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#43 The 12 Days of Pinball - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 15 min listenBy George
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In this episode George does a reprise of the Xenon TV episode where he asks Dave to select one of 12 topics and then goes through the remainder. Stern sound board, Lucky Leo, Kangaroo, Do the twist...

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Highlights

  • The VSU-2 Stern soundboard replacement is designed for games like Flight 2000, Catacomb, Freefall, Lightning, Split Second, Orbiter One, and Gametron, addressing a common issue where the original speech chip is hard to find and worth ~$100.
  • A Cheetah (Stern) sold at Captain's Auction for $4,300 before a 15% buyer's premium, totaling approximately $5,000.
  • Dave previously sold a mint condition Cheetah for $7,200-$7,500.
  • Lucky Leo's arcade in Seaside Heights, New Jersey opened in 1955 but was shut down in 1956 after the state discovered it was operating gambling devices without legislative knowledge.
  • Keith Elwin's upcoming game will feature 'a flipper with a twist,' possibly a fourth flipper or a novel flipper variant based on his preference for Skateball.
  • The HomePin Transformer and Rectifier board is expensive and described as 'looking very Chinese' despite filling a market void.
  • A Centaur machine was reportedly being converted into a working cocktail table by an unknown collector.
  • Stern's early solid-state games (like Trident) suffer from poor soundboards that sound like 'a cash register' and could benefit from a future soundboard redesign similar to the VSU-2.

Notable quotes

“They were saying that that particular chip, if you could find one, was worth about $100. Exactly. So the premise behind this was to re-engineer this board and put it out in a favorable price point, which I think they've done.”
Dave
“I am so sick of listening to people talk about this every other podcast has to weigh in and give their you know opinion of the game all they all they have is seen it they haven't played it and it just drives me nuts.”
Dave
“Just show the car, give a couple of features, and then stop talking and let everybody just look at the car in amazement.”
George
“I think his name is Rob out in Chicago. And I said, yeah, I'm ready to part with it because, I don't know, it just didn't do as much for me as it used to. I think I actually like big game better these days than Cheetah.”
Dave
“Someone needs to re-engineer a soundboard for those early stirring games so they don't sound like a cash register, you know, to kind of either put chimes in it somehow, even with chimes would be better like stars or a stingray.”
Dave

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Cheetah (Stern)· game
  • Eight Ball Deluxe· game
  • Guns N' Roses (pinball)· game
  • Hot Hand· game
  • Led Zeppelin (Stern)· game
  • Skateball· game
  • Trident (Stern)· game
  • Captain's Auction· organization
  • Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Bruce Nightingale· person
  • Chuck Webster· person
  • Dave· person
  • David Scarpa· person
  • George· person
  • Gladstone· person
  • Jack Danger· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Leo Whalen· person
  • London Pinball· person
  • Tim Sexton· person
  • Lucky Leo's Arcade· venue

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