Episode 18: "Evil Dead ruined my childhood, Listener Voicemails & Maybe Avatar just isn’t that fun”
In this hilarious and thought-provoking episode, we dive into the terrifying nostalgia of Evil Dead and how it left some of us scarred for life (in the best way). Next, we answer YOUR listener...
Highlights
- Evil Dead features a possession flipper system, basement playfield, and shotgun loading mechanics integrated with theme
- Stern has rigid build-of-materials budgets that designers must work within, with different profit margins for Pro/Premium/LE models
- Retro Ralph is on a 90-day Stern Insider Connected streak (with 2 cheated days) and plays daily
- Retro Ralph has cooled on Avatar pinball after playing it more, finding the underfield boring and the crab toy unimpressive
- Retro Ralph placed middle-of-the-road at Electric Bat tournament among ~105 players, scoring second/third/fourth place finishes
- A Sonic the Hedgehog pinball game exists, possibly by someone now at American Pinball
- The original Street Fighter pinball was poorly executed and could be redone better
- Jersey Jack's Pirates of the Caribbean impressed Retro Ralph at an expo but he hasn't played it in a controlled environment
- Retro Ralph believes there was Matrix pinball licensing rumor that has since been squashed
Notable quotes
“he duct taped me to a chair and like basically made me watch this movie and like that's pretty traumatizing as a kid”
“I'm more into the gameplay than i am into like too many mechanisms like i don't need if the if the game shoots really fun and there's fun shots and there's like a mech or a toy here and there that's and it's a fun one then that's enough for me”
“The more I play it, the more I don't like it. That's actually the thing is, like, I'm just finding it's just not that fun.”
“Avatar was bad for me from the start because I don't really care for the movies. I just, I'm not... I watched them once and my life moved on.”
“I would love to see someone try to do a street fighter in 2025 like something really epic because i feel like you could do something really cool with that”
“I'm going to say stern pinball if everyone's like oh he's gonna say stern i probably will but hey... i'd probably say i'd want stern to make it i'd only want stern to make it because of accessibility like stern can get you the games fast”
“the build of materials can be rather rigid, and you've got to work within your means”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avatar· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Halo· game
- Mortal Kombat· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- Street Fighter· game
- The Matrix· game
- Bill· person
- Bug· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Combo Chuck· person
- George· person
- Jason WFD· person
- Joel· person
- Kale· person
- Rachel· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Rudy· person
- Electric Bat· venue
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