Pinball Industry News: July 2018 Re-cap
The Editors of Pinball News and Pinball Magazine look back on the month's events including: - Wayne Neyens celebrated 100th birthday july 29th - Monster Bash confirmed as remake #3
Highlights
- Wayne Neyens celebrated his 100th birthday on July 29th with Pacific Pacific Pinball Museum attendees and industry friends
- Monster Bash remake was confirmed after UL certification documents were discovered on Pinside, forcing an unplanned announcement
- Team Pinball 'The Mafia' uses a Raspberry Pi single-board computer and custom PCB for all game logic and display driving
- Jersey Jersey Jack Pinball replaced the three-spinning-disc feature with a single disc due to technical difficulties getting the triple disc mechanism to work
- Stern Pinball won the Godzilla license in a bidding war against Spooky Pinball after Charlie and Katie Spooky's meeting with Toho in Las Vegas was interrupted by an unannounced Stern representative
- Dutch Pinball former contract manufacturer ARA suggested settlement discussions after receiving a 140+ page legal defense from Dutch Pinball
- A GoFundMe campaign initiated by Dutch Pinball supporters ('Seattle 7') collected only $750 of a $500,000 goal before being shut down after 3-4 days
- Keith Elwin, Stern Pinball designer, won the Pinberg tournament with consistent play throughout
Notable quotes
“wow, it's like a book”
“you almost wonder whether that kind of thing was intended”
“They're not taking any money up front. There's no pre-orders in any of this.”
“well, that's just business which is a nice way of saying like screw you we just don't want you to have it”
“Charlie and his son Bug offered to consult with Stern in order to make sure that the game becomes a very good game”
“if you're the big player in the industry, then you get to defend your yard”
“no company can really afford to have a game which doesn't sell”
“the Chinese will say you order parts for 500 games or else we're not even talking to you”
“ARA's strategy has been to bankrupt Dutch Pinball by protracting it, the whole thing, and using up all resources”
Entities
- ARA· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Team Pinball· company
- Zytec· company
- Godzilla· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- The Mafia· game
- Pacific Pinball Museum· organization
- Charlie· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Martin Ayub· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Wayne Neyens· person
- Will White· person
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