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Up Up and Away - Pinball Flyers

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 21 min listen
From the creator

Let's talk pinball flyers. What are they? Why are they still made? Did people in the past base their pinball buying decisions on what they saw on a flyer?!

Highlights

  • Corvette (1993) was George Gomez's only three-flipper game before Bond.
  • Dune prototype experienced ball-handling bugs with worm mechanism capturing multiple balls incorrectly during multi-ball sequences.
  • Dune's flipper geometry appears intentionally less secure when fully locked compared to typical stern machines, similar to Deadpool per George Gomez design philosophy.
  • Finney's Arcade Wednesday pinball league opened with 20 participants including casual players and newcomers.
  • Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray (1990) had no ball save feature, making it brutally punishing for poor play.
  • Brighter powder coating colors (like yellow) on pinball machines are more visible in arcade/location environments than darker colors.
  • PDI glass is the only anti-reflective glass with coating baked into the material rather than applied as a surface coat.
  • Lakewood arcade (Detroit St, Ohio) recently added Ninja Eclipse, Corvette, Galaga, and Pump It Up rhythm cabinet.

Notable quotes

The code's not anywhere near, even still had, like, the licensor, like, this is not approved yet. That's just saying watermark or whatever.
Jeff or Kyle (describing Dune prototype)
It's far less brown than everybody's saying. In person, it definitely is more appealing.
Kyle
It felt like the flippers were more flat in terms of like when when it's fully locked on... if you locked up with a couple balls during multi-ball it just felt like I didn't have that security of the angle.
Kyle
George Gomez is on record as saying that that's intentional on that game [Deadpool]... I'm wondering if it's a similar thing on Dune.
Corbin
That worm is a showstopper for sure... the way that they utilize that LCD at the playfield level this time to where when you get into those harvester battles, literally the little ships move left, right, center, and then you have to hit your shots based on where it is on the screen
Kyle
It's a lot of fun. I like the mode we get to flip and you change the gears going through. The motor shaking back and forth... the drag race up the side of the play field.
Zach
Doesn't it seem like a real missed opportunity on this game to have the traditional just plunger shooter rod and not have some sort of gear shifter? Yeah, 100%. It needs an H pattern of some sort.
Corbin and Kyle
If you sit there and flip the flippers, it'll rev and move back and forth. So that revving that you're doing before you plunge, that's affecting your skill shot
Kyle
Only Dr. Dude and his excellent ray will keep players coming back for more with operator earnings that are just what the doctor ordered.
Flyer copy (read by host)
I danced the whole time with the boys. The boys loved it. They came home from school every day and just sat there out there and danced.
Zach

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • America's Most Honored· game
  • Corvette (1993)· game
  • Deadpool· game
  • Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray· game
  • Dune· game
  • GTF (likely 'Game To Find')· game
  • King Kong LE· game
  • Pump It Up· game
  • Birdfish Brewing· location
  • Finney's Arcade· location
  • Lakewood Arcade (Detroit St, Ohio)· location
  • Zach Angeli Brewing Company· location
  • Corbin Angeli· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Jeff· person
  • Kyle· person
  • Norton· person
  • Zach Angeli· person
  • PDI Glass· product

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