As a table based game pinball can be traced back to the 15th century with bagatelle. However it wasn't until the 1940s that 'flippers' were added.
No. It can't be called as pinball game if there's no parts in it.
It can be, pinball on your computer is an example of software. Pinball in real life is part software and part hardware.
Pinball Hall of Fame
Extreme Pinball happened in 1995.
Pokémon Pinball happened in 1999.
Pure Pinball happened in 2003.
Addiction Pinball happened in 1998.
Addiction Pinball was created in 1998.
Pinball Dreams happened in 1992.
Pinball Dreams was created in 1992.
Psycho Pinball was created in 1994.
Psycho Pinball happened in 1994.