
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 33: TPF Prep 2023
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 33: TPF Prep 2023 Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, and Travis Murie Special Guest: Karl DeAngelo TPF is just around the corner and there are a TON of new...
Highlights
- Bond 60th has shipped and is in the wild; characterized as excellent and challenging with fast multiplayer experiences
- Scooby-Doo experiences quality control issues on Pinside forums but manufacturer is fine-tuning the process
- Carl D'Angelo looped the Scooby-Doo game on first stream, completing all available content
- Scooby-Doo code is more fleshed out than Bond 60th was at launch; Bond seemed bare bones initially
- Foo Fighters has unique shots and mechanics with complete rule package designed collaboratively by Ray Day and Tanya Kleiss
- Foo Fighters requires precise machine setup/calibration; jump ramp and orbit shots rattle/reject if playfield angle is too low
- Travis is under household restriction: Monica permits only games designed by Keith Elwin; Toy Story 4 is at risk of being sold
- Multiple people streaming Scooby-Doo early (including Carl) allows manufacturers to identify software improvements needed
Notable quotes
“It's excellent. It is really fun to play. Neil and I were having a fantastic time just flipping it and it kind of kicks your butt, and then you get a hold of it and you get a good score. But it's pretty tough, but it's one of those games, I feel like, where it's like I got to play it again because I know I can do better on it.”
“The bookcase is really the neatest thing in the game, I think. Apart from that, nothing stands out to me.”
“She has put her foot down completely. Like any game. I didn't know that Elwin designed Toy Story 4. She's about ready to sell it, believe it or not.”
“The game is absolutely stunning in person. The color, I guess just the color scheme in general, I was curious to see how that would go. but obviously them doing an alien type theme with it, you're going to have green colors, right? And it actually goes really well together. So the art is just stunning in person.”
“So you're basically unboxed the game and put it out like did do you know if they adjusted... everything was where you know from factory settings... there's a coil there, like snapping the spring, the flipper down. It's just a spring.”
“I feel like Spooky, like, Scooby-Doo is actually a pretty fleshed out game and it's only going to improve from here.”
“The shots were really interesting because I think and this was kind of confirmed with my two plays I did with it that I feel like the shots are going to be very dependent upon your game setup If you have your game dialed in, I think that's the most important thing.”
“And this is why I think streams are important at the beginning stages of games because the manufacturers can actually watch and see what needs to change in the software.”
Entities
- Ace Gogi / Ace Gauge· company
- American Pinball· company
- IE Pinball· company
- Pitbull Company· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Louisville Arcade Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
- Bond 60th· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Pinside· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Joel· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Monica· person
- Neil· person
- Ray Day· person
- Tanya Kleiss· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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