The Pinball Show Ep 36: Pinball Is A Fickle, Feather-Ruffling Beast
The Pinball Show Episode 36: Pinball Is A Fickle, Feather-Ruffling Beast Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - You've Been....ClusterVukked! - Tattoo Contest Updates - Willy Wonka Slow-Mo Instant...
Highlights
- Stern has a backlog of over 5,000 games awaiting production
- Jersey Jack Guns N' Roses experiencing playfield clear coat pooling issues on some units shipped with washers under posts
- Spooky Pinball TNA sold 550 units total, most successful game after Rick and Morty, with approximately half placed on location
- New Spooky Pinball game designer announcement coming with April-May-June timeline for new title reveal
- Ken Cromwell (Jersey Jack employee) originated and coordinated the Slow Mo Guys Willy Wonka collaboration
- Jersey Jack's slow motion video analysis of Willy Wonka actually helped JJP engineers identify areas to tweak design procedures
- Spooky Pinball uses thinner clear coat than competitors to avoid glossy surface that can highlight imperfections
- TNA 2.0 will cost more than original TNA 1.0
- Chicago Gaming Company next release (before end of 2020) will likely be Cactus Canyon remake, not Theater of Magic
Notable quotes
“The reason that I wanted to work with Jersey Jack is because they make really great, very unique, and special pinball machines. Each one they do is a real event. It's not like they're just churning them out.”
“Clear coat was very, very thin on your older 90s games.”
“Everybody wants these really glossy glass-like surfaces, and you get that with a lot of clear.”
“The flipper bat actually hits the ball twice.”
“I'm just simply amazed that these machines even function. After seeing this bullet fly around, this piece of hard steel fly around everywhere at high speeds and very high impact.”
“I don't know if that's really the answer or not. But clearly, Charlie and Scott Denise are having fun coming up with the concepts.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Guns N' Roses (Jersey Jack)· game
- Jurassic Park (Stern)· game
- Rick and Morty (Spooky)· game
- The Night Shift (Spooky)· game
- Willy Wonka (Jersey Jack)· game
- Slow Mo Guys· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Charlie Emery· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Slash· person
- Zach Minney· person
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