69: Ritalin, Balls, BKSOR, Jaws, Muppets, Wick!
A tasty long one (twss)! Deep Dive-Zach joins to talk about his balls, the BKSOR rerun, Abba/AHHba, and I pester him consistently to convince me Jaws is a fun game. We briefly hit on some upcoming...
Highlights
- Black Knight Sword of Rage Pro is being rerun in limited quantities in June by Stern
- The Black Knight Sword of Rage Premium with upper playfield is significantly worse than the Pro version
- Modern pinball games (last 10 years) are better overall than 1990s games
- Pinball play count tracking on machines, including Spike 2, is unreliable
- A secondary market purchaser misrepresented a Spooky Alice Cooper play count, causing issues
- Pinball appeals to engineer and programmer personality types who want to understand how things work
- Jaws Pro and Premium are in Stern production line in June alongside Black Knight
- Pinball Brothers ABBA machine has a layout that could become overlooked then beloved, similar to Black Knight SWORD or Iron Maiden
Notable quotes
“I was prescribed Ritalin yesterday and sharp turn not that all of a sudden like oh my god it was I've always been kind of in that realm of tested on the border like since I was like five years old”
“the games of the last 10 years are better overall than the games of the 90s, which is probably a pretty hot take”
“It is the worst upper playfield in definitely at least modern history”
“Pro is the only way to go in Black Knight Sword of Rage”
“I got sucked into this weird secondary market hell because I was being nice to a guy”
“there's a world where ABBA becomes this one where like, oh my God, I played it. It's incredible”
“Black Knight is one of the lightest playfields and I mean that literally when you lift it up and it has this sense of like it's so simple”
“This is not as bad as the Venom layout”
Entities
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- ABBA· game
- Alice Cooper· game
- Alien· game
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· game
- Deadpool· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jaws· game
- Stranger Things· game
- TNA· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Flippin' Out Pinball· organization
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Jason· person
- Jason Knapp· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
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