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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 64 - Were games better 20 years ago?!!
Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf and Travis Murie We are back to our normal recording set up and decided to jump right into the action. King Kong is here and we have so many thoughts about it. Joel...
Highlights
- The Stern Factory media event episode (ep. 63) is Triple Drain Pinball Podcast most-listened-to episode ever across 64 episodes
- King Kong Pro has identical shots to the LE/Premium versions, making it a strong value proposition
- King Kong log diverter was a later design choice added because the upper left flipper wasn't being fed enough
- King Kong drop targets are the most important drop targets in a modern game since Avengers Infinity Quest or Rush
- Godzilla and Jaws require Premium tier due to substantial mechanical differences that justify the cost
- King Kong gong mechanic is safer to navigate once qualified and can be backhanded without kickback
- King Kong layout allows shots to flow and combo in ways not seen in recent games, creating high ball times
- A Stern representative described King Kong as a game that 'makes it to where you can stumble into greatness'
Notable quotes
“I would be surprised because it's easily our most listened to episode ever. And this is now we're on episode 64.”
“the fact that Keith designed it in a way that the pro, the shots in the layout are identical... if you're a pinball enthusiast, I think Kong pros are going to sell incredibly well”
“this game makes it to where you can stumble into greatness”
“The way that it shoots is insanely good. And if you want to save money, you're going to get that and you're going to get that same experience with a pro.”
“I don't remember the last time that drops have really mattered this much since maybe Avengers Infinity Quest or Rush”
“when you play something and you start hitting the flippers you start hitting shots you just go oh yeah this is this is what pinball is”
“All these releases, you could justify getting a premium over a pro a lot of the times. Then you could also go the other direction and justify why you can live with a pro and not have to worry about the premium and be perfectly happy with it.”
“We are two idiots with mics and we got Tom.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Godzilla· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- King Kong· game
- The Avengers· game
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Chuck Ernst· person
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Matthew Greer· person
- Tom· person
- Travis Moseman· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Pinball at the Zoo· venue
- The Pinball Company· venue
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