blowing the speakers, but annoying when it happens. However, none of this is a problem when actually playing a table. The 16GB of built in storage is nice to have, but is a bit skimpy considering the number of pinball packs available for purchase. I could add a USB stick instead, but one USB port is occupied with my WOPR build and I need the other one for a controller -- so this may be a total non-issue for others. When you purchase a gamepack, and install it from your digital locker, there is often an "SSL handshake failed" error when trying to install a table. I'm not sure if it fixes itself with more tries or with more time, but it does fix itself and install the games eventually -- so even though I panicked when it first happened, I'm used to it now. But it is still a problem worth noting. That's all I can think of for... for... what's that? I... must... finish review... must not succumb... to playing with my AtGames Legends Pinball Micro... must resis... SEEYA!

I have two main gripes about the ALP Micro. My biggest issue is the screen brightness. If they ever make a second version they really need to choose a screen that can pump out some actual brightness and offer better viewing angles. The second problem is the UI. If they updated this machine to run on the same interface as the 4KP models it would be almost perfect. That being said this is the best and cheapest way for someone who isn't tech savvy to get into virtual pinball in a proper pinball shaped package. You get a lot of value for 300 bucks. Keep in mind that is the sale price and it is on sale all the time. I do not recommend buying this at full price because the sale price is where the value is actually at. It comes with Zaccaria tables which are very underrated. If you give them a chance you will find they have some of the best flow out there. A big bonus is that you get many tables from before Zaccaria moved to an AI looking art style. Here you get the old school hand drawn tables as they were originally made. These might look like dollar store generic pinball at first glance but the layouts are great and they are quite addictive. I recommend checking out Tropical 2019 and Zankor 2017. The Tropical EM plus and Ninja Turtles tables are also a blast for an extra six dollars each. Sadly there are no Zen tables on here. The machine does feel a little underpowered. I would like to see faster load times and a more consistent frame rate. It runs fine for the price but you might notice some frame rate dips if you try to play a table immediately after booting up or if you play a very complex table with multiple playfields. Clarity is fine but as I mentioned a brighter screen would help. I like to play sitting down since it is a tabletop machine but it seems like it was intended to be positioned much lower than you which can be frustrating. You can play on your PC through the HDMI and USB ports. You will need to buy and install a 100 dollar chip to get both screens working and you have to be willing to tinker. Installing the chip was a breeze but setting up VPX and Pinball FX to run correctly on the table is a bit more involved. I should also note that AtGames is not known for great customer support. Their system is ticket based and very slow. They can take two weeks to answer and then make you wait another week after you send them what they asked for. These machines also tend to log you out constantly. It has gotten better lately but it is still frustrating. If you are looking to buy one I suggest getting it on Amazon. You can handle returns or swaps through them if you have issues and save yourself the headache of dealing with AtGames support.

Ordered through Amazon and received the Pinball Micro. I was excited to get this game. Assembled and played for 10 minutes when game went blank and all I get get to work was an error message that said High scores not submitted and UUID was unverified. Never worked again. Then I sent in several tickets to support as you can not talk with anyone at AtGames. They responded and asked for several pictures of the console. I sent the pics immediately and then no further communication from Support. I asked for status twice and nothing back. I want the machine and would have ordered another but it became unavailable. I can order direct but would have to pay $50 shipping. I believe the company stopped dealing with Amazon because of the Prime free shipping. I have asked AtGames to replace , but as usual have heard nothing. Ok, so I ordered another and it came withe the same problem as did the first one I ordered, once again I sent in a ticket asking for a repair. No response again. What I found out by reading another review here is that if I disable WiFI, the game plays fine, but you lose access for firmware updates and ability to add new games. I will be keeping the game because the 50 games are enough for me. It plays great when not connected to WI FI. It just really annoys me they are shipping these games out, fully knowing they don't work the way they should. I would not recommend. Maybe someday they will get around to fixing this UUID problem. Poor Support but solid Pinball. This is my third report on the Legends Pinball Micro. The support is terrible, not even sure it exists but I have changed my opinion of the Game itself. When I assembled my second machine I did not connect to WIFI. It now plays perfectly and and does not disappoint. The company obviously never perfected their connection. if you do not mind your scores not being sent to AtGames, I would recommend the game. You can always pull up settings to upgrade software, and then turn off WIFI. I personally don't care about that, I just want to play the game.

I read the reviews before buying. I took a chance. I got a great virtual pinball machine that set up easily. My only complaint in assemble was that the video cable was a bit snug, but it plugged in with a little gentle coaxing. My 8 yr old daughter and I have played it heavily for 2 days. No issues. Sound is great. Display is great. Haptic feedback makes it feel way to real. Only complaint is the D pad for navigating menus. Go gentle and you will get the feel for it. My future expectations. This is a pretty sophisticated piece of technology. I expect with play im going to have to solder some connections. I'm probably going to have to replace some flipper buttons at some point. It's a pinball machine. They require maintenance. I would hazard a guess that lots of the negative reviews are due to rough handling during shipping. It is a piece of precision equipment. It performs like it. Lots of fun. Very realistic My suggestions. Get legs for it. If you buy standard pinball machine legs you will require washers because the head of the bolt is to small. At games has them available as well. Second, understand that this machine will probably require a little love to keep it in tip top condition. Conclusion. I'm saving up for a full size legends pinball machine. Amazing product great price.

The Pinball Micro is a fun machine, and the play feels responsive and realistic enough to be satisfying for an electronic version of a pinball machine. However, the package did not come functional and, a month later, still remains to be brought up to speed. This product would be a 4 to 5 star item had it worked properly from the outset. Upon arrival, two of the buttons (one the START button) were not connected internally at all. We puzzled why we couldn't even get past the intro screen until we finally opened the device ourselves to look. It simply wasn't assembled, as the connections weren't attached. We disassembled it, packaged it up, returned it, and waited for a replacement. A fully functioning unit 1.5 weeks later would be ok, at least a 3 or 4 out of 5 stars in responsiveness. Upon arrival, the second unit worked just fine for about 1 hour of play before the START button again wouldn't click 1/2 the time. By the next day, it was unreliable enough to be non-functional even with trying to find 'just the right place' to press hard. We requested it be addressed and are waiting for a replacement part. Until then, the machine is completely unplayable as the button has come detached inside and can't be triggered by pressing the START button. My concern here is that this product shouldn't warrant extensive customer maintenance, especially with wiring that could break from removing the screen, or parts that require more than a little force to pull free, not to mention soldering wires. I don't expect the target of a birthday gift such as this to know how to solder wires much less have to do it to get the product functioning on the 2nd day of arrival of its replacement. Service-wise, I would expect a business to go above and beyond to make sure the first 6-12 months of experience with a product is smooth, replacing the product with a properly QA-ed one, even hiring an electrician to do a solid job replacing a part without risking an amateur tearing out tight cables as they remove the display case or ripping apart a lead as they try to pull it free. I am waiting to see what happens when our replacement part arrives soon. If it is truly a 'simple' replacement, I could consider changing this review to 3 stars. If it is not as described, a 5-10 min fix that doesn't require soldering, but instead as shown on the sent video a fix that does require soldering and additional equipment, well, I think this constant delay and miscommunication needs to push it down to 1 star. For now, anyway. Update: the part arrived and, as mentioned, it was reasonably easy to replace.

The pinball micro is loaded with fun pinball games. The atgames additional table purchase website works nicely and the code redemption on the game is an easy procedure . I purchased the black hole table and the space shuttle table and they are very very cool. I am not an avid pinball guy, so I can’t speak to the accuracy, but they look and play perfectly to my recollection.

I am very impressed with the Legends Pinball Micro. The small form factor is perfect for my space and when I am playing, I often don't even think about the fact that the pinball table is presented on a screen, mounted under glass. The build-quality is very good, the minor assembly required is simple, and ATGames delivered the product earlier than expected. I paid $300 for the my Legends Pinball Micro, and an impressed with what I got for the money. If it weren't for a few annoying problems, I could easily rate the product five out of five stars. Annoying, but by no means a deal breaker, is the fiddly directional control pad you must use to navigate menus and enter data when between games. How this D-pad could be this bad is mind boggling. I saw this mentioned in other reviews on Amazon and I thought, "How bad could it be?" The answer is "very bad". It is not completely unusable, but accurate navigation with the D-pad can be a challenge. My second complaint is the process by which you are supposed to register the product. According to the manual, "If you signed up for a new Legends account, follow the instructions in the product registration email sent to the email address associated with the account." Well, I did sign up for a new Legends account, but I never received a product registration email. I have received other emails from them, but no mention of product registration. Again, not a deal-breaker, but kind of annoying. My third issue is much more annoying and is the main reason I am dropping my rating from 5 down to 3 stars. Whenever my Legends Pinball Micro tries to upload high score information to the Legends servers, I get the error, "Failed to submit your high score record due to an invalid UUID. Please contact AtGames at [URL]". Do I care about submitting my high scores online? Not really. The problem is that pressing the Okay button will often NOT dismiss this error message. You are then stuck waiting and retrying the click on the Okay button until the message is eventually dismissed and you can continue playing. Power cycling the unit does not help, because when the device restarts, it tries to upload high score data and I am again stuck trying to dismiss the error message. It seems like the more I play, the harder it gets to dismiss this message (perhaps because there are more and more high score records it is trying to upload?). I did fill out a customer support ticket on atgames.com, 9 days ago, and the problem remains unresolved. Immediately after creating the ticket, I received what must have been an automated email which said, "We’re back with great news following the recent v6.1.13 release. Our team has been working diligently, and we’re pleased to report that several key issues have now been resolved. Confirmed Fixed: [...] Invalid UUID Error on Legends HD – UUID error on machine no longer displays. You can now submit your scores without interruption. [...]". Really? How nice. Except the problem hasn't been fixed, at least not for me. I don't even know what v6.1.13 release they are talking about. My unit reports its firmware version as 10979_A36, and it says that there are no firmware updates to install. I added a reply to my customer support ticket, telling them I am indeed still receiving the invalid UUID error. It has not been fixed. I received a reply asking me to send photos of the box in which the unit shipped showing any damage. There is no damage to the box or visible damage to the device. But I sent them pictures of the box (explaining that there does not appear to be any damage to the box) and I sent them screenshots of the Device Info screen and the error message screen. That was 6 days ago. There has been no response. I could just turn off WiFi and play completely offline. But I am worried about this invalid UUID error. If I buy any add-on tables, will they work or will I simply get another invalid UUID error. I would like to have this problem resolved before I risk spending additional money on add-ons. Finally, buying add on tables and table packs is a little confusing to me. I see online where people talk about buying add-ons for the device or associating add-ons with your account so they are not locked to a specific device. But then people complain that if the servers are down, you can get locked out of playing tables that are associated with your account rather than the device. The online FAQ mentions an offline mode which may allow you to temporarily lock selected add-ons to a specific device (so that you can play offline?), but there aren't a lot of details. It seems a little confusing to me. Maybe it will make more sense, if they ever fix my "invalid UUID" problem and I feel comfortable taking the risk to buy some add-on tables. As it is, I don't think they have done a very good job explaining how purchases of add-on tables is supposed to work. *** January 19, 2026 (UPDATE) *** It has been 15 days since I filed a support ticket about the Invalid UUID Error. I did receive a reply, asking me to clear data, perform a button test, and perform a factory reset. I did all this, and the problem remains unresolved. The main annoyance is the inability to dismiss the error message, and at least for now this seems to only happen after restarting the device. It can take many minutes and many attempts to dismiss the error message so that I can play. Once I am able to start playing, the error appears whenever I exit a table, but at least in those cases I can dismiss the error by clicking "okay" just once. I wish it were as easy to dismiss the error after a restart. I did eventually purchase add-on tables, during AtGames' January sales event. I am happy to report that purchased tables do seem to work, despite the Invalid UUID Error I get whenever the machine decides to upload high scores. The process for buying and downloading tables is a little confusing. You apparently need two different accounts, a Legends account which you log into on the pinball machine itself and a separate account for the AtGames online store. I guess these accounts are linked to one another by using the same email address for both accounts? I don't know, but somehow the accounts are linked so that when you buy something, using the store account, the code to redeem the table or pack becomes available on a pinball machine logged into the Legends account. To get new tables onto your pinball machine, you buy the new table or multi-table pack at the AtGames store. After you complete the purchase, you are sent an email with a redemption code, but as far as I can tell, you don't need to use the code from the email, because the redemption code also shows up in the "My Digital Locker" section of "Settings" on the Legends Pinball Micro (assuming you are logged into the Legends account that is linked to the store account you used to make the purchase). It may take a few minutes for the code to show up in "My Digital Locker", but so far it has always shown up for me after a purchase. In the "My Digital Locker" (in Settings on the Pinball Micro), you select the code you want to redeem and press the start button. You are presented with a warning that the table or pack will be associated with your account, rather than the machine, and it tells you how you can redeem the code differently, if you want the table or pack to be associated with just the machine. Associating it with the machine means that you cannot transfer the table or pack to a new machine, if you buy a new machine, even if something happened to your old machine. So, you probably want to associate the purchased table or pack with your account anyway, which is what you do from My Digital Locker. After you redeem the code, you want to head on over to the "AppStoreX" screens of your Legends Pinball Micro, so that you can download the table or pack you just redeemed. During redemption in My Digital Locker, it asks you if you want to go to AppStoreX. Choosing that option sends you to AppStoreX, which lists all of the tables and packs you own and/or can buy (well sometimes it shows you tables and packs you don't own, but sometimes it only shows you what you own -- I don't know why). If you are lucky, the table or pack whose code you just redeemed will be automatically selected, and you can hit the start button to download the table or pack. There is no on-screen prompt that pressing start will download the table or pack, so I guess you are just supposed to know that. If you are unlucky the redirect from My Digital Locker to AppStoreX takes you to some table or pack that is not the one for which you just redeemed the code. In that case, you need to remember what you went to AppStoreX to download, and navigate to that table or pack yourself, and then press the Start button. This all seems to work, I guess, but it certainly seems unnecessarily convoluted. Now, my understanding is that if you redeem your purchases via My Digital Locker, such that the new table or pack is associated with your account rather than the device itself, you will need to be online and signed in on the Legends Pinball Micro in order to play the newly downloaded tables. But there is a way to take a table or pack "offline", so that it is temporarily bound to a particular machine and can be played while the machine is not connected to the Internet. You do this by going to AppStoreX on the machine, pressing the front "nudge" button to enter "Offline Mode", and select the tables or packs you want to take offline. I did this once, just as a test, but I think taking a table offline put my Legends Pinball Micro into "Offline Mode", and now I could not play my other purchased tables and packs that I had not taken offline. At least that's what it looks like was happening. I put the table and pack back "online", and all of my tables and packs seem to be working again. This is another feature of the Legends ecosystem that is not explained very well. Offline mode seems like a good idea, except if you want to put the table or pack back online, you have to do it from the machine on which it was taken offline. What happens if this machine breaks or becomes unusable? Well, I guess you lose the ability to put the table or pack back online and your purchase is lost to you (unless you can repair the machine). For now I am leaving all of my purchased packs and tables online, and I am hoping the AtGames servers are reliable. Of course, by staying connected to the Internet, I continue to get this "invalid UUID" error. *Sigh* *** February 22, 2026 (UPDATE) *** Well, another month has gone by, and the problem I reported to AtGames support has still not been resolved. I have responded to every request for additional information and have tried everything they have asked me to try, but the problem where I get an "invalid UUID" error when uploading high scores and (worse yet) this error message causes the machine to hang during startup, continues to be an issue. I can work around the problem by taking the machine offline (a multi-step process, since I have purchased additional tables that must be put into "offline" mode), but then they will ask me to try something else, and I have to go back online. The support ticket has been closed (by them) twice, but I have gotten them to reopen it by replying to their emails. It is annoying, and although I really like the device, I am reducing my rating to one-star, because of this bad support experience. If they ever fix the problem I reported (almost two months ago), I may consider bumping up my rating.

There is a lot to love about the Legends HD Pinball Micro. The table selections (both the 50 built-in and the additional tables available for purchase and download) are superb. The HD graphics are fine since the playfield is small. The size of the package is not an issue at all. Once you are playing you quickly forget how small it is. The haptic feedback, accelerometers for nudging, flipper and nudge buttons are all fine. It doesn't come with legs but this is a design feature since a lot of folks prefer the portability of not having legs attached. Legs are available for separate purchase for those who want them. There's only a couple elements that I don't like about and they are relatively minor... First the D-Pad that is included is pathetic. The problems with this D-pad are well documented and for the life of me I don't know why AtGames doesn't fix this. It is truly hideous. It works good enough for menu navigation (barely) but is completely useless for game play. Since you can pair up Bluetooth controllers with the game (or USB wired if you prefer), it's not a serious issue but it is still one they should fix. Second I am not a fan of the AtGames subscription model but you aren't required to utilize it to take advantage of most of the features of this cabinet so that's not a serious issue for me either. Virtual Pinball is, by far, what AtGames does best. Their arcade cabinets are okay but the available games selections for them are pretty limited compared to, for example, any decent RetroPie console. The reason to go to AtGames is virtual pinball and while I also have a full-size virtual pinball as well, I have grown to be a big fan of the micro HD version especially for the obvious advantage of tucking it away in small spaces that a full-size cabinet won't fit. This little guy is very addictive and gets a lot of game play here. I bet it will for you too.

Nice bit of kit not to big not to small