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Episode 32: Spooky Surges, Potter Vanishes, and Kong Gets an Upgrade!

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I finally got my hands on Evil Dead pinball by Spooky—and holy hell, it’s GOOD. In this episode, I share my first impressions, what makes it click, and why this might be Spooky’s best machine yet!...

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Highlights

  • Barrels of Fun's Labyrinth early production unit (unit #8) required significant pitch adjustment to play correctly, needing 7+ degrees instead of the default 6-5 degrees Ralph initially set
  • Spooky Pinball deliberately packed comprehensive features into Evil Dead as a statement game after lessons learned from previous releases
  • Evil Dead's lower playfield (cellar) is well-balanced and avoids the common pitfall of being either boring or tedious
  • Ralph traded Black Knight: Sword of Rage for Labyrinth, then Labyrinth for James Bond Premium Edition, then Pulp Fiction and T2 for an unnamed game to reduce collection from 9 to 8 machines
  • Kong received a code update yesterday that prompted Ralph to play it, but he has primarily been playing Evil Dead since acquiring it
  • Evil Dead features a motorized stepper motor mechanism controlling Ash's severed hand that players can bash, pop-up deadite characters (Evil Scotty and Evil Ed), and a rotating Annie character that changes appearance based on game modes
  • The hidden flipper on Evil Dead initially felt hokey and uncomfortable to Ralph but he has grown to love it after extended play
  • Ralph prefers playing pinball at home in a controlled environment where he can hear call-outs better than in noisy arcade locations like Electric Bat Arcade on tournament nights

Notable quotes

“I am completely being as transparent as possible with this situation... it was really clunky... it felt clunky that's the word i would use... the orbit like it always felt like the ball was like clunking through it”
Retro Ralph
“I just feels like kind of badass like there's something about this when i unbox it i was like damn dude like this is i feel like this was like a statement like we know what we're doing now we're gonna throw everything at this game that we have right now”
Retro Ralph
“They knocked it out of the park... Guys, they packed so much in there and and all of it all of it serves a purpose”
Retro Ralph
“I have not played them since I got Evil Dead. I am so hooked on this game. So you can also hit your groovy targets with that.”
Retro Ralph
“I literally was like thinking there was a flipper that like my brain was... that's wild, man. Like that's wild.”
Retro Ralph
“I'm really a player that happens Tee'd Off be a podcaster and YouTuber at the same time. I play a lot of pinball. I play pinball every day.”
Retro Ralph
“word of advice Tee'd Off Barrels of Fun put on your game somewhere the pitch that you recommend this game be played at because this game at 6-5 did not play right Tee'd Off me”
Retro Ralph
“I feel like that's a little overwhelming because obviously we don't none of us have the funds or most of us don't have the funds Tee'd Off buy every single one of these”
Retro Ralph

Entities

  • Barrels of Fun· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Black Knight: Sword of Rage· game
  • Dungeons & Dragons· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • James Bond Premium Edition· game
  • James Cameron's Avatar Limited Edition· game
  • King Kong· game
  • Labyrinth· game
  • Pulp Fiction· game
  • Terminator 2· game
  • Electric Bat Arcade· location
  • Don Garrison· person
  • Jamie· person
  • Joel· person
  • Kale Hernandez· person
  • Retro Ralph· person
  • Scott Ian· person

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