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Pinball Industry News: October 2018 Re-cap
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 57 min listenBy Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
Recap of the pinball industry news of October 2018, including Oktoberfest, Beatles, Monster Bash remake, Pinball Expo and more.
Highlights
- Pinball Expo 2018 achieved record attendance with 323 pinball machines and 43 vendors on the floor
- American Pinball plans to discontinue Houdini production and transition to full Oktoberfest production
- Oktoberfest priced at $7,400 USD and includes internal cabinet artwork (Widebody blades)
- American Pinball planned to move into new facility and begin Oktoberfest production before end of 2018
- Chicago Gaming is discontinuing Medieval Madness remake production and finalizing last run in Q3-Q4 2019
- Monster Bash remake licensing approval was delayed due to Scientific Games organizational restructuring
- Monster Bash remake features RGB GI lighting throughout playfield on all editions
- Oktoberfest artwork controversy involving monkey image grabbed removed; artwork will be changed
Notable quotes
“Well, it exceeded all expectations... the amount of positive energy in the air... It felt different this year, and it was alive, and a lot of energy and excitement, and people were just glad to be there”
“My wife stepped up in a big way, but more than that, I had two new chairmen at the show... they just went over the top”
“43 vendors this year, 323 pinball machines... combined, you have over 400 corner-operated machines on the floor at one time. I mean, it was crazy.”
“It's a new feature and that's never been seen... one-handed pinball... quite good for fun tournaments and parties”
“The game is based around visiting 14 different tents... they could be festival tents, they could be music festival tents, they could be comedy festival, any art festival tents”
“when I was in the factory, they had the machines next to an original Monster Bash, and the original Monster Bash looked very dim and dull and yellow and old, by comparison”
“when you hit the Dracula targets, for instance, there's a big flash of red going across the play field, and when you start Dracula, the whole play field goes red”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Ametron· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Scientific Games· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Vancouver Flip Out· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Houdini· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Dan Spoiler· person
- Dave Fix· person
- Gary Flower· person
- Jeff Bush· person
- Joe Balser· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Rob Craig· person
- Roger· person
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