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Spooky Pinball Update; Which Stern Pinball Game is the Hardest?; Is Another Star Trek Pin Coming?

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I am going to kick things off today with a ton of interesting news about Spooky Pinball. Spooky's Corwin "Bug" Emery was on not one, but two YouTube S...

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Highlights

  • Goonies is Spooky's next pinball machine title
  • Goonies layout has only one scoop versus Beetlejuice's multiple scoops
  • Spooky is building approximately 100 games per month as of May 2026
  • Beetlejuice production was 'into the 300s' out of 999 units as of May 15-17, 2026
  • Rob Zombie licenser recently asked if Spooky wanted to do another Rob Zombie pinball machine
  • Spooky is likely doing a small run of Motörhead in the future
  • Evil Dead's lower playfield was almost not included in the game for the first six months of design
  • Keith Elwin's next game for Stern after a rumored Fallout game will be based on original Star Trek series
  • Brian Eddy's unlicensed Dracula-themed game is real and coming as first Stern release of 2027
  • Black Knight Sword of Rage Pro is the hardest Stern game based on shortest single-player ball time

Notable quotes

“Why are you asking stuff everybody already knows?”
Corwin 'Bug' Emery
“The licenser did just recently ask if we wanted to do another Rob Zombie pinball machine. The answer is yes. I would love to do another.”
Corwin 'Bug' Emery
“For the first probably six months of this game's design, we did not have a lower playfield in this game. Ben kept telling us it doesn't matter if it's a good playfield or bad, but if you don't have one in there, people are going to kill you for it.”
Corwin 'Bug' Emery
“Spooky is now building at around 100 games per month.”
Corwin 'Bug' Emery
“Beetlejuice production was 'into the 300s' out of 999.”
Corwin 'Bug' Emery

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Golden State Pinball Festival· event
  • Beetlejuice· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Goonies· game
  • The Walking Dead Remastered· game
  • JBS Show· organization
  • Kaneda's Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Marco Pinball· organization
  • Scream N' Stream· organization
  • Spinner Is Lit· organization
  • Ben Heck· person
  • Brian Eddy· person
  • Corwin Emery· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Rob Zombie· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Motörhead· product

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