King Kong Pinball: Overhyped or Pinball Masterpiece?
King Kong Pinball: Overhyped or Pinball Masterpiece?
Get ready for a wild ride as we unbox King Kong – The Myth of Terror Island by Stern Pinball in true Retro Ralph style! 🦍💥 ✅ Epic King Kong unboxing montage ✅ First look at gameplay...
Highlights
- King Kong Multiball is qualified by sweeping the Kong drop targets twice, then locking three balls up the center ramp
- Early code lacks additional mode call-outs and more modes will be added over time
- Kong animatronic (beyond knocking the train car) doesn't integrate much into gameplay and isn't missed on Pro models
- Stern Spike 2 audio systems with Kenwood speakers don't have adequate power; Pinpower upgrade recommended
- Premium is the better value proposition than LE; LE mainly justified by theme love
- Keith Elwin designed Kong and game layout is considered excellent by reviewer
- Playfield art is a collaboration between Zombie Yeti and another artist, lacking cohesiveness
- Kong LE lacks sufficient cosmetic differentiation from Premium to justify price premium
Notable quotes
“It's that easy to get King Kong Multiball. Not bad.”
“The game layout is awesome, and there's so many cool shots. Shots that are really satisfying no matter how many times you shoot them.”
“If you did get the pro and you didn't have the fully animatronic Kong, would you really be missing out on that much? I don't really think so.”
“I would actually have preferred it if Jeremy Packer aka Zombie Yeti did the whole thing... it feels like a collaboration versus one person doing the whole thing”
“If I was going to do it again, I'd probably get the Premium. I think the Premium is the sweet spot for this game. Not the LE.”
“I think this game is going to have some legs. I think as the code continues to evolve, it's going to be one of those games that will be a top seller for Stern.”
“The gong I really like. That's something fun to interact with. It does act as like sort of something that fights back at you because your first two shots on it are going to fire the ball back.”
“The Helix shot is super fun. It's just one of those repeatable shots that every time you hit, it just feels incredibly satisfying.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Dungeons and Dragons· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- King Kong: Myth of Terror Island· game
- Keith Elwin· person
- RetroRalph· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
- Pinball Map· product
- Pinpower· product
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