The Name’s John…. Not John Wick, the other one. BonusX!!
Matt and Don have some thoughts about Jersey Jack’s Elton John. Better late than never right? Also (in Seinfeld’s voice) — what’s the deal with pinball toys? Games Discussed: Elton John, Doctor Who...
Highlights
- Elton John is the speaker's favorite Jersey Jack game overall
- Elton John has superior flipper feel and playability compared to other JJP games like Godfather
- Elton John's layout resembles classic pinball designs (Attack from Mars style) with upper right flipper, three center drop targets, side ramps, and scoops
- Steve Ritchie's design on Elton John was influenced by his Stern experience and likely included tweaks to flipper mechanics
- Modern pinball games lack the innovative toy mechanisms that defined classic Williams games from the 1980s-90s
- Godzilla's innovative features (building collapse, bridge movement, Mechagodzilla, spinning ramp, magnets) drive its popularity and appeal to new players
- Jersey Jack games are priced close to twice the cost of a Stern Pro model
- Audio quality through pinball machine headphone jacks is compressed and uses lower bitrate/sample rate files
Notable quotes
“Elton John feels natural. Elton John feels like kind of like a greatest hits sort of layout.”
“It's got like the light show kind of thing. Yeah. And the little rails going down the sides. I was mesmerized.”
“What game in the last 10 years has had some mechanism or toy that's something wholly innovative and new and different and interesting?”
“Godzilla, man, has been basically the number one game that people have said to me... I saw the Godzilla and it got me into pinball.”
“There's a twister that came by. I didn't know what I was doing... It was like too much.”
“Jersey Jack games are expensive... Close to twice the cost of a pro Stern or something.”
“If Whitewater was just like, didn't have those elements, people wouldn't care about it.”
“You got to risk it to get the biscuit.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Addams Family· game
- Attack from Mars· game
- Creature from the Black Lagoon· game
- Dialed In· game
- Doctor Who· game
- Elton John· game
- Godfather· game
- Godzilla· game
- Hook· game
- Saw· game
- Whitewater· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Diane· person
- Don· person
- Glenn Wechter· person
- Matt· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
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