Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast January 2021 recap
Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News are back to bring you all the news from the world of pinball throughout January 2021. From new appointments to new awards, new games to...
Highlights
- Stern Pinball added an EULA that returns in version 1.00001 with restrictions on modding, streaming, and modifications of pinball software
- Stern Pinball has a backlog of 5,000 games still needing production
- Stern Pinball implemented a $500 price increase on games like Elvira, with pre-orders cancelled requiring reorder at new price
- Joe Kamenick commented that Brian Eddy is not designing a Harry Potter game for Stern
- Roger Sharp hinted that Stern Pinball could make Harry Potter-themed pinball machines due to relationship with Joe Kamenick who has slot machine rights
- Stranger Things pinball received version 1.02 with new swiper ball rule allowing players to steal locked balls from opponents
- Led Zeppelin pinball received press coverage beyond pinball media due to CES 2021 virtual show presence
- Zofia Ryan (formerly Zofia Bil) joined American Pinball as senior mechanical designer with 30 years of pinball history
Notable quotes
“Stern pinball software authorized content and authorized updates are licensed, not sold to you. And no ownership rights are transferred by this agreement.”
“if you buy a machine from Germany and move it to Holland or Belgium or wherever, then the license is no longer valid”
“They've lost sales, but there might be sales that will then be applied to future titles”
“Led Zeppelin were more about the quality of their music rather than the sales. But I don't know. I guess somebody thought it was a good idea.”
“Brian Eddy isn't designing a Harry Potter game for Stern”
“she's got a very long history in pinball, stretching back 30 years, and has designed some of the mechanisms of which you will be familiar”
“It's a minefield”
“How long it will take them to get to 1.0? I would say August.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Electric Coin· company
- Incendium· company
- Pinball Heaven· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- CES 2021· event
- EAG International Show· event
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Heavy Metal Pinball· game
- Led Zeppelin Pinball· game
- Stranger Things Pinball· game
- Nicky Rich Show· media
- Pinball News· media
- Super Awesome Pinball Show· media
- Barry Oster· person
- Bill Futzenreuter· person
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Joe Kamenick· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Martin Leob· person
- Roger Sharp· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tim Saxon· person
- Zofia Ryan· person
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