The Pinball Company That Raised Millions — and Never Shipped a Game
Summary
Retrospective on Zidware and Deep Root Pinball: unshipped games, SEC fraud allegations, and a federal indictment of Robert J. Mueller.
CaptNRetro chronicles the Zidware and Deep Root Pinball saga, framing it as a pattern where unfinished pinball promises and investor money led to an SEC civil complaint and a federal criminal indictment against Robert J. Mueller. The video argues the hobby's lasting loss is trust, not any single game, and notes that Alice in Wonderland was ultimately finished by Dutch Pinball Exclusive.
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