Episode 140 - Fathoming a Paycut
Pinball: The guys discuss Haggis Pinball's announcement of Fathom Revisited. Video Games: Discussion focus on Activision-Blizzard's CEO pay, the loss of Jeff Kaplan from Blizzard, Microsoft revising...
Highlights
- Haggis Pinball is building 50 machines per month starting summer production (around July)
- Fathom Revisited Mermaid Edition has not sold out but is past halfway point toward 250-unit limit
- Haggis has a deal with Planetary Pinball for rights to produce five early-era Bally games total
- Haggis plans to standardize on seven-segment RGB displays across all five remakes, staying within early 80s Bally era
- Stern Avengers LE pricing was approximately $9,000-$9,200
- Used Fathom machines typically sell for $5,000-$6,000, with restored versions reaching $10,000
- Zach on the Pinball Show predicted Fathom Revisited would sell out day one; it did not
- Fathom is universally agreed upon as having the best art package of 1981
Notable quotes
“I'm the Senate.”
“if you want me to filter, it's important to get the meetings in before four. after four I kind of quit caring”
“The Classic Edition is more expensive than a brand-new Stern?”
“This is taking nostalgia, repackaging it, and selling it to people.”
“I question the depth of the 2.0 rule set when you're only making it for maybe 250 people.”
“Well, I would do five class of 81s. My problem isn't giving you five class of 81s. It's giving you five class of 81s and you making money.”
“Do you sell enough of them?”
“It's like, okay, well it's cheaper than guns and roses ce it's cheaper than an le from stern”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Planetary Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Centaur· game
- Fathom Revisited· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Dennis· person
- Don· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person
More from Eclectic Gamers Podcast
→ All content from Eclectic Gamers Podcast
Episode 273 - Gotta Go Action-Adventure
Pinball: We discuss the purported JJP leak of the Sonic playfield. Video Games: We talk about Subnautica 2, the PlayStation State of Play, the Summer Game Fest, the IGN Live, and a few other things....
Episode 272 - Why Ball No Transform?
Pinball: We discuss Stern's new pinball machine: Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Pinball. Video Games: We talk about AtGames and their Zen conflict, Summer Games Done Quick, Destiny 2, Switch...
Episode 271 - Big Bang Bar Remake Remake
Pinball: We discuss Stern's schedule for the next cornerstone, the fall of Big Bang Bar Remake Remake, and some listener emails. Video Games: We talk about Subnautica 2's launch, Activision stepping...