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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 62 - TPF On Location!
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 62 - TPF On Location! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf and Travis Murie We recorded together LIVE here at Texas Pinball Festival. It's Friday night and we've...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack has confirmed Harry Potter pinball with all eight movies and has all assets; license took 10 years and millions of dollars to secure
- Evil Dead has only 60 units left in inventory and will likely sell out by end of TPF or MGC (later corrected to 20-30 units left)
- Evil Dead represents a significant step up in design quality and mech integration compared to previous Spooky releases
- Cactus Canyon upgrade add-on costs $1,249 plus shipping and includes 10 new modes, 2 enhanced modes, new animations, sound/music, new saloon mech, and spinner
- Portal's right ramp shot feature (ball travels horizontally across clear plexi light bridge on extended version) is novel in pinball and was nearly missed in marketing
- Portal is potentially the best P3 game released to date
- Jersey Jack's Harry Potter announcement strategy (no trailers, verbal seminar announcement only) is unusual and ballsy for a manufacturer known for cinematic promotion
- Cactus Canyon upgrade's saloon door mech placement is problematic: not visible from standing position, requiring bending down to see
Notable quotes
“If I was you, I would not spend a dime. I would not spend anything until you see our next game.”
“It's not that they have bad games, but they make good decisions on the design... It's a huge step up.”
“I think people that like the Evil Dead theme, and if you're already a spooky fan, I think you're going to be happy with that purchase overall.”
“To go seven it ballsy. Can they fit that all in? I don't know.”
“Because it's a theme a lot of people want. It's a theme that I'm sure there was plenty of hoops to go over.”
“It could be the best P3 game honestly.”
“You've got to be like eye level with the game to see the doors... you'd have to be like four foot eight to see this.”
“This is a really cool shot because I can't think of any other game that I've seen the ball do this on.”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company (CGC)· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival (TPF)· event
- Avatar (Jersey Jack)· game
- Cactus Canyon (CGC upgrade)· game
- Dungeons & Dragons (Stern)· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Harry Potter (Jersey Jack, unannounced)· game
- Medieval Madness Merlin Edition· game
- Portal· game
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Jack Granary· person
- Jerry and Ian· person
- Joel· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
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