Windows 3D Pinball died because the ball kept falling through the floor

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The developers encountered a technical fault, whilst the program's code was largely undocumented. Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has now revealed why the classic pinball game 3D Pinball: Space Cadet disappeared from Windows after Windows XP. The story was first reported by Windows Latest . According to Chen, problems arose when the Windows code was being adapted from 32-bit to 64-bit.