
Episode 217 - Downer
Pinball: We discuss Stern building more Black Knight: Sword of Rage machines, the now-revealed ABBA Pinball from Pinball Brothers, Multimorphic's production plans for The Princess Bride, and DPX...
Highlights
- Pinball Brothers is releasing ABBA Pinball in two editions: Arrival Limited Edition (500 units, $10,000) and Voyage Collector Edition (300 units, $11,000)
- Multimorphic plans to begin producing the Princess Bride module over the summer
- DPX has secured trademark filings for Magic Girl, Raza (Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland Land), and rumored rights to J-Pop's Alice in Wonderland
- Magic Girl was essentially unplayable as originally designed and only made playable by collector modifications
- Chicago Gaming Company continues to experience production delays similar to Pulp Fiction
- Pulp Fiction owners report the game feels too basic and not a keeper after initial nostalgia wears off
- Original-themed pinball games do not sell as well as licensed games despite community demand
- Stern is building more Black Knight Sword of Rage machines, likely a final production run
Notable quotes
“I just don't feel anything when I look at it...I see the disco ball and go, I have that in my Deadpool. I see the helicopter and I go, hey, I've played Raven before. It had a helicopter. I see the symbol and I'm like, oh, that's something that Guns N' Roses did. It just feels like it's like a magpie, you know, the bird. They've gone and just like grabbed all these little bits of glitter from other successful pinball machines and dropped it into a very popular band.”
“Shame. Shame? Shame. Shame. There are certain things that should just die, and these fall within that realm...What part of this history makes you want to be involved in this game?”
“Give it to the poor, give it to a charity, give it to me, I don't care...go out on the street, find the dirtiest drunk you can and give it to him. You're still doing a better thing than giving it to anybody willing to support this at this point.”
“I actually recorded three completely separate rants for the Instagram about this...they were rough. They were – I wasn't nice. Okay. I was very, very not nice...I just can't talk about this right now that's how much of a rant I went on”
“These are games that are impossible for people to make...they're bad. Magic Girl wasn't a good game. Raza wasn't a good game. Alice in Wonderland, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably not a very good game.”
“People fall in love with the artwork. And he didn't draw that stuff. Zombie Yeti did most of the artwork people love. And as I recall, Jeremy Packer, a.k.a. Zombie Yeti, doesn't want these projects to exist. He's like that part of his life is over.”
“DPX seems like the sort of company that would probably think, you know what? I bet the Trudeau guy probably has a few designs left in him...their view of pinball seems to make me think they think that would be okay.”
“I lean that way personally. I've made that rule for myself about companies for arguably less than this...I think it's tacky, tasteless, and I guess we'll see what ends up happening.”
“Original themes don't sell. Nobody cares. It's been proven time and time again...You got the sound package, but how much space do you want to give to a sound package?”
“This is a little bit of a downer episode. I think I'm going to name episode 217 downer.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- DPX· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- ABBA Pinball· game
- Alice in Wonderland (Zidware)· game
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Magic Girl· game
- Princess Bride· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Raza (Retro Atomic Zombie Adventure Land)· game
- Alexander Spohr· person
- Dennis· person
- J-Pop (Jeanette Popp)· person
- Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti)· person
- Mike Ybarra· person
- Tony· person
- Yuji Naka· person
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