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The Great British Pinball Podcast Pinfest Special Episode 14
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 2 min listen
Send us Fan Mail Quick episode with our take on pinfest, haggis and pinball clubs!
Highlights
- American Pinball sales in the UK are not strong, with few games available for purchase at reasonable prices
- Godfather at Jersey Jack has excellent playfield layout but terrible, overly complex code with excessive menus
- Venom Premium is underrated and deserves to be played despite negative perception; it's easy for new players and has wide-open shots
- Tron LE is a good Stern game from the noughties era but not worth the hype; market downturn has affected its resale value
- Legends of Valhalla is 'the worst game I've ever played' and was torture to play at Pinball World Cup
- Gary Flowers runs the real UK Pinball Hall of Fame but some folks created a 'fake' competing awards, causing confusion
- Tournament scheduling is problematic: Open qualifying ends at 6pm Saturday with playoffs at 7pm, clashing with other events and Saturday night fun
- Robocop (Data East, early 90s) is a standout classic with excellent back glass and music despite being alphanumeric rather than DMD
Notable quotes
“Venom gets such a bad you know you read about it you think it was the worst game ever made it's utter bollocks it's a freaking great game please go and play it”
“Godfather is a great game overlaid by the worst most complex code that could ever have been written... I've seen less menus in an internet firewall than in this game”
“In a world where pinball was kind of not in a great place, they just nailed that. The back glass is awesome. The music is amazing.”
“Legends of Valhalla we had to play it non-stop at the Pinball World Cup Right And actually I was trying my hardest to lose the ball because the torture of playing this game was making me cry basically”
“you've got an hour to grab your curry because the playoffs start at 7pm on Saturday night. I think that's completely mental”
“George Gomez his mantra is ball and flippers... get that right then I then add the as he calls it the garnish”
“I'm sure Holly wouldn't. She's going to be like, it's just not the real thing... something about pinball it's that kinetic feeling that you get from the game you're never going to get”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Data East· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinfest 2024· event
- Alan O'Grady· person
- Brian Allen· person
- Chris B· person
- David Fix· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Gary Flowers· person
- George Gomez· person
- Keith· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Scott Rundell· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Toby Sixto· person
- Barbecue· product
- Elton John· product
- Galactic Tank Force· product
- Godfather· product
- Legends of Valhalla· product
- Robocop· product
- Tron LE· product
- Venom Premium· product
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