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The Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 12
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 37 min listen
Send us Fan Mail We have a special guest, Scott has a new nickname and does a monologue - some news about Pinball Republic and the usual wittering on about stuff!:D
Highlights
- Neil McRae sustained an AC joint dislocation and tendinitis while playing Judge Dredd, requiring him to stand sleeping for recovery
- CGC remake games use PinMame emulation running original ROM code through a Beagle board and USB I.O. interface
- Attack from Mars remake competition mode has a code bug where mystery always awards 50 million instead of variable rewards
- Medieval Madness flipper position affects playfield difficulty: flippers should be drooped down, not raised up like some machines have
- CGC Pulp Fiction SEs have quality issues including chipped playfield edges around the briefcase multiball hole
- Ghostbusters Premium cost 7,250 GBP when Scott purchased it; later Stern games have increased in price by approximately 4,000 GBP
- Monster Bash original games typically sold for 10,000+ GBP; Neil acquired a German machine for 6,500 euros in 2016
- Medieval Madness remake cost 6,500 GBP new; Neil previously sought originals for similar or higher prices
- CGC build quality on all four remakes (Monster Bash, Medieval Madness, Attack from Mars, Cactus Canyon) has been excellent with no reliability issues
- Pulp Fiction CGC Pinside forum is not the happy place it typically is, with multiple quality complaints from owners
Notable quotes
“All for the love of the silver ball. Yeah, all – and do you know what the funny part is? It wasn't even a bloody good game.”
“My hand was going blue and i couldn't feel my fingers and i was just screaming... I literally fell asleep standing up.”
“I don't have a lot of time to play so when I want to play I don't want to be fixing... you want it to be working, absolutely”
“I would not change it for any T in China.”
“They run a hacked version of PinMame... They use a Beagle board. It's effectively like a Raspberry Pi. Right. But an industrialized Raspberry Pi.”
“If some person buys this, I pity the fool. He wants 18... He says the fact that some shops got it listed for 25 means it's a bargain.”
“I love him because like me he's a perfectionist and I like to try and aim for perfection I hate him because he's a perfectionist it means that you have to wait for games right”
“When the playfield goes, that's it. I'm fucking out, right? I am out.”
“Pulp Fiction absolutely worth the wait anyone who's got one in order I honestly think you'll love this game”
“I guarantee you, anyone who's got an original still barely has any original parts left in it anyway. Like, the originality is gone.”
Entities
- CGC (Chicago Gaming Company)· company
- Attack from Mars· game
- Black Knight· game
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Judge Dredd· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Monster Bash original· game
- No Fear· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Star Trek· game
- Pinside· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Doug Dubo· person
- James from Majestic Pinball· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Mark Ritchie· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Scott Rundell· person
- Chief Cafe· venue
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