#54 Rollercoaster Tycoon - The Classic Pinball Podcast
The Classic Pinball Podcast
1 hr 27 min
Summary
The Classic Pinball Podcast sets up a Stern RollerCoaster Tycoon and discusses modern vs. vintage pinball reliability.
George and Dave from The Classic Pinball Podcast travel to Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire to set up and service a newly delivered RollerCoaster Tycoon pinball machine for a customer. The episode covers the machine's history, design, rules complexity, and hands-on troubleshooting of shipping damage including a stuck drop target, misaligned wire ramp, and a faulty kicker. Discussion also touches on Stern manufacturing capacity issues, flipper coil reliability in modern games, and industry observations about game durability.
In this episode Dave and George take their first road trip in almost 2 years. The destination is a new home being built on the shores of the biggest lake in New Hampshire. They are almost involved in a head on crash prior to reaching their destination. You might think that this episode is fabricated but you are listening to it as it happened. The first 30 minutes is their normal banter prior to playing 3 games to see who Is the king of the coasters. The remainder of the podcast is them playing the game. Who wears the crown? They both wish they had recorded this on video. It’s their first modern Stern pinball podcast and they face a tough decision: is this game a classic?
Comments