Skip to content
The Classic Pinball Podcast
The Classic Pinball Podcast
140 episodes tracked since 2019 about →
Copied!

#70 Holiday Hot Mess- The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago50 min listenBy George
From the creator

Merry Christmas one and all. This episode focuses on a list of items accumulated over the last month and some interesting stories focusing on people contacting Dave to purchase their pins. Show and...

Listen on The Classic Pinball Podcast

Highlights

  • Godzilla was the best game George played at Pintastic out of nine new games tried
  • Pinnovators has made a deal with Stern to put their pin pack audio/volume control device in all newer Stern games as an option
  • Only six Williams Rat Race machines were ever made
  • The Mandalorian game has an 'impossible mode' where the ball automatically drops from the flipper after 1.5 seconds, preventing trap shots and speeding up tournament play
  • The Loser Kid Podcast is approaching 100,000 listens
  • Sweden is the fourth largest country for Classic Pinball Podcast listeners, ahead of England despite English being only Sweden's second language
  • Pintastic is becoming one of the major shows on the East Coast because attendees can play both vintage games and the latest new releases
  • Data East used a 'popcorn pupper board' (PPB board) that gets so hot from resistors it could theoretically pop popcorn

Notable quotes

“Godzilla Hands Down was the best game I played out of all nine.”
George
“I believe I talked about in the last show all the new games that I played at Pentastic. Now I'm going to say this to the audience. This is the praise to Gabe and company. I played nine new games... this is going to become one of the major shows of the East Coast.”
George
“It keeps the game moving. It's the only game I know that has it. But we're getting there, Dave. Should be on every game.”
George
“You making everybody's Christmas special right now. You made a lot of kids really happy right now.”
Female customer (quoted by Dave)
“run run don't walk run run”
George
“The kids are running the asylum.”
Dave

Entities

  • Pinnovators· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Modern Marvels· content
  • The Loser Kid Podcast· content
  • Vasalore· content
  • Windows 11· content
  • Pintastic· event
  • Cactus Canyon· game
  • Data East Star Wars· game
  • Dukes of Hazzard· game
  • Elvira· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Halloween· game
  • Hot Wheels· game
  • Legends of Valhalla· game
  • Lord of the Rings· game
  • Mandalorian· game
  • Ninja Turtles· game
  • Paragon· game
  • Road Race· game
  • Bruce· person
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Electric Bat Arcade· venue

More from The Classic Pinball Podcast

→ All content from The Classic Pinball Podcast
Contact us about this coverage