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The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 72_Don't Forget the Classics (1)

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 40 min listen
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Spencer has a really cool announcement. Mark and Dan are burning up their local scene. we review some classic early solid state games. Good, Clean, All American fun.

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Highlights

  • Mark won a tournament at Elbow Room on Foo Fighters, defeating Dan Armstrong and Jeff Reinhart, earning $35 and approximately 8 WPPR points from a 19-player field
  • Jim Swain increased tournament entry fees to $10 at Press Start, with year-end prize being a new-in-box pinball machine
  • Dan ordered a Dungeons & Dragons Pro machine on Thursday night and expects delivery within a couple of weeks
  • Golden State Pinball Festival is 81 days away from the recording date, with tournament details to be announced in a future episode
  • Metallica remaster is 'doing well' and 'pretty well received'
  • Walking Dead was 'Walking Dead in name only' lacking main characters like Rick and Daryl from the show
  • Walking Dead is Stern's only hard horror game
  • Tron Legacy remains 'always in demand' and sold 'reasonably well'
  • Metallica remaster features animations that work well in black and white on LCD
  • SAM (Stern's board) was inspired by Williams System 11, not a clone but 'very inspired'

Notable quotes

“It was my first win, so I was excited about that. You can't help yourself.”
Mark
“So every time we enter in a tournament, we put in the tickets, and then we can have a chance to win a brand new pinball machine.”
Spencer
“What camera are we going to get? And it's like, oh, Deadpool's still on the table. It's like, the Deadpool, I still want a Deadpool, but it's starting to come up used at a pretty good price.”
Dan
“If I would just order just for me, it would be either an Iron Maiden or a Rush Pro.”
Dan
“There's something about those 80s and 90s games, man. They just have a – there's some – you know, the secret sauce, man, the magic, whatever it was.”
Spencer
“The gun handle is almost the perfect example of just like Why would you do that to yourself?”
Dan
“If you're going to do it, you have to do it all the way. That was the good thing about Metallica. Like, when I finally did play Metallica, I sat down and played it, and I'm like, it feels like Metallica.”
Spencer
“Honestly, if I was going to pick a game that I would want to see a remaster of, I would go for Tron Legacy.”
Dan
“Walking Dead, 100% needs to make it as a game... when I play walking dead, I'm like, Oh, you know, it's a zombie game, right?”
Spencer
“I almost always do get it back, which is my problem. You do?”
Dan

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Golden State Pinball Festival· event
  • Brian Eddie· person
  • Dan· person
  • Dan Armstrong· person
  • Dream Theater· person
  • Jack· person
  • Jeff Reinhart· person
  • Jim Swain· person
  • Mark· person
  • Spencer· person
  • Deadpool· product
  • Dungeons & Dragons Pro· product
  • Flash Gordon· product
  • Iron Maiden· product
  • Mandalorian· product
  • Metallica Remaster· product
  • Pirates of the Caribbean· product
  • Rush Pro· product
  • Stranger Things· product
  • Tron Legacy· product
  • Walking Dead· product
  • Elbow Room· venue
  • Incline Village· venue
  • Press Start· venue

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