Top 5 Greatest Pinball Machines From Jersey Jack Pinball (SDTM, 2025)
Top 5 Greatest Pinball Machines From Jersey Jack Pinball (SDTM, 2025)
THE TOP 5 GREATEST PINBALL MACHINES FROM JERSEY JACK PINBALL SDTM lists the best of the best from JJP. COMMENT on your favorite pinball game from Jersey Jack. Do you agree with the SDTM Top 5?...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack Pinball now has 10 games released
- Wizard of Oz shoots poorly (two-shot Joe ball) despite being loaded with features
- Elton John is Steve Ritchie's closest match to Addams Family in terms of shooting layout and design
- The Hobbit achieves immersion through LCD/video/sound design rather than playfield toys and sculpts
- Pirates of the Caribbean had a triple spinning disc feature that was removed due to longevity concerns
- Joe Catz did the code for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Willy Wonka was JJP's first true 'pinball player's game' after prior focus on glitter and toys
- Elton John initially had very low interest/expectation from the market but has been slowly gaining appreciation
Notable quotes
“It's the epitome of world under glass... It's completely loaded and it's deep.”
“You literally feel like you're traveling with those hobbits on a journey... When you have something interacting with you... like that's immersive.”
“To have a third flipper that is pretty much only used and created for that one moment... I'm a sucker for that.”
“Nobody was asking for a Pirates of the Caribbean pin... And so for them to take that and to be able to create what they did to make it one of the best pins.”
“It's Pat Lawlor, so you know it's going to be smooth... This is a pinball players type of game. It really is because it can be a mean bastard.”
“Did we really want an Elton John pin? Did we really?... Very low. But guess what? Slowly. People cannot dislike this game.”
“It's like one of Steve Ritchie's, if not his best shooting pinball machines... as close a field to Addams Family that we ever come.”
“Jersey Jack finally has a pinball players game... before was all glitter and toys and stuff... Now pinball machine.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Addams Family· game
- Avatar· game
- Destroy All Humans· game
- Dialed In!· game
- Elton John· game
- Guns and Roses· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Star Trek· game
- The Godfather· game
- The Hobbit· game
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Straight Down the Middle· organization
- Bill Cravens· person
- Eric Mercer· person
- Joe Catz· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
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