Episode 17 - Joe Ciaravino discusses Python Anghelo / Shane goes to TPF!
As we all know, some people in pinball have BIG personalities. But NO ONE is this larger than life, even in death, than Python Anghelo. Pinball Degenerate himself Joe Ciaravino (also Canadian!)...
Highlights
- Spooky's Beetlejuice is a potential top-10 all-time game and Spooky's best release ever
- Beetlejuice sold out before it was even announced
- Spooky brought 17 Beetlejuice machines to TPF with exceptional reliability (only one hood lifted all weekend)
- American Pinball is in a transitional phase under new ownership with strategy focused on clearing legacy inventory (Houdini 100th Anniversary edition) and pursuing remakes
- Kerry Hardy said 'Spooky's next game is their Godzilla' regarding Beetlejuice's commercial potential
- Chicago Gaming's Yukon Yeti is a legitimate Whitewater sequel that does justice to the original
- Jersey Jack's Winchester is limited to approximately 500 units
- American Pinball plans to release a Cirqus Voltaire remake
- Homebrew games at TPF were more numerous than at any prior show, with high-quality examples like Big Trouble in Little China and Monster League Hockey
- Christopher Franchi created the new artwork for American Pinball's Houdini 100th Anniversary edition
Notable quotes
“I think I can honestly say that that game could be a top 10 of all time. I think it's like hands down their best game.”
“I saw the hood get lifted on one of those 17 games the entire weekend... So they were all super, super reliable.”
“It's smart of you, right? To kind of maybe not jump on it. But I think once Spooky kind of... The advantage that Spooky is going to have now is once they start stringing together a couple like now we have Evil Dead into this”
“What if it was like you got someone with like rock hard abs and it was like, punch, punch him in the stomach. And if they die, you win a Houdini.”
“I think right now they're going through a transitional phase, like no question, right? And there's a new owner that came in and probably went, okay, like, what are, what assets do we have?”
“it does really do justice to the original Whitewater and in being a sequel... That's high praise.”
“For me, I want to be able to chain together like three and four shots in a row at least and do that stuff.”
“I think that game is underrated... Merlin's Arcade has really strong flippers and that game shoots awesome too.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Electric Playground· company
- Fast Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Beetlejuice· game
- Big Trouble in Little China· game
- Cirqus Voltaire· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Friday the 13th· game
- Godzilla· game
- Houdini· game
- Monster League Hockey· game
- Winchester· game
- Yukon Yeti· game
- Nudgecast· organization
- Brad Duke· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Ian· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Shane· person
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