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Pinball Industry News: March 2020 Re-cap
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 24 min listenBy Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
Pinball industry in lockdown, Heist revealed, Hot Wheels revealed, Dennis Nordman leaves Deeproot Pinball, Stern Pinball postpones new games, code updates, and more.
Highlights
- Dutch Pinball was the only pinball manufacturer still producing games during March 2020 lockdowns
- Heist is the best Multimorphic playfield module to date and addresses previous design criticisms
- Stephen Silver led Heist game design as his first lead design role at Multimorphic
- American Pinball Hot Wheels launch was disorganized with no press materials or pricing information provided at reveal
- Hot Wheels street price is $6,295, lacks a full loop feature shown on backglass
Notable quotes
“Dutch pinball, the only pinball manufacturer left actually cranking out games? Who would have thought that?”
“I was completely blown away with it I was like this is really going to put hopefully Multimorphic on the map as a very serious pinball making company”
“it's a strange way to launch a brand new game, you know, the third game from a relatively new company, and it just sort of almost leaks out that the game is available”
“I think there's a low barrier a low entry level so to speak for new players to start playing which is a good thing”
“It might be a blessing in disguise for them. It gives them an extra time for when they do actually launch to come up with even more developed games.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Amusement Expo· event
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Heist· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Barry Driessen· person
- Jerry Stellenberg· person
- Joe Balser· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Martin Ayer· person
- Michael Grant· person
- Stephen Silver· person
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