Episode 153 - Pinball Expo 2021
This is a discussion of the Pinball Expo 2021 experience recorded while at Expo. We used a remote recorder and a lot of background noise needed to be stripped out so the audio quality is subpar...
Highlights
- Cactus Canyon remake will only have two models (Standard and LE), no classic edition
- Cactus Canyon Standard priced at $8,000, LE at approximately $9,250
- Cactus Canyon base code is vanilla (original), not the new Lyman Sheets/Josh Sharp code that will be released later
- Additional expanded code for Cactus Canyon will cost extra but price not yet announced
- Rumor: Cactus Canyon expansion code may require additional hardware, not just USB delivery
- Rumor: expanded Cactus Canyon code will cost around $1,000
- Godzilla Premium Edition is significantly more fun than Pro due to building mech with diverters changing shot feeds
- American Pinball Legends of Valhalla had 5-6 units on the floor at Expo and multiple became non-functional
- Valhalla playfield launcher failed 36-42+ times attempting to get ball into shooter lane on single play attempt
- Legends of Valhalla LE run expanded from 300 to 500 units during production
Notable quotes
“this is the first game that CGC has put out that I have zero interest in picking up. I mean, even if it was like, oh, yeah, money's no object, I just don't care.”
“It's a 90s game. It better be under $10.”
“I mean, doing things with lots of blood on the back glass on the sides of the cabinet, that stuff only costs you sales.”
“It feels like Invasion of the Body Snatchers because I'll walk away. I'll come back a few hours later, and it looks like a Valhalla body has become a Hot Wheels body.”
“It took longer to get it in the shooting trough than I think any of my ball times on the game probably were.”
“you have diluted the specialness by making more units. This is how it works.”
“The issue, of course, is most likely, you know, if you're going to a company like American Pinball, I imagine they're like, we're not designing a menu system for these other screens, so you're going to use an LCD”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Riot Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Godzilla· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Sorcerer's Apprentice· game
- Pinside· organization
- Chris Garazno· person
- Dennis· person
- George Gomez· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Steve Bowen· person
- Tony· person
- Zach· person
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