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Episode 245: Soren Worre
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago17 min listen
His ROM's make Bally & Williams games more balanced and better for competitions. Have a listen to this podcast, recorded in Denmark last October.
Highlights
- Radical shipped with only version 1 software and never received updates in the field despite having multiple bugs
- Radical's Mega Million jackpot ranges randomly from 3 million to 10 million, making it unfair for competition
- Søren Worre started modifying ROMs around 2000-2004 after learning about competitive pinball
- Addams Family's magnet timeout was originally 15 seconds; Worre reduced it to 3 seconds
- ROM modifiers like Worre operate as an informal collaborative community sharing techniques
Notable quotes
“Well to make them better of course and to fix bugs”
“These wonderful pinball machines, these wonderful play fields, they shouldn't necessarily be deselected by tournament directors because of flaws in them. Maybe we could do something about it.”
“I don't like to rip things out of the games... The original designers, they put a lot of effort into this. And if the play field indicates that something is available, it should be.”
“We are the secret cult, you know.”
“Each system is different, so you have to learn the system before you can do anything in a safe manner.”
Entities
- Danish Pinball Open· event
- EPC· event
- Pinball Profile World Tour event· event
- Addams Family· game
- Back to the Future· game
- Elvira and the Party Monsters· game
- Gottlieb games· game
- Junkyard· game
- Radical· game
- Roller Games· game
- TXX· game
- Denmark· organization
- Flipper Kjellhagen· organization
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Jim Belsito· person
- Peter Andersen· person
- Ron Howlett· person
- Scott Charles· person
- Søren Worre· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Williams System 11· product
- Williams WPC· product
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