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244 3D Pinball bug allowed game to run at 5,000 FPS — former Microsoft programmer didn't add a rev limiter when porting game from Windows 95 to NT

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Tom's Hardware · 09/09/2025 14:35 EDT

3D Pinball bug allowed game to run at 5,000 FPS — former Microsoft programmer didn't add a rev limiter when porting game from Windows 95 to NT

Dave Plummer, the Microsoft programmer who ported Pinball from Windows 95 to NT, didn't add a frame limiter to the game, which made it go into overdrive on more modern systems.

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