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Information on Jersey Jack Pinball's Next Two Games and more from Pintastic New England

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Hey everyone. I'm coming off a super busy pinball weekend, having spent all day Friday and Saturday at the awesome Pintastic New England show in Marlb...

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Highlights

  • Sonic the Hedgehog pinball is Jersey Jack's next game
  • Steve Ritchie described Sonic as 'maybe the fastest game I've ever made'
  • Sonic has over 6,000 recorded speech calls
  • Author estimates Sonic release in June 2026
  • Mark Seiden scrapped his first game layout entirely and started over
  • Mark Seiden's new game will be music-themed
  • Nintendo refuses to license pinball; Gottlieb obtained two Nintendo licenses in 1980s
  • Jack Guarnieri pursued Harry Potter license for about ten years before it became available
  • Harry Potter pinball has 938 unique parts and over 3,200 total parts
  • JJP filed patent covering AI for pinball and gaming broadly

Notable quotes

“maybe the fastest game I've ever made”
Steve Ritchie
“The game is a standard body, not a widebody. It 'might' have more than two flippers and it has 'satisfying spinners.'”
Steve Ritchie / Jersey Jack presentation
“the new one shoots amazing”
Mark Seiden
“pinball is not a category they license”
Jack Guarnieri
“one week before TPF 2023 (right after The Godfather launched) saying his flight was being rerouted to Burbank to pitch the game”
Eric Meunier (describing Jack Guarnieri's call)
“He had one caffeine-fueled week to prepare a full concept: playfield layout, characters, assets, mechanisms, and required audio/video clips.”
Eric Meunier
“New Arcade Edition and Wizard Edition builds are scheduled for September.”
Jack Guarnieri

Entities

  • Gottlieb· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Nintendo· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Turner Pinball· company
  • Warner Brothers· company
  • Pintastic New England· event
  • F-14 Tomcat· game
  • Harry Potter· game
  • High Speed· game
  • Sonic the Hedgehog· game
  • Stellar Wars· game
  • The Godfather· game
  • The Hobbit· game
  • Knapp Arcade· organization
  • Brian Klatsky· person
  • Ed Haron· person
  • Eric Meunier· person
  • Jack Guarnieri· person
  • Jason Knapp· person
  • Mark Seiden· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Under the Glass· venue

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