- This Week in Pinball
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- Guns N’ Roses Updates and Wizard Modes, Final Showdown Challenge, Alien Gameplay, Roger Sharpe Interview, American Pinball New Hire, David Thiel Interview, Zach Sharpe Interview, Duff McKagan and Slash Get Machines, Joe Pesci Mansion – TWIP 2/15/21
Guns N’ Roses Updates and Wizard Modes, Final Showdown Challenge, Alien Gameplay, Roger Sharpe Interview, American Pinball New Hire, David Thiel Interview, Zach Sharpe Interview, Duff McKagan and Slash Get Machines, Joe Pesci Mansion – TWIP 2/15/21
— QUICK HITS —
Guns N’ Roses Updates, Wizard Modes, Band Members
Last week Jersey Jack released code updates for Guns N Roses Pinball – check it out!
Karl DeAngelo at IE Pinball shared the Wizard Modes for GNR in a recent stream – check out the VOD below (major spoilers though!!):
Also, two of the band members shared pics after receiving their unique GNR machines – check it out!!
IE Pinball: Stranger Things Wizard Mode Challenge
Karl DeAngelo with IE Pinball completed the Wizard Mode Challenge on Stranger Things by conquering the Final Showdown wizard mode – check it out!
The Super Awesome Pinball Show: Roger Sharpe Interview
The guys at The Super Awesome Pinball Show were joined by Roger Sharpe in part 2 of his interview! Among other things, he discussed:
the Fast and Furious license
the difficulty with the streaming services vs. movie releases
the commercial locations being the future of the industry
the importance of home buyers
HBO Max and Disney Plus and content from those platforms
the success of Medieval Madness and Attack From Mars
the importance of playing pinball machines before deciding if you like them
the expectations of Brian Eddy with Stranger Things and Pat Lawlor with Dialed In and other designers
his intrigue in the mini modes in newer games
deeproot and manufacturers announcing games before they’re ready
deeproot’s plan on rules and downloadable content
the cost of games today
the cost of toppers today
Pinburgh
pinball being a sport and the future of competition pinball
the upcoming movie about him and pinball
books he’s written and contributed to
The Pinball Brothers: Alien Gameplay
Last week the Pinball Brothers released a short gameplay video of Alien pinball – check it out!
American Pinball New Hire: Jack Haeger
Today American Pinball is announcing the hiring of their new Art Director, Jack E. Haeger! Check out the press release below:
The Watch Men: Interview with David Thiel
Last week the folks at The Watch Men YouTube channel interviewed David Thiel! He talks about Time Machine and his work on that, Back to the Future’s influence on Time Machine being the theme, his work in pinball, and much more – check it out!
Geekazine: Interview with Zach Sharpe
Last week the folks at the Geekazine YouTube channel interviewed Zach Sharpe! He talks about Stern Pinball, the Led Zeppelin license and the features of Led Zeppelin, and much more – check it out!
ICYMI: This Week in Pinball January 2021 Recap
Check it out!
— Cool and Crazy Stuff —
Inside Joe Pesci’s $6.5 million New Jersey beach house
New Twitch Streamer
This guy recently started streaming on Twitch – he owns no pinball pinball machine, but he started teaching himself to use Fusion 360 a couple years ago. His streams have just been reverse engineering mechs so far, but he plans on doing some layout streams in the future – check it out here!!
Marco Celebrates 36 Years!!
Check it out!!
Other Quick Hits:
Happy birthday Martin Robbins, Taylor Reese, Kevin Manne, Joshua Clay, Steve Ritchie, Michael Grant, Greg Bone, and Frieden Liebe!!
Get well soon – Matt at Back Alley and Mike Vinikour!!
Led Zeppelin
Star Wars Comic Edition Pin
Avengers Infinity Quest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heavy Metal (contract game)
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Guns N’ Roses
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Pirates of the Caribbean
Dialed In!
Hobbit
Wizard of Oz
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Monster Bash Remake
Attack From Mars Remake
Medieval Madness Remake
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Rick and Morty
Alice Cooper’s Nightmare Castle
Total Nuclear Annihilation
Jetsons (contract game)
Dominos (contract game)
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Hot Wheels
Oktoberfest
Houdini
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Ranger in the Ruins (uses Cosmic Cart Racing module)
Heist (P3 Game Kit)
Cosmic Cart Racing (P3 Game Kit)
Lexy Lightspeed (P3 Game Kit)
Cannon Lagoon (P3 Game Kit)
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Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland
Fire & Brimstone
Food Truck
Merlin’s Arcade
The Who
Gladiator
Yukon Yeti
Machine Age
Barry Oursler Black Hole Revision
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Celts
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Alien
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