Episode 16: "Did I Just Buy Metallica? Expo Highlights, Regrets & New Code Updates You Can't Miss!"
In this episode of The FlipSide, we dive into some big questions—did I buy Metallica?—along with exciting updates, like the new "Lights Out" feature in John Wick, a nod to Caine’s character in John...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack puts more complete code into machines at launch; Stern releases minimal code that develops over time through patches
- Uncanny X-Men has no published rule sheet yet; John Wick may also lack one; Jaws now has one
- Auto-plunger issue on Uncanny X-Men persists despite replacement fork assembly; no community solution has achieved 100% success
- Manual plunger with red spring achieves 90-95% success rate on Uncanny X-Men
- Turner Pinball (Ninja Eclipse) sold out all 100 initial units
- Chicago Gaming's Pulp Fiction (newer model) selling for $7,500 new in box locally
- Host inspired some people at Expo to buy their first pinball machine
Notable quotes
“There's so much more to it than just like whacking the ball around with flippers. There's so much more to it.”
“You can kind of exploit that left-hand shot on the left side of the Sentinel head and kind of keep shooting that in a lot of the missions and kind of complete them a lot easier.”
“The auto plunger thing has been a total pain in the ass.”
“I'm not one to go like flame a company because something isn't working right. I want to take the time to work with them.”
“So I did buy Jaws new in box, but I bought it way later than, let's say, someone that bought it at launch. And my experience was like, oh, man, this game's amazing.”
“Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna [buy Metallica]. It's coming. So, uh, but something has to go. So, and this, this pains me but um venom's venom's gotta go.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Electric Bat· company
- Electric Playground· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Turner Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Metallica· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Pinball Project· organization
- Triple Drain Podcast· organization
- Bob Rose· person
- Chris Turner· person
- Ian· person
- Jamie· person
- Joel· person
- Kale· person
- Kyle· person
- Melvin· person
- Rachel· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Rob· person
- Ryan· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
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