Enzo x Don’s Pinball Podcast – DEEP DIVE into Spooky’s BEETLEJUICE Pinball! 🍎🪲
Enzo x Don’s Pinball Podcast – DEEP DIVE into Spooky’s BEETLEJUICE Pinball! 🍎🪲
Join Enzo and special guest Don from Don’s Pinball Podcast as we jump head-first into the world of Spooky Pinball’s brand-new Beetlejuice! In this episode we break it all down – the theme, the art...
Highlights
- Beetlejuice sold out pre-reveal in under 15 minutes
- Enzo received 90 emails for 20 spots in 90 seconds for the midnight launch event
- The game's brightness/darkness appearance is camera artifact, not actual game appearance
- Beetlejuice features the first instant replay bonus recap feature in pinball history
- Beetlejuice uses stacked/ramp inception mechanic not previously seen in pinball
- Spooky intentionally turned off narrator callouts because they detracted from theme
- Christopher Franchi has designed multiple Spooky games including Monsters and Evil Dead with different artwork
- Beetlejuice production is 1,079 units total (999 standard + 80 show games)
Notable quotes
“I was expecting five to 10 people. I got 90 emails for 20 spots in 90 seconds after going live for it.”
“the camera makes it look worse than what it actually is. So the game is nowhere near as bright as what you're seeing on camera.”
“This has to be a first in pinball. And I really [love] this...you get a full instant replay of all the shots you hit.”
“What's a Beetlejuice game without a sandworm? Let's put it that way.”
“I think the work he's doing is just creating art...you can't critique him for like anything he's done”
“if I had to pick, if I could only have one and it was Evil Dead and Harry Potter, the only reason I would choose Harry Potter is cuz of theme because I'm just not that into horror gore”
“they've gone to a very similar fan layout to Evil Dead...you can come up with some kind of crazy ball path, but if it's clunky to shoot, you're not going to get much from that”
“That to me is a pinball moment if I haven't seen one. And you're not even playing. The game's over.”
“Spooky powder coat their wire forms different colors. Huge huge kudos for that.”
“you don't necessarily have to hit every single drop target just to drop it because it'll it'll come in in different modes and things”
Entities
- Flipping Out Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- America's Most Haunted· game
- Batman 66· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Dungeons Dragons· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Fall of the Empire· game
- Gottlieb House of Horrors· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Jaws· game
- Monsters· game
- Bug· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Don· person
- Enzo· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Spooky Luke· person
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