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Dracula, Music, Music, Dungeon Crawler Carl...Rumored Pinball Machines for 2027

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The majority of my rumor articles lately have focused on what game we can expect to see next from manufacturers. Today, I want to talk about potential...

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Highlights

  • Sonic the Hedgehog is definitely next from Jersey Jack Pinball
  • Jersey Jack Pinball second new game of 2026 or first of 2027 will be a music pin by Mark Seiden, likely based on The Beastie Boys
  • Stern's pipeline includes cartoon Transformers by Elliot Eismin, Keith Elwin's Fallout, and remastered AC/DC or KISS
  • Stern's next game after those will be an unlicensed theme by Brian Eddy based on public domain Dracula
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is rumored as a future Stern theme
  • American Pinball has secured rights to Cirqus Voltaire as first of seven Bally/Williams remakes from Pinball Planet
  • World Cup Soccer and Fish Tales are the two strongest rumors for American Pinball next remakes
  • Pedretti Gaming has obtained rights to remake Theatre of Magic and Tales of the Arabian Nights
  • Spooky's 2027 game after Beetlejuice will be based on the 1985 film The Goonies
  • Spooky typically only builds one game per year

Notable quotes

“For years, JJP has been rumored to have the rights to or at least be interested in making a pinball machine based on the iconic hip-hop group The Beastie Boys. I have no idea if this rumor is true, but it's been around forever...so long that I didn't think it was going to happen.”
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“I wonder what that would be like? Scary like Williams' 1992 game Bram Stoker's Dracula, or campy like the fantastic Dracula lines from Williams' 1998 game Monster Bash?”
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“AP recently let the cat out of the bag and revealed that Cirqus Voltaire is the first of seven Bally/Williams remakes for which they have secured the rights from Pinball Planet to 'reimagine,' as they put it.”
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“Fish Tales one is interesting because Cardona Pinball just revealed a 2.0 kit for Fish Tales last week.”
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“Spooky's 2027 game after Beetlejuice will be based on the 1985 film The Goonies. Spooky typically only builds one game per year, so anything beyond that takes us into 2028 and beyond (man, that sounds like the future, doesn't it?).”
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Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Cardona Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Pedretti Gaming· company
  • Pinball Planet· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Cirqus Voltaire· game
  • The Goonies· game
  • Knapp Arcade· organization
  • Pinball Roundtable· organization
  • Brian Eddy· person
  • Cale Hernandez· person
  • Elliot Eismin· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mark Seiden· person
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure· product
  • Dungeon Crawler Carl· product
  • Gremlins· product
  • South Park· product
  • The Beastie Boys· product
  • The NeverEnding Story· product

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