Episode 124 - Solid State Pinball Supply
Tony and Dennis are joined by Nick Greenup and Keri Wing of Solid State Pinball Supply. In this entirely pinball episode they talk about Avengers, JJP, Deeproot, routing games, growing a pinball...
Highlights
- Solid State Pinball Supply sold 25-35 games in first three years, then increased after moving to larger location with arcade space
- Jersey Jack Pinball games require more maintenance and care on route compared to Stern games
- Deep Root promised five games at 2019 TPF as part of 'five days of Deep Root' but still only showing Raza prototype years later
- Avengers Infinity Quest is expected to win Game of the Year at Twippies due to Stern's dominance of that award
- Flipper strength issues affected Raza prototype playability at shows, with top competitive player Travis unable to consistently hit left ramp
- Jersey Jack games suffer from mushy flipper feel in low power situations at shows due to default settings
- Deep Root's original 'Ferrari quality with Kia pricing' statement has been walked back
- Stern Pro machines now cost almost $6,000, creating affordability barrier for casual buyers
Notable quotes
“How naive I was. But it turns out you can sell a lot of games.”
“It does kind of lose some of its magic. However, since we're in the midst of a move when Ninja Turtles came out, I did get to feel a little of that joy again.”
“Everything about it from the display to the cabinet was all still prototype, and it didn't showcase any of the innovations that the company is planning”
“They think they're second. They've named them as second. And Deep Root's coming in, and they talked a really big game about being disruptive, about producing more games than anyone else in pinball.”
“Travis said he hit that shot 12 times, and he went fully around the ramp zero.”
“Every home for a pinball, every pinball for a home”
“If they do not, if it's only Raza, the reaction to the reveal will be lackluster.”
“I'm like I don't know about that. He talked about the diagnostics and stuff, and they do have some cool features...you can just go into the menu and it shows you a picture of the play field and points out where the switch is”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Solid State Pinball Supply· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Ninja Turtles· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Raza (Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland)· game
- Wonka· game
- 403 Club· organization
- Pizza West Nubs· organization
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- World League Club· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Kerry Wing· person
- Nick Greenup· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Tony· person
- Travis Murray· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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