Welcome! Gofers and Pirates and Keanu oh my!
Welcome to the BASH! In our first episode, Don meets Matt's gophers and has some choice words for them. Plus our pinball backstories. Dracula has a steamy encounter with Pinbot. Pinball Olympics!...
Highlights
- No Good Gofers was produced in 1700 units and released in December 1997
- No Good Gofers was originally designed as 'Backyard Mayhem' before Pat Lawlor pitched it to Stern, who adapted it to golf because backyards don't exist in Japan
- No Good Gofers is 'one of the last couple Williams games ever' and represents the pinnacle of WPC era technology (1990-1998)
- Donald has been playing pinball since age 15/16 (~20 years); Matt started playing pinball within the last 3 years
- No Good Gofers is an original theme game with unique design compared to other pinball machines
Notable quotes
“I'm a 35-year-old man, and um i've been playing pinball since i was 16 15 and uh so i i didn't grow up with my dad when i was a kid”
“I beat him...I think the machine beat him kind of thing...it definitely opened up the door for us to have this kind of friendly and competitive while I was learning how the game worked”
“I want her to see me get all the multiballs And she's like oh I didn't know They could have three balls At the playfield at one time We'll make a nice little family The pinball machine, us”
“Within like three months you already had two games and we were here in the pinball shed right now yeah just like playing you know what like nine to one nine to midnight or something”
“I think it's going to be really fun. I think it's going to be really cool, and I think I'm going to feel like I missed out every time I just looked at it and walked away”
“You don't have to think that hard to know what's going on and to figure it out and to know where you've got to go and where you've got to hit. You just kind of know where to go.”
“It's like a great beginner game, right? you could have more experienced players kind of go”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Williams· company
- Dracula· game
- Hook· game
- Last Action Hero· game
- No Good Gofers· game
- Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
- Donald· person
- Keanu Reeves· person
- Matt· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- WPC era· product
More from BASH Pinball Podcast
→ All content from BASH Pinball Podcast
TWIPYs: Behind the Scenes | Don Wants to Buy a Pokemon w/Ian and Colin
Matt, Don, Ian, and Colin talk about the fun and challenging process of creating the 2025 TWIPYs Show. Also, Don considers getting a Pokemon pinball, which Ian played at the recent Stern media event....
TWIPYs Budget Problems with Colin + Resident Evil Pinball
You’ve still got time to vote! Matt and Don talk with Colin about the TWIPYs budget. Plus they discuss the upcoming Resident Evil Pinball, how to review pinball machines, and is IPDB.org dying?...
We’re Hosting the TWIPYs! | News with Colin | Kineticist
It’s official — BASH Pinball is hosting the upcoming 2025 TWIPY Awards! In this episode Matt and Don chat with Colin of Kineticist and This Week In Pinball. They discuss the changes for the 2025...
