Future Pinball is a freeware 3D pinball editing and gaming application for Microsoft Windows. The software is similar to Visual Pinball ("VP") and other modern pinball simulation applications. As with VP's relationship with "vPinMAME," Future Pinball ("FP") uses partner applications to emulate original pinball ROM code. In FP's case, ROM code is emulated by Better Arcade Mode ("BAM") directly, or via other tools, such as "Pinball Browser." Future Pinball was discontinued in 2010 by the original author Christopher Leathley, but in 2013, development was resumed via BAM, by its author, Rafal Janicki. BAM features many new developments, such as enhanced physics, optics, and virtual reality support.