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Episode - 35.1-thespinnerislit 2020 wow!
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 28 min listen
the round table plus guest Mark Skoff talk pinball and review 2020 and the games of this year.
Highlights
- Press Start arcade in Reno is relocating to a new downtown location that will be twice as big with food service and at least 30 machines
- Guns N' Roses LE features a guitar neck ramp, bass ramp, six-ball guitar lock, and synchronized light/vibration effects to music
- Led Zeppelin is a Steve Richie design with fast-paced shooter gameplay, optical spinner with magnetic gizmo, and stadium-style lighting effects that move to music beats
- Stairway to Heaven is a hidden wizard mode in Led Zeppelin but not a primary song selection
- Alien Returns will be manufactured in Italy, use a standard Bally/Williams wide-body cabinet, priced at $7,777 for standard and $9,999 for limited edition
- Alien Returns offers 50% credit towards purchase for early Alien Highway investors who didn't receive their games
- Avengers (Keith Elwin) features a power gem mode with extremely limited flipper counts (as few as 5 shots possible) requiring strategic shot planning
- Led Zeppelin's artwork is heavily repetitive across premium/LE with the band name on sides, backglass, and topper
- Avengers features an anti-gravity ramp and vertical ball lock mechanic that releases faster than expected
Notable quotes
“It's an experience like everybody says it is something to see in person and play it”
“These license holders tell you, you're going to do this. This is what we want. Here's what we'll let you do. And they've got to do it. People should realize that by now.”
“It's like an ACDC pro exactly the way that those shots operators are definitely going to buy the pro though”
“Keith Elwin makes great games. And being a huge Iron Maiden fan of their music and the game in general, it's my favorite Stern by far. And this gives it a serious run for its money.”
“The way that those balls just go all over the place and have trails and the ramps is just phenomenal.”
“I really like how you can shoot it up a ramp, and then the spinner comes up and it changes the game a little bit. But ripping that center spinner is like a Viking.”
“I'm excited to play it. I hope somebody in Reno gets it.”
“I would like to own one someday it's it's fun and it's it's definitely for me personally i like it a heck of a lot more than jurassic park and i like jurassic park a lot but for me avengers blows jurassic park out of the water”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- ACDC· game
- Alien Returns· game
- Avengers· game
- Guns N' Roses LE· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Alex· person
- Brian· person
- Dan· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Mark Scoff· person
- Spencer· person
- Steve Richie· person
- Flipper Room· venue
- Golden State· venue
- Kitchen Table Studios· venue
- Press Start· venue
- The Local· venue
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