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Episode 114 - Die on this Hill: Austin Powers
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 2 min listen
Highlights
- Austin Powers was designed by Lonnie Ropp (lead design) with John Borg on concept/mechs/engineering
- Only 800 units of Austin Powers were produced
- Austin Powers currently ranks #236 on Pinside 100
- The game has five different multiballs that are not hard to get
- Austin Powers influenced later Stern games including The Walking Dead, Lord of the Rings, and Iron Man through its mechanical innovations
- The game uses an accessible fan layout similar to Pokemon with well-defined shots
- Austin Powers was released June 2001, three months before 9/11
- The game has a Mini-Me spinner toy whose legs regularly break off
Notable quotes
“Austin Powers rules, actually. A hundred percent. This game rules.”
“It has really well-defined where you're supposed to shoot. It really does the shoot the flashing shots very well... You know, it suffers a little bit from like, shoot this four times and then you've completed the mode. But if you're new to pinball and you don't know what you're doing... You kind of need that.”
“Austin Powers walked, so that Walking Dead and Lord of the Rings and... Iron Man could run.”
“Playfield feels like a Sega... It's real bad.”
“I played four games of it in a row, which is extremely unusual for me to do on a game at next level... because I was like, man, I didn't do shit. Like, I didn't do anything.”
“I can't figure out why, but this game just feels terribly clunky... Just has an awful feel to all the shots. Add to the fact that the sound quality is poor. You have a mess on your hands.”
“Yet another really cool theme that is a complete whiff on execution. This game comes from an era of really low standards for pinball machines, and this one's no different.”
“If I walk away now, I'm going to be embarrassed that I didn't get a replay score on Austin Powers.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Attack from Mars· game
- Austin Powers· game
- Iron Man· game
- Junk Yard· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Pokemon· game
- Simpsons Pinball Party· game
- South Park· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- Next Level Pinball Museum· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Wedgehead Pinball Podcast· organization
- Wedget· organization
- Alan· person
- Alex the Waterboy· person
- Buffalo Pinball· person
- John Borg· person
- Lisa· person
- Lonnie Ropp· person
