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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 69_A Spooky Thanksgiving
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 13 min listen
Spencer,Dan, and Mark gush over the new Spooky game. Evil Dead. Dan, and mark also fill us in on their local competitive scenes.
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball Evil Dead machine is priced at $9,999 base, with 888 units planned for production
- Evil Dead topper costs $1,400 extra; butter cab (coated cabinet) costs $1,500 extra
- Spooky has been working on Evil Dead for approximately 10 years
- Ben Heck left Spooky Pinball after Evil Dead licensing fell through, then later returned to the company
- Evil Dead sold 500 units on the first day
- Stern's Uncanny X-Men game features original ball flow and shots not commonly seen in modern pinball
- X-Men has relatively short ball times due to chaotic playfield design and aggressive pop bumper placement
- Nevada IFPA State Finals (top 24) will be held in Las Vegas at a private home location
- Mark is currently ranked 9th in Nevada IFPA standings, about 13 points away from 8th place
Notable quotes
“This is a theme that I want to make. And I have a million good ideas, even if the shittiest theme for everybody else. If it's the best theme for me and I'm going to bring the passion to it, it'll make a better game.”
“Take note, kids. You want to make a pinball machine? That's how you make a pinball machine. Even before you talk about the machine, right?”
“it's just one of those things where it's like, yeah, they're not going to have any problems selling all these games.”
“There's no LE. There's no special platinum. There's no blood sucker. There's no, you know, candy apple bullshit. It's here's our game. You like it. Awesome.”
“The geometry is just so original and the flow is great when you can get it going.”
“I give them an A plus plus gold star.”
“it's not like that one-on-one fighting mode thing that Stern was really going for for a while.”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Army of Darkness· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Evil Dead 2· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Capital Corridor Pinball League· organization
- Flippin' Out· organization
- Ben Heck· person
- Bruce Campbell· person
- Dan· person
- Greg· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Mark· person
- Michael Hosier· person
- Shannon Miles· person
- Spencer· person
- Zach· person
- Incline to Play· venue
- Press Start· venue
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