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The Data Glove, Strats, Code, and J’s Hackstory…

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A delectable mini bonus nugget, tossed haphazardly into the sarlaac pit of content. nom nom.

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Highlights

  • Johnny Mnemonic's data glove is one of the most interesting pinball mechs/toys ever created
  • The shared tic-tac-toe matrix in Johnny Mnemonic between players creates a significant game balance issue where previous players can block next players
  • HackerJ considered modifying Johnny Mnemonic's code to address the shared matrix issue
  • Johnny Mnemonic has scoring oddities involving the 320 gigabyte spinner that can be exploited
  • Johnny Mnemonic is not frequently used in tournament play, which reduces its overall popularity
  • The data glove mechanic uses magnetic force to pull the ball vertically into the glove
  • Most pinball games allow instant ball reset by holding the start button, even on some quarter-play games

Notable quotes

“It's one of the most interesting pinball mechs and toys probably ever. It's an experience.”
HackerJ
“The real problem with Johnny is that everyone is sharing the matrix. The location of the items in the matrix stay the same from round to round. A previous person can block the next person.”
HackerJ
“If I dug into the code on that game, that was one of the things that I was going to change.”
HackerJ
“Playing for the highest score possible is not necessarily the same as what you're going to do in a tournament. You're trying to just beat everyone else.”
HackerJ
“I have my strategy so dialed in that I knew when a ball was a loss, when a game was a loss cause.”
HackerJ
“When you owned the game... you kind of played enough to get to the point where you kind of already know what's going to happen and you don't really risk anything it's like you said it's more time that you're wasting right rather than money”
Host
“This may be beneficial to people who don't know this if you play at a free play arcade, though.”
HackerJ

Entities

  • Black Rose· game
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Johnny Mnemonic· game
  • Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
  • George Gomez· person
  • HackerJ· person

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