In addition to the familiar flipper-twitching action craved by pinball fans of generations both present and past, Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island introduces new elements of strategy and intuitive puzzle-solving to the classic genre. The game actually runs on a version of the Unreal Tournament engine and is designed to provide smooth, fluid action in a fully 3D environment.
The adventure in the game involves the player's quest to free the creatures of the "Forgotten Island," a place of mythical beasts and lost dinosaurs. Gamers must win their way through a series of increasingly difficult tables to save the creatures of the island. Often, the player may need to manipulate elements of the game board, such as hitting a certain object with a certain ball or at a certain time, to trigger events that can open the way to the next table.