Episode 34: Harry Potter Drama Explodes on Pinside – Oh, and Predator Pinball Is Here Too!
Predator Pinball is finally real—and it’s HERE! In this video, we break down everything you need to know about the new Predator pinball machine from Pinball Brothers. From gameplay and theme...
Highlights
- Predator pinball is a widebody game with an MSRP of $10,995 launching with 800 units planned
- First Predator machines will ship to the US in mid-August, with some air freighted
- Arnold Schwarzenegger's likeness has licensing restrictions; he won't appear close-up and may only appear in movie clips
- Harry Potter code quality has issues but gameplay is fun; the game was well-received at Southern Fried Gaming Expo
- Predator pinball uses the Fast Pinball platform, also used by Spooky and Dutch Pinball
- An unlicensed Predator pinball machine exists at Galloping Ghost arcade but rarely works
- Pinball Brothers used Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter model reference for the helicopter toy in Predator
- Evil Dead and Kong have strong code on release compared to Harry Potter
- Predator licensing is still in progress and may receive additional Arnold content and custom audio
- Pinball Brothers is shifting to standardized Bally/Williams parts to improve reliability and serviceability
Notable quotes
“Pinball's fun man. Relax, chill... we're having fun, we're playing games. It's pinball baby, it's pinball.”
“I'm at the point where I just love pinball, man. I love it. I like playing the game. I'm not playing the artwork.”
“the game is so damn good from a gameplay perspective that I can overlook a lot of things because the gameplay is so much fun”
“Have they built a really fun pinball game? Yes... Are there some things code wise that could be better? Sure.”
“I don't know how much of the movie clips are actually in and approved at this time. Kind of like what we saw with Dune, they released it and had it subject to license approval.”
“Predator is one of those licenses that a lot of us would love to see someone make an American pinball machine of.”
“That Predator sculpt is really cool... The Predator looks badass, man... this sculpt is really cool.”
“I think that's a good move on their part... I hope they're really successful with this game”
Entities
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Southern Fried Gaming Expo· event
- ABBA· game
- Dune· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Kong· game
- Predator· game
- Pinside· organization
- Alan Silvestri· person
- Colin· person
- Nick Madsen· person
- Olof Gustafsson· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Fast Pinball· product
- Galloping Ghost· venue
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