Pinball Magazine & Pinball News September 2020 pinball industry news recap
Pinball News editor Martin Ayub and Pinball Magazine editor Jonathan Joosten look back at the pinball industry news of September 2020 and the first week of October, covering the following:...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack Pinball JJP6 is Guns N' Roses pinball based on the Not In This Lifetime Tour
- Guns N' Roses has an unprecedented light show unlike any pinball machine before
- The game features 21 full-length Guns N' Roses studio master recordings and original music by Splash and Duff McKagan
- Deep Root Pinball cancelled their September 21st launch after feedback from six invited guests at their San Antonio facility
- Deep Root Pinball Raza prototype features a floating backbox on poles and a touchscreen pin bar instead of a traditional start button
- Raza's lock bar had pointy corners instead of curved edges, causing comfort concerns similar to Stellar Wars and Full Throttle
- Collector's Edition of Guns N' Roses sold out within 90 minutes of the announcement
- Deep Root Pinball innovations focus on cabinet design rather than playfield mechanics and actual gameplay
Notable quotes
“this game has such an incredible light show, unlike we've ever seen on any pinball machine before”
“They didn't launch...the plan was on the 21st of September, they announced...But then, well, it tried.”
“Eventually people don't buy a game because they like the cabinet. They buy a game because they like actually the game that's being played on the playfield.”
“it takes people from outside to come along and point out exactly the same things that your internal people have been telling you”
“Jersey Jack Pinball is exactly showing Deepwood like this is how it's done”
“It is actually Guns N' Roses pinball, and the game is based on the Not In This Lifetime Tour”
“they've been trying to innovate almost everything about the pinball game except what happens with the ball under the glass”
Entities
- Bally· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Heighway Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Houston Arcade Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Raza· game
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Duff McKagan· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jean-Paul DeWin· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Martin Ayer· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Slash· person
- Steve Bowden· person
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