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The Pinball Show Ep 175: Who Would Win? 100 Sandworms Vs 1 Gorilla
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 30 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 175: Who Would Win? 100 Sandworms Vs 1 Gorilla Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - Early Reviews Of King Kong & Dune - What I Like...
Highlights
- King Kong are shipping and receiving very positive early reviews with no notable criticism except a quick-fix log diverter issue
- The log diverter issue on King Kong was caused by insufficient coil hold power and is fixed by adjusting the diverter hold power setting in menu
- King Kong and Premium production will continue through May with possible mixing of both tiers rather than sequential release
- Q3 will feature James Bond 007 (Pro)/Premiums, Jurassic Park (Pro)/Premium, Metallica Remastered (Premium/LE), and JAWS (Premium/LE)
- Stern is planning another home version for Costco release in fall 2025, likely Star Wars with Insider Connected additions
- King Kong launch code is version 0.81, indicating early stage with room for substantial expansion
- Stern is offering a power supply upgrade kit for Spike 2 games to make them quieter and stronger, with improvements coming standard on Spike 3
- Barrels of Fun is increasing weekly Dune production output over the next month or two, with new orders potentially arriving by end of summer/early fall
- Phil Grimaldi (not Colin MacAlpine) was the rules programmer for Dune Pinball alongside Bowen and Eric Priepke
- Stern's recent games have shorter gaps between code updates compared to King Kong launch code, with concerns about reverting to launch-heavy and then sparse update patterns
Notable quotes
“I bumped that up to like 20 or 25 from what it was. Fix. Done. That's it.”
“It's a fucking blast to shoot. It's an Elwynn. Of course it's going to be. But it is different, though.”
“I want color, baby. I want it to look like a Crayola box in my collection when I look down that row.”
“I just think they kind of had a twofer that were helping them out. They had more staff and then they had that benefit that they just couldn't build as quickly as they used to.”
“It's a placeholder. I need some more rules. Sam Stern getting kind of some flack about this right now.”
“My prediction overall on king kong it's a top five game by the end of 2025 that's a bold one”
“Theming is better than I would have ever expected it to be. And then maybe the last thing, what I don't like.”
“Whoever designed the acrylic design on the speaker itself, it's like Kong climbing the Empire State Building. It's bad.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinfest· event
- Dune Pinball· game
- James Bond 007 60th Anniversary· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- King Kong· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Quicksilver· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Colin MacAlpine· person
- Dennis· person
- George Gomez· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Phil Grimaldi· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Zach· person
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