Episode 113 - We Talk Movie...err...Pinball
Pinball: The guys speculate on themes that would make for interesting pinball machines (not your typical, run-of-the-mill suggestions!). Video Games: There is some news here with coverage on the...
Highlights
- There's very little pinball news because manufacturing/development is halted due to stay-at-home orders
- This Week in Pinball covered a Deep Root interview but without significant new revelations about the company's status
- Western-themed pinball games are rare outside of Cactus Canyon in the modern era
- The Roanoke Pinball Museum houses over 65 machines spanning from 1932 to 2018
- Running Man pinball would benefit heavily from Richard Dawson audio clips from the film
Notable quotes
“Harry Potter will never have his own pinball machine”
“I don't want to talk about Jaws. I don't want to talk about anything that we assume is going to be coming out, like Toy Story or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
“Walk without rhythm. It won't attract the worm.”
“You're trying to kill these people. You're mad. You're whatever. I don't know what his motivation was. He's just evil. He's just pure evil.”
“Death Blossom, which... wipes out everything... It's almost like Smart Missile from the Data East Jurassic Park”
“Running Man definitely should have been done. Oh, yeah. But alas, they did not choose to do it.”
“Because never to the left, ever to the right, forever to the right.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Data East· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Dennis· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Gene Hackman· person
- Richard Dawson· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Tony· person
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