Radical Rare Games, Remakes, and Homebrews – Expo Part 3!!
Finally, the Season Finale! After an interminable list of excuses, Matt and Don wrap up their Chicago Expo trip with impressions of Hankin Games, banana flippers, Abba, Metallica Remastered, Funhouse...
Highlights
- Rob Burke's private game collection at Expo featured minimum 50 games from 70s-90s era, all exceptionally well-maintained
- Empire Strikes Back by Hankin was a legitimate licensed game released around 1982 when the movie came out, not a re-theme
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater homebrew featured assets directly from the original PlayStation game including characters, music, and gameplay mechanics
- An 'ice cream man' homemade ice cream without payment at Expo, accumulating large crowds
- Varkon is a vertical pinball playfield housed in an arcade cabinet with inverted/mirrored perspective gameplay
- Greek Gods homebrew was created by Cole Martin with his daughter doing artwork and voice callouts
- Boys Night Out homebrew was created by Joel Kaiser and ties into a short film he made
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater homebrew will require major effort/resources to recreate as commercial product
Notable quotes
“Johnny will smash down a roo or two when he visits the northern coast once a year. The sacks are like dim sums and they go alright with a little sauce.”
“That retro game hall was like its own little hidden gem for me... I found a lot of joy and fun in that little retro game area for whatever reason”
“I can't be me at Black Rose... It's your game that... every time I've owned a game and then played the same game that I owned elsewhere, I'm horrible”
“Ice cream jesus... he's just like a guy who likes pinball and ice cream and he has a way of forming a crowd of people around him”
“Don't sleep on Varkon, man. Varkon, super cool name.”
“That was a secret tape you couldn't figure it out in one go which was cool... I wish I could have played it more”
“It feels like you're hanging out with people for like five minutes. Then you go hang out with somebody else for five minutes... There's not enough time.”
“You're going to see different ways to access shots or different rule sets that might be original... something different to change it up”
Entities
- Hankin· company
- Hexa Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Chicago Expo· event
- ABBA· game
- Boys Night Out· game
- Dennis Lilley· game
- Empire Strikes Back· game
- Gorgar Gorgar· game
- Greek Gods· game
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater· game
- Varkon· game
- Clark Fairly· person
- Cole Martin· person
- Don (Don's Pinball Podcast)· person
- Erica's Pinball Journey· person
- Glenn Wechter· person
- Ian Jacobi· person
- Ice Cream Man· person
- Jamie Burchill· person
- Joel Kaiser· person
- Johnny Crunch· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Ryan (Phantom Tilt)· person
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