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Episode 317: QUEEN Pinball hype with Marc Silk

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago28 min listen
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It looks like a Queen pinball machine is on the way from Pinball Brothers. Voice actor Marc Silk stopped by the pop-up Queen store in London, UK to check out this prototype machine and share the...

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Highlights

  • Queen pinball has 14 live songs including Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Gaga, We Will Rock You, and We Are the Champions
  • Queen machine prototype uses live video from Queen Live at Montreal (35mm film, available on Blu-ray HD) and Wembley 1986
  • The playfield features Brian May's Red Special guitar as an upper playfield element and piano keys with drop targets
  • The machine is being developed by Pinball Brothers
  • A 3D printed, unpainted Wembley Stadium sits at the back of the playfield as a work-in-progress element
  • Mark Silk was the voice of Splinter, Bebop, Rocksteady, Baxter Stockman, and Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball
  • Queen machine is still a prototype with non-functioning modes and likely to see changes before January release
  • Current standards for pinball art have elevated significantly in the past 3-4 years due to artists like Christopher Franchi and Zombie Yeti

Notable quotes

“I saw the very last ever Queen performance with Freddie Mercury. It was August 1986, and it was a complete fluke. I got invited by a relative, and it was one of those turning points in your life where you just go, this is how it should be. It was incredible. No one could command a crowd of that size. Freddie was the best. There's no one even close.”
Mark Silk
“And the reason we think that is because we just seen how the Zombie Yeti and Christopher Franchi and Randy Martinez and all these wonderful artists have just brought so much to pinball art lately that i think our standards are a lot higher than they once were if this game came out 10 years ago you probably don't blink an eye”
Mark Silk
“The standard now that you would see on a movie poster or on the front cover of, you know, Rolling Star magazine or something else that's pretty epic. And if you're going to put art on anything now of this ticket price, but also of this stature, it has to be the best you can give that license, the best you can give the customer, the best you can give the fan of this.”
Jeff Theols
“For me as a fan of the band, what i would love to see is artwork that represents that on the playfield i did notice on some of the pictures there was a big guitar an upper playfield i guess yeah so on the playfield on the top uh top right hand side is an upper playfield which is a representation of brian may's classic fireplace guitar”
Mark Silk
“You know, Mark, they've only got the videos in there and certainly the modes aren't working yet. So they're probably looking for somebody to voice the thing. So I don't know if you've reached out to Pinball Brothers or not, but I would get on that bell right away.”
Jeff Theols
“I would love a great Queen pinball machine. I genuinely would love it. That's why I got the train. It went down to Carnaby Street just to see what this thing was like.”
Mark Silk
“Prototype. That's the key. It's a prototype. Yeah, the cabinet art looks okay, actually.”
Mark Silk
“And so I got brought in to be Scooby and... Like Shaggy as well, Scoob. And Droopy... But yeah, if they ever create a Scooby-Doo machine, I would love to be involved in that.”
Mark Silk
“So in attract mode, you hold both flippers in for a second or two. then the code is 197 so the left flipper is for the number the right flipper is enter”
Mark Silk
“Pinball Expo ends last day of October. The day we can fly from the UK to America is the 1st of November. So thanks for that.”
Mark Silk

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Bulls and Balls· event
  • IFPA 18 World Championship· event
  • Queen the Greatest· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Wembley Stadium 1986· event
  • Guns N' Roses pinball· game
  • Star Wars home pinball· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball· game
  • Dutch Pinball Museum· organization
  • Queen (band)· organization
  • Brian May· person
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • Freddie Mercury· person
  • Jeff Theols· person
  • John Borg· person
  • Mark Silk· person
  • Martin (Pinball News)· person
  • Pinball Phil· person
  • Randy Martinez· person
  • Rosamund Pike· person
  • Zombie Yeti· person
  • No Time to Die· product
  • Queen Live at Montreal· product

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