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# 16 - Houston Arcade Expo - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago32 min listenBy George
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George shares his time in Houston. He not only talks about the Houston Arcade Expo but his visit to The Game Preserve, various restaurants, a brewery and much more. George is one of few podcasters to...

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Highlights

  • Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland's ride-the-coasters ramp is extremely difficult; across five games with multiple players, no one made it all the way to the top
  • Steve Bowden (Deep Root employee, #10 ranked IFPA player) said weak flippers are intentional to prevent machines from getting 'wrecked and busted all up'
  • George experienced two to three resets and couple of stuck balls/non-registered drains across five games of the prototype
  • Most top Texas players were unavailable to play Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland on video because they were competing in the Texas pinball finals tournament until close to 11 PM Saturday
  • Deep Root plans to release the final version of Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland on March 25th
  • San Antonio pinball community hub What's Brewing Coffee Shop has grown to 15-20 pinball machines
  • Colin McAlpine won the Space City Pinball Tournament, followed by Steve Bowden (2nd), Preston Monica (3rd), Zach Palmer (4th), Robert Byers (5th), Mark Meserve (6th)
  • George placed 17th out of 52 in the A division tournament session

Notable quotes

“I walked with a zombie, I walked with a zombie, I walked with a zombie last night”
George
“The most frustrating part of this game was the ride-the-coasters ramp... over the course of five games a couple of those games with multiple players I saw no one make the ramp shot all the way to the top.”
George
“Well, we don't want the game to get wrecked and busted all up. And if you do happen to only go three quarters of the way or halfway up the ramp give it a nudge at the bottom and it'll hit into the targets and you'll receive some points”
Steve Bowden
“I watched your play and knew right then that you had absolutely no idea what you were doing. But with that said, you made all the shots that needed to be made.”
Colin McAlpine
“I cannot lose to a four-year-old”
George

Entities

  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Titan Pinball· company
  • Houston Arcade Expo· event
  • Space City Pinball Tournament· event
  • Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland· game
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Colin McAlpine· person
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Keith Christensen· person
  • Mark Meserve· person
  • Nick Baldridge· person
  • Phil Grimaldi· person
  • Preston Monica· person
  • Ray Ford· person
  • Robert Byers· person
  • Steve Bowden· person
  • Zach Palmer· person
  • What's Brewing Coffee Shop· venue

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