3D Pinball for Windows had a bug that pushed it to 5,000 FPS — sort of

A bug in 3D Pinball for Windows let the game run at 5,000 FPS on faster hardware, but Microsoft eventually capped the frame ...

Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT

"My game engine had a bug, in that it would draw frames as fast as it could" said Plummer. At the time, the game was being ...
Research Snipers

Windows game “3D Pinball” ran through a bow with up to 5000 fps

When Microsoft developers come to speak of their long-term work, they keep revealing exciting curiosities. So Dave Plummer ...
TweakTown

Tilt! Ex-Microsoft coder explains bug in Windows 3D Pinball that hogged CPU and ran at 5000 FPS

Dave Plummer ported 3D Pinball (Space Cadet) to Windows NT, but neglected to include a frame rate limiter - so it ran like ...