First Impressions of Blues Brothers Pinball by Homepin

Editors note: this is a guest contribution from Dr. John Cosson, who has been collecting pinball machines since 2004 and competing, restoring, and encouraging the hobby since then. He has been active in the pinball media space since 2017, including hosting his own podcast, The Aussie Pinball Podcast. He has no financial or personal involvement with Mike Kalinowski or Homepin.

First Impressions of Blues Brothers Pinball by Homepin

I managed to secure the first production game of Homepin's new game, The Blues Brothers, and had it air freighted over the other day. Mike Kalinowski, Homepin's Founder, has developed the game at a budget price to appeal to the “non typical” buyer who just wants a game in their home but not the premium price attached to most current games. At $6950 AUD, which includes standard delivery this compares very well with the latest Stern Pro model at $12,450. However, no comparisons should be made between the machines as they are very different in many, many ways.

The playfield has been recognised as being based on Stars by Stern Electronics. Additional features include the save gate on the left outlane, the target to open the gate (when qualified), and the saucer to start multiball modes. On the rights is a small loop shot to build bonus.

Source code is available to check out and modify, and songs and sounds can be adjusted if the owner prefers. There are plenty of opportunities for the modding community to add car toys and hats or just recommend it to a new person who wants to get into the hobby and not spend a small fortune on a new game. 

Additional Videos and Info on Blues Brothers Pinball

• ‍Gameplay video #1‍
• Gameplay video with the topper in action‍
• Current game rules
• Project repository on GitHub