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The Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 21

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Great British Pinball Podcast, Neil McRae and Scott Rundle discuss their recent experiences in the world of pinball collecting, including the challenges of...

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Highlights

  • Metallica LE is the best Stern game Scott has played recently, with excellent mechs and lighting system
  • Stern likely received a discounted Metallica license compared to John Wick, X-Men, or Venom
  • John Wick hasn't received a code update since September, frustrating the community
  • X-Men was rushed to production and started at similar code maturity to Jaws but hasn't progressed as quickly
  • Dungeons & Dragons Premium LE dragon fire-breathing feature had a critical node board issue caused by overly tight cable ties
  • Spike 2 hardware (from 2016 Batman) is struggling under current game load after ~10 years, showing video slowdown on content-heavy games
  • Stern is using node boards from multiple manufacturers (green, blue, red versions) to address supply chain and reliability issues
  • Lightning flippers on Indiana Jones make the game harder but players adapt to them after initial difficulty

Notable quotes

“Metallica as I said to you it's nice I am absolutely good game what hands down to stern they've nailed that yeah that is so good”
Scott Rundell
“it's almost too good in my book because they've set the bar again it's like you're gonna have a game where you demonstrated you can put mechs... it's like you're never going to buy from them if they say oh we had to make cutbacks because of licensing”
Scott Rundell
“the Metallica game's got four node boards which is literally unheard of... I've only seen a few games with three node boards”
Scott Rundell
“When you do a homebrew you really get a clue as to why pinball manufacturers have the challenges they have. It is not easy.”
Scott Rundell
“My message to Stern right now I'm a big fan of Stern's... Get some Wick, X-Men Definitely those two games Get the code out on it”
Scott Rundell
“they were just cable tying it too tight and it puts stress on the cable which would then cause a bit of arcing which would then go bang”
Neil McRae
“Jaws still isn't even at version 1 and it's a year old now”
Neil McRae

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Dungeons & Dragons· game
  • Elvira· game
  • Foo Fighters· game
  • Indiana Jones· game
  • Jaws· game
  • John Wick· game
  • Metallica LE· game
  • X-Men· game
  • Pinball Republic· organization
  • Carlos· person
  • Davey Stumbler· person
  • Di· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Holly· person
  • Kevin· person
  • Laser Loss· person
  • Matt· person
  • Neil McRae· person
  • Ray· person
  • Rick· person
  • Scott Rundell· person
  • Sturge· person
  • Wason· person
  • Spike 2· product

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