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Episode 29: The Kong Gong – Secrets, Speculation, and First Reactions to King Kong!

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In this episode of The FlipSide, we’re diving into Stern’s King Kong pinball teaser. We didn’t get much in the trailer—but let’s talk about what we did see. Are we excited or disappointed? And if it...

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Highlights

  • King Kong official title is 'Myth of Terror Island' and is an original Stern-created story rather than a licensed movie adaptation
  • King Kong media day for press/content creators is scheduled for April 17th, with distributors seeing the game on April 16th
  • Keith Elwin is the designer of King Kong
  • Dungeons & Dragons is underrated and being overlooked by pinball media despite strong location earnings and player engagement
  • Stern may have chosen an original King Kong story to save on licensing costs and invest more in mechanical features
  • The gong shown in the teaser trailer is not the main attraction of the game; Stern deliberately withheld the primary mechanism
  • Barrels of Fun will be announcing and revealing their next game on the same day as King Kong (April 17th/18th), likely Dune
  • Evil Dead is in early code and features a shotgun mechanism and cabin lock multiball
  • Retro Ralph has already committed to purchasing a King Kong machine
  • Stern is shifting toward more innovative mechanical features after initial feedback on Dungeons & Dragons and Godzilla

Notable quotes

“I'm not this person that prescribes to like, oh my gosh, the more stuff you pack in, then the game is going to be better... I like a lot of the older games too... it's just personal preference.”
Retro Ralph
“this is one of those things. I've been a YouTube person or a YouTube content creator for close to six years now. And in the beginning, I used to go to events like this, and I did not enjoy the moment because all I was doing was being a YouTuber, filming everything, and not enjoying or truly enjoying the experience.”
Retro Ralph
“I think this might be something where... to do the movie assets, it's going to cost us a ton of money to license that... maybe the reason why they went with this original idea is they... put more in the game because we're not having to pay as much licensing”
Retro Ralph
“Kong kong teaser sucked wtf was that some s word spinner and more no movie clips”
Kaneda (via text message relay)
“I really appreciate your... artwork on that game. It looks amazing... you brought something to that art package which makes it approachable for all, even though what it is is a horror movie.”
Retro Ralph
“if you play pinball on a regular basis, then you appreciate flow and design and the whole package, the music, what they do with the LCD. And sure, the mechanisms matter, but I don't need like a million mechs.”
Retro Ralph

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Dungeons & Dragons· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Godzilla· game
  • Harry Potter· game
  • Jaws· game
  • King Kong / Myth of Terror Island· game
  • Labyrinth· game
  • The Flipside Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • David· person
  • Kaneda· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mark Pearson· person
  • Mason· person
  • Retro Ralph· person
  • Zach Minney· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person
  • Electric Bat· venue

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