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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 43 Adios 2021
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago2 hr 14 min listen
the round table crew looks back on 2021
Highlights
- Jurassic Park Home Edition has moving dinosaur head while Pro version lacks this feature
- Mandalorian received two code updates (1.0 and 1.1) that significantly changed exploit mechanics and added ambush features
- Godzilla received new code that added ball save on the death shot exit and changed difficulty balance
- Rush (John Borg design) rumored to release just after Christmas 2021 but unlikely to ship until 2022
- Best Buy and Costco previously sold Stern home editions (Batman, Iron Man) around 2015-2017
- Stern Pro models now priced at $6,800 entry level vs $4,500 for home editions, creating viable gap
- Spooky delivered two games in 2021 (Halloween and Ultraman) using same layout
- Godzilla designer Keith Elwin used three spinners as a mode finish instead of typical disco loops
Notable quotes
“The Jurassic Park Home Edition is making these home editions dangerously close to legitimate, and Stern just needs to look at what the bitchers are bitching about”
“Godzilla is pure awesomeness there's just no question it's going to be game of the year every time I play it”
“It shoots like butter. It's just so awesome. I have a little tough time shooting that left ramp. I really have to dial that in to get it perfect.”
“Almost like what Lyman would do for his Stern games. He would watch as people played them, and he would make the proper adjustments.”
“If the game is really good, it's going to sell like crazy. If the game is kind of a dud, it's probably going to be just the Rush fans”
“You now get a bonus if you can do that and not lose the ball. And at the same time, if it does go straight down the middle, there's a slight ball save.”
“I'm in the zone, babe. So, unless I'm playing Super Mario Mushroom World, then I, you know, it's like the old Seinfeld joke, I like to pretend little hotel soaps are normal sized, and my muscles are just really big.”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Godzilla· game
- Halloween· game
- Jurassic Park Home Edition· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Rush· game
- Ultraman· game
- Pinside· organization
- Ben Heck· person
- Brian· person
- Dan· person
- Dwight· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Borg· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Mark· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Spencer· person
- Playfield 76· venue
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